Just Some Mid-Morning Greek

I love yogurt. I really, really do. Especially greek yogurt. I don't know why I ever became so fond of the stuff, but all I know is that if I was stranded on an island with only an assortment of yogurt for the rest of my life, I'd be perfectly ok with that.

As I sat in bed this morning, too lazy to get out of bed and be productive, I decided to fix myself a nice breakfast of yogurt and cereal. Strawberry Chobani and Lucky Charms, to be exact. And I read. Lately I've been reading Cold Tangerines. Smoons lent it to me to read before bed, but I love reading my favorite parts over again in the morning. There's just something about reading when the birds are chirping in the background. So here's what I reread and reflected on this morning:

"Life is a collection of a million, billion moments, tiny little moments and choices, like a handful of luminous, glowing pearls. And strung together, built upon one another, lined up through the days and the years, they make a life, a person."

Crazy, isn't it? I've been struggling lately with appreciating all the pearls in my life. I want them all, the whole multi-strand necklace. Now. But that isn't how it works, nor do I really want life to work that way. I want to learn to take time to examine each pearl for its luminous glow and imperfections. A few scratches here and there won't make my necklace any less beautiful, but if I pay attention as each pearl is strung, I may be able to avoid preventable damages. My breakfast this morning, the perfect atmosphere of the birds chirping, Jason Mraz filling the room, and sitting in that one perfect comfy, warm spot in bed was the last flicker of shine this weekend's pearl needed before being strung.

So here's to the weekend. Here's to Friday-to Street Painting and Froyo with Ann and Smoons. And here's to Saturday-to soup, salad, and breadsticks with Nate and Benito, and to Hope with Smoons and Emily. And lastly, here's to Sunday-to brunch with the kid who constantly challenges me to evaluate my life and character, and to Honor Board. This weekend is just one pearl, but my strand is definitely coming along.


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