Look Forward

"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. ~A.A. Milne

It is a another dark, gloomy, rainy winter day in Northern California. These kinds of days, without any sunshine or fresh air can be depressing. Now is the time that it is important to find something to look forward to. All the rain, leaves me thinking of all the flowers I will have in a few months. It is time to start planning some gardens for spring. I can't dig in the dirt now but I can cut pictures out of magazines, plan the layout in my journal and order seeds. Looking forward to flowers makes me happy. Looking forward to anything pleasant makes me happy, a vacation, a play, a visit with a faraway friend, a night out with my husband. Plan something fun to look forward to...it doesn't have to cost a thing (picnics, stargazing, a movie/pizza night at home, or reorganizing a room. There is joy in the ordinary.