When you are out, driving home from work, the store, or a friend's house at night, look around you. Look at the beauty of a darkened field full of lightening bugs. Look at the beauty of the trees swaying in the wind. The lights of a gas station in the distance. Silence.
Get up when the sun rises. You will see the birth of a new day, full of hope. Life blooms in the morning; birds sing, the mountains sigh, the mist rises.
When out in public, look around you instead of walking by people, not noticing. Look at children in all their innocence. Look at your own children instead of ignoring them. Life is so busy that we don't take a minute to stop. Stop and look around you at the beauty of the world. Even if the most desolate places, there is beauty.
Don't take the beauty of life for granted. Don't take the things that are given to you for granted. We all take too much for granted; maybe it's to take our minds off of things. Maybe it's because we are too busy.
Take the time to read to your kids; kiss your wife or husband; call an old friend. It's the things that are closest to us that we do not appreciate enough.
Smile. Smiles are the saving grace. If you can smile when you want to yell, cry, scream, fight; do it. Make it a goal to remember good things instead of bad. Don't criticize too much.
Love freely.
