Give and take care…

I walked up to the front door, rang the bell and waited.  I was shadowing one of my clients during what was supposed to be a very happy moment for his client.  They were just completing a wonderfully beautiful project called their…

HOME.

In my mind, however, it was NOT a HOME. All I saw was a structure that was massive and beautiful and yet something was missing.  All it was, was a really big…

HOUSE.

As I took copious note upon note, my mind kept coming back to one central thought; we are really blessed to live and enjoy this country and we mostly take it for granted. We miss the simple gifts and focus too much on getting more.   We seem to forget that a house is not really designed for 2,3,4,5,6, or X number of people.  It’s just not.  A great house is a place where the gift of companionship is given and received.  Where humans come together to give and take care.

Give and take care.

Today, as I rode home with M&M after watching the beauty of the sunrise from the seat of our bikes, I took a moment to reflect on the blessings of what had NOT been a very good week for yours truly.  I had a few things that I had taken for granted and gotten burned.  Mine involved investments not individuals that I love, thankfully. Regardless, it still hurt.  Pain is pain.   Moving on.

The bottom line, I guess is the power to choose.  I grabbed my attention and took it away from the shit and focused it on the sunshine.  I flipped my mind from the moments of betrayal to the many hours of beauty and simple companionship.  My mood lifted.  AND, all it took was a change of mind, a change of thinking, and a simple change of perspective.

Have a great weekend.  Enjoy one of the greatest gifts know to humankind.  Enjoy time with those you LOVE. AND, give the gift of companionship to a fellow human.  It costs nothing and it makes wherever you are, feel like you’re HOME.

Funny, huh.