One of my biggest life lessons is this:  I still have a lot to learn.

Dag nab it.
Lord knows I try.
But around every bend comes a new thing, a new situation, one that I possible couldn’t have seen coming.  I’m not talking about monumental, life-altering experiences.  No. Those deserve a Month-of-Sundays-of-Blogs.

I am talking about Little Things. When I say something stupid, or when I commit to doing something… which I later regret.  It is about how I react when my teacup gets rattled.  Or losing my entire Cool-Whip over tiny things.   You know…. times when the packing tape gets all stuck together, or when an entire dozen of chicken eggs drop on the floor.

I guess my biggest glitch, is that I get stuck on it. Whatever that “it” may be.  Yes.  I have a lot to learn.  Oh, that Frozen Movie said it again, and again, and again, and again… and…… …. well… you know.  The song is so burned in my mind… I can’t even say it out loud.  I have to SAY it in Pig Latin….. Et-lay It-tay oh-gay.
But…. …. Emerson did it better.

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

So the important thing, I suspect, it to truly make amends when we need to.  With others, and with ourselves.  And then get back to the seeing the bright side of life.  I defer to Ms. Browning…..

“Earth’s crammed with heaven… But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Yep. Take your shoes off and stay awhile.  Color with crayons.  Sing a happy song.  Spin around in circles.  Eat ice-cream.  Roll down a hill.  Laugh.  Be Alive.  Notice.

“Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.”
― Charles Baudelaire