Contentment

I can be such a simple creature and a really complicated creature all that the same time. My husband was commenting to me that he felt it was amazing that I do the job I do and that in his opinion it is a really hard job. I think that his job being my husband might be the hardest job to do. He has to figure out when am I in need of simplicity and when will that just bore me. I am always amazed at how well he seems to cope with my ever changing mind and mood.

Since we moved to the apartment I have not walked in the park as much as I used to. I really miss that. I tried walking around the neighborhood but it just isn't the same. I occasionally drive to the park and take my favorite walk but my motivation just hasn't been there. What I really want is to walk out my door and the park path would be right there. Well guess what? That is exactly what I discovered I can do. I walk out my apartment and in less than 1/3 of mile I am on the PATH! Such a simple thing yet it gives me great joy.

This path goes for miles and miles. I walk two miles out, turn around and go home. This past Sunday I went for my walk and when I reached one section it had a bunch of evergreens that were planted in 1991. I closed my eyes and breathed in the sweet aroma. It filled my lungs and flooded my mind with memories of summers in northern Wisconsin. Pure contentment of simple times when all I had to worry about was should I go swimming or play in the sand.