Perfection

The other day I was going about my business, completing one errand after another. Feeling sort of blah. Low energy.

Suddenly, I noticed the day. The sky. The tree. The breeze. The birds. The sun.

It was a simply glorious day.

I stopped doing what I was doing and sat on a park bench outside the library.

And watched...

And listened...

Two little two-year old girls who just met for the first time play and laugh and run circles around each other.

A new mother with an infant who would not stop crying. Yet his face was so precious one couldn't help but smile.

Several dogs with their owners walking through the courtyard, looking happy and carefree.

An attractive man with salt-and-pepper hair stretching and preparing for his run.

I sat there for over an hour. And I felt wonderful...