Dear Reader:
Do you see what I see? Miniature peaches are growing on my patio! After saying that I just didn’t have time to grow vegetables, fruits or edibles… (since my flower garden consumed so much of my time to maintain)… God thought differently.
When I first saw the plant container (back in early spring) and glanced at the silver tag…all I read was patio peach….and “assumed” it meant some kind of peach blossom. I was thinking how pretty the blossom would be and I bet it had a great fragrance!
I needed something big for the patio so I got it and now I realize what I got- miniature/dwarf peaches…(after taking the time to read the label again.)
Actually I have three peaches growing on the plant! I am a peach grower…who would have ‘thunk it’? The whole thing just makes me so happy!
I honestly have no direction for this blog post today other than to say “I’m happy.” And it is not the kind of happiness that depends on circumstance. (since my car is still in an ambiguous state of health, my hot water heater just died and I pray every day that my two old heating/air conditioning units make it through another day.)
But today….right now…I am a peach grower and I am just plain “peachy” about it!
I was reading a short interview recently on Pharrell Williams, who sang the mega-hit “Happy” (originally for the Disney movie Despicable II -2014) and the effect this song has had on his life.
He said, in the interview, that in hindsight every thing in his life had been leading up to this song. He owed all his happiness to the people in his life who helped guide him to this happy place….his grandmother, who, while dying of cancer, begged him to go to music camp one summer, his music teachers in middle and high school who encouraged him to pursue music and friends and family who never gave up on him.
When his first big single came out…it flopped. Williams said he did go into a temporary depression…asking himself “What went wrong”….only to realize later that the lyrics were all about him…excluding his audience and others in his life.
He said it was the best mistake he ever made…true happiness isn’t self-centered…it is far-reaching….far-sharing…a feeling that encompasses young and old, from everywhere around the earth… in every culture.
He found what he was looking for….In “Happy.” Williams says that it doesn’t matter where he is traveling in the world today….young and old recognize him (by his hat) and begin singing and dancing to “Happy.” It is such a catchy tune you just have to start moving when you hear it.
Williams says that he has learned that happiness is at the core of humanity…we all want to be happy…silly, deliriously happy. We want to just feel happy for the moments in life that make us feel carefree and joyful again…no prerequisites (money, possessions, home location, education, job security) needed. Happiness is free.
So until tomorrow…A thought came to me (while I allowed a few ‘pity party’ moments to hover around me concerning broken appliances and vehicles)…. that there is a way to make a free payment each and every day!
Pay someone else a compliment! And guess what? You will feel HAPPY!
“Today is my favorite day” Winnie the Pooh
Anne shot me an email to say she arrived safe and sound in Oregon and is now enjoying the Pacific ocean on a cool, windy afternoon….life is good….Anne says she is “happy!”
Now get ready to sing along and dance with sheer happiness! Like blowing bubbles…you can’t be sad while listening to this video….great way to start the day!
Pharrell Williams – Happy (Official Music Video) – YouTube
* Sometimes we need an official “face lifter” to make us smile and be happy…especially when we are very tired….Tommy is very fortunate to have Kaitlyn!
Kaitlyn made a music video for Rutledge’s first birthday last year (2014) using the back ground music from “Happy.”
Happy Birthday Rutledge! – YouTube
* I remember last year when this song (“Happy”) was all the rage Eva Cate would bounce up and down in her car seat if we were in the car together every time it came on.
John videoed her dancing to “Happy” last night…she still loves that song…like her Boo. Thank you John!
Now let’s all be happy today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
