Enjoy!

I can’t find the origin of this quote, so it appears here without attribution.  If anybody knows the author, speak up!  I suspect it’s that prolific writer, Anonymous.

Anyway, here goes:

Life on earth may be expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun.

And you’d probably have to pay millions for that to do it in a space ship!

So, let us remember the ordinary, every day (or every year—because, you know, you get that trip a bunch of times in an average lifespan) miracles.

Let us remember in the midst of our scrabbling for money, attention and prestige, in the midst of our political posturings and maneuverings, in the midst of our squabbles and worries, in the midst of pain and illness—

Let us remember the rising and the setting of the sun, the heron on the dock, the moonlight on the waves, the rain-washed wildflowers, the babies’ laughter, the handclasps of friendship, the wisdom of the elders.

Let us remember the taste of the fresh-picked corn, the birthday cake, the sound of birdsong, the scent of blossoms, the strength of hands.

Let us try to enjoy that free trip around the sun.

‘ Cause everything else is extra.