Day 1, March 1, 2024
Today is SHARE A SMILE DAY, so give someone the gift of receiving one of your smiles.
Enjoying dawn and the first part of the day are my best highlights during a twenty-four-hour day. I look out the window above my bed into my ceiling and smile. Gratitude swells in my heart, and I am thankful I live on a quiet street without traffic and fewer kids. Not that I dislike children, but my tendency to sleep at irregular hours is sometimes disrupted when I hear workers working on the children’s playground behind my yard or the loud voices of the kids.
Depending on the time I go to bed and when I wake, most of the adults have gone to work.
My life rhythm has changed since I participated in the first RRBC Blogging challenge. Before, I had a habit of writing in the early morning, but now I write three hours during the day and three to five hours during the night. I usually get seven hours of sleep now instead of six, so that has changed, too. It took me a few weeks to recognize that my inner clock was ticking differently. But as I began to listen to my body, I knew that I would have to get used to a new schedule for living and adapt myself to what my inner clock desired if I wanted to continue smiling through life.
I like smiling at people. Wednesday, I went to my knitting group. It is slowly, and I mean a gradual slow, moving toward nine degrees Celsius, so I walk in with a coat and a beanie cap on my head. One of the ladies asked if I was cold, and I answered, “Of course. It’s wintertime,” and they laughed. It was about 8 degrees Celsius, but for them, it was like spring because the sun was shining. For me, it was winter. Unknowingly, I do many things here in this cold country that make people laugh.
Take care everyone. I have work to do before I enjoy my evening.
See you tomorrow.
Shalom shalom
Pat Garcia