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“Nothing surprises me anymore.” We've all heard this
statement. Maybe we've even used it to summarize something difficult to fathom.
Just watch the news. Never-ending conflicts. Never-ending greed. Never-ending mixed-up
priorities. A whole lot of stupidity. That sort of thing can turn a person into
a cynic, a cynic who says things like “nothing surprises me anymore.” But be
honest: is that really the truth?
A few days ago, my bee-keeper (don't you have one?) told me that one
honeybee makes less than a teaspoon of honey in its entire lifetime. Mind =
blown. Honestly, I’m still quite surprised by so many things:
1. That
someone is reading this.
2. Pancakes;
I’m always delightfully surprised when someone makes pancakes.
3. Syrup:
it’s basically tree barf, isn't it?
4. How
much food I can shove down my throat in one go.
5. Inner
strength. (It’s like we all have a surprisingly deep well somewhere when
needed.)
6. Acceptance.
7. Forgiveness.
8. Pure
compassion.
9. What
people wear (or don’t wear) at the beach.
10. The weather.
11. How
moving a beautiful voice can be.
12. New
words. Latest favourite: carpe noctem. (It’s Latin for “seize the night.”)
13. Technology.
I very nearly walked into the back of a truck while texting the other day.
14. The
things we all obsess about, like shoes or cars or bacon or emojis or whatever.
15. How
complicated coffee is now.
16. How
much I've accomplished in my life.
17. How
much I haven’t.
18. Spiders.
19. Hugs.
(Definitely not spider hugs although that’s a surprise I can live without.)
20. How just
a few happy words can sometimes change the way everything feels.
9 comments:
Surprise! I always thought syrup was more like tree blood. Or is that sap? I suck at gardening.
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On a side, surprise hugging me is never a good idea. It's awkward enough when I see it coming. It's possible I could inflict bodily harm if I'm caught off guard.
Remember that poor honeybee's LIFE WORK the next time you stir a teaspoon of honey into your tea, everyone!
This is so true...and important to remember to keep the element of surprise in your life or you risk becoming flat. I might need to take this as a challenge to look for the surprises daily. Thank you.
Surprise! I'm reading you. Nice list. In yoga I think they call it "beginner mind". It's something to strive for.
A spider surprise-hugged my chin with its fangs, that's the spider expressing love, right? Number 4 is a constant source of surprise and that is followed by a surprising amount of shame.
I guess it's our way of softening the blow when we just don't want to hear another 'thing' that surprises us.
Oh the life of the poor honeybee...all that work for a teaspoon!? That's just what they do.
That's a great list! Funny, my bee-keeper never mentioned that tidbit to me?
So if syrup is tree barf, and honey is bee barf...
Eeewwww!
Dude, you are obsessed with vomit. Just saying'.
5 = (pleasantly-surprised) lop-sided smile
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