An Arsenal of Good

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     Future assignments, the approach of work later in the week, deadlines for homework, words or silence I wish I could take back...some days I feel like I'm buried in gray clouds. I get long-faced and glum, even though--despite the little bumps along the road--I have so many reasons to smile. I just forget about them. So I started a list of 14 good things I can remember and draw upon to help me "when the bee stings" or the "dog bites."

1-peaches so ripe the juice drips down my chin

2-shady spots on my walk home

3-blueberry muffin for breakfast

4-the bigness of the blue sky when I look at it lying on my back

5-anything delivered by snail mail

6-good dreams

7-WWII photographs of handsome soldiers in uniform and their fashionably dressed sweethearts

8-neat script across a notebook page

9-the smell of the airport

10-laughing with friends

11-eating supper at home

12-free Sunday afternoons

13-ankle socks

14-the dappled sunshine on my back, the quiet, and the gentle breeze at 6:50pm as I walk across campus

     What are some of your favorite things? Think about it. Leave a few in the comment box--I want to expand my list. If we put our heads together, we could have an arsenal of good to draw upon when the storm clouds come.