Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 194

This was the kind of slow day where things to add to a Daily 5 list flowed easily.  A day where blessings seemed full and rich, and the pace was one that allowed for them to be savored.  The kind of day that is, in itself, a blessing, an item to add to the list.  The kind of day I love, because so many days it is hard to find even five reasons to smile, but sometimes, on days like today, they flow, and I see deep, rich grace in that.

Today's Daily 5:

1. A day where the blessings to count were full, rich, numerous, and able to be savored
2. Sleeping in a familiar and comfortable bed after time away from home
3. a banana for breakfast
4. attending my first yoga class in a week and a half
5. green grapes
6. peanut butter toast
7. fortune cookies (I seriously need to buy a box of these things - I love them!)
8. Sunshine
9. list making (I had several lists on the go today, to do items, and those sorts of things)
10. Pretty mittens
11. clean water
12. the man on the bus, resting his hand gently on the shoulder of the woman in the wheelchair he was accompanying, his words, his eyes, his demeanor, speaking love and grace for her.
13. Those moments when the bus becomes a holy space
14. worn-in, comfortable jeans
15. words that capture the intangible thoughts brewing beneath the surface
16. Books that transport me abroad
17. a soothing shower, offering rest and time to think without other noise
18. clean smelling pajamas and a towel to wrap my wet hair in - all still warm from the dryer
19. A line in The Amazing Race that made me laugh "I'm from Oklahoma - I don't do water.  I don't even take baths."
20. making a new brownie recipe
21. buttery popcorn
22. a day of catching up
23. sharing time with family
24. magic bags
25. curling up comfortably in bed with my laptop

Like Tea Bags

I came across this quote today, and had to share:

"Women are like tea bags; you never know how strong they are until they're put in hot water."
(Eleanor Roosevelt)