Quiet Joy

started as a comment on the silliness of timidity but turned into a favorite things list

Stranger smiles
Sunlight on moving water
The curious, teasing nature of squirrels
Childrens' laughter
The Un-satirical laughter
Smells of pine needle and dark earth
Real hugs
Divine, inhuman, extraordinary love
and Music

These are my treasures. Bright spots in a childish heart, moments and emotions that having gone free, leave me captured in grace, with a peaceful assurance of the trivial state of my own accomplishments.