little joys.

Today I made my own peanut butter in a weighouse store

I made my own peanut butter, pressed the button and watched all the peanuts grind and turn themselves into peanut butter

Like this

And it was just glorious and I smiled.

A little joy.

And then I realised that so much of life is about little joys

Walks along rivers

Food we love to eat, and share about in Google or Instagram

Like this from a recent meal out in the olde tapas bar in Darlington

Or a space to be, like a coffee shop, a book or a view, even one in a town park like here.

Little joys on our lives that I like taking photos of, even with that all too distracting phone with it's many people and messages and scroll and thinking.

Sometimes I want to capture the moment

Capture the little joy.

Keep that as a picture in my pocket.

I like it here, can I keep it as a memory.

I like this moment, it's just fills me with calm, and joy

I like here and now….it's just fun and sparkly.

Like flowers or rainbows

Top of the mountain moments

Joys are all around, and awaiting for us to see them

From the joy that's already inside.

Joys like trains arriving

Regardless of whether it's just a diesel sprinter…or a freight train thundering through, the magic, the noise and everything a little boy squeals at….

Joys that just happen, joys that bring smiles

Joys that require no thinking, they just are

Little joys are all around us

Little joys are life

Make my heart smile

Make life worthwhile

Colour and taste and journeys

And nature, and simple free things

Like flowers in bloom and their colours so pure

Even just these outside of my door

Simple joys everyday

Waiting to be seen

Waiting to be embraced by our heart open with life

Simple joys, connecting our lives like dots on a puzzle

As we travel from one joy to the next

And in between think, and grind and work and consume

Yet open our eyes

And open our hearts

For little joys, that makes our heart smile

Are life in it's fullest

Right here

Now.