It’s a brand new year.
I can’t believe 2013 is gone and we are into 2014!
As we discussed our favourite parts of 2013 on New Years Eve, I was overwhelmed with what a great year it was for us. All the big things, and all the little things. We talked about what is to come for 2014 – and I got excited thinking about the things we have planned – and then for all the unexpected things that will happen.The big and the little!
So, when I saw this quote, I knew it was the one to start off our year:
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Because that is the truth!
I know sometimes I feel that certain days are so much better (e.g. the ones where I am on vacation, basking in the sunlight and leaving my daily duties behind….) And these days are sooooo good.
However, when I look back on last year, I see how much joy I do get from the little things: every day dinner times, soccer games, trips to get ice cream, family nights, bedtime reading, watching our fave shows together, hot baths, sushi dates, cooking dinner with one of the kids, walks, seeing the kids after school, hearing Reggie howl, phone calls and texts with hubby, kids or good friends, hugs…. these are the daily things that I DO look forward to.
But do I appreciate them? Do I remind myself on a daily basis that TODAY is the best day of the year? Do I try to MAKE today the best day? Do I make all the little things count?
I want to do that this year.
As Brad Paisley said about New Year’s Day, “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 -page book. Write a good one.”
There are 358 pages left to write about. Let’s make sure there is something pretty special on each page.
I seriously try everyday to find the good in each day and smile as much as possible. So, I totally do think that counts. I am also one to take pictures to try to also remember as much as possible daily, monthly and yearly, too! But love this quote and truly couldn’t agree more 🙂
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I think pictures are a great way of capturing all the moments – I pull my camera out for the big moments, and my iPhone is filled with the little moments!
Leah, I think that we must be thinking alike – I have been working really hard to be present and find joy in the small daily things and not just live for the biggies!!
Love the quote!
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Well, great minds do think alike!
That is such a good point. We need to find joy in the every day, not just in the big moments! I’d like to improve on that this year!
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Joy in the journey – not just in the destination!
Sometimes it’s hard to be mindful in every minute but I would love to be able to look at every day as a whole and think of it as the best day of the year. What a positive, upbeat message, Leah. I love your quote of the week. Always!
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Thanks, Ilene! It is so hard to be mindful – if I can be mindful for one moment per day, then I think I would be a success!
LOVE it! What a perfect quote. That is exactly how I want to go through 2014. :)-Ashley
We’ll try to do it that way together!
I could really use this quote. I’m so grumbly this week with the low temperatures. And I know we’re all (or many of us) in this together but it’s hard to feel happy on a morning where I can’t get my van doors open, because the ice “glued” them together!
Well at least Scarlet laughs at it. And that right there is fantastic. That we can laugh at it.
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I think the secret is always being able to find the “funny”:)
I need this quote desperately during my 7 days on of working’
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I need to tape this quote to my driving dashboard when I head off to work too….it must be hard to go 7 days in a row too!!
What a great quote – I love it! 2013 was a great year for my family as well. There are always those big moments, like vacations, that I will always remember and yet sometimes it is those simple, every day moments when I look around the dining room table and see everyone happy and healthy that mean the most to me. Here’s to another great year – I can’t wait for the big and small moments!
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I feel that same way sometimes, looking around the table and in awe of how blessed I am! Here’s to another great year!
Great quote! A great one to live by.Glad to hear your year was great and hope this one will be too.
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I hope you have a good year too:) Thanks for stopping by!
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! Your perspective is so refreshing and enlightening and most of all, inspiring Leah!!!!
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Thanks, Chris!
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