"I just wish I would have......"

Today I am just cruising around,

getting random loose ends tied up, and so forth.

But I keep wanting to come in here and write a few words.

So dang it,

I'm doing it!

Yesterday while I was volunteering at Our Clubs desk,

 after my class,

one of the older gentlemen who comes in every 

Thursday like clock work

checked in with his tag.

Then he asked me what I was reading now.

He always asks,

most weeks I have moved on to another book or project.

(I am listening to this months book club title on cd,

so I decided to bring this book given to me by V a while back.

I am excited to get into it.

I keep moving on to the next thing before I have a chance to fit this guy in.

I am finally ready.)

I held up the book for him to see.

Hmmmmm.....

it seems like you are always into goals and doing and going.

Don't you just want to take a break?

No way.

I love it.

I love having a new goal or challenge to think about and work on.

ok.

and he walked off for his work out.

On his way out he stopped back by for just a second and said,

You know, 

I was thinking about my life and how I have lived it.

and I just wish I had done one thing differently.

what's that?

I wish I had taken more time to do the things that made me happy.

I wasted so much time drinking,

and doing useless things....

I wish I had been more happy.

I said, well, it's not too late....!

What about now?

Are you happy now?

Heavens yes!

I'm as happy as a dog laying in the warm sun.

I've been thinking about that.

One thing that made me very happy this past week or so was 

the gift of a new faucet from Kevin.

K put this off until we were in crisis mode and the faucet you 

see below was spouting and dripping water below the sink.

So he didn't have much choice in the matter at that point.

But the point is.....

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our new faucet so much.

It is a delight to use.

It turns with almost no effort at all from sink to sink.

Its water stream is very powerful, so much so that I can't even turn

it on all the way because water will rebound up into the window

if I am squirting out a bowl or spoon or something.

I don't mind that....

just learning how to handle this new fella.

It switches to spray with a gentle nudge of a button....and the spray 

stays on until I push the button again.

I really enjoy how the small handle is used to turn the water on and off.

I can't explain it to you....it would take too many words,

just trust me that it is awesome.

I am grateful for small things that make life so fantastic.

I am grateful to hear about others experiences

so I can learn from them....

and either try and emulate or live my life differently according 

to what makes me happy.

I am grateful that I can sit down and write just because I am 

happy about my faucet.

It is not a waste of time......

It makes me happy.