Waiting for Glory

There's that cliche saying that goes: 'all things come to those who wait'.

Well, I've always been aware of it, but been mystified by its presence alongside wisdoms such as 'the early bird gets the worm' etc.

What were these wise idiom-makers really trying to tell us? Are we meant to wait, or are we meant to jump out there in our proverbial pyjamas and seize whatever we can?!

And then this weekend I paid my parents a visit. While meandering through their garden on Saturday evening, I found a bush of my favourite flower (I like to think my mom planted it especially for me, but that's probably not the case) - Evening Glory.

I don't know if you've ever seen an Evening Glory flower. It's the white evening equivalent of the Morning Glory; but it's white and has the most fantastic fragrance you could ever imagine.

And it just got me thinking: a lot of people are enamoured by Morning Glory. It's beautiful, grows abundantly (a bit weed-like to be honest), and brightens up the early hours of the day. But how many people have even heard of it's beautiful sister?!

So that's how I shall choose to interpret the idiom 'all things come to those who wait' from now on.

The early-bird may grab everyone's attention - but nothing can beat the beauty and fragrance of what the twilight brings.

So I sit back and wait for my evening glory to arrive; and will curb my jealousy of those morning bloomers.

Thanks Anyway for the chance to eventually blossom...however late it may arrive!

Strength Through the Strife!

When I started this attitude a few months ago, I didn't realise that my life was about to start falling apart ever so slightly.

Ever since 2011 began, things have just seemed to deteriorate in my life. But then this morning, while eating my cereal, I thought about my life, and realised one thing: life isn't always going to be easy!

2010, although not a bed  of roses, was a pretty darn good year for me. So maybe this is just a balancing act. I need to learn that the good always comes with the bad.

But I am so grateful for my self-imposed attitude of seeing the good in everything. It really does lighten some very dark moments. Sure, I sometimes fail to see the positive during some heinous event...but I put that down to being human...and that's something else I have to live with - my own human nature and human faults.

So today I Say Thanks Anyway for saying thanks anyway:) It gets me through some darker moments! Try it for yourself - it may surprise you how much it really does help!

And don't be embarrassed about what you're grateful for. If it gets you through the day (and no one else actually has to know) - then what the heck right?!