Small beauty

There's a simple sweetness in the little things of life... Everyone always says to notice the small things, things we take for granted or see but move on so fast it's gone.

It's also the small things that can do the most damage. The irritating habits or common frustrations that wear us down. But that's why we need the small good things to balance. It's about focus.

Two days ago I was craving some nice dark chocolate, just a piece, a little bittersweetness. I came up to my room to go through my stash when I saw mom had put my mail on my bed with four little 60% chocolate bites :) Sixty percent is a little on the sweeter side for my taste but it fit because the moment was sweet too.

I've really been into sweet iced tea. I love tea in the winter but I never really drank it in the summer even tho I've always been a fan of iced tea. So I started making sun tea this week and I love it! It doesn't take much effort and I can control the sugar and it tastes amazing. Win, win, win. One drawback... Everyone else likes it too :p

I like swimming when it's super hot and you have air conditioning in like only two rooms of the house. I pretty much discovered this summer that I'm living 6 miles from the prettiest access to the river. I've lived here how long?! I really enjoy going down there now with some of the best girls ever!

Horseback riding is pretty much my life. It's my job, my hobby and my passion. Alone on a horse with the world open to exploration is the greatest feeling. I have solved so many problems while riding... Cleared my mind... And gotten stronger, it's unreal. So when I get to share that with someone and go riding together, I don't want anything more.

I couldn't sleep one night and I heard Skylee barking. She's been doing that at night a lot recently so I went downstairs to check it out. There was a huge black dog out there that has come around before and killed chickens. We chased him away but it amazed me that Sky would sit on the porch late at night, when she normally sleeps in the barn, just to guard us while we sleep.

Life had gotten me down recently; I was praying and asking God for strength to keep on. He always sends a peace even when I don't have the answers and it's always enough. His grace is sufficient IF you let it. It's so easy to block God out but I'm learning to draw on his strength. He has already conquered the world.

You can choose to focus on the good or the bad. You can choose to turn the bad into good or good to bad. It's however you want to live. Pulled down by the annoying little things in life or lifted up by the small beautiful occurrences in life.