How was your weekend?
The usual office chitchat surrounds you when you walk in on a Monday morning. I am not at the office right now, but standing around the virtual water cooler,  the one at which we will meet with Suzanne every Monday. 
When being asked how my weekend was, I often try to escape the usual answer "it was ok, doing the usual stuff ..."
Does it happen to you when you want to share something really interesting and a bit less trivial than the common activities done during the weekend,







 but
you only have:

- the tiny, mini morning ray trying to reach the window and making way to the full sunlight to penetrate the room;

- the tiny little roses that blend seamlessly into a simple cut bouquet silently smiling from the side table reminding about the everyday beauty of things taken for granted;

- the morning coffee (a latte to be more precise) made by your husband with lots of VANILLA love and  the not so perfect foam heart on the top of the most precious sweet coffee mug – a gift from your son for Mother's Day, personalized "Greatest Mom";

- the finest wool in your Ugg sheepskin boots that gives warmth and comfort to your feet while walking with your loveable dog in a chilly autumn morning;

- the successful presentation with your colleagues at OISE  founded not on fancy technology, but rather a simple idea originally developed through cooperation, collaboration, care and lack of pretension. Thank you Amanda and JoAnn! 

- the honest food cooked for the family, especially the little notes in your son's lunchbox. Who doesn't like a sweet little message from someone who loves you and cares about you? I do, so does my son and he is 13!

-  the sweet sound of my adorable baby nephew's gurgles and coos; 


-  the ECLECTIC music of four cool men of Toronto's "creaking tree string quartet " (find more here) that fits your current mood and a new book recommended by a friend which is going to be a topic of your next book club discussion;
                                           




And the highlight of the week:

I finally decided to face my wardrobe and clear away everything that I have been accumulating for years. I finally used the one year rule: if you have not worn it in a year, then Trash and Donate. I have been keeping clothes which I haven't wore for years – some new ones, other with sentiment of the memories they bring. Not any more! I collected three big trash bags with jeans, t-shirts, skirts, jackets and at THE SAME EVENING, donated them to the local Salvation Army. Goodbye clutter! And you know what? I felt GREAT –  light, loose, and energized as after having a cardio exercise.
Clutter drains our energy. It's totally true. Purging the unneeded stuff brings a sense of relief, more breathing space and a peaceful mind (to me, it was more like getting rid of negative thoughts and making room for the good ones.)    




YES,                  
these are small ordinary things, but aren't they the ones that deserve to be treated as special as the big things, worthy of our full ATTENTION. Aren't they the ones that we have to be willing to share because they make up our days? However, we often overlook them since they seem so ordinary and arrive quietly without any fuss and preparation. Simple pleasures through the day are often far more satisfying than one amazing weekend and when we "connect the dots" between these little moments, life seems FULL/ big. 
Because the little things  make the big picture. 
Because all the smaller details give the big picture DEPTH.





Thank you Suzanne! 


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Have a nice week!