Simply wonderful sunsets on the street
On Sunday Mabel invited me and Amy to watch the sunset from a street that over looks the entire Salt Lake Valley. Needless to say, it was quite beautiful. We had a good time talking about Amy's adorable family that is currently expanding (extended family is expanding) and Mabel's adorable little nieces and nephew.
I love sunsets so much! Especially when they're mind blowing. Sunday's sunset wasn't so much mind blowing but simply wonderful. There is a beauty in simplicity that can't be found in any sort of extravagance. When I'm driving through an old neighborhood with small, cozy, well kept homes I feel so happy. Those neighborhood are a little piece of heaven for me because small homes mean people working to live a good life, but not in extravagance. Well kept homes mean they have their lives in order. If a home is kept in order I tend to think life is easier to keep in order. Usually the keeping of the yard and most rooms comes after work during the week and relaxing because who wants to do more work after a week full of it? A well kept home means a well kept family, in my mind. That doesn't mean everything is perfect all the time, but it's a welcome, calming environment. When there are so many homes like that in a neighborhood, close together but still roomy, there is a spirit of union. And that is the beauty in the simplicity of those homes: the warm closeness and togetherness it brings. One of my favorite spots in Utah is Sugarhouse because of the medium-small/small homes that give me that warmness each time I drive through there. It's simply wonderful. Just like most sunsets.
There are so many different things in life that are better left at simply wonderful. If one tried to spruce them up, add bells and whistles, tried to "make it better or prettier", it would no longer be as special or magical. Simply wonderful things are simple. They're the best things out there. The simple way a mother teaches her child to work, the simple way a student quietly studies to learn the ways of the universe, the simple way the majority of humans survive. Maybe its only the simply wonderful things we need to survive. If we're grateful for those things, how much more enjoyable would everything else be? I think if we're focused on using and are grateful that we can use the simply wonderful things we've been supplied with (and not necessarily anything material) then those occasional mind blowing sunsets will be even more special.
I love sunsets so much! Especially when they're mind blowing. Sunday's sunset wasn't so much mind blowing but simply wonderful. There is a beauty in simplicity that can't be found in any sort of extravagance. When I'm driving through an old neighborhood with small, cozy, well kept homes I feel so happy. Those neighborhood are a little piece of heaven for me because small homes mean people working to live a good life, but not in extravagance. Well kept homes mean they have their lives in order. If a home is kept in order I tend to think life is easier to keep in order. Usually the keeping of the yard and most rooms comes after work during the week and relaxing because who wants to do more work after a week full of it? A well kept home means a well kept family, in my mind. That doesn't mean everything is perfect all the time, but it's a welcome, calming environment. When there are so many homes like that in a neighborhood, close together but still roomy, there is a spirit of union. And that is the beauty in the simplicity of those homes: the warm closeness and togetherness it brings. One of my favorite spots in Utah is Sugarhouse because of the medium-small/small homes that give me that warmness each time I drive through there. It's simply wonderful. Just like most sunsets.
There are so many different things in life that are better left at simply wonderful. If one tried to spruce them up, add bells and whistles, tried to "make it better or prettier", it would no longer be as special or magical. Simply wonderful things are simple. They're the best things out there. The simple way a mother teaches her child to work, the simple way a student quietly studies to learn the ways of the universe, the simple way the majority of humans survive. Maybe its only the simply wonderful things we need to survive. If we're grateful for those things, how much more enjoyable would everything else be? I think if we're focused on using and are grateful that we can use the simply wonderful things we've been supplied with (and not necessarily anything material) then those occasional mind blowing sunsets will be even more special.
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