A Year of Simple Pleasures

Well, The Simple Pleasures Project has drawn to a close. Today I posted Simple Pleasure #365, making it an entire of year of simple pleasures. Even though the project is finished, however, I don't intend to overlook the daily simple pleasures of life. I still intend to notice the soft feeling of Ziah's wool beneath my fingers as I pet him, the snorting sound Sassie makes after she rolls in the garden's dirt, the vivid hues of an autumn sunset, the smell of the blooming wild roses, the taste of the season's first blackberries, and all the other simple pleasures that surround me. Being aware of those little riches of life are truly what brings happiness to a person. And for me The Simple Pleasures Project has just further reaffirmed the fact that I'm definitely not interested in a "normal" life. I'm not meant to miss out on all the simple pleasures of life in order to work a 40 hour a week job, "cooped up in some shabby little office," as George Baily would say. My heart lies with the farm, and with the arts, and with creative expression, and that is where I intend to stay. My grandfather (who taught us all about the love of the farm) always told us that if we made our living doing something we loved, we'd never have to work a day in our life, because it would never feel like work. That's the truth. Or to use my favorite quote from George Washington, "I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world." Ditto!