Like so many busy ladies, each day's task list fills up with more items faster than I get the chance to check off! Yet, I'm always forced to slow down with little daily diversions...

Hearts... 

I catch a glimpse of one just about everyday. Taking shape in the simplest form, they appear almost magically, hidden, but apparent to the alert eye. Like in these cantaloupe halves I cut this afternoon...

Or other charms sneak in, finding a way to make me sit and savor a moment.

So many advertisements fill up the mailbox and much of it automatically gets tossed. Although, today I opened an invite to subscribe to O magazine. While the expected form was enclosed, I spotted a wonderful gift titled "What I know for sure", a list of Oprah's "all-time top 10" insights:

1)   What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what.

2)   You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.

3)   Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.

4)   When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.

5)   Worrying is wasted time. Use the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you.

6)  What you believe has more power than what you dream, wish, or hope for. You become what you believe.

7)   If the only prayer you ever say is "thank you," that will be enough.

8)   The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.

9)   Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction.

10) If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.

This made me stop, sit and really absorb her inspirational words, my thoughts for the day. Even though I know all this to be "certain, real and true," a gentle reminder is always a welcome respite. 

Just like the hearts I always find... xoxo-Sonya