Day 491: Surprise Contentment

Don't you just love it when a piece of work you weren't planning on enjoying is much more fun than you thought? And when people suddenly make suggestions that you had imagined were secret thoughts, bashing around in your consciousness, but seem to have made it out somewhere and connected?

I'm enjoying the flask given to me by Lee and Tanya. Maté on tap. Get IN. I'm enjoying the peace of not bothering with supper because I wasn't that hungry (an apple and some seeds did me fine).

I loved getting an exciting JP call out of the blue and a recommendation to a new company (for German-speaking work - big fun in a Germany pie). Thanks, Justin. You recommend me so widely, I can only gasp. 

Mark Dawson Photography

I'm revelling in lovely people all around me. Good chats; lots of laughing; Mike showing me a picture of his dog with such unreserved love and pride - just amazing. 

Once again, this gratitude game helps with feelings of contentment. Just notice those good things springing up all around. They're there. They're always there, just like beauty is, if you look for it, and kindness, even in the midst of cruelty, and wonder, spicing up the banal. It's a question of focus. 

And thank you, thank you, thank you, all you lovely people who have taken the time to like or say nice things on facebook about a shot by Mark Dawson Photography. I posted it yesterday. I'm humbled, and delighted, and very happy Mark's getting exposure for his photographic talent. He's the man for headshots. Get in there!