I never know when a spur of inspiration will hit me to write a post. (Yes Dan.... I'm writing a post.... not a blog!) This morning, while giving my kids breakfast, I was hit.... right there in front of the kids.
As is typical in our household, I wake up and feed the kids. (It amazes me sometimes because they just ate the day before... and again... they're hungry!) This morning, they asked for english muffins. I popped them into the toaster and we waited.
Our toaster isn't one of those quiet, mind your own business toasters. No. Our toaster makes a bit of a racquet while slaving away creating our meal. It tends to sound something like this....
"tic, tic, tic, tic, tic, tic, tic, tic, tic, tic....."
This got into my head and it wasn't long before I was sounding something like this.....
"tic, tic, d'tic ... tic..... tic. tic, tic, d'tic ... tic..... tic. tic, tic, d'tic ... tic..... tic"
Soon, the kids caught on.... and we ended up dancing in the kitchen at 7 AM to the beat of the toaster.
I realized that so many things in life just pass us by. Not only do we not stop to smell the roses.... but we don't stop to dance to the toaster. Be aware of what is happening around you. Don't let the little things bother you, rather, maybe make a dance out of them. Force them to make you smile.
Don't just follow the crowd. Sometimes you just need to follow the beat of a different drummer toaster.
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