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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive at the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment. ... Thich Nhat Hanh


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Saturday, May 20, 2006

No

A conversation I had with my niece this morning (at 6:30 am mind you...)

Hey Alyssa, you like french toast? I bought stuff just for you.
No. But I'll eat it if you want me to.
No, you don't have to eat it if you don't like it. Ok, um do you want me to make you some oatmeal? I can put some fresh berries and banana in it.
No.
Ok. How about some yogurt with granola?
No. I don't like yogurt.
Do you want some cereal? It's organic stuff, it's good and healthy!
Blahh. No.
Would you like me to make you a fruit salad? I even have some pineapple.
Not really Aunt Kelly.
Ah, we're running out of options kiddo.
Do you have english muffins?
No Alyssa, I don't sorry.
Do you want some toast with peanut butter?
Is it brown bread?
Yup.
No.
Ok, well. Help yourself!

Reminds me to be thankful I have non-picky eaters! (Although I'm sure she helps cut down on the grocery bill)

posted by I Am This at 10:00 AM

Comments on "No"

 

Blogger CE said ... (1:27 PM) : 

Nice one. :>)

 

Blogger Unknown said ... (10:28 PM) : 

How aboot just givin' the poor kid an Egg MacMuffin?

Just teasing, I'm of totally French-Canadian ancestory. I got the "aboot" thing from a Garrison Keillor skit, after which I started noticing it in real life.

 

Blogger I Am This said ... (11:39 PM) : 

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head.

Thanks for stoppin' in darius :)

 

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