Contentment

As I stand here on this overcast yet pleasant day, sipping my Perfectly Pumpkin coffee, I am reminded what contentment is.

It isn't sitting in front of the tv watching reruns, soaps, or movies...although tv time definitely has it's place.

It isn't playing on the computer, surfing the net, or shopping 'til you drop.

I guess it all depends on your perspective.

I'm pretty sure this is it.

Standing outside on a cool day in padded overalls and a flannel shirt (yes...that is what I said) drinking delicious coffee while hearing the faint tinkle of the bells on the collars of our goats.

Our little herd is making it's daily trek around our small acreage, picking and choosing which delightful morsels they feel like nibbling on. It must be like an all-you-can-eat buffet for them.

Bailey is running around in true dog nirvana....digging holes and chasing imaginary (or just well-hidden) creatures just beneath the soil.

Hamlet is rooting around in the dirt and grass looking for who-knows-what....grubs, maybe?

I can hear the hum of the fan in the grain bin that belongs to the farmer whose property adjoins ours.

The birds are even chirping as if to say, "It was worth it! You were right to make this life choice!"

Ah...contentment...

Wait....my coffee's gone. Crap.

Goats! Hey, goats!!! Come back here!! You CAN'T get on the roof of the car!!!!

Bailey!!! I just gave you a bath!!!! Why are you covered in mud?! Oh, wait....that is NOT mud....

Won't that darn grain bin ever stop making that hideous noise?!?! It just buzzes constantly!!!!!!

What are you birds chirping about?????? Isn't it time for you to fly South???

Hamlet!!! ACK!!! Hamlet!!!!! What are you doing?!?! Hamlet, get off of Bailey's head!!!!! STOP HUMPING THE DOG!!!!!!!!

Yep....contentment.....

It all depends on your perspective....

I'm glad I can CHOOSE which perspective to have.
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