Contentment

Ok s my blog posts could be like buses! None for months and then 2 close together! I wanted to share about our day yesterday. I've written before about our trips to the farm and all our escapades. Well, yesterday as it is the school holidays I took all 4 kids down to the farm and we had such a brilliant day! Not only did we see the chickens, the lambs, the cows being milked and have a play in the farm but we were shown the egg sorting machine, explained about what was about to happen to all the chickens (which exposed our non farming minds to all sorts!) and we got to feed the lambs. S was absolutely in his element. I rarely see him happier! Not only to be out in the fresh air but to be sharing one of his favourite places with his siblings made for a very happy wee boy. His big brother struggled to share in this passion but I think it was so good for them to see S just so happy and free. Real contentment! Meanwhile I'm always constantly amazed at my friend's contentment too. She has 7 kids, is a farmer's wife and gets no time to herself yet radiates peace and contentment! She doesn't have to look far for things that could stress her but has such a deep faith that permeates everything! I asked her if she ever gets fed up with the mundane yesterday and I don't think she ever does. I think my question highlighted more to me a lack of contentment I didn't actually realise was there in myself! I was challenged in that alone! To spend a day with such folks is always so good and to see S so happy is a gift! Ironically, I'm writing a post about contentment at 6:00 in the morning! My other half and I have been awake for ages! I just found this quote which sums up the feelings of present insomnia. Perhaps with more contentment would come less 4 am secrets!!! “The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets.” Poppy Z Brite