Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Happiness is Productivity

Mother and I have spent the last two days working like slaves in the yard.  Yesterday we first hauled a bunch of stuff out of the family room, pending the arrival of new furniture, and then we proceeded to gather up all the garbage that had been strewn about in the garbage.  We had a bit of a setback when I heard some scurrying in the back and lo, there was  skunk hustling from one side of the garage to the other.  We then worked very carefully on only one side of the garage, fearful of getting skunked.  Once that was done, we took a break and then we began painting the lawn furniture.  At the end of it I took the recycling up to the depot and returned with ice cream sundaes.
       We sat on the deck and praised ourselves, at which point Mom said
“Happiness is feeling a sense of accomplishment.” 
I smiled.
       So much for trying to get an answer from her with penetrating, intellectual questions. 

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