and all through my house, not a creature is stirring.
This morning I sat on my balcony, iced tea at hand, book in my lap, listening to palm fronds rustle in the breeze and watching ocean surf play on the reef. I realized at that moment there was no other place I wanted to be. Didn't need (or want) to be at the mall in a last minute shopping frenzy, didn't need (or want) to be in line at the grocery watching my frozen food defrost (my larder is stocked through Three Kings Day), didn't need (or want) to be doing an airport dash to a plane headed for someplace nippy, didn't need (or want) to be anywhere other than where I was.
I also realized that my gift to myself this year is simply this: contentment.
Wishing the same to you and yours this holiday season.
Penny Pincher
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