"Small Close Things"

A rose in its fulfilment….

A warm childhood memory…

A living environment for Mother and child…

Stories to live with…

The closeness to nature...

The generations before…

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Memories… "Small Close Things" The seemingly insignificant in the eyes of the public, but so incredibly important to us It was never the big success, the beautiful words or wordy theories. It was not money, status or glory

No… usually it is just "small close things " in our lives that make the biggest impression in heart and mind ...

What will you remember when you come to the age that makes you look more and more in the rear-view mirror? Or have you the capacity to appreciate these small things without even looking back?

They say that you shall not look backward, not forward either because we are invited to live in the present

.If so how can you ever know what was important. Since it`s only with this comparative perspective to the past that you will become aware of what has actually meant something, and what was only beautiful illusions ...

A wild bird in your hand A mothers beautiful song in the childhood A first word from a beloved baby

A warm hug from a revolutionary teenager A happy sparkle in the eyes of a child A walk with the little grandchild’s hand in yours

A lovely sunset A piece of music that went straight in and stayed for ever.. A capacity of loving and become loved. A safe place within

A dog's tail waving when you get home at night A garden flower that for the first time survived the cold winter A book that gave you the feeling that it was written just for you A beautiful poem

So I could go on with my list for ever. Our lives are so filled up with these ”small close things”

But do we notice them do we pay them enough attention or do we just take them for granted. Or do we have to be with one foot in the grave to realize what was important? Love for example

And love for our children….

I can see in the rear-view mirror, what was important in my life. Was it the carrier, was it money, was it my appearance, was it fame ??? No ..Now I can see that it was the children, my own as well as all the others which I was given to raise. I can see in the rear-view mirror what made me smile.

A happy child who looked upon me with trust created my most happy moments. They were all the source to the most of these “small close things”

As some wise person has said: “After all this climbing and all the efforts we have made to reach the top, we will finally find that we have put the ladder up against the wrong wall ” How true...

"... You shall not hunt so restless around, but learn to love ”small close. things "So ended the song my mother sang for me as a child.. Maybe the best heritage she could have given to me…. A melody, a text, a voice that became a warm childhood memory. One of these ”small close things ” which I always will carry with me to make me remember what life is all about…

Have you looked into your rear-view mirror, have you found the “small close things “ that filled your life with warmth.?