Life, A Bowl of Cherries?

I like your quote.  Two weeks ago my mom and I went to a Farmers Market and they had cherries for sale - 3 pounds bags for $3.95 or "cherry pick" your own () for $1.49 a pound.  What a deal! She chose the pre-packaged cherries.  We got home and found that although most were delicious there were some that were soft or not up to our standards.  

Sometimes life does not allow us the luxury us time to cherry pick.  You just have to look at something in its entirety and try to make an informed decision and ask yourself if it's "worth it". 

Some things take time to sweeten...try to be patient and realize their potential and let them ripen to enjoy them to their fullest. 

Others are beyond being able to be enjoyed and should not be kept - time will never make them what you want them to be - even worse...they may spoil your whole batch.  

Then there are the ripe cherries.  The ones that are tasty and bring smiles and satisfaction. Mmmm! Keep them healthy and protect them from getting bruised.    

Where am I going with all of this??  Enjoy life in the moment.  Try to remove the elements that might spoil your ability to enjoy life.  Let past negative experiences go - they will only leave a bad taste in your mouth.  Even the sweetest cherries have "pits". However if you look at them for their future goodness they can bring they should be "cherished" and kept.  Plant seeds for more sweetness in the future!!  That's my cherry (I mean cheery) take on life. 

As always I wish you all of the best life has to offer.   

- Bill   

Leah, even when you have down times, your attitude is amazing. It's got to be tiresome and frustrating and maddening to have dementia. Just remember this, even if you have to paste it on your mirror. You were an educator. You still are an educator. You are teaching so many of us what it's like for someone - even someone like you with your incredible capacity to keep a positive attitude -  to have dementia. To live with it and struggle with it. God bless you. You are one of a kind.

Blessings,

Carol

Thank you for your story. My mother has vascular dementia and I find it so frustrating. Somedays I  just want  to scream. So its nice to hear  it from  your side

You amaze me for what you do now. Take one day at a time and minute somedays.

I will keep you in my prayers. I think it is so great you write on here like you do.

Take care of your self.

As Erma Bombeck used to say....." life is a bowl of cherries....but, ain't this the pits" You are an inspiration to all of us and....I know I have told before...I appreciate you putting into words what I so desperatley try to express.....and will continue to say...Thanks. Although our difficulties are not always the same ....the diagnosis of vascular dementia is. God Bless you, my dementia friend.

Sandy