Innate2Decorate: Ode to the Room: February 2013

Sunday, February 17, 2013

co·zy/ˈkōzē

Adjective - Giving a feeling of comfort, warmth, and relaxation

Couldn't you cozy up here and watch the snow fall?

How about getting snowed in here:

Now grab your hot cocoa, cup of tea, or glass of wine and relax.

Snow

Snow makes whiteness where it falls

The bushes look like popcorn balls

The places where I always play

Look like somewhere else today

- Anonymous

I remember learning this poem when I was young and it always made me smile. Whenever it snows and the bushes actually do resemble popcorn balls I beckon the attention of my girls (now ages 7 and 8) and make a big goofball out of myself reciting this poem as though I am some formal Thespian. At first they giggled each time. Next they scoffed and groaned. Now, they actually join in and sometimes they do the reciting without being prompted. It's one of those little things in life that makes me smile and warms my heart because my girls smile too. Who knows? Maybe you will think of this little poem and my girls and I the next time you see a blanket of snow? And who knows, maybe you will even grin and this little thing will be your little thing?

Today it snowed.

A Snowy Room by Innate2Decorate

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THE GUEST HOUSE

This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

-Rumi