The first boy I ever really loved was in high school.† I was 16 and fell hard.† After a couple of years of tears, laughter, silliness it ended.† There was drama in there but that is another post for another day.

We have reconnected on Facebook and he commented on something I said and got to me to thinking.

I mentioned when I was young I was ‘easily amused’ and he questioned that.

Today, I have been thinking about that phrase….’easily amused’.† We use it as a negative, a bad thing.† But is it really?

I was ‘easily amused’, when I was younger.† With a kid’s love of the world, everything was interesting to me.† A bike ride, a game of war, catching lightening bugs.† As I grew older I was still easily amused.† Even through the roller coaster of emotions in teenage years, it didn’t take much to make me happy.

As I got older I became less ‘easily amused’.† I searched, for what I have no clue.† That elusive ‘something’ that would complete me.† I wanted it all.† I wanted the bright lights, the excitement, the knight on the white horse, the drinking champagne out of the shoe, the exhilaration, the late nights, the exotic food, the glamorous life. So I searched and searched and traveled and searched some more.† I ran as far and as fast as I could to something…somewhere….

To my surprise I ended up right where I started as we so often do.† The last few years, since I have had a child, I am once again ‘easily amused’ and finding myself becoming more and more so.† I delight in thunderstorms, local history, the beauty of nature, watching a tadpole turn into a frog, sharing my favorite movies with Kei, eating ice cream on a hot day, walking barefoot in the rain, picking flowers in a field.† I get giddy when I have a new book to read, a song† can move me to tears, a tea party with my girl is the highlight of my week.

Easily amused?….for me it now means ‘content‘. Being happy where I am.† Appreciating life and this day that God has given me.

So yes Stevie…I am easily amused. Finally….

Happy Monday,

K