It’s the Little Things

I woke up early at 4 this morning and instead of fighting to go back to sleep, I decided to embrace my early morning schedule and make some coffee. As I enter the kitchen, I see the coffee maker pulled forward on the counter and the pot is filled with coffee. I touch the carafe and sure enough, that coffee is still hot, so someone had to have just made it. I knew my husband had to be the one to make the coffee because he is only one who pulls the entire maker forward and leaves it there while the coffee brews. Puzzled as to how or why my husband made me coffee at such an early time, I go and ask him about it. He tells me that he was up dealing with a work situation and the coffee was made for himself, but I'm getting the benefit. He says,” Enjoy!” before he turns over to go back to sleep.

It's nice when inconveniences like doing late night work and being up early for no reason collide and a shared need, like coffee, makes me feel loved and blessed and makes my husband feel happy that he was able to bless my unplanned early start to my day with a hot pot of coffee. So much of the joy and happiness in life can be found in accepting reality, such as being awake when you don't want to be or having to work late at night, and having the right perspective, sharing a pot of coffee is sharing life with someone.

I don’t know that I would say that this is the secret to our success, but I will say being able to find the silver linings in non-ideal circumstances is a key component to our mutual desire to keep living life together.