We really do overlook the simple things
When people tell us
To stop
And smell the roses,
Maybe we should

Because I have finally realized
How the smallest things
Overcome me
With joy
Now that I have learned to appreciate them

The first sip of chocolate milk
On a cloudy morning,
Washing your hands
Then feeling the air chill them.
The smell of my Mimi’s perfume,
It doesn’t smell great
But it smells like her.
When the harmony on a piano,
Is just right.
And when the sun is too bright
To open your eyes
But you have nothing else to do
But soak it in.

With all the troubles
that burden us throughout life
The best way to overcome
Is by taking in the little things
One by one
Loving them more each day
As they bring the times before trouble
Back to us
Or help us to forget
Just for a moment
That there is anything more
Than that feeling
Of whatever your simple may be.