Enfin, enfin! Je pourrais le jurer sur le livre sacr\u00e9\u00a0: je me r\u00e9jouis de vivre. Oui, oui! Le 27\u00a0mai dernier, j\u2019ai plong\u00e9 dans l\u2019oc\u00e9an de mes soixante-seize ans et me voici plus heureuse que jamais.<\/p>\n
Hier soir, je soupais avec mes deux arri\u00e8re-petits-fils, aussi joyeux que de jeunes grenouilles sautant dans une mare de chocolat. Leur p\u00e8re et leur grand-p\u00e8re y \u00e9taient avec la maman-biberon, toujours pr\u00eate \u00e0 donner le sein entre deux sushis.<\/p>\n
Se r\u00e9jouir de vivre, c\u2019est comprendre et appr\u00e9cier ce qui nous apporte r\u00e9ellement de la joie. Je suppose que chacun d\u2019entre nous cherche un diff\u00e9rent bonheur selon notre propre r\u00e9alit\u00e9\u00a0: \u00e2ge, situation amoureuse, travail, famille, engagement artistique ou vie sociale. Une chose est certaine, nous r\u00eavons tous d\u2019\u00eatre heureux et satisfaits de la vie qui nous colle au collet. Raisonnable et tr\u00e8s r\u00e9aliste, chaque jour je remercie le grand manitou de m\u2019avoir faite ainsi. Bien s\u00fbr, comme tout le monde, j\u2019ai eu mes mis\u00e8res et mes moments de gloire. J\u2019ai vieilli comme vieillit le ch\u00eane centenaire, particuli\u00e8rement r\u00e9sistant et facile \u00e0 contenter.<\/p>\n
Je n\u2019ai pas assez de doigts pour compter mes b\u00e9n\u00e9dictions\u00a0: capable de marcher sans canne, d\u2019habiter seule, d\u2019entretenir mon logis, de cuisiner mes repas, de conduire ma Mini, de faire les courses, de calculer mes d\u00e9penses, de lire de gros bouquins avec des barniques d\u2019appoint, et surtout, surtout, capable de r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir et d\u2019\u00e9crire en tapant sur un clavier.<\/p>\n
Tous ces gestes du quotidien me rendent follement heureuse. Enfiler un legging sexy, attacher mon soutien-gorge, s\u00e9cher mes cheveux, brosser mes dents, cr\u00e9mer ma figure, choisir mes lunettes et la couleur de mon rouge \u00e0 l\u00e8vres. J\u2019aime tellement \u00e9tendre mon linge dehors, arroser mes plates-bandes de lupins, lacer mes \u00ab\u00a0running shoes\u00a0\u00bb, brasser mes confitures, et le soir, p\u00e9daler sur un engin stationnaire en regardant des histoires invent\u00e9es \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9.<\/p>\n
J\u2019ai pass\u00e9 toute ma carri\u00e8re de femme d\u2019affaires \u00e0 imaginer l\u2019inaccessible, \u00e0 mettre la barre tr\u00e8s haut, \u00e0 pourchasser des objectifs hors d\u2019atteinte, \u00e0 compter m\u00eame les sous noirs et \u00e0 combattre des cyclopes incapables de voir o\u00f9 j\u2019allais.<\/p>\n
Enracin\u00e9e dans mon patelin de campagne, ma vie simple d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui me ravit \u00e9norm\u00e9ment et j\u2019en savoure chaque minute. Peut-\u00eatre direz-vous que je suis facile \u00e0 vivre et vous aurez raison. L\u2019appel d\u2019un petit-fils, l\u2019arriv\u00e9e d\u2019un ami, une tarte aux pommes superbement r\u00e9ussie, une lettre bien \u00e9crite, une conversation amicale; je demeure attentive \u00e0 tous ces petits moments de bonheur.<\/p>\n
Comme le font les personnes faciles \u00e0 vivre, essayons, vous et moi, d\u2019amadouer le contentement, ce pr\u00e9cieux \u00e9lixir de bonheur. Profitons des petites joies quotidiennes, du sourire d\u2019un \u00e9tranger, d\u2019un bon caf\u00e9, d\u2019une conversation amicale, d\u2019un bisou \u00e0 la vol\u00e9e et de toutes ces p\u00e9pites de sagesse qui se trouvent dans les choses ordinaires de la vie et dont la valeur se r\u00e9v\u00e8le inestimable.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Ne cherchons plus la perfection, l\u2019inaccessible \u00e9toile\u00a0\u00bb, comme chantait Jacques\u00a0Brel. Ne cherchons plus la perfection dans les choses, dans les gens et en nous-m\u00eames, surtout.<\/p>\n
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