I, too, welcome you to this forum, LifeWentOn.
I can relate to what you said about the texting conundrum. Many, if not most, people I know just send a quick little text, and it sometimes will have a typo. I frickin PROOFREAD mine! I have deliberated for MINUTES over various verbiage in a text message, then stall over whether to send it.
Aargh!
Email is ten times worse.
I just picked up a book the other day entitled "Peace". I think it's a good read, written by an Eastern Monk.
The thing I remembered was that we can be happy in THIS moment, right now, and appreciate the things that are here with us this very moment.
The sun shining (smile, it feels good)
A person's smile
The world spinning.
Yes, I think I can do that, even if there are other things going on all around me.
The thing is, I think that when we do that....and then do more of it, we can look
back and find that we felt better, happier, more grounded during those times.
I'm gonna try.
Let's see if it makes a difference