She hath wings

I happened to check my WordPress account, feeling sure that no-one would have visited the site in my long absence. I was shocked to find that I was mistaken. Readers, you have prompted me to write again – thankyou!

I have spent a number of weeks making daily gratitude posts on my Facebook page to uplift friends and family and help them focus on the good. It has been a challenge some days and other days the thankfulness flowed, but it has proven useful as a discipline for myself as well as for others. As I have posted faithfully day after day, I have developed a bit of a following and received very positive feedback.

It’s a bit like planting my garden. Though it was a boring exercise and I didn’t see much evidence of growth at first, I prepared the soil, planted numerous bulbs and waited day after day. Now I am enjoying the fruits of my labour- Spring has come early to my front yard!

Right now it may feel like you are just putting one foot in front of the other, life fairly cyclical with nothing much to look forward to. May I encourage you that, just like this blog and my garden seem to do nothing much at times, there are rewards for those who keep living, keep trying and keep believing that one day will be better. None of us knows how long we will be distancing from loved ones, wearing masks and abstaining from our favourite activities in and outdoors with friends and family. What I do know is that this Covid-19 won’t wreak havoc forever. We have control over the decisions we make this day and may we be willing to trust that there will be better times ahead. At first there may be a glimmer of hope, like a bulb pushing through the dirt. Then perhaps some setbacks. Ultimately though, Spring will come.