At least it cooled them off!
A short dip as the storms brewing in the distance, with lightning flashes on the other side of the lake.
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Cold but beautiful
The day after the first big snow storm of the winter. It is very cold, but beautifully bright.
I had to drop my van at the neighbour’s to get some work done on it. I took the chance to get my exercise on the way home.
It is only about a kilometer but in the open areas the wind was bitter on my face, and my blue jeans offered little protection from the freezing temperatures.
I paused to capture some interesting shadows, and shapes that intriqued me, no conscious reason why.
Home by the fire, sipping hot tea. Happy to have filled my lungs with the clean crisp air, happier to absorb the heat back into my bones. Life is good!
The enemy: fatigue
Learning to pace ones self seems to be a most important aspect of maintaining self-control and getting to one’s goals.
Am I the only one that works like a mad man gets loads done, then crashes and burns in a blaze not so glorious?
I personally like to use timers when I am at home. Maybe it’s a throw back to school bells. I need reminders to take breaks, to eat meals, and to get up and do some more.
When I continually forget to pace myself I end up, tired and cranky or eating an entire box of gluten-free crackers while mindlessly watching useless fluff on t.v. and playing addictive games on my phone. Leaving me down on myself, and frustrated.
How do you pace yourself through the day, so your ending is as glorious as the beginning?
Living on the edge of Algonquin Park
Feeling blessed to live so close to the park.
Able to load the kids up, throw on the canoes and go.
Pack a lunch. Grab the fishing poles.
Magnificent, spectacular, memories in the making.
This is truly living!
God is so good!
Seeking Authenticity
I have an anxious feeling in my soul today and I can’t explain why.
I feel like something is going to happen. I am uncomfortable.
Is it from a recent discussion? In my studies, and discussions I have been bombarded by a thought so foreign to me I can’t grasp it. I feel like it’s a rabbit hole.
Is it just a moment of stretching and growth?
Maybe it’s too much coffee, not enough sleep, the weather???
Whatever it is, I choose not too live in this state!
I know that God is good, and His love lasts forever. I know He cares for us even in our weakened state. So as uncomfortable as this moment is, I choose to face today with love, patience, kindness, goodness, and hopefully a bit of self control.
Who knows maybe this anxiety will lead to something new and authentically great! After all, I am seeking the “real thing”!
Half a century in the blink of an eye!
I was a little disappointed this morning. I woke up and did not feel any wiser at all.
Somehow I thought that if one was turning as old as I am today, with all the life experiences that I have encountered, I should wake up smarter or wiser or something.
Funny, I really don’t feel much different than yesterday, except maybe a little sad, that I didn’t slow down and bask in life’s experiences more as I was passing through.
The lessons learned young about hurrying along, get up, get dressed, get breakfast,get to school/church/work, get back home, get changed, get to bed, repeat. Not sure how wise these lessons were. With 50 years gone by and the memories of those days quickly slipping away.
One more day, a day of conversation, or togetherness with some of the people I loved and are no more, what a precious gift that would be, if time could freeze for a moment and one could appreciate the heart beat of time as it was happening, basking in pure love and adoration .
Memories, memories, even these are unfaithful and slip and transform in my reckoning. Cruel is the mind!
Please don’t get me wrong, I am not in mourning, or grasped by great sorrow, but only nostalgic for what was and is no more.
In youth you do not understand as time seems to go by at a slow, slow pace and you wish your life away, one hurry up at a time.
I am wise enough to know how I am extremely blessed. A God who loves me, a family to care for me, friends to challenge and celebrate me, no more would a wise person ask for, because nothing else is as sweet.
Today is my birthday, and today I choose to absorb every moment, to slow down and not hurry, to open my senses, to absorb all expressions of love.
Thank you to all that make this journey of life more amazing to me!
Half way there, already!
June 1st, 2021
I remember when I was a child my mom helped out my Great Uncle George and Aunt Beatrice. They had the most beautiful garden, lots of gladiolus plants, nice and neat. Vegetables all in perfectly straight weed free rows.
They also had a massive row of big sweet juicy raspberries. It was always fun to ‘start’ picking them, one for the bucket, one for the belly, one for the bucket, two for the belly, etc, etc.
Always about half way through the task of picking, these berries would get boring and old. I remember whining about “how much longer till we get to the end?”
My mom would always say, ” instead of worrying how much we have left to do, look how far we have come!”
Today, right now, the half way point, it’s time to look how far we have come. What was sweet and juicy? What is not quite on track?
Regroup, refuel, strive for the prize but don’t forget how far we have come!
“God created us as an original, but oftentimes we die as a copy, how tragic that is!” Dan Cathy chick-fil-a
I heard this quote early this morning in my business class.
This is “it”, this is the reason for this site! I don’t want to be a copy, I was created to be unique, I am one of a kind!
What would our world look like if we all stepped out and strive to become the original that God created us to be?
What if we ignored the people that discourage us from trying something new?
What if we were our own cheerleaders?
I believe we already know more than we feel “safe” admitting about the life we truly want. The blueprint is within ourselves are we willing to take our blinders off and do the work that is sometimes uncomfortable, take chances and risks?
Are we willing to swim against the current, climb the mountain even when it’s steep, to continue through the desert when we are not sure if we can make it because we are so thirsty for a taste of success?
I am not willing to settle for a “copied” life! I don’t want to fit in!
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