Today I give thanks for the blue skies that nudged me out from my gloomies. 

 

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been struggling lately to give thanks.  I’ve been a little rote, and since I’ve been so housebound with the ice and cold weather, I haven’t been outdoors enough to enjoy natural beauty.  A wonderful Sunday walk in Letchworth State Park was followed by two days of sitting around reading, cooking, and generally feeling more than a little sorry for myself – and feeling very, very sorry for our country.  I’m doing what I can for our country – writing my governor and representatives and seeking out other things that might make at least a bit of a difference.  But I need to get away from the television news programs and get active actually doing something! 

 

For my own personal good, too, I need to blast out of these gloomy doldrums.  Sure, the cloudy, snowy, and then rainy weather doesn’t help matters, but do I want to spiral downward?  Absolutely not!  Been there, done that!  That is absolutely not the way I want to interact with the world.  And definitely not how I want to spend the final quarter – more or less – of my life!

 

So…this morning I started the day with movement and followed it up with prayer.  Putting some movement first (before I could talk myself out of it) worked wonders!  At least so far I feel much, much better.  And, as I looked up, the clouds began to dissipate to showcase a beautifully soft blue morning sky that filled me with wonder!

 

And I began humming a few of the bars of that (now) old Beatles song:

Little darling
It's been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say, it's all right…