Outside of that ring, I've actually been feeling a lot better. Perhaps it's because Spring (my favorite season) is so close and there are already flowers out! I love Spring rains, and the snow is more pleasant when that shows up, which it did a little bit last night. I love seeing things that were a bleak brown start to turn green again and dead branches develop buds that will turn into either beautiful infant leaves or brilliant blossoms. The world is awakening and perhaps I love it because I can feel that awakening. It's such a beautiful experience! Being surrounded by it resurges my energy and makes me feel more alive!
I'm getting closer to my next trip, and I'm getting a little nervous about it, because I'm once more taking a little bit of an adventurous twist and trying out a different way of travel. I'm still flying, but this time trying out the services of a smaller airport that's only about 15-20 minutes away. It has a few airlines that offer direct flights to my destination. The airport is small and had a bad reputation for a while for delays, but it's had a few more years of experience to improve some of that, and I'm not using the one that has the worst reputation for that. It's been a long year, and this will be around the first-year anniversary of losing my brother, so I hope that doesn't get in the way. My empathic emotional sensitivity has become keener, but I've accepted that might be my new normal. I suppose that's a good thing.
As stated in an article I read recently, the only people who can make a successful society are the individual people who get up every day and lend a helping hand to their family and their neighbors. The government doesn't create our happiness, we do. So, let's get out there and help each other, especially if hard times hit. I'm really hoping that doesn't happen, but if it does, the best way is to fight through it together. As I've said many times, hope is there no matter how bleak things look.
As for me, I'm going to go outside today, enjoy the smell of a fresh rain, and enjoy a walk. There are too many beautiful things in this world that we overlook. It's like this meme I found on Facebook a supposed quote from Hans Christian Andersen (I didn't verify), "The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things." I can't say enough how true this is! It's so easy to grasp the darkness and cling to it, and I suppose there are times when it's thrown into your face, but if you look there so many sparks of light surrounding us that remind us that we're surrounded by so many good things! As my dad reminds everyone passing our yard every Spring, Hope Springs Eternal.
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| Orchid from my houseplants lived long enough to rebloom! |
