This morning
I was looking at my son's cattle
busily grazing in the field behind our house
and I wondered....
What do they think about whilst they are eating??
"Just a little more grass"....?!!
I remember
a good friend.....a minister's wife
who led a very gifted ministry.
She used to jog for miles most days.....
Somebody asked her did she pray whilst she jogged.?
Did she have deep and meaningfull thoughts?
(others expectations of us ..as well as
our own about ourselves??)
She said "No.....
...I think.....I'll just try and make it
as far as the next lamppost!"
That was unexpected!!
I enjoyed my year , last year......
Seeing things from a different angle.....
This is the ferry
starting it's journey to Ireland....
Then this bridge leads to further delights
around the corner
I accomplished so many things
from my wish list...
Ok
It did mean pushing myself..
and taking extra painkillers......
and resting for the next few days.....
But....I felt so fulfilled
and satisfied at just having accomplished it.
........
After operating
my consultant said that my nerves
were so badly crushed
that he wondered how I had managed to do all I did!
So did I!!
What I know is that....for me...
at that time....the best thing was....
accomplishing something
after years of operations and resting.
I wonder if we would act differently....
not put off to another day
the things we would really like to do/see.....
repair broken relationships...
whatever is bubbling away at the back of our minds...
just needing to be done...someday...
after I've done....
This was Newgale last summer.....
I wonder if....
the pub owners ever thought......??
and this is it last week...
after the floods had subsided a little.....
The shingle bank
has been thrown onto the road
so that you can't see where it is.....
....and the pub was much more submerged
by the flood waters
People walk along the new bank
where the road once was..
whilst...
Diggers work to restore it....
Can you see the edge of the road??
Roll on summer!
So I can, once again, visit favourite spots!
Last week I was told
that I was still to take it very easy...
to continue as I was told to do straight after the op...
to stay on crutches...
not bend, stretch, twist....etc
so that the bone grafts
and rods they have put in...
will take and heal.
I wonder why...
we women have to have permission.....
to stop and rest
Before my appointment last week...
I had been thinking that I should be
trying to do more...
..that it was 'time' for me...
to pick up the reigns of the house, meals etc...
It was such a relief to be told by a professional...
to stop and rest for sometime yet..
I am so grateful
for all that I am learning....
especially over these last few years of,
mainly, inactivity.
I'm so grateful, also,
for all the encouraging comments from you...
my blogging friends
I still....Wonder Why....
What about you??!!
