Forty Plus Miles

           Blue skies emerging in the light of day. Not quite happy, but not quite gray; for a moment I stay. Looking, first with eyes then with thoughts as mine remain in the blue. Slowly I see light, piercing my blue skies. Slowly I see change, welcome change that doesn't destroy but highlights the blue known.             I look again, in my thoughts this time only, considering the absence of gray. Considering the somber blue, darker but brighter than first noticed. I think on this, consider the beauty of blue skies, still looking for the light to shine, the bright colors to enter and stay a while, yet remembering I can see the light still; even in the aftermath of rainy days both literally and mentally.  Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with ...

 Note About The Piece Below: this is one of my other attempts to express something powerful in a creative way that catches people's attention. The piece is about making sure to NOT just be busy and stressed, but about taking time for proper mental health care and living. The format is two paragraphs both spelling out TAKE TIME together ( The Acrostic part), and the bottom half is a left justified Hiaku/Acrostic spelling out ONE (expressing One step at a time, or a steady pace versus hurried) finishing the idea's expression. Sharing this to bless someone.                       Take Time (Acrostic/Hiaku Hybrid Experiment)         Take time each time to breathe. Act intentionality in the minutes and seconds. Keep consistently doing this; practice.  Even when it's busy, be persistent.           Take moments to refocus, even in seconds. Include points of rest and renewal; it is ...

         Somewhere between the cold and the warmth it's felt: a shift. Somewhere between our unwelcome and warmly invited seasons there's a knowing: that somehow there's a good to come. There's a faith of some sort (and with it insight), recognizing that the unwelcome "cold" days of our lives make those "warm" inviting and pleasant days that much better, and this is just one way we are prepared to better engage those times and make the most of them.  Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support!

The sun hides in the cold. Still, it's there. Warm and shining bright.  The sun hides in the cold. Where warmth is travelling.  It isn't long to pleasant days. The sun hides in the cold. Still, it's there. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support!

        Everything, looking again to remember. Everything that is still here as I walk through another day. Everything that is good, and hopeful, and true; looking at ALL of the picture of life before me, and not just what isn't. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support!

                Colorful skies, though the gray still lingers. Beautiful sights, though it's mingled with unpleasant. Hope shines bright in the light, brings colorful skies in spite of the gray, brings new mercies that speak volumes of restoration and encouragement. Colorful skies that speak hope again to me, in spite of the gray, in spite of the cold, and I'm found listening again.  Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support!

           Even here light shines through, somewhere in a valley. Even here, beneath mountains that cast long shadows hope dares shine through; and I see it.   Little by little I see it, as I continue to walk through the lowlands of cold weather and trying days . Little by little I believe it more and more, even when the valleys crossed are within. Even here, I will have hope and be thankful to have made it this far, in Jesus' name. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support!