Amazing Grace is all around me

Today was unique. I started out early again to go for a walk in the wind and rainy mist, so I grabbed my colorful umbrella that I bought in Seattle at Thanksgiving. After about a block and a half up the hill, the umbrella went backwards in the wind. I decided it was best to turn around to go back home.

I then decided to bounce on the mini-tramp in the basement in lieu of the walk. It was fun just bouncing and twisting to make it more cardio. It worked. I did that for about fifteen minutes and then was impressed to go to the computer and do some creative writing, so I wrote for almost an hour. It felt productive anyway.

By 7:30 I was ready for the day. I could hardly believe it. Aislyn was up and ready to eat her breakfast. I helped make her a sandwich while she got ready for school;then she decided the school lunch would be OK for her to have today, since there is rarely something she likes to eat on the menu. Today was turkey sandwich day, so she went with the flow for the day. Good girl!

The rest of the day felt productive also. I learned how to use some equipment that is new and a health system that is very much on the "cutting edge." I will tell more about that another time. It took most of the rest of my day.

All in all it seems like I was at the right place at just the right time today. I realized that I had a lot of impressions come to me early in the day that felt like "pure intelligence." What I felt the best about was that those things that were given me to do were right on!

I count my blessings for that one especially when there are days when the opposition is so great that I just have to ignore it rather than to give in to it. Today was better than best in that respect. I think that short walk gave me fresh air and a clear mind to observe my surroundings beside follow the promptings.



I observed that the rain we've had made the grass so green with the nitrogen in the air from the moisture. We sure needed some good rain. I also noticed the clouds covering the sky as I drove up north later.



I remembered sometimes when days looked like this and how depressing it can appear. But do you know I remembered that above the clouds the sun still shines brightly, the sky is clear and beautiful. We just can't see it is all, but it is still there nevertheless.

I was once flying in from California from visiting my father after my mother passed away. I actually saw the sunshine with billowy clouds and how beautiful they looked from the vantage point inside the plane. Then as the plane descended, I could see what gloom we came through into the gray clouds below and the rain pouring down. Strange how the two were such a contrast, from bright and beautiful above to dark and gloomy below. It seems that it is just how we perceive what we see that makes it what we decide we are seeing.

I have the positive side of gratitude for what I have which is an attitude of whether we see a cup half full or half empty. It is in the eyes of the beholder, nothing more, nothing less. It is that simple.

I felt and saw the hand of God so many times today. I am glad I "caught" it. I hope you did too.