Oh, Bother
I came thisclose to chuckin’ it in this morning.
Throwing that blanket over my head with a heavy sigh of WHO CARES ??!?
Yep
My why bother birds were doing their thing and singing their song LOUD and oh so very clear.
why bother
why bother
why bother
& I almost believed them.
Almost.
But.
I got up anyway
& slowly but very surely, I set my coffee and me up at this laptop and I began
& as those cobwebs and all that noisy noise made it’s way out of my brain, I was reminded of just why in the world I bother.
I bother because I am living on an island these days
& if I embrace this solitude with every little bit of patience it offers
and view it as a most beautiful season of mindfulness, adjustment and tranquility ?
Well, by golly, it’s not so bad after all.
So, shh, ♥ shhhhh ♥
& enjoy.
I bother because of those lyrics that continue to jump out of my iPhone and knock me right smack dab upside the head.
I hear you, Ventura Highway
…. no despair ….
I bother because of the out of the blue days filled with sunshine and shadowy awesomeness.
I bother because of those critters outside my window who continually demonstrate, no matter the cold or wet or dismal, just keep on keeping on.
Keep chugging.
Don’t you dare stop chugging.
I bother because of the genuine kindness from strangers, proven time after time after time again. Look for the good people, Mrs Rogers whispered to her son, Fred. There are always good people.
I bother because of the pick me up, prop me up, never-ending words of encouragement from some wonderfully sincere, beautiful souls.
I bother because TODAY is a brand new, blank sheet of absolute possibilities.
So yes, I bother
&
I am forever comforted by the fact that others do too.
🙂