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| Beautiful birthday plant given to me by my friend, Cathy Feist, who I "lean on" every day. |
Right now I am sitting here listening to the rain, one of my favorite sounds. Cooper is asleep at my feet and there is no music playing as it usually is because sometimes even music can be distracting.
You have all seen the movie, Groundhog Day, and if you have not, it is about a man waking every morning to the same day. That is rather how life, as it now, seems to me. When the pandemic first hit, there was a certain energy to getting prepared as far as stocking up on food, toilet paper and the such. We watched the daily news to see what was going on all over the world. I know I cleaned closets, wrote letters, recorded music, baked, and continued to spend time with my students. So, here it is months later and I have already had Round Two of cleaning out closets. I have gone from recording every day to once a week, still unable to make a good pie crust, and my UNT course is over.
There are days that my creativity and positive attitude are challenged. Please know I daily realize how blessed I am to be safe and healthy. But, once I get past that gratitude, I am hit with, "What in the world am I going to do with this day to make it productive and fulfilling?" Sometimes I have a great answer and sometimes not. And when I do not, I have to fight the spiraling emotions that want to go down that rabbit hole.
So, that's when I have to go back to the name of this blog and ask myself, "Where Are Your Feet, Rosie?" Once I affirm the answer to this question, then I go on a scavenger hunt to find a way or ways that I can bring joy to someone, which, I have found, always brings joy back to me. It isn't always easy. Doing something for others can be challenging sometimes and maybe even exhausting. But, it is so necessary because, "each other" is really all we have right now, along with our faith in some cases.
The song, Lean On Me, comes to mind. Someone needs you to lean on today and they will be there to let you lean on them when you need it. Go find that someone.
Blogs are supposed to be short...oops!
R.
