As I sit in my chair I see the maple tree outside. A week or so ago it was green and full. Now it has two shades of decline on it: yellow on top branches, brown on lower. Weather is changing; summer is gone, winter is coming. Snow whitened the grass this morning! Signs are all around us that change is in progress.
Some days I'm not so fond of change. I would like summer to always be here (minus the really, really hot stuff). Also, I would like to always have my youth, good friends and family who never die or distance from me and other things.
On closer inspection, though, life would really be boring. I think it is much more exciting when the leaves change color, the seasons bring different colors and temperatures and different friends come into our lives. It's exciting.
There are times when I write these posts that I wonder if anyone will even read them, when out of the blue, a good friend will comment that one is the best she has ever read! Hmmm! We can never know when an ordinary, everyday thought will strike another person and bring some pleasure.
That brings me once again to what each of us can do during these absolutely abnormal times of stress, fear, anxieties and yes, boredom, because of limitations. It's the little things that matter so much. So, I continue to write these posts; I continue to call others just to say, "didn't want a thing...just thinking of you."
Yes, each of us do matter; I matter. We don't have to jump through hoops, try to cheer anyone up or change situations. But how can each of us do something that will bring more color into someone's life? That maple tree, because of the change of seasons, will have new life in some months. What an inspiration!
