It has been quite a month. My discipline for writing anything has gone out the window with the "ice dam watch" and the flurry of insurance activity of calls and adjusters and papers that have ensued. Trying to be mindful has taken a back seat amid the endless aggravation and activity and yet, that is exactly when mindfulness would be an excellent virtue. It helps maintain perspective to meditate on things that are more eternal and less temporal...it makes the "this too shall pass" mentality easier to swallow. The advent of spring, ushered in here with snowfall, of course (?!), reminds me that indeed this too shall pass. Watching the birds in the feeder on this beautiful, sunny, more spring-like day, turns my mind back to a God who cares about the sparrow and so also about the minutia of my life. He cares about the insurance claim that isn't going to cover the damage and about my rocky income stream. He sends the blessings of work and friends and family relationships at just the right times. He cares and he loves me more than I can begin to imagine. And he cares enough to keep sending the challenges my way that will help me to continue to grow in my love and dependence on Him...if only I am mindful enough to keep learning. Around the corner is a fresh month, a fresh start - once again. Welcome, April!
Blessings,
Janet
