Feelings today are complicated…

Happy Sunday!  Today feels so comfy and cozy… saying this feels wrong with all that is happening in the world… Israel, Gaza, Ukraine…. and places that aren’t in the news… so much hatred, so much violence.  I feel guilty for enjoying my life.  

I’m reminded of visiting the traveling Holocaust museum and a comment one of the survivors made about how the best way to honor and remember those lost, is to live our lives, to enjoy them and live in the best way we can.  

That takes away a little of my guilt today, as I enjoy this comfy, cozy weather.  It’s nice and cool with a little drizzle.  I love the crispness in the air.  I put on a pot of beef stew to slow cook in my cast iron dutch oven and our house smells amazing already. I’m looking forward to making some cornbread to go with it later.  Mmmm

I have on one of my comfy sweaters and we are enjoying a lazy day at home.  

Before the drizzle started, I stepped out on the the deck to enjoy the breeze and the beautiful fall colors donning our trees.  It was so peaceful and I could hear the whispers of nature all around me calling me to pause and be fully present for a bit.  I love that my backyard is such a beautiful sanctuary of sorts.  It’s one of my favorite places to be.

The other morning while it was still dark, I went out with a candle and a prayer book and spent some time in prayer, thinking of all the violence happening and the sadness and suffering it brings.  I sat and just focused on sending out positive energy into the world.

As I watch with horror the devastation, I cry a lot and can’t help but think why can’t we all just get along and live peacefully together?  Why do we all have to have our own way?  I know it’s much more complicated than that but wouldn’t that be a great place to start?  To realize that we don’t all have to believe the same, we don’t all have to look the same and so on?  Why can’t we just love one another and work to be good neighbors to one another? 

I know, this is probably pretty naïve of me, but why?  My heart just aches…💔

May peace and love rain down upon us. 
May peace and love rule over us. 
May peace and love fill each of us to overflowing. 
Amen.

This post went in a completely different direction than I had planned but sometimes Spirit takes over and it’s just best to let it happen. So…

Until next time ♥️ …