I stepped outside on the front stoop to retrieve the paper and swallowed glorious sunshine! What a difference that yellow orb makes on the day! I could scarcely wait to get started on the day's journey.
But now, breakfast, Washington Post, morning mail later, the skies are all cloudy! Adages swirl:
- don't get your hopes up,
- seize the day,
- don't count your chickens before they're hatched
- many a slip twixt lip and cup.
Well, I won't be foiled and my four miles shall begin shortly!
But first, Valentine's Day. People write that this is one of the most difficult days of the year for many people. Why?... because the cotton candy dream just turns out to be a handful of sticky sugar!
Marriages fail, relationships rupture, children rebel, neighbors fight, governments dissolve before our very eyes, churches corrupt - disillusionment on very hand/
But wouldn't it be wonderful if folks could just embrace love wherever the merest trace of it exists.
And give thanks.
And spread those cards, flowers and chocolates over the other 364 days!
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