THE NOSEY NEIGHBOR~Not mine, for now

I think this was May 22, 2020. Yes it was.

Has anyone got to the point of “I don’t feel like doing it anymore?”

Just plugging on, contemplating on the components that make up my day.

I wonder, I wait, I want answers but presently they are not mine to have at present.

The present is indefinite, unpredictable, filled with uncertainty and new ever changing protocols. The ever mutating, invisible enemy presents us with many difficulties. The respiratory droplets don’t obey.

The shut downs have taken a toll. Lock downs don’t prevent death. They just change the timing.

This morning, I lay in bed enjoying a few minutes of pleasant drowsiness announcing the end to a restless night sleep as strains of “I Need You More Today” march through my mind.

Seasons, days are subtle.

I reluctantly end the reverie as I drag my aching body out to face another day that looks like it will be like the previous one.

I fight with myself and try to talk myself out of a walk. Myself tells me if I skip, then it will be easier to skip next time.

But, it’s still Jacaranda season!

The Jacaranda jackpot of the other morning spurs me on. The vivid clouds of purple are entrancing. The messiness on the sidewalk is testament to a love-hate relationship.

Half the beauty of the world is in the way it changes.

My morning walk was brightened by the Mimosa tree. I was delighted by its clusters of showy pink flowers and fern like leaves.

My response to the COVID-19 is to walk. So I keep walking.

I Need You More Today

Jeff & Sheri Easter

There are decisions I can't make on my own

And there are trials I can't face all alone

But you said you'd walk with me

Down life's troubled road

And you said, "Come unto Me,

I'll bear your heavy load."

I need you more today

Than I did yesterday

Mountains are higher

Rivers are wider

I need you more today

Than I did yesterday

Help me remember

I need you more today

When I wake up in the morning

And I fear to face the day

Let me feel your gentle hand

Leading the way

Yesterday has come and gone

With those trials far behind

But I'm ever…