I’ve been feeling funky lately, particularly when it comes to this blog. I’ve got all of these tabs open in my brain with all the things I want to accomplish and I’ve been finding it hard to sit down and focus on this blog. To just write something already.
I’m at the point where it’s likely if I don’t write something now and put it out there into the universe I’ll slink back into myself and end up abandoning this blogging venture for a good long while.
It’s not that I’m not writing anything. It’s just that I’m not writing anything that is for public consumption. Is this an example of that? Could be.
Anyway, all is well and (my) life is good and all of that. Really.
It’s just that I’m in a weird transitional sort of period of time at the moment. It’s basically been spring all winter here in Minnesconsin. The water is open in our lake. But it’s supposed to feel like winter and it doesn’t. We even saw our first robin outside our big picture window the other day. Climate change is real, folks.
There’s also other real things happening out there in the world that trouble me. Things I pray about every day, like the wars happening in the Ukraine and the Middle East. People I once knew dying. People I don’t know at all dying for no good reason. The great inequities in this country, where the uber rich are allowed to not pay their fair share while the rest of the population works their fingers to the bone to barely make ends meet. And so much more.
I assure you that I believe there is hope that good and right, democracy and justice will prevail in the end.
It’s just the “getting there” part that has me feeling anxious.
I promise that my next blog post will be more free-wheeling and upbeat, as that is how I want to keep rolling. My optimistic nature is still underneath all this “yuck”.
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Sending a hug your way, Rhonda. 🤗 I’m a similar boat–kind of in a funk, but trying to keep showing up. That’s enough.
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Then I’m in good company! Thanks for the hug, Erin.
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Gosh, Rhonda — I hear you about the wacky weather. It just feels wrong, doesn’t it? Trees are budding and like you said – no ice and down here in the Chicago area, very little snow (which I’m saying in a whisper because I don’t want to tempt fate). I hear you about the blogging slump (my word – not yours). I feel that, too. No need to be free-wheeling or upbeat for me…I relate to every bit of what you shared. Sending hugs! 🥰
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It does feel wrong. Yet, it’s not that I want to have several feet of snow or icy roads to drive going in to work. It’s just unsettling. I’ll take those hugs! We could all use them about now 🙂
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Agree, agree! Heartfelt hugs all around. 🥰
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A friend once told me something like, “Everything has its season. Flowers don’t bloom everyday. Be kind to yourself.” I think it applies here, but it took me longer to understand the self kindness part—embracing what is good, letting go of what’s not, taking care of body, mind, and spirit. I’ve been listening to people like Louise Hay recently. I like her.
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I like that, Crystal. I’m really good at setting high expectations for myself and then ruminating when I fall short. Thanks, friend 🙂
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Me, too, Rhonda! I’m working on that.
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