With it being another Sunday morning, I’m sure you already know my first duty was to get my contemplative prayer session started, and because a number of the those on my prayer chain are feeling the positive effects of it, I sent out into the spiritual universe, my most sincere gratitude and thankfulness. Over these years, I’ve come to find most people who pray for something good and it happens, forget to send back even the smallest of thanks, which I to this day, cannot get my brain wrapped around.
Before heading off to St. Paul Lutheran, I stopped by to see how my long-time friend/client was doing, and thus far, she’s slowly making her way back to being fully independent. While visiting with her, she mentioned that in spite of the many medical issues she’s dealt with in the past, this last one was the worst, which turned into her wake-up call, and thankfully she’s already admitted it, which has prompted her to start making some good and lasting changes in her life. Thank heaven! I did have to remind her that during these past days, I wasn’t intentionally appearing hard, but rather firm with helping to get herself back in the saddle. I would fully understand if she were ninety years old, but she’s a long way from it.
I had to laugh to myself about the mixup with the soloist I was scheduled to meet for a short practice session this morning, and in spite of my waiting for well over a half hour for her to arrive, I finally sent it down as a no-show, but wouldn’t you know, about five minutes before their Service started, she came running up to the piano to apologize for having completely forgotten about it. With that said, I’m still a bit shocked we managed to pull it off without even one practice session, and only because I’ve never before accompanied her. That was one more example of my having to fly by the seat of my pants.
After their service was over, Pastor Jane came up for a short visit which I appreciated because sometimes I think there are people of the cloth who ‘think’ I’m lacking in one or more areas of my faith, which in my mind, is definitely not the case. I also brought her up to speed regarding how many years of religious education I’ve had, along with enduring many not so uplifting Services, which have left me believing there are things we do in our ‘religious’ lives, which are basically superfluous, and only because I know in my heart that real faith comes from within, and definitely without many of those accompanying outward signs. Yes, we had a great chat which ended up being the highlight of my day.
Once I was back at office and changed into my work clothes, I spent a good two hours working in my garden, and as chance would have it, some of those beets I planted, were already large enough to harvest, so I picked four of them for later use. My goodness! This has definitely been a great year for root crops.
While out whacking weeds, I happened upon the most curious nest hanging from a broken tree branch which I took a photo of and now using as tonight’s. Whatever birds that belonged to, must’ve worked very hard at weaving it, and when I looked closer, some if those strands appeared to be animal hair. The first bird that came to mind was our elusive Baltimore Oriole, and if indeed it was created by a pair, there’s hopefully a group of empty nesters flying around. Isn’t it amazing how some birds can make the most delicate and complicated-looking nests?
After having to endure those wicked gnats for two hours, I decided to go back over to my project and continue on with what I started yesterday, so by the time I was ready to call it quits, the worst of that particular job was over, so the next time I’m there, it’ll be a downward slide of work. Several days ago I told my convalescing friend about my long-overdue completion project, so today she asked for a few more details which I shared. For whatever reason, she’s managed to get a pretty good picture in her mind as to what it looks like, so I did promise to show her my end product once completed.
I’m hoping for a clear-sailing week ahead which’ll be filled with ‘soft-landing’ closings, a few more sales of my office’s listings, and one or possibly two new listings. Do you think that’s too much to ask for?
Tonight’s One-liner is: Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.
