Lumen

I walked in to work like happy little sunbeam today. I was coming off of a wonderful weekend - relaxing, pleasant and warm - and had decided to approach Monday with an energy. It lasted like 15 mins. As usual, things had broken over the weekend and were waiting patiently for me when I got back on Monday. Much stress was encountered. And then this evening, determined to run in spite of the heavy traffic on the treadmills at the gym, I came home, changed quickly and went out to run on the warmest day in a month or so. Only to find that the bitter wind made my ears cry within a mile and a half.I soldiered on, regardless, but pain was encountered is all I am saying.

On that note, A Mid Winter Day's Dream :

Snows melting,
sun shining,
birds babbling,
outside my window
as I'm pleasantly dreaming
of spring coming.

Blooms planting,
temps rising,
days lengthening
in my warm thoughts
as I dream
of spring coming.

But,
daylight fading,
cold winds blowing,
gray clouds gathering
outside my window
as I foolishly dream
of spring coming.

~ finis ~

So there you have it. Cold winds will blow. Monkey wrenches will be bunged in the works. Life will go up, down and all around. The bad times won't wait for the good weather to be over. Everything will happen all at once and suddenly days will slow down to a crawl. But we shall persist. And I think I'm getting my smile back :-)

And so to bed.

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