Some days are just perfect.
Why can’t they always be like this? I suppose I’d call it a ‘Big Sky’ day,
beautiful and sunny with a scattering of fluffy white clouds. Yes, I enjoyed
this lovely pastoral scene as I walked around Kedleston this morning. And for
the first time in ages I had company, in the form of a friend out walking his
dog. We even indulged in coffee and cake at the nearby garden centre, and that
was an activity I’d considered consigned to history! Then this afternoon I had
a great time just playing my guitar, sometimes I really love to do that.
Especially with no audience in mind, just me playing to enjoy myself. Then a
couple of phone calls from two of my daughters ringing just for a chat rounded
things off quite nicely. I even found time to play around with a new song sheet
for my church small group this evening where I normally lead a short time of
worship. Yes, all is well in Dave’s world today…
Or is it? Truth be told the
sky was not quite so blue for the whole of our walk. Although it stayed dry, at
times the sky was certainly rather more overcast. And in places our walk was
not just extremely muddy but actually partly flooded. Now my freshly laundered
walking trousers are covered in mud. We found a dead rabbit on the path, still
warm. Back at home I worked out how, yesterday, I’d ended up with paint on my
hands despite it being a decorating free day; I was busy at a retirement party
for my sister. It seems I’d unthinkingly sat at the bottom of my staircase to
tie my shoes, and then grabbed hold of the rail to hoist myself up. My nicely
applied paint needs stripping back and reapplying to repair the major bodge.
Ugh! Oh yes, I’ve also had a bad head for most of the day, and I feel seriously
exhausted as well.
So what is it to be, a good
day or a bad day? I have a choice. The facts are the facts, what happened,
happened. I guess it’s up to me to choose, and without hesitation I choose to
call it a good day. The best I can make it anyway, though as always it depends
upon your point of view. I’m not interested in the tiny hassles of life, they
come and they go; today I have a photo of a lovely blue sky to enjoy. That’ll
do for me.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 ‘Be
thankful in all circumstances’ (NLT)
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