Now that’s not something you
see every day. Over 50 swans all sharing the same space without a hint of territorial
argument. I found them in the canal basin at Stratford a few years ago, and I
reckon they’re well able to cope with their normally ‘difficult’ companions
when tourists are throwing food at them all day. Yes, they’re a happy bunch for
sure, perfectly adapted to their surroundings and actually thriving, though I
cannot conceive of there being any real predators to worry about. Maybe the occasional
barge to avoid and that’s about it.
I’m quite seriously ill with
CFS at the moment and need to find a way to break out of the ongoing relapse. It’s
all very frustrating. Today I completely gave up trying to manage my activity
levels. After coming downstairs one step at a time, which just feels stupid
when I’m quite a strong bloke able to walk several miles on a good day, I spent
the morning collapsed in a chair. Come lunchtime I decided to ignore how I felt
and picked up my paintbrush to continue decorating. Fortunately a friend called
around after I’d been working for only a short time and so an early coffee
break stalled my recklessness. But late afternoon I picked the brush up again
and made reasonable progress, though how it affects my fatigue levels I won’t
know until tomorrow. I can’t get much worse that’s for sure.
Somehow I need to work harder
at adapting to my surroundings. I’m ill, I can do very little to affect that. I’m
widowed, I can do nothing about that whatsoever. These are both things that I
have to accept. At least today. For sure God has allowed them to come my way
and he is the only one who can change things. Maybe tomorrow he will, though science
has no cure for my illness and of course I’ve tried everything on offer. In the
meantime my focus has to be upon the Lord and the good things that he is doing;
not upon the things that he is yet to do.
Luke 1:37 ‘For
nothing is impossible with God’ (NLT)
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