Graveyard

I woke up strangely migraine free this morning - I'm almost beginning to forget what that feels like - so after a leisurely coffee I decided to grab a camera and head outside for a while. I was tempted to go visit one of the parks and go see some trees as they always cheer me up but instead I was drawn instead to visit one of the local graveyards for a quiet walk. Perhaps it was the effects of the migraine still in my system influencing my choice but I think too it's just that as I've said before I like graveyards - I always find them to be incredibly peaceful places to just reflect and collect my thoughts. Perhaps also it was that death seems to have been on my mind a lot in the last week or so - I've got my aunt's funeral on Monday, various friends and family's anniversaries happen around this time and I've just had news that an old friend that I haven't seen in a long time is dying.

Yet in the graveyard amidst all the gravestones there was evidence of new life bursting out all over the place - flowers on the ground, buds on the trees, nests in the branches of the trees. I guess a perfect illustration that life and death coexist and are part of the one cycle.

It was good to be out of the house and to enjoy a day of clear headedness. Today there is much to be thankful for; good coffee, disappearance of migraines, fresh air, the sky (even if it wasn't blue!), trees, flowers

Now that my head is clear I guess I have to get back to the business of job hunting but that I'm not looking forward to - there seriously don't seem to be any jobs out there apart from the debt management agency who contacted me to see if I was interested in managing something for them and that I can seriously do without!



Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.


Susan Ertz