BENDING WITH THE WIND

We “sat” on our grandchildren last night - well, when they are teenagers, you can’t call it “baby-sitting” can you?

It was good to be able to spend sometime with them, chatting and listening to them being so enthusiastic about their hopes and dreams for the future - as all young people are, or should be.  Life can get very busy and frenetic so sometimes it is good to just sit and chat and even watch some television with them.  

It was a late night for us, but Mr. HCB told me he only had to call Josh once this morning and when I went in to speak to Charlotte, she was already awake, so I made myself a cup of coffee and sat in the sunshine in the conservatory.  I wanted to think quietly about three special friends, one who is having an operation today, another who is taking an exam and yet another who is recovering from an operation earlier this week.

Whilst I was sitting there, thinking and praying, I looked out into the garden and saw some tall grasses gently waving in the wind and noticed how beautiful they looked with the sun shining through them.  There is something special and quite calming about watching the slow movement of grass - it was so graceful and just “going with the flow”.  When I went out into the garden to take a photograph, I realised that this particular grass was quite delicate and fragile, but because it was bending with the wind, it wasn’t damaged  or broken.  

It made me think that perhaps we should be more like that - just quietly getting on with our day, not hurrying and getting stressed, but calmly taking things in our stride - but that is so much easier said that done!

I learned some news last night relating to a friend that upset me, so I can either let that get into my very being and spoil today, tomorrow, and even the next day, or I can put it behind me, enjoy today and take a lesson from the grass and move unhurriedly and calmly, knowing that I need not be brought down by this.  

"You may not control 
all the events
that happen to you,
but you can decide
not to be 
reduced by them."
Maya Angelou