So much pain in the world. A lone gunman bent on revolution shoots an island full of young people at a youth camp in Norway while also blowing up city buildings. A young recording artist dies at the short end of a drug-filled life. A father in Texas gets into a “domestic dispute” and kills five people at a roller rink birthday party. And those are just three of the headlines from this morning. So much pain ~ hurt so deep that people become destructive of themselves and others. So much pain ~ because of the death of friends, family members, even strangers.
I look up from the computer and out my window to see two little squirrels playing chase in the yard ~ up the tree, down the tree, around and around and up the tree and down again. I smile. Their antics bring sense of peace and joy. When there is So Much pain, it sometimes takes very little to bring a smile, a feeling of release. Even one moment’s breath of fun helps balance the soul and put things back in order. Yes, the pain goes on. Private and personal, communal and shared. And . . . And . . . there are squirrels playing chase in the yard and Pine Sol works to keep the bears away. ~ enjoy your day in hope and with blessings.
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