Wow - what weird times we’re living in. We could all give in and not be grateful for anything but actually there are so many things to be thankful for - social media, friends are still there, sunshine today absolutely incredible, healthy enough to walk around garden spotting butterflies and water boatmen and centipedes and woodlice and spiders and ants and ladybirds - makes you think there must be a Creator. I can still contact my music groups via Zoom (nobody had really heard of Zoom a month ago). Doing yoga exercises for the first time in my life. Thankful for a lovely friend who has sent me some ebook links - I have never read an ebook in my life.
Incredibly thankful for all the frontline doctors and nurses and carers who go to work each day not really knowing what to expect. Grateful that I can get my pain medication from any pharmacy in the country just by one phone call. We have electricity and water and flushing water and gas and food and a roof over our heads and access to medicines and healthcare. We have books and ebooks and online games and crafts and advice from all sorts of people about new activities and how to keep yourself unworried and occupied.
We still have our countryside and wildlife and sunshine and laughter and birds singing day and night and connections to old friends and new.
We have coffee even if no cafes to go to with friends. We have food and wine even if at the moment we can’t get out to restaurants and bars. We have scissors if we want to cut our own hair or someone else’s. We have shampoo and soap. We have clothes and washing machines to wash them. We have the seasons which come to pass whatever else is happening - spring is here with signs of new life again.
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