Lockdown 24

Lockdown Day 24 - 19 April 2020

Days like yesterday make the quiet restful days like today worthwhile. 

To rest and recharge for the next week that lies ahead is my normal Sunday routine with little to do in the kitchen and more time in the green room (aka the matchbox garden). So after church on youtube I made a teacake which I enjoyed with coffee in the sun. I love a cool autumn morning with the faint rustle in the trees and the sun rays warming my skin. The kind that subtly announce winter without the obvious signs. The sky becomes a hazy blue with cream undertones and the trees silently await their time to let go. Letting go of the leaves they carry for a season. Some trees in the poplar family have already started. The reeds close to the dam have also sent out their seeds on every wind they could and the little red male finches start losing the vibrant colours and are looking rather frazzled and ordinary. Just looking at nature preparing for winter can teach us a lot about slow living, rest and restoration. Especially now that we have the time. We are halfway through the 42 days that is needed to let go of a bad habit and instill a new good one. What better way to do this along with the autumn leaves that will soon be falling to the ground. Letting go of a habit you have grown for a long time is admittedly not so easy. This is why 42 days are needed. But this is Lockdown. 42 days plus Lockdown equals that once in a lifetime chance to do this. Give your soul and body much needed rest and allow your spirit to do the work. This your innate design by a Creator who knows His stuff. A Creator who's got this.