A little thing called faith.

This has been the toughest year for many people I know and love.
Including me.
Gaping highs and lows, sadness, isolation, and worst of all, loss.
Even just writing this, I am emotional.

I am reading a book called "Faith and Will" by Julia Cameron.
She talks about the times in our lives (and there are plenty) when God's will and our will are at opposite ends.
We NEED that job, we WANT that relationship to fulfill us, we PRAY for that loved one to stay alive.

God has other plans.
And man, does it hurt.
And yet, somehow, we manage to keep going.
Simply because we HAVE to.

At year's end though, things are looking up.
Sure the pain and unresolved issues still linger, but there is good news all round...
New jobs, new friends, engagements, a much needed trip south and as "luck" would have it, an answered prayer.

I'll take it. 
And thank you.

At first so strange to feel so friendly

To say good morning and really mean it

To feel these changes happening in me

But not to notice until I feel it.

~The Mamas & The Papas