Just Some Thoughts: (to Lift You Up)

I've been through some difficult times throughout my life, more than some people but not as many as others. I believe if we share our experiences, all of them, we all learn. It's the way, not of the human race, but of the human journey. We then realize that we are not alone, but a part of the human family.Nature has always been my refuge. And I look to it to find answers or, at least, suggestions, on how to deal with where I am at. I share these thoughts with you to let you know that you can overcome whatever you are dealing with. We are bigger than anything that happens to us.I started writing down most of these thoughts or feelings when I was going through my divorce. At the time I was paying rent on the house in the city where my wife (soon to be ex) and our three boys were living, while at the same time paying the mortgage on the house we were trying to sell and where I was living. All I had was a card table, a folding chair and a bed. I had no hot water because I couldn't afford the oil. I would get to work early to take a shower there, that is assuming my Pinto would start in the morning. At night I would sit at the card table and scribble down my thoughts. I have shared a few of these in my other writings. Recently I was cleaning out my closet and found three binders that I had kept my thoughts in. I decided to share them with you in the hope of lifting you up when you're down. As I wrote, "confusion is a gift inviting you to turn to someone." Actually I wrote these thoughts down almost forty years ago. Without realizing it at the time, they helped me to walk through the valley of darkness. They gave me hope that kept me going. Richard Rohr, a Franciscan priest, said that creation is God's first Bible.]