Working it Out

Hints of the Gladness - December 15, 2022

There’s a little bit of frost on the ground this morning. 


There’s a lot going on in my life in mind right now, so getting outside is a great reminder to be quiet, empty, open, and still.


I don’t need to work it all out.

It is working itself out

and with my cooperation

it will work out exactly the way

it is supposed to work out.


Admittedly, this is a difficult posture

when you have things happening on so many different fronts.


The trees, the animals, the ocean,

the creek and reminding myself

that I am in Christ all convey

the same message and that is,

I’m OK and I’m going to be OK. 


Be still. 


I appreciate that I brought the "big gun" today, the Canon EOS 60 D, so I can really zoom in and take a clearer picture than I can with my iPhone... 


A thin layer of ice on the puddles. 

Stomping on ice when it formed

on top of puddles. I feel like I did

this much too late into my

as far as my age is concerned.

Whatever! It might be good for me

to be childlike and do it again today. 


Sadness. Graffiti makes me sad.

Especially gang tags.


Another wonderful chat with

one of my trail buddies.

Can I say we’ve become friends?

I think we can, to a degree of course,

and it’s really beautiful and wonderful.

new tree
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