My heart got to aching for all the sad people all over the world. I wanted so terribly to share the color and the peace and the serene fall of evening and the clean cold air coming up from the water. And I wanted families together, going quietly home at night. This, I thought, is what we must have in this world again, somehow. Not power and glory, not magnificence. Only freedom for folk to work and be at peace in their own lands.
~ Gladys Taber ~
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Friends, it is without a doubt that you are well aware of the state of our world. These last two, going on three, years have been hard, difficult, trying and heavy. And that's putting it quite lightly. From the pandemic to elections and political turmoil to the onset of war and fighting in lands across the globe. It all seems too much, doesn't it?
These last couple of years have felt like a lot, and over the past few months, I think it's all sort of caught up with me. I've shared before that I am someone who "feels" everything, and well, I've been feeling a lot recently. You may have noticed that blog posts have been few and far between. I just can't quite muster up the emotional and mental energy it takes to write even a simple post these days. My heart is simply aching for people who are having to flee their homeland and leave their lives behind, for those who are literally fearful for their next hours, as well as feeling heavy due to all I see going on in my own country.
Gladys Taber has become quite a kindred spirit to me over the last wee while. Her writing feels like that of a true bosom friend and is a comfort in these present days in which our country and the world as a whole are up in turmoil. I came across the above quote a few weeks ago in one of her books that I am reading...and savouring. Immediately, I felt it was written for such a time as this, though in reality, she wrote it in the 1940s, right around the time of the Second World War. I have so many thoughts to share on her writings and books and such and I do hope to so do soonish.
Blogging is just a bit slow now simply because everything feels heavy. I've been pondering what kind of space I want this to be, especially in such heavy times. And it becomes clearer to me that I want this corner to be a space of lifegiving beauty and delight...not that I've ever really wanted anything different. But as much as I want to give that to you kind folks who visit me here, I have to feel that in myself too, and a lot of times I just feel too much of the heaviness of the world. I have so much I wish to share with you along the lines of beauty and delight, so please be patient with me as I do so as it feels right for me.
I do hope you all are keeping well and cozy, wherever you are in this world...and keeping safe, too.
I will be back to share here again very soon...ish.
Thank you for always visiting my Inglenook...
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May your day be lovely and peace-filled,
and may you find little tokens of beauty and goodness,
even in hidden corners.
Bless you, dear ones...
♥