Winter
Time Reflections
No electricity, no water,
but I sit warm and comfortable in
front of
a glowing fireplace, sipping
Chablis and watching
the snow flakes swirl in the wind.
And I think of life:
My life.
Sometimes warm and cozy,
safe and serene as I am now,
sitting here reflecting.
But sometimes, like the storm
raging outside,
my life has been cold, swirling
out of control,
and covered with the snows of
despair.
How does it start?
When does it end?
In retrospect, I am never sure.
Little things, like each flake of
snow,
pile up until they are a
bottomless drift that cover me.
Then suddenly, from somewhere,
there is a ray of sunshine.
Just one ray, but that is all it
takes.
One ray of hope, and despair
melts away,
replaced by optimism, then
contentment.
So as I watch the embers in the
fireplace,
and look out at each flake of
snow buffeted by the wind,
I thank my God for the warmth of
contentment,
of happiness.
And even though I know there will
still be times
when the "snows of lost hope"
will cover me,
there will always be a "ray
of sunshine" that will
eventually come, and again,
herald the dawn of renewed hope
and warmth.
We climb a mountain, one step at
a time,
with faith, that each step brings
us closer to the top.
So too, we travel the journey of
life,
one day at a time,
one trial at a time,
knowing that eventually, the
journey will end.
But hopefully, we have traveled,
one joy,
one trial,
one accomplishment,
at a time,
and we have LIVED, not merely
been ALIVE.
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