When do you stop to smell the roses?

Taken in a beautiful garden I love to visit  

 When the world stopped to smell the roses

I noticed ma and pa blackbird building for the future,

I marvelled at the iridescence of the beautiful blue blooms in my garden,

I noted the daffodils tall and defiant especially after the storm,

I spotted the spider weave his silvery web with creative flair,

I observed the cherry blossom buds on the maturing tree,

I appreciated the morning birdsong more than before,

I watched Red Kites soar in the morning sun,

I sensed the shopkeeper’s mood was really fear in disguise,

I acknowledged the disconnection with his ‘regulars’,

I saluted nurses, doctors and frontline NHS staff for selfless service,

I praised key personnel for all they do especially today,

I laughed at the creative family videos shared to entertain,

I struggled with learning new online communication systems,

I shared fun and laughter to reduce the angst,

I learned that ‘unknowing’ was the scariest fear of all,

I touched the hand that needed to be held,

I spoke the words hidden behind the eyes of concern,

I reassured in the only way I knew how,

I offered hope, with care and love

I prayed for healing and good health of our world,

I wondered when all this unease happened

When I was busy being busy?

When I was to-ing and fro-ing?

When I was caught up in trivialities

When I was living life too quickly?

When the world stopped to smell the roses,

I learned who and what was really important.

A blogging dilemma

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Oh dear, thirteen days since my last posting. So much for my best intentions of writing a regular blog. And a regular log is ... daily, weekly, monthly? Well I had planned that I would post at least weekly but I guess I got side tracked with life events, working, catching up with friends, more working, looking at new job opportunities, celebrating St Patrick's day (17 March!), attending a few training courses, consolidating the learning, organising time to spend with family ... so blogging got shelved for thirteen days. I promise to get back back into the habit of blogging again. My blogging buddy Caroline at 'Getting to Excellent' is quite an authority on the subject of habits as well as measuring ways to get to excellence. She did confess on line (so brave!) that she had one of two challenges with managing her caffeine habit but overall she did it. I was impressed. I plan to follow her sound advice on 'creating a blog habit' i.e. writing a blog post regularly.

I had planned to blog today about how wonderful it was to have started the first day of summer. I actually spent two hours in my garden potting, pottering and admiring my 'host of daffodils'. The sun was out and the sky was blue and it was very therapeutic time digging and working in the earth. I so enjoyed the first of many long days of light.