Light Thoughts

     Good day to you all.  Thank you for coming back to read my thoughts about life and happiness.  Or, if this is your first time, thank you for clicking on to my blog.  I hope you are challenged by what you read.  Part of the reason I write is to challenge myself.      So because it is the start of a new year, I have been thinking about what people are saying about this year.  I hear things like, "This is the year things will change," or "What you have been hoping for will happen this year."  Have you heard people say, "This is the year of breakthrough?"      Now let me tell you what I think about all this.  On the one hand,  I sincerely hope that all these things do happen this year for all of you and for myself.  On the other hand, I have heard this said in years past and yet nothing changed.  Having hope for a good year is very important but it is easy to loose hope if we don't see thi...

     One of my duties every fall is to put away the large pot of geraniums that sits by the entrance to our driveway.  I cut the geranium way back to the roots and manhandle the big pot into the garage. It has its own little place under the shop bench.  It hibernates there until sometime in the spring when we determine the right time has come and it's ready for water and sunlight.  By this time it usually has a little growth but it is very yellow and eventually gets cut off when the green new growth shows up.      Last week as we were getting into the car, Kathy noticed some geranium sprouts in the pot.  For some reason I felt some compassion for the little sprouts.  It did not seem right that they wanted to grow but would not be able to because it had no water or light. Water was easy but light would be more difficult.  We have no windows in the garage and freezing temps are still possible so it can't go outside.   ...