Why the chickens are slowing down my life Part 1

The hens from days ago, before Gigi became super broody. Photo courtesy of my husband.

The latest from here....

The sun is shining as though all those days of cloud never existed.

Gigi is VERY BROODY, having picked her chest feathers down to her skin. 

Our world is in turmoil. But the sun is still shining!

I had a very apt entry going through my head first thing this morning of how to tie these things together in a very meaningful way. Now it's murky, though the sun is still blazing. The sun was blazing during all those gray days, I merely couldn't see the brightness, though the days were lengthy. The cloud was pervasive, but couldn't derail the trek toward the summer solstice.

And now it's like those days in late April and early May never happened. Those fires in the fireplace? Nah! It's so bright out, blue sky and no clouds. NO CLOUDS. Seriously? Yup. The last few days in Humboldt County have been CLOUDLESS.

Now I remember where I was going with that thread. Our world is STEEPED in pain, war, greed, corruption, evil. But these too shall pass.

Not to make light of all that nastiness, but Hitler and Stalin and Pol Pot and Idi Amin and on and on and on are dead. None of us, not a single one good or bad, lives forever.

And the sun keeps blazing away.

Much to do, like finish revisions and deal with broody hens. But first I need to wrap up this idea that even in the darkest night, the sun still rises. Perhaps subdued by an angry cloud bank or a mischievous marine layer. but still the sun rises and shines. Yes, it will set, but as far as we human have experienced on this measly planet, that sun keeps doing its job.

And our job? To love one another. Forgive those who trespass against us, as we have been forgiven. Deal with broody hens. Pray for corrupt leaders. And whatever else is on our hearts at any given moment. As Pastor Marek Jaworski told Eric Snyder in my reading of Can't Be Done Alone yesterday....

They had nearly reached the house, but Marek stopped. “Sometimes I ponder that as well. Then I shake my head, how foolish to question more than how to best serve God at that moment.” Marek spoke lightly. It had taken a long time to reach that point within his faith. At times life was so absurd, best to never take it too seriously.

Have a beautiful day out there!