The lockdown has been hard on everyone. Seeing the open window has been difficult for me. With so much information about what is happening in the world right now, I can’t help but feel sad, and uncertain about what the future brings. Coupled with seeing friends and loved ones lives change, that has been both scary and heartbreaking in some cases. All this to say…much like many people out there I have struggled with finding space to practice gratitude for what I do have and find beauty in the small things.

So…today…Since our movement restrictions have been relaxed a bit here, we (my husband and I) got out of the house for a drive. The aim was a change of scenery, play our own version of carpool kareoke and talk. We’d had a bit of rain recently and it always changes the beautiful landscape that is the desert we live in. In between songs I looked out the window and saw this.

It reminded me of a conversation my godfather had with my father. He used to say the desert could be all green and that it just needed a bit of rain for all the seeds to sprout. My godfather never believed him until one year we got a lot of rain. I loved this story because it made me think of all the potential and beauty sitting under the surface. Just waiting for a little bit of encouragement to come out and share itself with the world.

So…I guess my question is…What is ready to sprout for you? And what will you do differently today to bring some of that to the surface?

Road Less Travelled