Beautiful day

It had been a lovely day today - warm and sunny and productive.

I worked this morning and achieved a great deal. I also managed to get the Craft Robo installed and am terribly impressed with the man at Graphtech who was very helpful and we went through the process stage by stage. Nigel and I would never have figured the de-bugs on our own.

So I now have everything I need on my new machine and I am one happy Dolly.

This afternoon I tided and scrapped and just had a generally nice time.

I am up to date on my 365 pages and so here is another one to post on here.

 This is week 28

and it was the start of our holiday.

I sneaked an extra picture in of Bella the Jaguar as I used the Miami photo as the photo of the day, but it was also the day we went to Panther Ridge and Bella was what made us go there in the first place.

I know a few of you snagged the class I posted last week and I have a new class page I am going to post on Friday so keep your eyes peeled for that one. There will be a free download and I do plan to share more of these classes as they are fun to share.

Today I am thankfu; for

• a completed new upgraded machine with bells and whistles and everything I could want
• a productive day
• my Kindle .... I have read a serious number of books this summer - I am guessin somewhere in the region of 20 and many of them have been titles and genres I would not have looked at but as free downloads they have been fab. I have really enjoyed some of them.

I also have some more of those cute pics from yesterday's e mail. This made me cry a little.

 

Lily is a Great Dane that has been blind since a bizarre medical condition
required that she have both eyes removed. For the last 5 years, Madison, another Great Dane, has been her sight. The two are, of course, inseparable.

Once again there is so much we could learn from animals about love and trust and compassion and care.

Finally my page a day calendar page.

Sometimes, a disappointment comes along that knocks me for a loop. It’s been that kind of week: disappointment in a loss; disappointment in a dashed opportunity. Such experiences leave me depressed, angry, sad, and in the depths of an emotional ditch.

Today, I am trying to decide whether or not I will crawl out of that ditch.
Somewhere from childhood I hear my mother’s voice: “Scott, you cannot always control your circumstances, but you can control your attitude.” I bet she heardthose words from her mother, too.


Old saw or not, it’s true: I do have some control over how I will feel and act today. I can decide to crawl out of my ditch of despair or lie in my pain a while longer. I do have choices.

Granted, I have learned over the years that grief can only be healed by expressing my emotions and feeling my pain. I also know that I cannot rush this process. But there comes a time to get on with life and enter a bright new day.

Today, I’m going to find ways to clamber out of my ditch. I’ll take a brisk walk, have lunch with a buddy, and clean off my messy desk. And if I have time, I’m going to do something good for somebody floundering in a ditch deeper than my own.

These are all things I can do today. Tomorrow will take care of itself.

Dear Father, give me the courage
to make decisions. And grant me the strength to climb out of the ditch.

—SCOTT WALKER

 

Comments

[Tracey mac]

The dogs are so sweet so much can be gain by pictures like thid its so sad that all us humans cant show each other care like this. I love ur page tracey

[Barb in AK]

Congrats on being caught up! I'm trying to think of something, ANYthing I could possibly be caught up on--- LOL!!
Love your Week 28 layout--lovely!
How sweet about the great danes. And they call animals "dumb"---hmmmmm.