Every year in spring, I need to be reminded of the joy of being alive in God's creation. Despite my determination NEVER to act my age, as winter drags on with its dreary skies, short days, bone-chilling cold, I find shadows of emptiness, alone-ness, and fear insinuating themselves into my thoughts at every turn. Before I even realize what is happening, I am in danger of becoming overwhelmed by fear and hopelessness, a lethargy of "why bother" and "I can't"...
Then comes that one spring day, when the warmth finally overcomes the chill, brilliant sunshine, sapphire sky, when God says "Look what I made for you! Come out and play! The excitement courses through me, energy rises, and I can almost hear the falling water, feel the breeze in my hair and the warmth of the sun on my skin, and I remember I am alive!
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