Happy 4th of July!

I hope all my American friends are having a good day. We're having apple pie for dessert in your honor and will see if we can find a place locally to view the Fireworks display from Pt. Roberts, Washington.

I've been feeling lost today. I'm still very tired from Friday. On days like today I have to constantly remind myself of the positives in my life. But you know when we're having a bad day we can't order ourselves to buck up, tell ourselves that it could be worse. Whatever we are feeling is real, whatever our issues if they are affecting us negatively we need to acknowledge them, not stuff them down. Stuffing our feelings down will make us sick. It can cause dis-ease.

Once I acknowledge my feelings then I can see if there is something that I need to do personally. If I am in pain emotionally, grieving, etc. then I need to allow myself to heal without being so hard on myself.

But today all I am suffering from is the "blues". The only thing I can do about that is look around me and think about all the positives in my life.

We decided to go out for dinner last night so I wouldn't have to cook. I love having grown children. You get to do things like that, there isn't as strict a schedule when it comes to mealtimes, nutrition, etc. So we went for Ribs at a place that has tables and umbrellas outside so we could enjoy the fresh air and watch life go by. We were sitting next to the nicest young men and one of them struck up a conversation with us. He's a long shoreman but there are parts of his day that he has down time so he reads 3 newspapers a day and is well versed in what is going on in our world. He's a natural clown too and kept us in stitches so it wasn't a doom and gloom type thing.

Now I knew that Greece was in trouble financially, and I knew that Iceland's bank had closed (my neice's mother-in-law had quite a bit of money in the Icelandic Bank and lost all of it). What I didn't know, because I read newspapers so seldom, is that now Spain and Portugal are suffering financial difficulties too. I don't notice what's going on because here in Canada we are seemingly flourishing. It came as quite a shock to me to realize that basically what's going on means that Europe is flailing and that there are going to be changes in the World order. There have not been changes on that grand a scale in my lifetime.

So today I am thankful that I live in Canada where there is peace and stability. I don't have to wonder where my next meal will come from or where I'll sleep tonight. I feel safe.