Lazy days and re connecting
Today is Easter, and as I sit here enjoying my cheese toastie, I am reflecting on what I am grateful for in these hard and strange times.
Firstly, I am grateful that our Lord died on the cross and rose again so that my sins are forgiven and I have my place in heaven.
Secondly, I have put everything into perspective. I am currently reading a book set just after the First World War, when the influenza pandemic had begun in England. Just like during our COVID times, they went through very similar experiences. They had just endured a world war, and then the flu hit—but people were resilient. They got on with it. Yes, they complained, but they also pulled together and made the best of things.
So I feel we can all do the same. There are many ways we can do this, but for me, one of those ways is through my art and my art classes.
Connecting with people gives them time out from everyday life. I am currently doing a pottery class once a week, and I love it. I just switch off and concentrate on what I am doing. My art does the same for me—I love creating, I love thinking about it, and I love looking at others’ work. I connect with the people in my classes; they are friends I just haven’t met yet. If you feel the need to switch off, take up a hobby and connect with others.
In a couple of months, I am hoping to start a monthly “come and meet” class for people who have done my classes and would like to come along, have a cuppa, and do whatever they want. It’s a way of connecting. In these times, we have lost some of that connection, and it is so important that we don’t. Spend some time off your phone, meet a friend, pick up the phone and call someone, check in on the elderly—they have such great wisdom and can teach some lovely crafts, and they have the patience to do so.
In these times, stop looking at the bad and start looking at the good. It can be simple things, like a cheese toastie or a walk with a friend. Yes, these times are hard, but we need to believe in ourselves and our ability to get through them.
So if today feels hard, drop me a line. I am happy to chat, maybe teach you a few things, but mainly just to be there and share the love we all need and want.
All my love Janet
