It depends on your point of view...

Thursday 4 November is a windy, overcast day here in North Yorkshire... Many people have been commenting to me over the last few days how dark it seems, with the nights drawing in and the clocks changing. We are now coming home in the dark, and it won't be too long before we are leaving home in the dark too!
As I sit here at my desk, looking out at the grey sky, the garden is starting to look distinctly folorn as the plants begin their winter sleep. However, the view from the sitting room of the same scene has a distinctly different twist. Seen from this slightly different perspective there is a splash of wonderful colour - a stunning Agapanthus defies the dull autumn weather with flaunting blue petals; brightening up the whole aspect of the garden, catching the eye and reminding us of warmth, the lazy droning of bees and long, golden summer days.
Sometimes all we need is to look at things from a slightly different point of view.

Mid-Week Inspiration

"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic, it is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.
What we choose to emphasise in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places - and there are so many - where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning-top of a world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvellous victory." - Howard Zinn