I am
sure we are all enjoying this sunshine….right now it just seems endless. I had
forgotten what it was like to wake up in the morning to sun, blue sky and dry
air. It’s so nice to have it back, even for a little while.
We
deserve this weather (and many more weeks of it!) after all these years of
rain, storms, wind (and more rain). I remember a couple of years ago, the entire
month of July it rained – 31 consecutive days.
It
was torture. It was cold. We have missed the sun and the light.
Of
course, by no means are those rainy days behind us, completely. But, something
is. Whatever it was that had cast it’s dark spell over Ireland, has shifted –
we endured and now have broken through into the light again.
I am
reminded here of my favourite saying in the entire world – and perhaps my
favourite word too….
‘Love
endures all things’
I
even have a stamp with these words written on it and have them placed in strategic locations around my work space
to remind me of the force love is. It also reminds me of the key word here in
this phrase.
And
it’s not love! It’s ‘endure’ – which means to be patient, to tolerate and to
carry on without yielding. But, the most important thing here is the root or
origin of this word…endure means to make solid.
To
me, this has always meant that only love can bring our dreams into this
reality…a wish becomes a dream, this then becomes a plan – it takes love (and
patience without yielding) for that wish (dream, plan) to solidify or become real in this dimension.
To
endure – looked at in this way, to me, has always meant to create. It actually
requires love (do what you love) to really create something worthwhile on a
solid foundation.
Love
is a force all on it’s own.
April
