Back to Reality

Wow, what a great weekend! The only thing missing was the sun. You know what? The sun was shining this morning when I woke and it has been a spectacular day! I sound a bit high, don't I? I spent the weekend nurturing myself with great food, friends, family and still managed to have some alone time which I desperately craved. I walked or ran each day around the area we visited and things looked so green after all this rain.......

I had a huge dose of reality today though as my husband and I returned home. We made a stop at the store and as I got of the truck a glass bottle fell out of the back seat and fell in the parking lot. It broke as it hit the pavement; spilling the contents. I immediately went into my "fix it" mode and searched the back seat for a plastic bag and began picking up the broken glass. I quickly found myself in a rotten mood. After taking care of my errand at the store, I got back in the truck to complete the journey home and talked myself back into my nurtured, calm self that I had been earlier this morning. It was quite a reality check to see that I could so easily go from one extreme to the other, but also comforting to know that I could get back to that beautiful sense of balance that I appreciate more and more.