Surefire Way to Lift Your Spirits in Bad Times

Surefire Way to Lift Your Spirits

Ribs and ice cream. That’s what Jessie and her daughter were having for their evening meal…again. But no amount of “food therapy” was helping to get them off the gerbil wheel of hell they were on because of a family problem that seemed to have no end in sight.

All I had to offer in my feable attempt to console my friend was sharing a conversation I had with a very wise cousin when he and his family were facing a bad time during a disastrous drought in Texas. Laverne said:

In Texas, it’s all about the weather. Tornadoes. Hail. Hurricanes. Blue Northers. And droughts. A few years ago, here in Texas we thought we were the Land God Forgot, because the drought had been going on for so long. Even the Texas Longhorns, known for scoffing at a drought, had drooping horns. When folks looked at the sky and merciless sun, their faces turned sour. But I decided to beam back at the cloudless sky and say, “This is a great day.”

“Why?!” choked back at him.

“Cuz, we’re one day closer to rain,” he said, then gave a big grin.

Lesson: Now, there’s a new way to keep our spirits up, while we’re waiting for the tough times, including the Time of Covid, to move on.

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