Sorry for the delay in writing. In my mind I have a good reason, but in reality I was just being lazy. We were due to have a weeks holiday in Keswick, taking in the Convention and the great walks/hikes around there. We have been regular visitors to the Lakes during Convention week since our time back in the Midlands many, many , many, years ago now. We haven’t been for a number of years, so this time last year decided that it was time to book and visit our old walking spots again. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be…. 🙁 Anyway we decided that I would still have the time of work and have some family time away from the crowds.

The plus side, I have booked again for next year and the speaker we are going to hear is Alistair Begg; someone I would highly recommend listening too. His teaching can be found on the link below.

https://www.truthforlife.org

So my last treatment (apart from the daily drugs), was some 12 days ago. I must say, I am doing OK with the running order of issues which I do consider minor.

1. Tablets: I have now perfected the morning routine around taking them.

2. Funny tummy: No not that my tummy looks strange (although some people may think that). No, I have to drink a lot of fluids during the morning otherwise I start to get a funny/sicky feeling in my tummy.

3. ‘Have I taken them???’ It doesn’t seem to matter how often I check if I have taken my tablets, I keep having to check the number of days left in the pack. Mental….

So overall I am really pleased with where I am.

Just so life doesn’t get boring, I am thinking of doing a 5km or maybe a 10km run to support some charity(s). Is this foolhardy? Comments please……

I have mentioned before that I have been reading a lot, and I would like to highlight something a read today which is a challenge to me. It is a quote from the character Dean Swift – Gulliver’s Travels. He said of the fashionable ladies of his day that:

“they were so busy being religious they had no time to say their prayers”

Before COVID, I had a busy life, maybe not being all religious, but busy nonetheless. Then COVID… and life stopped. Couldn’t go out; couldn’t do half the things I was used to doing, well more than half. I had to stop! This has given me time to think about life’s busyness and what is truly important. I don’t want (I should say we don’t want ) to go back to the way life was before. There has been a window of opportunity to reflect and think about the busyness (that we often so create for ourselves). I’m wondering if you too, have had time to do the things that can usually be pushed aside and put on the back burner in order to fulfil a busy schedule? Maybe like me, there has been time to reflect, time to breathe, time ‘not to do’ as you normally would? I wonder what has changed for you?

The challenge for me now (and maybe for you) is how to keep this slower pace of life now that things around us are on the move again? I’m human and the pull to ‘do more’ can be very strong and at times inviting, so I am conscious of my weakness. Please do check in with me and ask me how it is going!

Until next time continued thanks and appreciation for all your support.