FEBRUARY FILLDYKE!

Our waterlogged Fbruary is almost over, so I won't dwell on that!  Here we have not had the severe bad weather that they've had in the West country and down in Cornwall and Devon, but nevertheless we have gone on and off Flood Alert like a yo-yo, and cars have had to come out of our undercroft garage and park where they can at the front of our block of flats.

The outlook from my first-floor flat is now changing.  The four poplar trees which have been one side of my view are being lopped down by the Council.  Why?  I am not sure but I think they may be a danger in case they should fall in a gale onto the road just beyond them.  So I now have a clear view of the road and I shall miss the gracious poplar trees.

All the same, that is something I must accept - as there are lots of other bigger changes that life thrusts upon us.  And I expect I shall get to accept this one!

When such changes happen in our lives, we have to undergo a mind-shift, and however difficult that is, we have to do it unless they are really not for the best!  When I need help in this, I turn to my Yoga Practices : Meditation and lately, Mindfulness Meditation.  They have made me think straight in the past, and helped me to reach a state of acceptance over things that have at first not been to my liking.  So that is what I shall do now.

Do contact me if you would like to share your views with me - and maybe others who visit this site.

Om Shanti!

Brenda Brain