Thought for the Week

‘LIFE is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved,’ said Winnie the Pooh.

I just love the wisdom in these wonderfully enchanting stories.

I think I gain more from them now as an adult than I did as a child.

There are profound truths tucked away amidst the honey pots of life.

Endings and beginnings play a big part in our lives and at the start of a new year we often look backwards and forwards with both nostalgia and anticipation.

Life is indeed a journey, and sometimes it’s just like the A83 – full of potholes! There are hazards that rock us out of our comfort zone and we struggle to get back on the road again.

At other times, we look forward to good times – family weddings planned for the year ahead, holidays to anticipate, good things in store – like Pooh’s honey which sweeten the days.

Life is a journey but sometimes we can make it into a problem-solving exercise.

We angst over things that might never happen; we try to work out solutions which are impossible; we waste precious time worrying.

Life is for living in the here and now and we should grasp it while we can.

This new year will bring its joys and sorrows as every year does because it is a journey.

We are blessed if we have friends who walk beside us on our journey who will sing with us when we’re happy and who will weep with us when we’re sad, and who will rescue us from the potholes.

May God go ahead of you this year and bless you with love and with friends as you journey through this year.