Sunrise

A winter sunrise in Bridgewater punctuates the start of  a new day.

Each day, whether we observe it or not, the sun will rise in our lives, always offering a new beginning – even if, on some of those days, we won’t see it behind the curtain of life’s troubling clouds.

Will we choose to let the quotidian light of a rising sun brighten the spirit of our lives, or will we choose to fall victim to the darkness of the night?

The choice is always ours to make.

Joan Chittister, OSB, a popular contemporary spiritual author, offers a thought about retired people that, I think, applies to those of all ages:  Chittister says that people have the “right to live until they die.”  (She isn’t talking about accumulating the toys of life, but about living a meaningful existence in this helter-skelter world.)

Live your life well.

Thanks for reading, and take care of yourselves – and of your soul.