Picked up a random poetry book From the crowded shelf. Quick easy hour read: Delight and wonder. Then, Found…
Introspective Conundrum
I like the word conundrum. Not just because it is an unusually unique and appealing word, but because it poses a three-syllable sounding tone to whatever may be happening.
Most of us say problems or issues without really thinking about the word we use. We contemplate the problem at hand, and not the actual way we describe the problem.
I look at how the word makes me feel.
At first, it is a deep baritone with solid walls pressing against me despite the expansive meadow and light, soprano melodies of the butterflies dancing around brightly colored wildflowers.
The word is the difference between dark grays and blacks with translucent purples, pinks, blues.
The open sky versus the concrete wall around a city.
On the news, in my social media posts, the world is crying out in pandemic. I sit in my house, comfortably healthy, listening to soothing Indie Spring sounds, while my children entertain themselves quietly, and the sun shines out the window on the rebirth of green in the yard. Birds chat and squirrels clamber along the fence posts and up the still barren branches.
The world is panicking over a virus none of us understand. Yet, each new day is an opportunity for scientists, doctors, nurses, hospice workers, truck drivers, grocery store workers, restaurants, and cafes to provide for us hope as well as nourishment.
I can’t figure out a cure for the virus.
I can’t drive a truck, nor can I heal the sick.
But I can try to create a sense of peace in the conundrum of our world right now.
On Facebook, I am following a movement called Corona Concert Series, where musicians from around the world perform to give us all a concert right at home.
I also just found another for #onechurch, in which people, pastors, believers from around the world are saying Psalm 23. Thank you to Aaron Pelsue for sharing!
We may be isolated in a conundrum, but we are not alone. We have the blessings of ladybugs, butterflies, new growth, relationships. There are no walls around us if we just maintain patience, give those in charge a chance to figure out the virus, and remember we are not alone.
If you need something to read while you are socially isolated, check out my novel, Married to an Atheist A Love Story from Idaho, available on Kindle as an ebook or paperback book.
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