Monday, March 30, 2009

Just when it's Needed


As you might have gathered from my last post I've been feeling a little down lately. There are a few reasons for that but none of which I'd like to share here. My blog is personal enough at times and sometimes I wish it had stayed anonymous but hey! too late for that now. Maybe this post will fit into the bigger picture later on but for now I'd just add a few other lines.

It's been the usual Monday. Like Garfield I'm not a big fan of Mondays (and there was no lasagna for dinner either!) and The Cure thinks they're both blue and black... but Fridays... I'm in love.

After working overtime I finally sat in the car, driving towards my mountain flat. The light was quite beautiful and I felt grateful we had turned the time one hour ahead. Nothing like a bit of sunlight to cheer up some sombre thoughts. The car radio came on automatically and as usual I started the search for the channel that worked on that part of the road (I told you I live in the middle of nowhere!! :) After some crackling a beautiful voice sang her heart out. Listening without listening, the words seem to find their way into my mind and suddenly I started laughing and crying and laughing again. The last two verses were of the song was all I heard but it was as if it was meant for me in that instant. Thank you Universe!

After some googling I found Pascale Picard and her song " Smilin" on YouTube so I could share it with you.

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JoAnn said...

Astrid, so sorry to hear that you've been down. It's very understandable, having to be apart from your husband for days at a time during the work week. That's very stressful...I know.

But I'm so glad you heard that song that "spoke" to you...and reminded you that you are a "lucky girl" after all. We all need to be reminded at times that, no matter how bad things look at any particular time, they could ALWAYS be worse!

Take care, and try to stay positive! You're already 1/3 of the way to the end of this job, right? :)