Are your ducks in a row?

Are you a dreamer or a planner- or maybe both? Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. I once won an award with his name attached to it. Does that mean I am a dreamer (remember his famous speech)? In my experience, dreams withoug planning and hard work drift away, easily forgotten. This past year has been especially hard for planning. How can we have our ducks in a row when every day seems to hold new challenges, new chaos. Don’t give up on the dreams. Keep working. The pickture with this post reminds me of part of a poem I wrote for my book:

The winter can be harsh. Gray clouds laden with storms obscure the warmth of the sun. Cold winds scatter hopes and rattle faith. Broken relationships flee like dry leaves across the crusted snow, leaving only the frigid fingers of death.

As new buds emerge hope returns. Spring brings new life, but a different life. Life before fall is no more. Grieve for the life lost. Embrace the new. Gather the strength and the grace of the journey. You will need it for the moments that you feel alone in your newness. You will need it to grow into the person you will become.

SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER- HANG IN, BE STRONG - KEEP THE HOPE