Welcome to IWSG Day. The goal of this blog hop is to
share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of
appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer
assistance and guidance. It’s a haven for insecure writers of all kinds. IWSG
is the brainchild of our ninja leader Alex Cavanaugh. The
March co-hosts are Ronel Janse Van Vuuren, Pat Garcia, and ME! For links to all contributors, click here.
This month’s optional question: If for one day you could be
anyone or "thing" in the world, what would it be? Describe, tell why, and any
themes, goals, or values they/it inspire in you.
This is a pretty creative question and since I don’t often
get particularly introspective, I’m finding my answer hard to articulate, but here
goes.
If I could be one “thing,” it would be the particular feeling
I get in my heart during certain experiences. Without being cliché, although I suppose
I am, it’s what I feel after waking on a February morning to see pink clouds
behind skeleton trees and realizing the sun is coming up earlier. It’s the joy
of discovery when I find the first Snow Drop in my early March garden. It’s the
sound of seagulls as they soar over tidal mudflats. It’s the belly laugh I get
from my adult daughter when, once again, one of us says what the other is thinking.
(“Get out of my brain!” we yell at each other!) It’s the sad-joy I experience when
I see a fleeting glimpse of my dear late husband in the gait of his brother who
lives next door. It’s the kindness of the volunteers with whom I interact, who use
their own time to drive senior citizens to medical appointments, prepare hot
meals and deliver food to the homebound in my town. I could go on and on, but I
suppose the feeling I’m trying to describe is gratitude for all the gifts I
receive and witness on a daily basis. But it goes beyond gratitude. It’s the
continued feeling of unexpectedness to these things and an all-encompassing
delight that they are a part of my life. The newness never goes away.
I’m aware as a general rule I’m pretty naïve, but humor me
here. There are so very many people in the world experiencing challenges beyond
anything I can imagine. If I could, I’d infuse my feeling into every being
across the world, so that everyone could
experience positivity even when things look beyond bleak.
If you could be any one or thing, what would you choose?
