An interesting discussion with a friend today. I had not realized until we talked that there does seem to be a lot of people that are marking time in life during this crisis. I’m glad we have a wedding going on tomorrow. It gives a real sense of moving forward.
And there are two house purchases that have completed today. Another sign of moving forward. But the signs are few and far between.
I was reading the parable of the weeds this week (not the parable of the sower – the other one that doesn’t get a mention much, probably because of the tough message). One way of reading it is a message about avoiding the troubles and getting on with living. Not something that comes easy at times, in fact it can look hard to walk on while things around you are going wrong.
It has another aspect to it that feels a bit harder. A sort of turn the other cheek message, or log in your rye. It can be read as saying “concentrate on doing the right thing in your life rather than trying to correct others that you think are getting it wrong”.
It was a good reminder to me to focus on sorting myself out as a priority.
But this week I think I am going to watch for people moving forward and taking a bit of pleasure in it.