Good morning all,
My thoughts this morning are of fire. Last night there was a fairly major building fire just across the street from my apartment and there was, of course, much fuss and ado with emergency services arriving to deal with it. I felt really restless all evening, wondering if anyone had been seriously hurt, or lost their home, but it emerged later that it was not a home, but an outbuilding which burned down, and although one man had been treated on scene for burns and smoke inhalation, he was OK.
With no real expectation of finding a positive quotation on fire, I began to look and actually found one, which I think is really relevant to us all right now.
"What matters most is how well you walk through the fire."
Charles Bukowski, (1920-1994, an American poet and writer)
Isn't this what we've all had to do? Walk through fire? Something which has been painful, searing, unwelcome, dangerous and that's brought tears to the eyes on so many occasions?
I guess we are beginning to walk through the embers now, but whichever way we've managed it, we have shown the fortitude to walk through that fire and can now begin to emerge on the other side of it.
We should praise ourselves for that. It's taken courage!
Continue to take care everyone, and have a good Thursday.
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Quotation for Sunday 14th June 2020