~ The Cure for the Uglies ~

Daffodils in my yard - Joy Kieffer

I'm going to admit it. After Covid in 2020 and again in 2023, and the ongoing heart and fatigue problems from both, I struggle with depression. It's a battle to have hope. Yes, the food pantry I run has managed to keep going, thanks in a very huge part to the volunteers who have stepped up and taken on more responsibility, and so much of my work load. Not only can't I physically do a fraction of what I was capable of, I can't mentally either. 

When we don't feel well, or do well, we tend to feel useless and worthless. We start counting all the ugly things we've done and our failures. As a result, we fail to have hope for the future. Our creativity and problem solving go out the window. We want to crawl in a hole and hide.

Too often we also see the ugly things around us as well, dwelling on the negatives in the world we live in. That really, really doesn't help! 

It's to see not myself, but God who loves me, and has a plan for me. It's to either get outdoors (best) or at least get online and look at pics of his creation. To remind myself of his attention to minute detail, and remind myself that he cares more for me than for those intricate, astoundingly beautiful flowers and plants, puppies and kittens.

"The cure to the ugly around you and inside you is to see beauty above your ability to comprehend."

Joy Kieffer