(1) Unusually beautiful morning. Walked slowly to the church humming the song “By My Side” from the musical Godspell. Played it on the piano for the first time in forever, along with a couple worship tunes and some jazz improv. As awful as yesterday was, so is today wonderful. Isn’t that the way it always goes?
(2) Just had a really nice talk with my pastor. Cleared a lot of things up.
(3) I haven’t gotten any work done for three days and have felt like I’m lagging far behind the reasonable goal for what I’m doing. However today I feel like I can probably get a little work done (I’m having to totally revamp the Vocal Score based on what’s been learned at rehearsals) – and I also am feeling that if I don’t happen to get any work done, it’s not the end of the world and I won’t beat myself up over it, as I usually do.
(4) Slept unusually well last night — seven hours solid. When I awoke I was a new man, and what can best be described as a “medical issue” yesterday (involving extreme bodily discomfort affecting my mind) has gone away (for now). Actually feeling pretty good today.
(5) Something has changed in terms of my ability to do once again some things I used to do very well before twelve years of homelessness affected my head. I’m getting back the ability to vocal-direct and to conduct musical rehearsals. I’m also blessed with a great group of people, whose professionalism and devotion definitely help me to stay on track. But mostly I am blessed with the revelation that God loves me. He shows His love for me by permitting me to engage a joy that I had feared was long past.
In light of that revelation, it almost doesn’t even matter if the musical is never produced, or if I never see its production in my lifetime. Each day, working with those Kids — if I can even call them Kids — is a joy unto itself. God’s blessings are new every morning. Great is His faithfulness.
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That’s a very good gratitude list.
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Thanks, Ashley. :)
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It’s the first day of fall. While I’m sorry to see summer go, especially since being able to do things outside makes the whole pandemic thing easier, fall always signals a new start for me. I’ve felt that way since I was a student. September was more the start of a new year for me than January. Sense a little bit of that in today’s gratitude list.
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That’s interesting, Ken. I’m definitely proclaiming a sense of “new beginnings” – though I didn’t relate that directly to the solstice. Perhaps it was on my mind, unconsciously. I do find that sometimes a new day inaugurates a whole new season. And Fall has also been my favorite season – October being my favorite month. Thanks for noticing this –
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