Cloudy Days

It's always the little things in life that matter,
and so it is with the little journeys we face day to day

Life is like....lying on the ground with my back to the sky
with my head lifted up....lost.... into the clouds


' just dreaming '



Just watching the clouds go by

...being grateful for everything...


It is a rare opportunity to look into the heavens
and see what Heaven must see
when it is looking down here

....

at me



I watch as the clouds pick up different formations
The winds shift,
and they form random shapes,
and sizes
And....it feels like they're reading my mind
writing stories
...
logging my flight


The images create waves of hope inside my spirit


Sometimes, I feel as lonely as the clouds,
wandering aimlessly,
nonchalantly
like I don't know where I'm going,
like my life is lost

My mind gets confused....like my life.... in a haze of gloom
as I look back over all the places where I've been
and I think of the mistakes I made
and I'm not sure of my course
I continue to watch the clouds move around up there
noticing how they dance to their own flow
and the sky...how they really dress up
when it comes closer to sunset

Then....all of a sudden....out of nowhere

The clouds change form,
my thoughts change
A cool breeze dances above me,
wispy and frisky,
smiling,
and friendly
as laughter flows through my mind
like rivers of warm rain

and I feel like I can make it again

It felt like somewhere up there
the clouds were finding some direction for me

The journey of a thousand miles
must begin with a single step.


The clouds
.....
once gazed upon just by the dreamers
and those who study them
now form a partial rainbow
as layers of iridescent clouds seem to follow me

they have a plan for me
a journey..........back to me

In their excitement--
the clouds could not hold their good news any longer

The sun bursts out
.....
and God smiles at me again
I could hear my spirit being admonished
to go and give it your best shot,
and trust God

to take care of the rest
on cloudy days
like these







jakuper(5/19/12)R