Being Inconvenienced by an Inconvenient Situation

Recently our beautiful city, Lexington, Kentucky, had an experience of snow on top of which fell ice which was topped by snow. The city was immobilized for several days. Now that spring is almost here, some citizens of our wonderful city are calling against the mayor. The leader of the City’s department of road has been dismissed. Could the city have done more to clear the road? I really don’t know as this recent event was most unusual. In the past when it snowed only, the city folks did very well. My sense is that citizens have too high expectations. I often wonder if their personal expectations of themselves are as high as their expectations of other. I suspect they give themselves more grace than they give others. What has happened to us that we think we should not be inconvenienced by an inconvenient situation?

Life's Cycle

There is a cycle to life, a beginning and an ending. At least an ending to this earthly life. Today I received pictures of an infant who was born yesterday. His mother is a colleague at the Counseling Center, and we have prayed for her well being as well as the arrival of this beautifully innocent young child. He is full of enormous potential far beyond our imagination. Today I also received a phone call from a friend of many years to share that her mother, whom I have known fondly for fifty plus years, has entered Hospice and begun the ending of her beautiful and meaningful life. Indeed, there is a cycle for this process of living. It is a cycle of which we have minimal control. We can, however, accept and appreciate every season in life’s cycle.