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Today’s image is near the west entrance gate of the Denver Botanic Garden. I have spent the last 3 months crossing this bridge as I enter and depart during my frequent visits to the garden. I have also been blessed to live in a 9th floor apartment this summer, overlooking the garden. At the beginning of the summer my husband and I rented this apartment, in anticipation of our house, in Denver, selling. We would then continue to spend time in the city in the coming year, but also gradually make a location change to Lincoln, NE where we originally came from 6 years ago.
Well things didn’t happen that way. The house didn’t sell; my husband whose visual situation has progressed from impairment to blindness felt more secure in a place he had visual memory and experience for so he moved back into the house; and I’ve spent some time in retreat in the apartment . Graciously our landlord released us from a year’s lease and so next week this chapter ends as the movers move the remaining furniture back home. Things seem about right for now and we’ve both learned that you can’t cross a bridge until you come to it … and it’s important to cross when you do, trusting the future in the present and trading anxieties and over-functioning for gratitude.
Joy!
IBK
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Hello:
xxx has been sharing your blog with me for a few months now. Many times when I read the most recent one — it was right where I was in my walk/season! Thanks for sharing your revelations — they have been a connector for me during some of my seasons. Looking forward to the next one!
Good take-away message: you can’t cross the bridge till you come to it. I love it. For me it translates into – Live in the NOW. Get comfortable in the now – spend time there – enjoy it. Let “tomorrow take care of itself”.