Do you have days where nothing seems to go according to plan? You wake up and your hair is everywhere but here it should be, there is no milk for your morning coffee...the kids have helped themselves to all the cereal and trashed the kitchen, little Jimmy has lost his PE kit ...again, Sarah is stressed about a test she hasn’t revised for...again. You eventually stumble into work to find the internet is down, you have more meetings then you have hours in the day and you are seriously considering whether you can get another cup of tea out of that last tea-bag, just to see you through...
Bad hair day...or is it just life as we have let it become? A modern day parable...
Consider the Highland Cow...
She doesn’t fret or worry, dashing from here to there, looking at schedules and deadlines, shopping lists and homework. She doesn’t worry that she is dressed right for the occasion and that everyone is pleased.
When she wakes, she looks at the mountains, as the rising sun crowns their snow capped pinnacles with gold, and she remembers her Creator. She pauses and breathes in the fresh morning air, shakes her shaggy coat and feels good to be alive. She listens to the chorus of birds casting their praise heavenward and her spirit soars. The dewy meadows beneath her feet are waiting to nourish her body. She does not worry, yet all heaven is hers.
Yes, we still have responsibilities, but if we too were to pause, consider our blessings and cultivate a grateful heart, maybe our bad hair day would not be so bad after all!
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