Blogging as busywork

Happy New Year! I only wish I felt a bit happier myself. Being home from DCH is great, but I can’t seem to shake a bit of depression. I guess the fact that I still feel weaker than a cat, my lower back hurts, my head is still stopped up and I’m bored silly kind of add up that way -- plus who knows what all these antibiotics does to one mentally.

My priest, Ken Fields came to see me this morning and suggested that regular blogging was probably good therapy, so I’ll try to post daily, even if it means I may not be as upbeat as I usually try to be.

A new year does seem to be a good time to reflect on the year past and look ahead to the coming one. As to last year, it was in many ways a great year, with lots of travel and lots of the joys of ordinary life, through October at least.

My challenge is to be hopeful that we can have a good 2005 as well. My health situation, at least for now, is worse, but even within the context of poorer health, I can learn to enjoy life. As I said, a challenge.

Ken reminded me of a prayer from the Book of Common Prayer hat should be very useful to me right now:

In the Morning
This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.


P.S. A tonsorial note: My moustache began thinning in the Hospital, such that as soon as I got home I went ahead and shaved it off. I was beginning to look like a down-on-his-luck Hitler. So now my rapidly diminishing hair consists of the gray beard still clinging to my chinny-chin-chin. I think it looks better anyway. I'll post a picture soon.