Thanks for taking the time to reply, Anita. I feel you are becoming a virtual friend and I am privileged to have you share your life in this way. I am not on Facebook though, mainly because life is already full enough. Perhaps one day. God bless.

“Reading your words I took a little contented breath in and then out and felt an inner smile in my being – so different from previous tensions.”
How lovely, Andy. Thank you.
I did take an unintentional break from blogging. Being told I had a 60% chance of being alive in 5 years meant I needed to take time out to ascertain what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, whether 5 or 50 years.
I have been writing though, and have built up words per day, and am now into the rhythm of writing 500 words a day on my memoir. Don’t yet have complete clarity on what God wants me to do/I want to do on the blog, but am sure I am called to blogging. Am slowing easing back into it and discovering a new rhythm for it.
Will be posting more regularly now. Am posting daily on my facebook if you are on it https://www.facebook.com/dreamingbeneaththespires

“I shift my emotional state by entering the narrow gates of surrender to God. By deciding to walk in love. By praise and thanksgiving. By worship music. By reading a bit of the Bible or a spiritual book. By physical activity, a walk outdoors, or even just tidying the house. By spending time with my family or seeking out a friend to hang out with.”

I seem to find myself in a similar place, quite by ‘accident’ and with minimal (self) effort. Reading your words I took a little contented breath in and then out and felt an inner smile in my being – so different from previous tensions. Perhaps this is the joy you speak of. I hope it is contagious.

That’s a lovely phrase. Life is short–to live each moment fully.
Thanks for reading, Janet