March 2022...The Month That Was

 March 2022...

It has been a month, a tough month, a month that in many ways, that seemed to drag on forever. No, it wasn't like March 2020. I think that was the longest (seeming...) month in existence, but it it was long.

In a macro-sense, lots of problems. There's a war in Europe, millions displaced, lives ruined. We are given updates, visuals of the destruction. None of it makes sense, or what they tell us about what's happening doesn't makes sense. Then there's the fact that due to the ruined reputation of the media, I have no way of knowing what is actually happening.

There's issues at home, too. Everything costs more than it once did. The same people with stories of the war scare us with dire predictions of what's to come due to inflation, supply chain issues, food shortages, and...oh yes, the possibility of a nuclear war.

Just a couple of things.

But, there's wars fought not on a world stage... of people dealing with inner struggles, personal battles, micro-wars. In many ways, they're just as dangerous and the big ones.

In a few hours, March, 2022 ends, forever to be placed in the "past" column. I remember so many people couldn't wait until April 2020 arrived. They soon learned as bad as things were, it could get worse. Then people wanted to badly for 2020 to be over, only to face the reality of 2021 and all that came with it.

I have no ideal what April 2022 will bring. If prayers were answered, the wars--both macro and micro--would end, costs of goods and services would lower, and food would magically be available for one and all. Unfortunately, life isn't like that. Still, I'm praying it'll be a better month...for everyone.

Give Thanks...Where I Live

 You see the colors everywhere now...an invasion does that. It took only a few days for the colors of blue atop yellow to be known across the globe. I've seen the Ukrainian flag more the past few days than I have my own flag.

Across the country and the world people are wearing the colors of blue and yellow on their shirts or they're making posters to show support of people they mostly have never met but feel they must do something.

I know our country has its issues, some serious, but I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. I've never had to hide in the basement of a building due to an air raid. I've never had to flee for my life because of an invading army. The thought of having to do these things seems foreign and almost impossible to even imagine. Yet, half a world away people are doing just that. 

I'm thankful for where I live. I love to see buildings lit in blue and yellow lights. Reading supportive messages for others makes me feel good about our country, even with all its faults. I don't have all the answers...in act, I have very few. All I can say is I pray wars will stop, that people will stop being killed at the hands of others. And I pray those horrors will never reach any other country of land.