THING: HALF-FULL

” A TIME TO WEEP, AND A TIME TO LAUGH; A TIME TO MOURN, AND A TIME TO DANCE” ( ECCLESIASTES)

I know just enough about the Bible to be dangerous. Dangerous in the sense of misinterpretation or misquoting the scripture. Being raised in a Southern Baptist home any of the two afore mentioned mistakes lead to immediate banishment from the will.

I have a granddaughter when she begins her sentence with “SO”, buckle up cause here comes the “Twilight Zone”. However for this entry I must borrow her “SO”.

“SO”, as we approach the Christmas season the eighteen words from the opening Bible verse seem “so right on”. Covid-19 has created weeping, and mourning the world over in one way or another. As long as the youngest lives 2020′ will go down in history as a world changer, just as 9/11 did for many of us. “SO” with all the horrors of 2020′ is there any room left in our souls for laughter and dancing? Yours truly is making every effort to push for the old adage, ” Is your glass half-full ( optimism ) or half-empty ( pessimism ).

Since January 1, 2020 the white elephant in the room has been Covid-19. With God’s guidance, fantastic scientist, and phenomenal first responders the vaccines hopefully will offer light at the end of the tunnel. Sadly, we may never return to what is considered normal, but maybe the new normal will be more doable.

Thanksgiving allowed me the opportunity to be in the presence of my ” thirty- something and younger granddaughters and grandsons. ( we did wear mask, social distancing, and wash our hands). For once I listened more than I talked, “SO” my grandchildren did not disappoint. Their conversations were filled with laughter, kidding each other, boy talk–girl talk, upbeat attitudes, making fun of the “old guy” and ( wait for it) acting normal.

Without sounding braggadocious, these are smart children that realize the status of an upside down world, but for a short period of time their glasses were half-full. It was quite contagious. Be safe.