The plan was to write something enriching for you today. It’s time to start getting back to some routine and I wanted to give you something interesting or thought provoking to read.

Turns out everything I tried to write took on a negative tone.

I wanted to tell you about hiking in Ohio’s Hocking Hills but I didn’t actually get to do that this weekend. On Saturday the parks were so overrun by tourists that any self respecting nature lover would find it easier to commune with nature on a city street than in the state park Saturday.

Negative.

So I tried to switch gears into more positive thinking about how scarcity gives us a sense of abundance. Sadly, my brain started down a garden path toward the American obsession with mass consumerism and how wasteful people are with everything from leftovers to water to fast fashion.

Negative.

And then I started thinking about lots of topics that bump up against American politics and I just don’t have it in me to go there.

Clearly, I need to get out on the road immediately, if not sooner, to look at some art, take a hike or just to stop and appreciate some pretty spring flowers.

If I’m no longer seeing the good in the world, it’s time to go looking for something better than what I can see from here!

Meanwhile, here’s some pretty daffodils blooming in the graveyard of a local church we explored when hiking was a bust on Saturday.

Aren’t they pretty?

Happy Monday, my friends. I know the world looks bleak right now but I hope you will take a moment today to look for some beauty or to create your own if you can’t find any out there!