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I don’t have to remind my readers just how windy it has been these last few days. There has been little or no respite. Of all the weather elements wind is the one that I really dislike. Rain can be dealt with by using an umbrella or waterproof clothing but the wind sometimes defeats the use of an umbrella. Snow isn’t a problem until it becomes too deep or until it turns to compressed ice but having the correct footwear helps considerably and of course nobody moans when the sun is shining. It is the driving wind which gets me down. There is an old saying which has to apply and it goes like this: Whether the weather be fine or whether the weather be not, whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot, we’ll weather the weather, whatever the weather, whether we like it or not. A good spelling exercise for children but having an element of wisdom too. It really doesn’t matter what we think about the weather, nothing we can say will change it so we have to endure it when it is bad and be grateful when it is fine. Although I have been feeling somewhat windswept these last few days I know it won’t last, there will be better days ahead and so it is the same in life. We can be feeling down and thinking the whole world is against us. We can be feeling the pinch in these hard times. We can be experiencing bad relationships or having none at all. Many things in life can make us feel not at our best but they do help to build us up and give us the strength to go on. Wind or no wind, it doesn’t really matter but like the wind we must plod on regardless. Put on a smile, grin and bear it for things will surely get better and so will you.
Shirley Anne
