Encouragement

John and I are in the process of packing a house and moving. It’s been a busy task and one that we will both be glad to have behind us. We’re down to the odd things and unique items that you don’t want to toss, but you don’t really want to keep.; things that cannot go in storage, because of their possible current usage; and items that stand alone and don’t belong in a group. Moving can be overwhelming even when it’s part of a great picture of change. It’s physical and mental work.

The work of moving hit me one afternoon as I stood staring at an open ketchup bottle that had been used once in one hand and…