Be grateful for today.

Over the last 10 days I have been overwhelmed by the responses of people using all forms of social media to share their concerns for a grandmother who is still missing in France, her car has been found but as yet no sightings of Carol.
I have never met this lady, I was alerted to the fact she was missing by a friend, and it was obvious to me to try and alert people through my own social media network.
What it has done is to make me focus on what is important.
When I wake every morning, wondering if she has been found, I just hold on to that moment, that moment of being part of a new day, not a wet, grey dank Wednesday morning, but a unique day.
A day full of opportunities.
I need to look  up into the sky, a sky that is ever changing from one minute to the next, I need to look into the eyes of people I meet today, all are unique, no-one the same as the other, all with their own stories to tell.
I need to take time to listen and to watch.
Brushing past a spiders web, I need to remind myself of the hard toil that has been for a small creature, the wonder of the dew that has formed on every thread.
There is nothing compared to a smile, a touch of a hand, sharing laughter or mopping up tears.
I am so grateful for my family, friends and the privilege of another day on this magical earth.
So it can never be, just another day.

Jane
www.bristolgrandparentssupportgroup.co.uk

* Sadly after I had posted this, the authorities discovered Carol's body, my thoughts are with all of her family and friends.