Light & Shadow

 

Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light. 
~Madeleine L'Engle

I would like to announce that it will only be 4 days before I go to Hawaii - but I can't. I would really like to be able to say it, but in fact I finally canceled our flights 2 weeks ago because there are still travel restrictions and no tourist visa. It is said that hope dies last. That's true. 😞

Since canceling the flights we have tried to settle a trip to our second best place on this earth for the time of our vacation - to Fuerteventura which is one of the Spanish Canary Islands. I haven't had any vacation up to now because I saved up all my vacation entitlement for Hawai'i and due to the fact that I'm not allowed to save it much longer I have to take it before it will expire. Unfortunately I can't say that we have been very successful with our efforts so far, because only a few days after our first booking for Fuerteventura the archipelago was also declared a risk area. So the booking was canceled by the tour operator. 

I understand the people's fear of this virus. I really do. But I don't get why people let this fear paralyze them. Fear belongs to life, the same way like joy and any other emotion. Fear is a challenge and you've to overcome it. You have to adjust to the new conditions and then continue life! It seems to me that many people would like to turn back time for about 100 years or so. To say that these modern times and globalization are to blame for the pandemic is not helpful. So, I like these modern times with all the possibilities we have, but I'm also not afraid of a virus that I can't even see. I'm much more afraid of people and what this whole thing does to them. And that's just because they're scared. I wish that they would understand that there are forces that use this fear specifically as a tool to get us where they want us. But I'm not going to take part. You all have to understand that fear doesn't prevents death but life. 🙏

These days I'm very sad about how the world has changed over the past few months. I'm sad about what is happening to all these beautiful souls out there. Some days it even makes me angry and I wish there was a single person who could be blamed for all of this. But there is no such person. I have decided not to let this virus and all its effects get me down. 

Let me tell you about my beloved little lemon tree.💛 I bought it a few years ago and put it directly in a large planter. He thanked me by growing wonderfully and gave me lots of big lemons. But last winter he got sick - he got a virus. More precisely, they were a special kind of aphids. Over the year I've tried all sorts of natural aid to get rid of these lice. Anyone who has ever dealt with it knows how difficult it is. The leaves first turned yellow and then fell off. The tree lost more than 90% of its leaves and looked really pathetic, but I haven't given up hope. And today I discovered that new leaves are starting to grow. I was so happy to see this and thought that this is definitely a ray of hope for this terrible year. At least for me. You know ...  Hope and Fear cannot occopy the same space. Invite one to stay. I choose hope. I will always do that. Hope over Fear and Love over Hate. Be courageous because courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you. 

Yeah, and so I also hope that we will come to Fuerteventura after all. Let's see if it will work. We have a German saying ...  postponed does not mean cancelled. I know that I will be returning to Hawaii again. Not this year but soon. I'm gonna leave you know with this Advice from my beloved Hawai'i that I miss so much. I leave it up to you how you want to understand and interpret it.😉

Aloha 🌺🌴🌺

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