Joyfull Living

It has been a long time since I've participated in a blog link up.  Much time has also elapsed since a blog post was written from a writing prompt. I feel a bit rusty, but prompts are a wonderful tool to inspire and give renewed life to writing!  Five Minute Friday is a writing prompt link-up, where we free write for five minutes flat on a single word writing prompt. Today's word is YOUR. YOUR is one of my favorite words!  It immediately brings to mind ME, because our natural tendencies usually involve thoughts of self first. We wonder "how will this affect me, how will this revolve around my plans, place, people. Comparison may be made by using the standard of ME - perception is based on my experiences, my likes or dislikes. If left unchecked, the idea that the whole world revolves around me can affect every area of our life.   But YOUR - requires a mind and heart shift. From me to you. Placing my thoughts and focus aside, looking at you and considering what your feeling

 Last post I began keeping a daily account of this little COVID journey. The set time for isolation/quarantine is 10 days and we are now halfway there! Day 6 - This is a Monday and while major symptoms are subsiding, a few minor ones are revealing themselves. We had to go into town for a prescription today, through the drive through and were told it would be a few minutes. We decided to go through a drive through for one of those delicious frappes! I was handed this beautiful drink and upon the first sip, realized my sense of taste was gone! There had not been much of an appetite and I knew food did not taste good, but this really brought it out. A frappe is a special treat, but this one was a waste! Day 7 - Every day, I'm beginning to feel a little better and working on getting stronger. Was able to do laundry and housework today. You don't realize how much strength you've lost until the daily tasks you are used to doing become much harder! It took much longer, but we no