Hello and welcome to Five Minutes in Nature with me Liz Scott and it's day 41 on my pilgrimage as I cross England following the Michael and Mary energy currents.
I'm at the end point of my walk today at a church in a place called Straddershall in Suffolk and it is a church that's got a tower it's got flint on the outside of it predominantly sort of grey with the cement in between the flint and a bit of a mottled colour oranges and greys that I can see in the sunlight here.
I can't get inside but I can see that there aren't any stained glass windows a couple of small panes of windows have been broken a few cobwebs in the window in the windows themselves yeah and lots of moss on the porch roof so there's a kind of a feeling that this is an oldie oldie country church and the Michael line goes through this church and it's just been a bit of a day of up and downs really.
One of the predominant things for me today is that my husband who's my sort of support has had to take two days out we knew this was going to happen it was pre-arranged and so he's he's gone away for two nights and I feel a little bit on my own really it's really interesting when that support gets taken away the things that I've got used to and that just the knowing that he's around has been really super helpful.
So I've just got to work out the next bit get my car into Bury St Edmunds where I've booked in to stay a couple of nights in Bury St Edmunds itself and then work out the public transport for tomorrow to get back to Stratoshaw to complete my walk for tomorrow so it's one of those days where I've got a few bits and pieces in my mind and those little bits and pieces are a little bit like a hovering fly that doesn't quite disappear you you can't quite settle down because you know there's still some unfinished business and and I think today it's been a good reminder of thanking people in my life who do give me support and when the support is no longer there or it's temporarily removed I really feel it I really notice the absence of it.
So today I'm reflecting on this is that two things really one is thanking the people that give me support in my life and it's been obvious with my husband over the recent weeks he's been absolutely there by my side giving me lifts booking campsites cooking shopping and just just kind of being all round turning up when I'm feeling a little bit low in the middle of my walk on his bicycle just to give me a bit of a morale boost he's actually just been there and I really recognize and want to thank people in my life that just do these pieces of support that are so precious.
I've got another friend who every day she just writes me a little note and sends me a little haiku I write a journal that I share with some friends and she always writes me a little haiku a little short poem of what I've written and I really look forward to receiving her message every day it's funny isn't it just a small thing can mean so much.
So the first thing is to recognize and to thank people that give support in my life.
I know that sometimes I don't fully recognize it I just kind of get accustomed to it so it's good to be reminded to give thanks for that support and then the second thing is just thinking of it the other way around really is who do I give support to who am I there for what kind of support am I giving others how might I support others in the way that I am being supported.
So for me today as I battle against the crows who are all nesting in the trees here above the church they want to be part of this too this is all about support it's about appreciating the support I get in my life and showing that appreciation and giving thanks and also recognizing the support that I give others and being there for others and realizing that it might seem like a small thing I'm doing but actually those small things can actually mean a lot so it's to continue giving that support.
