I think if I were a poet, I would probably have a blog where I could say what I want to say, poetically.  Sadly, I am not a poet and am forced to use the medium of photography, together with some accompanying text and references to song or movie on my mind.

Today was a gray day (and rainy).  Yesterday was pretty much the same.  I had a few hours today to contemplate life: my work, my family, my hopes, my dreams.  Off into the woods I went, down to the lake.  It was cold, it was wet.  I stared out at the lake.  How deep is it, I wondered.  And, how cold was it down below… and how dark?  Isn’t that that what life is like?  We wonder how bad it can get before it gets better.  And, we wonder what’s the best we can hope for in life.  When life gets hard, we just want to run… run, run, run.  Where to?  The lake?  And then what?  Swim… dive… deeper and deeper.  Far from it all.  And then I see it before me, like the lifesaver above me at the surface of the water.  There is hope (and rescue).  You just have to reach out and grab it.  It’s there for you (and for us all).  We don’t have to do it all alone.  Grab it, whether it is the love of your family, a friend, or your God.  Don’t drown.  Like the lyrics of the fantastic Smashing Pumpkins song, ‘Drown’, No matter where you are, I can still hear you when you drown.

... I can still hear you when you drown.