Can you feel the wind?

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to reach my destination!"

- Jimmy Dean

I don't know what it's like with you, but today has been a really windy day here. I know, I know, another blog about the weather, but I can't help it. Today has been crazy. Trees blowing everywhere, signal going on the TV. You always know when the weather is bad because the TV just doesn't seem to want to work. In the words of the great writer Winnie the Pooh, It's definitely a blustery day!

As the wind was blowing about the place on my way home, it got me thinking. How strange is wind? And no, I don't mean that type of wind. I mean the wind that's strong enough to blow roofs off houses but is gentle enough to keep kites in the air; that thing that can rip apart homes, yet provide a gentle breeze on a hot day. Wind is strange. And what's even weirder is that you can't see it, or smell it, you can't even hold it, but you feel it around you and you know it's there.

This windy weather got me thinking.

Wind is really like family. For many of us family has so many different meanings. I don't think there is a straight forward meaning for family anymore. We have half families, extended families, distant families, adopted families. Family isn't just defined as people related to you. Family goes beyond just that, or so I like to think.

One of the definitions for the word "Family" is; "A group of related things". So if there are those around you who can relate to you in some way, be it close family, distant family, or even friends, then I guess they could sort of be considered family. Family are quite simply those who are closest to you, and they are just like wind!

You see wind isn't always visible, just like family. It's not always possible to be close to family members, it's not always easy to see them either. You can't hold family at all times, yet despite all of those things, just like the wind, you know that somewhere there are people who are thinking of you. You may not be able to see or feel them physically but just like the wind, you know they are there.

And so I end with this thought.

Sometimes in life we go through times when we need support around us, and very often the best support network are those people we consider to be family. Those that care for us, think of us, those that would do anything to make sure we're doing ok! Just knowing that they are part of our lives, makes us feel better straight away! It's just like the wind.

Although you may not directly see wind, you certainly see the effects of it. So to it can be said of family. Even though you may not always be near to them, even when some family and friends are a little distance away, just knowing that they were, are and will be in your life will have a real impact.

Sure, you might not see them directly, or be able to be with them at all times, but knowing they are there will certainly have an impact.

So how's your life today? Hopefully it's filled with lots of wind!!

Bywyd sydd yn byw! - Just living life!

RM