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A heavy torrential monsoon storm drenched our kitchen and living room this week.

Buckets, basins and old cloth rags frantically positioned to capture indoor waterfalls pouring through the ceiling in several locations.

The problem????

Broken gutters!

Small seemingly insignificant holes that appeared, gradually rusting. Eventually caving in with sudden gushing water weight, revealing the true extent of decay.

The interior flooding was entirely preventable had we climbed up onto the roof, but our focus has been down on the ground responding to the constant overflow of other consuming demands of attention.

Unintentional neglect.

Energy swallowed.

Robust structures weakening daily with this heavy pressured season.

A short upward assessment reveals areas for repair and replacement. Perhaps another hassle but necessary to ensure our safety and security......

I am reminded to take time to properly check myself; am I functioning well? Are any areas wearing down with the continuous storms? Which places are rusting with weathered deterioration?

The typhoons keep passing through dumping their cloudburst contents daily. We must ensure there are no holes or leaks!

Self soul care is not a temporary patch up and fix-it DIY job to keep going and delay crumbling collapse; it takes honest appraisal, intentional time, a reshuffle of priorities and focus to let go of the energy suckers and life-joy drainers.

Taking time to look upwards, change perspective and assess the neglected places is essential. I am still having to relearn from old habits and misplaced priorities that burn me down to a wick. Failing to realign is a risk too close to the edge of my resilience capacity.

This is the time to repair and resolve!

'Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees' Isaiah 35:3

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