One More Mile...

It is the end of a long winter here at Wicked Raven Farm and the end of a long school year as well for all of us at Houston High.  I grow weary from all of the struggles that I have and that I see around me!  I struggle every day again to get out of bed and only do so because I have another child here with us who needs to see that we can all march on and that we can stay another while on this side of the veil.  I find small things to keep me going and to keep me getting out of bed other than that I'm a serious Badass and that I'm out of leave from the school job!  I have friends there who are also struggling and who I feel would be let down if I didn't keep going, as well as kids there who have to see that the struggle has value somewhere, somehow.  I have the song of the day and sometimes the random text from my sister saying "Chips and Dip - Roger that"!  Out of nowhere at 4:00 am!  I have bananas on my banana tree (they dont look too good right now but that's a story for another post), and I have green things planted for the gardens and greenhouse.

I have a boss who gently reminds me (often these days it seems - and bless her for it as well as the others who keep me going too) that I can go one more mile.

The above is a picture of a picture and not a great picture but.... I'm not a fantastic photographer and you will get the point regardless of the photo.  It is a picture of an underground mine horse.  It is by Ross Taylor.  The placard reads:  "The photograph was taken in about 1917 in an underground mine shaft.  This horse was totally blind as were all such horses due to a lifetime in total darkness."

"It is the most impressive image I have ever seen.  It depicts the American way of life and the effort it took our forefathers to build this great country.  Often, when I have been discouraged and despondent beyond words, I have looked at this picture and said to myself  "I will pull it one more mile". With that attitude in mind and with an average amount of intelligence, any person can certainly make a success of their life in this land of free enterprise."

I too can go "one more mile".

I hope the load is light and the tunnel is bright for what ever needs pulled one more mile in your life!  Blessed be.