Storms make trees take deeper roots. -Dolly Parton

Isn’t this a great quote? If you think about it, it is so true. When we go through challenging times of change in our lives, it isn’t easy. We struggle against them. But more often than not we realize after the storm has passed how much stronger we are. We move into deeper awareness of what is important in life. We take greater pleasure in simple things. We root ourselves deeper into what we know is true.

It also reminds me of a video done by author, Judy Howard. I recently discovered her book after my mom told me about it. As you may recall from a previous post, I mentioned that John and I are converting his work van to a camper so we can travel with the dogs. And boy, oh, boy, we are having the time of our life planning this!

But I digress. Anyways, Judy is a widow who travels in a RV – all. by. herself. — well with the exception of a cat and the ghost, well, I’m not going to give that away as you’ll have to check it out for yourself. But I give her so much credit!  And I’m really enjoying her book, Coast to Coast with a Cat and a Ghost.  

Her writing is so descriptive that I’ve felt myself with her on this trip throughout the book so far and enjoying it so much.  But today I came across a video she did which reminded me of the quote above too – and how if we embrace change, we live a much more fulfilling life. So I wanted to share that with you too, today as I found it very uplifting.

The video is on Facebook, so I hope you will be able to view it via this link. Just click here.

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