WHEN I WAS A CHILD I HAD HOURS OF ENJOYMENT DAYDREAMING IN THE CAR. MY FAMILY USED TO LOVE TO HEAD OUT FOR ‘SUNDAY DRIVES’ AFTER MASS AND AS WE WOULD VENTURE ALONG I WOULD LOOK UP AT THE CLOUDS.
IF THE FIVE OF US SIBLINGS WEREN’T SINGING IN 5 PART HARMONY(!) MY MIND WOULD WANDER UP AND AWAY FROM THE CAR.
I COULD BE RUNNING ALONG THE TOPS OF THE CLOUDS AS WE ‘WHOOSHED’ BY. I COULD BE SLIDING DOWN RAINBOWS OR FLYING JUST ABOVE THE WHEAT FIELDS WHILE MATCHING THE CAR TURN FOR TURN.
I ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE FLYING OR RUNNING EXTREMELY FAST IN THESE DAYDREAMS. AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A CLOUD WATCHER.
TOO MANY PEOPLE LOOK DOWN AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR DAYS AND EVEN I LOOK DOWN VERY OFTEN SO AS NOT TO TRIP. BUT CLOUDS CAN HELP OUR IMAGINATIONS TO FLY AND BRING A SMILE TO OUR FACES AS WE NOTICE THE EVER CHANGING BEAUTY IN THEIR EVER CHANGING SHAPES.
I’M NOT RUNNING FAST ANYMORE. BUT MY SPIRIT CAN STILL FLY WHEN I LOOK UP AT THE CLOUDS. ‘GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE CLOUDS?’ DON’T DO IT! ONCE IN AWHILE LET YOUR IMAGINATIONS TAKE YOU AWAY FROM THE HORRORS OF THE DAILY NEWS, YOUR ACHES AND PAINS , YOUR WORRIES.
LET’S DAYDREAM ABOUT A LOVING, HEALTHY WORLD, ONE NOT CLOUDED BY ‘FAKE NEWS’ ,ANGER, AND CRUELTIES.
I’M GOING TO DAYDREAM TODAY. THINGS ARE LOOKING UP! (AND SO WILL I!)
WHAT IS WITHIN US? 
AND NOW THESE DAYS OFTEN REQUIRE DAILY MASKS. SO ALL WE HAVE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES MIGHT BE OUR EYES (AS OUR ARMS AREN’T USED FOR HUGGING AT THE MOMENT).
