For context sake, during my first recovery period, a dear colleague of mine had informed me that her family was leaving Malaysia for good in a few months. They were supposed to have left last year but plans were stalled due to Covid. Because of this, a few of us decided to make a trip to the river restaurant that I'd recommended before. My colleague wanted to have this experience before leaving. This was also going to be my first outing since my hospitalizations, so I was very excited to get out of the house and enjoy quality time with my dear friends.
But while we were making our way to the destination, I observed how beautiful and blue the skies were. It was practically cloudless - makes me regret not snapping a picture of this scene. And when we got to the restaurant, I very quickly got myself comfortable in the river (of course). And I looked around me and I felt this deep sense of appreciation. I was surrounded by trees. I was practically IN the river, enjoying the cool waters as it continued on it's path.
I was in nature.
And automatically my first post on God's Timing came to mind, where I lamented on how difficult it was to venture to the luscious greens that was partly hidden from my sight. But now. I was face-to-face with it. In fact, I was literally IN it. I was doing the very thing I felt was kept from me two plus weeks ago.
This realization brought a lot of joy to my heart. Sure, there were more people this time, making it more crowded and noisier, but I was just so thankful of this opportunity to do what I yearned to do, that is to commune with nature, that it was not much of a setback. I was just happy to be there.
God had yet again blessed me and gave me the desire of my heart. I had waited 3 weeks for it.
But it was worth it.
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