If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon is a very old song, recorded by Bing Crosby in 1947 and Frank Sinatra in 1949. It’s a song about trying to reach a dream, not quite getting there, but finding something else that is even more fulfilling. The point is to try. It was a great song for yesterday. The thermometer was hovering at a chilly forty-eight degrees, clouds covered the sun, and it was easy to think of dreams not realized, goals not met, and hopes that were wavering. If you are, by chance, having a blue day, you might want to listen to this upbeat song on YouTube.
This morning, more gray skies and the weather is chilly, but somewhere out there, the sun is shining and the sky is blue. I’m sure of it. 
I wonder if the birds ever have an off day? Do they ever wake up, look at the clouds, and decide there’s nothing worth singing about and that nest they are building is just too much trouble? And the squirrels–when I see them, they are energetically springing across the yard or scooting up a tree. I wonder if they ever look outside their nest, decide it’s not worth the scamper and the scramble, and curl up, their bushy tail blocking out a less than perfect day?
The song, Stub Your Toe on the Moon has and upbeat, encouraging message. If you stub your toe on the moon, that means that at least you got there. You kept trying.
We need to hold on and not give up just yet. So what if we stub our toes on the moon or bump our heads on the stars? It’s just possible that we can see, from that lofty height, that there’s another direction to go, another dream to follow, a prize worth winning that doesn’t include stubbed toes.
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