Wednesday, December 17, 2014

A Holiday Healing

When we stop and look at our life, we can easily see that we are not alone... We are surrounded by people... colleagues... friends... and family all eager to take just a little bit of our time... 

Yet in the midst of these interactions, we feel a loneliness... an emptiness that no crowd can remedy... a numbing walk as we move about our day through the hustle and bustle of the holiday season... Smiling and singing through rote... the expectation... memories of past holidays to push us through... a facade...

Holding in what we can't say or express... we feel alone... 

Then it happens... someone steps in... moving closer to hold us as we begin to weaken... a transferring of strength... a letting go... healing from within... Letting someone else carry us through... holding us as we release... a freeing of pain... filling the emptiness as we are lifted... strengthening our faith... drying our tears as a smile begins to surface... we breathe... we rise... A gentle nudge... we move forward... we are not alone...  

Merry Christmas to all from the bottom of my heart, a glimpse of my mom will surface through me this holiday season...

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Be Different


                                      
     What is that thing that makes you DIFFERENT...   

what ever it is, it probably ruined your life in Junior High,
            made you stand out more in High school and made you a wonderful adult... 

BE DIFFERENT... 

No one can do you as good as YOU!!! 



Mirror


Every mirror reveals an image... An image often seen in contrast to the image desired... 
 
Yet, each mirror has its limits... Limited to reveal only what is visible without bias... It is our biases, our interpretation of what is seen that creates an expectation or desire to be prettier, cuter, or slimmer... 

An expectation that will never be satisfied if we continually strive to change or fix ourselves to fit some mold or image we have created... an image the mirror can never reveal because no matter what we do, we never seem to satisfy our own desires...

However, it is in what this mirror has no capacity to reveal that our perfections can be seen...

The image we expel with our words and our actions... Revealing to others our determination, our spirit, our true beauty beyond the physical...

It is in this inner self that we can change the world, moving mountains with kindness... Leading armies with ethics... and raising generations through values...

The mirror cannot reveal what God already sees in each of us... Live life through the eyes of the Lord and leave the mirror on the wall...


Start Building

Often the greatest happiness comes from the toughest pain...
Just as a beautiful calming sunshine encroaches after the roughest storm... or the blessed child's cry rages through the most painful birthing...

Your joy will flourish... Don't let pain keep you down...

Get up and get out... make your way through your stumbles and falls,...pick up the pieces that have broken and fallen and rebuild...


                                                                             you'll find joy 
in your renewed sense of strength... start building...



Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Let Your Greatness Shine

If I asked you to list 10 things that make you unique, 5 flaws and 5 perfections,  most of us would end up with half a list and most of the qualities on our list would focus on our flaws...
So often we focus on what is wrong with us, comparing ourselves to others.  Putting value on what someone else has, focusing on their strengths while only seeing our flaws...
Focusing on the things that make us great, seems to be more difficult. We are afraid of vanity, afraid to brag or boast. We worry about what others will think or say.  So we lose focus, finding it difficult to reveal the qualities and talents that make us great, make us stand out in a crowd, our uniqueness remains hidden... We stop looking at our own perfections and begin this never ending road to improve some aspect of ourselves... 
In the eyes of the Lord, we were created to be exactly who we are with all of our perfect imperfections. Take notice, toot your own horn and let your greatness shine through. God created no one else like you, and there is a reason... You are exactly who you are meant to be... Let your greatness shine... 


Everyone Has a Story

Everyone has a story… some of us tell ours through romance and drama, while others may be a mystery… 

Some may live their lives through comical fiction…while others are full of suspense... the genre in which your life flows is not a story written in stone… it is a continual revision through errors, pitfalls and omissions… 

However, your story is told… it is YOU, it is a record of trials and errors in life that make YOU unique… no one else can tell it, no one else can claim it… It is YOU in all YOUR greatness… your story is waiting to be told...