Gather.....

Word of the Day....... Gather...v.t.,.....bring together..... What do you gather in your life? I immediately think of gathering flowers, or we gather things up for a garage sale. Maybe we gather dirty clothes and wash them. A painter gathers his brushes and paints; a carpenter gathers his tools; a baker gathers ingredients. Years ago, farmers spoke of gathering their crops. We gather our money before a shopping trip. We gather our bills and pay them. We can gather friends for dinner and most probably tomorrow you might gather together to celebrate July 4th. But truly I think we gather each and every second without realizing it. You gather your thoughts before your speak...or if you don't, then quite possibly you should. We gather our emotions in situations where we are uncomfortable or we're sad We gather lots of this and that and truly our days may be spent gathering things we are totally unaware of being in our lives. I think we need to be very careful of what we gather. Don't gather destructive things or thoughts. Gathering things of this nature builds and grows and then we sometimes BECOME destructive people. What if we all spent our days gathering jealousies, or criticisms of others? What if we only concentrate on being the one to spread the gossip that has gathered around and about others? What does that say about us? Instead, let's live our lives gathering praise and encouragement and inspiration. Be the one that boosts, not tears down, supports, not demoralizes. Gather those things around you that you can pass on to others to make lives better. Be that person. Live that life.