Filling Up.................

With what do you fill yourself? We have so many options in today's world. The internet gives us an infinite field of possibilities. Here's my thought. We all have empty spaces that need to be filled. We all suffer from holes somewhere deep inside us. Maybe from childhood wounds....maybe from adult situations. None of us can escape life without being 'shot' a time or two and because of these holes, we tend to seek out fillers. But the thing is that if you don't acknowledge you are vulnerable in some deep recess of your heart, mind and soul, then I don't think you can even begin to make wise choices that fill those weak spots. I remember a line from one of my favorite movies....Tombstone. I can't quote it exactly but it was said by Doc Holiday about Johnny Ringo. It was something along the lines of, "Why he just had a hole in his soul he couldn't fill." I think that is true of us all. But here is the deal. Those holes can be filled and filled with things that are wonderful and meaningful and increase our quality of life rather than make us so hardened and ugly that we can't deal with our realities. People tend to deal with their lives in various ways. And some of them make the daily news with their ugliness and revenge. And then some of them quietly and softly and wonderfully fill their holes with sacrifices and outreach and ministries that don't make the evening news, but do make the world a better place. I tend to believe the newsmakers never realize they have a void. They are so caught up in fear and darkness and hurt that they lash out with no regard to the fact that somewhere, somehow, sometime they have been slashed into tiny dark pieces of evil. Not making excuses. Not giving license. Just stating my opinion. So here's the Lesson of the Day. If you are human and have lived on this earth for even a very few years, you have been hurt. You have been disappointed, You have felt unloved, unappreciated, undervalued. Acknowledge that and then use it. Use it wisely. Use it kindly, Use it as a tool. Fill yourself with things that matter, things that create something of value for yourself or more importantly for others. Holes can be filled with many things and actions. Find something that makes your hole a Garden of Truth, a Landscape of Beauty, a Ministry of Hope. Be that person. Live that life.