Common Sense...............

There are two types of common sense. There are those people who just seem to be able to 'do' things well. They instinctively know how to fix things, build things, figure out the easiest or most expedient way to get things done. I, unfortunately, am not one of those. Take me off my front porch and you better say turn right or left....not north or south. I can take something apart, but put it back together requires a call to someone with way more common sense than I have. So admittedly, I'm not the person you reach out to when you want help doing a chore that requires innate knowledge. Okay now that that's out of the way, let's visit about the 'other' common sense. It's common sense to treat people with dignity and respect. You are no better than they, and in fact, I'm pretty sure I come across many souls every day who are better people than I am. It is common sense to realize that although a day may seem long and tiresome, life is short, live it well. It is common sense to know that your body is a gift, a machine that with age.....cough cough.....is going to need some extra TLC and what you do in your younger years will come back to either pat you on the back, or bite you on the derriere. It is common sense to know that giving to someone else gives YOU more. It is common sense to know that people talk....deal with it. It is common sense to know that no life is perfect, no grass is greener, no one is without problems and NO WAY can you foresee what goes on behind your neighbor's closed doors, so throw that envy away. It is common sense to know that we are a universe of diverse societies and cultures and what you believe to be the 'be all/end all'......just may not be. Respect differences, as much as you expect to be respected. It is common sense to know that an active mind is a sharper mind, but also that peace and quiet grow gardens of maturity and wisdom. And lastly it is common sense to know that you are not a mistake, you were put on this earth for a purpose. Find that purpose. And give it back in spades to the One who made you. Find yourself on your knees both physically and mentally as much as you can. You, my friend, are not the Master of the Universe. But you ARE someone's everything, you ARE loved by Someone so powerful and great and abundant that your mind can't conceive His enormity . Don't squander the life you've been given. Give thanks and then give back. Common sense........you have it. Live it daily.