Grass......

My Thought for this Day.......The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence....but there is a good chance it needs to be weeded!

Word.....

My Thought for this Day......Just because you don't agree with someone's words, actions, deeds, or hairstyle doesn't mean they don't have a valuable place on this earth. We are all meant to live our own lives with our own dignities and truths. We are meant to hold ourselves to high standards which don't condemn, but teach. Shouting and cursing and pointing fingers are actions of hate and disdain. Be careful how you criticize unless you are sure you can walk on water while carrying your Birkin to your Lear. 

Child......

My Thought for this Day........My wish is that every child had love and protection. But sadly, that is far from the truth. The infrastructure of America is in tatters. We are a society shattered by the iron strength of our families tumbling into millions of shards. We are confronted with young people who have no sense of security, nor self. Thus the lashing out is horrific.These kids live in the black. I am not making excuses for anyone who mows people down with any type of gun. I'm simply stating my heart. Our nation's children are being thrown away like yesterday's rubbish. They hide from their reality in any manner they can.  It is one thing to raise an entitled child. It is another for a child to have no foundation of trust, love or safety. Don't you dare tilt your head and say, " Well, in my day....".  Your day was not a constant barrage of social media comparing and abusing. Unless you walk everyday with these children whose eyes are blank, whose souls are pierced, and whose hopes are nil, you have no clue. I am merely stating a fact. When you have no coping skills, you can not cope. This is my thought. I will not debate nor defend. I live in the cauldron of this mess daily. I see the pain. Schools can not fix the unfixable. It has to begin at home. Yet our homes are merely houses, with no resemblance to home. It is overwhelming, raw and so filled with agony that we who observe it daily, can drown in their waters of black. I don't pretend to know how to put Humpty Dumpty together again.

Hand.......

My Thought for this Day.....You have two hands. Today, reach with one.....down, out to the side or up.  At some point you will either pull someone higher, hold someone close by your side, or be lifted toward the heavens. It doesn't matter the outcome; what matters is the effort. 

Teflon...

My Thought for this Day.......I believe we live in a teflon world. We survive by letting things simply roll off our shoulders. In fact, we are told to to shrug it off. You know, you can just shrug off so many things. There is a limit. Eventually, you are so mired in oblivion surrounding you that you can’t move. I believe at some point the shrugging has to end, and the feeling begin. It’s tough, it hurts, at times it pierces your heart and spirit like a razor blade. It is opening a window in a powerful thunderstorm. It is the black before the light. And it is necessary to live an authentic life. It opens the wounds from the festering in the shadows. It is truth and beauty. It is vulnerability in is most powerful form. It is brave. It is true. It is you.

Truth.......

My Thought for this Day......It is said to speak truth into your fear and selfishness. Maybe you are fearless and selfless and therefore are bigger than this message. But, if like most of us, you are fraught with human frailties, remember that there is a Truth bigger than you. There is a Force more powerful than any human spirit. The trick is to be sure you plug into the right power outlet. For truly, there are many false roads to walk, lives to live and words to prophecy.  So if you do need to speak your truth, let it be THE Truth that will carry you forth in a purpose of good, not evil, in a walk of honor, not shame, and in the end will glorify HIM who is due your fearlessness and courage. 

You/Me

My Thought for this Day.....
Good morning, I would like to introduce myself. I am you. And just like you I am a miracle. I am a myriad of bones, and tendons, muscles and ligaments, cells and arteries and veins. I am emotions and attitudes and beliefs and thoughts. I am beyond understanding. With the blink of my eyes I see the world. With the slip of my tongue I build up or tear down. I can't begin to understand how I work, but I do. I have a heart that swells with pride, or shrivels with sadness. I walk and talk and think and accept and reject and succeed and fail and laugh and cry. I learn and I love. I take in the world and I turn away from that which I don't like, and embrace that which I do. I react and interact. I go with the flow or I fight to swim upstream. I have choices and I make them. I have consequences and I live with them. I have help and I give it. I am imperfections and I must accept them or change them. I am in this world until I'm not. I'm a friend and a foe. I am human. I am you.