Pain.......

My Thought for this Day.......Though I have not walked your particular path, nor felt your exact pain, I sit with you in silence. I sit with empathy and compassion and prayer. For just as rejoicing and joy are elements of a complete life, so are grief and worry. Be tender with yourself today, even as you are mighty. And know you are not alone.

You......

My Thought for this Day.....You can stand in the glory of the sunshine that is your life, or dance in the rain from the thunderheads above you. Either way, you must live. It's not the circumstances that define you, but the way in which you react to them.

Faults.....

My Thought for this Day......Be smart enough to keep yourself out of situations that prompt negative feelings. We all have trigger points. We all are weak in some areas. We all at some time give in to self destructive thoughts, emotions, patterns. What is a weakness for you deflates self esteem, beings on depression, envy, greed, self pity. Avoid those settings. Be honest enough to admit there are fault lines in your mountain of life. And if you say there aren't any, then you are either superhuman or delusional. And should be applauded or pitied. Find your cracks. And then do the work. Make yourself stronger than you can imagine. You are that important.

It's ok..........

My Thought for this Day.... Today, I wanna say, it okay. It's okay to be scared, sad, mad. It's okay to find not one morsel nor tidbit of comfort in your circumstances. I have always thought that we have been given ALL emotions to feel...not just the happy, strong ones. We are to cry and vent and yes raise a living, yet angry fist to the Heavens and ask,"why"? As a matter of fact, there have been times, when it has been a blessing that I live in the country because my God and I have had loud conversations in my back yard. We ask why and no immediate answer comes. We ask for help and nothing appears. We seek solutions in desperation and are blinded still by the darkness that surrounds us. IT IS OKAY. It is human. It is us. I'm not going to sit here and say...... hang in there, it will get better. Not because it won't, but because that's not what you want to hear right now. And this morning, I want to comfort, not confront. I have hurting friends whom I am reaching out to in my attempt to help carry their load of worry, and fear and weariness. This I can do. This I will do. So, if today my thought isn't for you, doesn't touch you, then please tuck it away and rejoice. Maybe your are on the golden brick path. Maybe good things are pouring down from a generous heaven. And if that is you, I am truly happy for you. But if not, then please know in my mind, in my heart, in my very soul, I know it is okay to have those moments of fear and trepidation and aloneness. But also I know you are not alone, because I am standing in your gap. For what it's worth, I am holding your hand,wiping your tears and praying your prayers. Today, this is my truth.

Walk........

My Thought for this Day.......Today, whether your steps are tiny and timid, or bold with swagger, take them with the belief that when you get where you are going, your purpose begins. You have entered your portal. Your poem is to be written, your story read, your task to be completed. Pick up that baton and lead your parade. Someone is watching. Be fierce in life.

Provenance.......

My Thought for this Day.....We all are born with a provenance. We are a branch of our familial tree. Some seem more blessed than others, some more damaged. But the fact is, you can not change your provenance; it is what it is. Here's what you can do. Sift through your past, build on the bright, erase the dull, pass on what is the best of you. You can never go back, but most assuredly you can stride forth with kindness and worth and generosity. Your past is unchangeable. Your provenance set. Yet your future is clay to be molded, art to be painted, a book to be written. And it will come with your signature. Be the Remington, the Picasso, the Harper Lee all of your days that stretch before you.

Today.........

My Thought for this Day.....Today I will understand that the passing of time is a steady process. I can neither rush it nor slow it down. What I can do, if I am to live this gift of life to the fullest, is to know that living in today is holy. The past is gone and tomorrow is untouchable. But today surrounds me with a pulsing spirit. Today is life.