CHOICES -- MAKE IT GOOD

It's a sunny morning. I can choose to be irritated by it -- or go outside and enjoy the blessings of a lovely day. Anything and everything in life has choices attached to it. Choices. Therein lies the potential for both good and bad.

My grandma would always say --- 'be careful what you pray for - it might come true'.

In the same vein, I say now ---- 'be careful your choices - the wrong ones could make you lose your smile'. :-)

Choices - make it good.

EVERYTHING IS THERE IN OUR TODAY

"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind... let it be something good." -- Author Unknown

When was the last time you did something good --to others and yes to yourself? Well, you have another chance today. Today is meant to be good but you have to get involved in making it so too. God has already placed in it good things-- the beauty of nature, wonderful people, the blessings of life and living but you are expected to render your own good more than what you receive. Is that right? Yes it is!

Everything is there in your today -- the challenge, opportunity, the reasons, the whys and hows, and time as contained in a day. Now the rest is all up to you to create that good. Be like a garden water sprinkler -- it sprinkles and showers good ole water on all the plants in the garden and helps them grow into something grand and spectacular for eyes to see and appreciate. That's precious.

That's what you-we are here for - to make this world a better place to live in, to cheer up weary hearts, to give joy and hope to them who think there's none, to make another person feel brave and strong in the midst of trials, to make others see that God is there even if he seems to be not, to help someone see his worth and feel good about himself, to help someone understand that it's okay to make mistakes but must learn from them well enough, and to believe that the power to make life and the world better is all inside of us.

We can do that with kindness, love, understanding, sympathy, compassion, and the willingness to stop awhile from our busy lives to listen to a weary heart and soul.

Today is where we should. Because .....

"when tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever,
in its place is something that you have left behind.....
let it be something good."

GROW WITH YOUR CHILDREN

Now this question asked me long ago 'How do you raise your children?'

--- I came into the mother role with nothing. Just me, my heart, and God. Now many years after I see my children doing so well. Thank God. As for me -I have turned out a better person too. You see, it's not only children who grow; parents do too. :-...) I've done it alongside my children - being a mother to them and them being good daughters to me.

PERFECT MARRIAGE WITH IMPERFECT COUPLES

Again I've been asked 'what is a great marriage?' Oh I can answer that & it's gonna fill up a book I assure you. But then Dave Meurer is better at it with these short lines -----

"A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences." :-)

HOW DO WE PRAY

I've been asked several times 'How do you pray?' I'll let Victor Hugo answer that for me --------

"Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees." :-)

HUMAN BEINGS HAVE FEELINGS

"Don't be afraid of showing your feelings; be afraid of regretting it when you didn't." - (Laura Springer)

------- Feelings. Yeah, we've been told to keep it all inside. Why? Were humans created not to cry, be angry, be afraid, nor to show disappointment or frustration, loneliness, sorrow, displeasure? Then we must have been given the wrong name cos that isn't being human -- we should be called zombies instead.

LET'S BE SERIOUS WITH BEING

Love this one from Rick Warren ------ "God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do. That's why we're called human beings, not human doings."

------ Isn't that just right, we're so self-engrossed on doing things but are we just as serious in ... being?

THE SECRET IS HERE IN THE PRESENT

'The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.' ----- the seer in The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

---- How else can that be better said?! In the present is so much contained sufficient to plan a future... with. But why do most of us miss it? It's because we spend so much time wishing for a good future.. instead of preparing for it today - in the present. So then finish college, be excellent in that job you chose, determinedly work on opportunities and potential which may display itself. That should take care of the future you want. Your tomorrow is only as good as what you do with your today. :-)