This morning I read a sweet reply from a woman I met last year at a blogging conference. (When you have things in common and limited time you get close to people quickly.) Her post was about aging and the effects there of. I sent what I thought was a throw away line, an innocuous reply. I was feeling sorry for myself and I went on and on about how old I felt and especially older since my heart thing. I am still repairing and blah blah blah....
What she wrote back will change me forever if I let it.....if I let it.
“My friend, do whatever you can to remain upbeat. You are young and healthy in so many other ways. Bodies can compensate. If you don't overdo, but just stay active, rested, and properly nourished, both in body and soul, you can improve. I say this because I saw you in 2016 and nobody with that much light radiating from them can be held down for long. Don't let your fears win. Think of my mom. She's 92 and broke her leg 5 years ago, a bad femur break. They put a rod in but it never healed, because she is very old. In spite of that, she is radiant. Systems do wear out, but you are too young for that to happen. So take care of yourself and have faith in the organism - bodies will fight to survive and thrive if you nurture them.”
Lynne Morgan Spreen from Any Shiny thing - Life after 50
My friend Amy Ayoub from the Zen Speaker told me Monday to write words filled with light. Write words filled with light.
To say I am blessed to have such amazing friends is an understatement, find these people in your lives.
I recently read from Brene Brown that it doesn’t matter what side of the conversation you are on if you are filled with hate it is the same. Regardless of where you place your words fill them with light.
Sharon Eubanks says that “Creativity and innovation are gifts....ask for them.” Innovation will assist you every day, creativity will bring out the best in your life....use them.
Gordon B. Hinckley said, : “You don’t … build out of pessimism or cynicism. You look with optimism, work with faith, and things happen.”
Last years heart thing caused a great deal of change in my life and I will keep changing. One thing I do know I will be able to move forward with creativity, innovation, problem solving and hope with a positive spirit.
Thanks Lynne.....Thanks Amy...
Love my friends.
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
The Very Good Among Us
As the numbness wore away from the shootings Sunday night the people in our community simply said, "What can we do?" It's a sentence that has been uttered a lot lately, from Texas to Florida to Puerto Rico...People want to know what they can do. It's inherent to want to help and we have seen it over and over again.
We saw it in Houston as people were rescued and when those people were rescued they went back and rescued others
We saw it in Florida...and now in Puerto Rico.
The awful shooting from Sunday night showed people at their best, and as their stories are told you will see how truly courageous they were. People with trucks loading victims up and taking them to the hospital, using police barricades as stretchers, refrigerators as bunkers. Strangers making tourniquets for bleeding strangers. It happened over and over again.
The Sheriff mentioned blood was needed and immediately the lines were blocks long. They aren't even taking more blood until Thursday. So people showed up to feed the folks standing in the blood lines!
Everyone found some way to serve.
A request went out about noon that Ronald McDonald house needed supplies for the 80 family members of shooting victims staying there. About 200 people showed up with food, blankets, stuffed toys and more foods and in 1 hour we filled the backs of 3 trucks and an entire trailer. That happened all over the valley...Ronald McDonald House was overwhelmed and several other organizations benefited from the overflow.
I don't worry about mankind, when faced with real problems they show exactly what they are made of. Their Godlike qualities show through.
People are good. We might have been reminded of how precarious life is, but we were also reminded of how good life is. And how very good people can be.
Live your life looking to help and serve.
Write words that are filled with light.
Be Kind
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