It's lost somewhere in the minutia

I'm talking about truth.  There is an old adage that says there are 3 sided to the truth; yours, mine and the actual truth.

In today's soundbite, click-bait world there is SOMETIMES some truth to the story.  It's so easy to get a rumor started and if strategically placed, it becomes the truth somehow.  It saddens me that the world has become this way and that there are those that believe whatever is put before them.

I am skeptical of anything that sounds like the masses complaining and skeptical of any news outlet.  I'm not painting my own reality, I'm thinking about what may or may not be true.

Adage #2
If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck and walks like a duck, it's a duck.
Now replace duck with truth..has to be all 3.

Good luck my friends.

Step Back Jack

I don't know why, but I'm constantly amazed at how easily someone is offended.  This is not to say that there are offenses that need to be called out.  However, the digital world seems to bring out the worst in a lot of people.  It also provides a bully pulpit.  I think it's also a mask too.  Social media is filled with perfect this and perfect that, a million selfies a day (at least) all for some sort of e-gratification.  Life gets ugly, people hurt and the only way we really know how someone is feeling is to ask.  We should even ask ourselves about how we are truly feeling.  I think what this boils down to me is this; if we get all fired up about everything, then we fall for anything.  

Take a breather today and try to find some sunshine to sit in.

What to leave

Today’s struggle is about what do I leave for my granddaughter.  I haven’t really known her but I want to leave her with more than I ever thought I have been worth. I see a piece of me in her, yet what she has is way more than I ever thought I could be. She is the very best of what I ever wanted to be. 

Changing of the Norms

For some, the greeting "Norm!" in the television show Cheers began to make us feel as welcome as Norm was.  I have developed similar greetings for those I socialize with.  Norm has changed.  Norm is not the norm we once new, and it may never be again.

What a peculiar time in which we live.  Social distancing, sanitizing, avoiding others except for immediate family members inside our home. 

With the slower pace of life for most I began to wonder what our social lives would be after we weather through this situation.  Will we want the same relationships with others we had before?  Will we change our habits to spend more time at home? 

There is uncertainty in any future and with a global pandemic in our midst, it seems even more uncertain.  What if, what if, what if, what if....  We can try and think about every possible outcome and have a plan for it.  Personally, that would drive me nuts. 

I'm incapable of developing every situation so, my plan is to make the best of whatever comes my way and wait for "Norm" 😃

More Hurry Up and Wait

I will stand at my watch
and station myself on the ramparts;

I will look to see what he will say to me,
and what answer i am to give to this complaint. (2:1)

Today, spend some time simply waiting and listening to God.


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Not so fast, my friend.

It occurred to me that as I age I don't do a lot of things physically as fast as I used to.  It also occurred to me that in my younger days I spent a tremendous amount of time and energy running to the next thing, and the next thing and the next thing, hoping to find love, security and acceptance.

As I get older, and look inside myself and get nearer to God, I realize if I had just been still and believed what God was telling and showing me, I wouldn't have gone where I had been.  I'm not beating myself up for where I've been or what I've done, the past is the devils playground.  What I am eluding to is this:  Once I realized that be being still and opening up to God, more weight has been lifted from my shoulders. 

That old saying "Let go and let God" was something I had previously failed to grasp.  It's not that I'm getting older that gets me closer to God, it's my willingness to admit failure and weakness to Him and accepting His version of me.

I'm strongest in my weakness before Him.

Normalizing the abnormal

A strange spring has been sprung on us.  It seems like months and months ago that March Madness was canceled, then baseball, concerts, in person meetings...now social distancing is (should) be the standard practice.  

I was thinking the other day that in the early stages of the virus invading our country I thought that all these cancellations were unnecessary.  Looking back, I'm glad there are brighter minds than mine making decisions that affect all of us.  I can only imagine what the magnitude of the infection rate would have been without the cancellations.

Pray for your local, state and federal leaders to seek wisdom and make wise choices.

Stay healthy my friend.