Secrets

Here are a few secrets I've learned
over the past seeming 100 years of life ...

You can't jump on every bandwagon that passes by.

Pretty soon you'll end up someplace you don't want to be.

If you don't like what you hear, do some research.

Ask questions. Go to the source. Find the truth.

Don't ever follow anyone or anything blindly ~

(except God and the Bible) ~

be your own best source

of information and intelligence.

Be willing to stand up and stand out.

You were never meant to be ordinary.

Be wary of instant anything.

There is nothing more powerful

than hard work and dedication.

Feel free to add some tidbits.

I'd love to hear what you've learned ...

New

Even at the end of the week ...

New day

New thoughts

New possibilities

New opportunities

New strengths

New ideas

New doors

New ways

New you

Your failures do not contain you

Your past does not define you

You can do this ...

YOU

For those that may feel a little lost,
or unworthy, or unimportant ...

How cool is it

that the same God

who created mountains

and oceans and galaxies,

looked around and thought ...

the world needs one of

YOU!

You have reason and purpose,

import and significance.

You matter.

You are necessary.

Strength

Booker T Washington gave us this gem ...
and what a gem it is!

There are two ways

of exerting one's strength:

one is pushing down,

the other is pulling up.

Make good choices, peeps.

Today

Today,
in the midst of my own chaos,

there is light and lifting.

When we pay attention,

we can find the detours,

the opportunities, the gifts

that buoy us in our troubled waters.

Look what today is ...

I Want You To Be Happy Day

I do.

Happy Trails

It's been a sleepless few nights over here.
Whether the pooch or the prose,
I have not seen the Sandman in a minute.
I do hope you enjoy the outcome.

It is a few of my favorite things

all kind of mashed up together.
Please let me know whatcha think.

Happy Trails
by Lyn Marinello 3/1/26

Of all the paths you wander down
Make sure a few of them are dirt
And when the trail is dimly lit
Be certain to stay alert
Pathways lead not just north or south
There is purpose to the casual stroll
It often leads to clarity
Of the body, the mind, the soul
Be sure to walk in balance
Know that even the hardest climb
Leads to beautiful destinations
And view spectacularly sublime
What are sometimes seen as wrong turns
Are merely redirections
Routes that were not planned on
Are serendipitous course corrections
Take the road less travelled
Leave the beaten path and blaze a trail
Struggle through the underbrush
There is beauty to unveil
It is said between any two pine trees
Lies a doorway, explorations to exhaust
To roam may not define one as wayward
Certainly, not all who wander are lost
Remembering the journeys
And the barriers surmounted
Pairs of steps supporting yokes
And the victories recounted
When the body and soul are spent
And in retrospect we view
In those moments of single footprints
It was then that He carried you.

If

Short and sweet on this Saturday.

Fear is "What if?"

Faith is "Even if!"

Which if are you choosing?