During the holidays, there are those that gather up all the latest styles and parade them around like they are on a runway in Milan.
There are those that gobble up the trendiest tops and the latest leggings.
There are those with bling beyond belief.
What we need to remember ~ especially during the holiday seasons . . .
is to clothe ourselves in tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
For these are the rags of the rich of heart and spirit!
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Friday, November 29, 2013
Worth Repeating
As the holiday season is now in full swing (and I can attest to this from my Grey Thursday crazy shift at work til 1 am), remember that there are many folks whose holidays are far more trying that you could ever imagine. They may be alone, or with family but no job to provide a festive holiday, or just simply trying to make ends meet with nothing left for presents or food.
If we cannot do great things,
we can do small things in a great way.
I've got a friend who just started Baggies of Blessings - a local-to-Tampa group that helps to provide necessities to the homeless or in need. Of course you know I'm affiliated with All Children's Hospital who is always looking for new, unwrapped toy donations for those that will be in the hospital during the holidays. I'm also affiliated with the Children's Dream Fund which grants the dreams of seriously and terminally ill children on Florida's west coast. They are always in need of dream makers. And that's just three that I'm part of locally. There are gobs more - everywhere.
If you have a little extra ~ consider giving to help someone else.
If you belong to a group or business that could help, feel free to contact me and I'll get you in touch with the right folks at my favorites.
A small kindness creates great ripples.
If we cannot do great things,
we can do small things in a great way.
If we cannot do great things,
we can do small things in a great way.
I've got a friend who just started Baggies of Blessings - a local-to-Tampa group that helps to provide necessities to the homeless or in need. Of course you know I'm affiliated with All Children's Hospital who is always looking for new, unwrapped toy donations for those that will be in the hospital during the holidays. I'm also affiliated with the Children's Dream Fund which grants the dreams of seriously and terminally ill children on Florida's west coast. They are always in need of dream makers. And that's just three that I'm part of locally. There are gobs more - everywhere.
If you have a little extra ~ consider giving to help someone else.
If you belong to a group or business that could help, feel free to contact me and I'll get you in touch with the right folks at my favorites.
A small kindness creates great ripples.
If we cannot do great things,
we can do small things in a great way.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Feast
Happy Thanksgiving!
A wonderful time of abundance.
We have much to be thankful for.
There is feasting in great magnitude.
There is, of course, the feast of food upon your table. Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry, cornbread, croissants, corn, apple pie, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and a million other mouthwatering delectable treats.
There is, too, the feast that is family. I, myself, am thrilled to share my table with my immediate family. To drink in the laughter and chatter of hubby and my 'babies' fills me up more than any treat mentioned above. Believe me, though, I come from a long history of no less than twenty for every Thanksgiving growing up. I enjoy both!
There is the feast of friends. Those folks who may be too far from home or to sit at the table with their own families, so they share yours. The people we take into our lives as though they were family. We love them, sometimes, more than family.
We have the feast of freedom. While we are chowing down and watching parades and football, there are those half a world away who are fighting so we can continue to do so. Freedom is a delicacy taken far too much for granted these days.
And finally, please, feast on faith! Give thanks for all your blessings. Your guests who are eating with you and those that are eating at a far better spread. Your children, your spouse, your brothers, your sisters, your parents, your cousins, your friends, your framily, your trials and triumphs, your overwhelming times and your overcoming of them, your hugs, your Angels, your talents, your gifts, yourself. There is so very much to be thankful for.
Feast today.
Fill up on ALL the good stuff.
A wonderful time of abundance.
We have much to be thankful for.
There is feasting in great magnitude.
There is, of course, the feast of food upon your table. Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry, cornbread, croissants, corn, apple pie, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and a million other mouthwatering delectable treats.
There is, too, the feast that is family. I, myself, am thrilled to share my table with my immediate family. To drink in the laughter and chatter of hubby and my 'babies' fills me up more than any treat mentioned above. Believe me, though, I come from a long history of no less than twenty for every Thanksgiving growing up. I enjoy both!
There is the feast of friends. Those folks who may be too far from home or to sit at the table with their own families, so they share yours. The people we take into our lives as though they were family. We love them, sometimes, more than family.
We have the feast of freedom. While we are chowing down and watching parades and football, there are those half a world away who are fighting so we can continue to do so. Freedom is a delicacy taken far too much for granted these days.
And finally, please, feast on faith! Give thanks for all your blessings. Your guests who are eating with you and those that are eating at a far better spread. Your children, your spouse, your brothers, your sisters, your parents, your cousins, your friends, your framily, your trials and triumphs, your overwhelming times and your overcoming of them, your hugs, your Angels, your talents, your gifts, yourself. There is so very much to be thankful for.
Feast today.
Fill up on ALL the good stuff.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
I am
Walk away from anything or anyone who takes away from your joy.
Life is too short to put up with fools or foolish games.
When you need something to believe in,
start with yourself!
Be thankful for you.
I am
Life is too short to put up with fools or foolish games.
When you need something to believe in,
start with yourself!
Be thankful for you.
I am
Monday, November 25, 2013
The new math
I would maintain that thanks are thought to the nth degree,
and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder
and divided only by the multitudes we share it with.
and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder
and divided only by the multitudes we share it with.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Leap!
One of THE best feelings in the world
is to take the proverbial 'leap of faith' and land on your feet!
Far too often, folks are too timid or cautious or calculating to take that first step.
To venture into the unknown is a scary and unnerving action.
But . . .
To take that step,
that 'leap of faith,'
to not go where the path leads
but to make a trail instead . . .
is a victory known to few.
Leave worries behind you.
Open the door.
Leap!
is to take the proverbial 'leap of faith' and land on your feet!
Far too often, folks are too timid or cautious or calculating to take that first step.
To venture into the unknown is a scary and unnerving action.
But . . .
To take that step,
that 'leap of faith,'
to not go where the path leads
but to make a trail instead . . .
is a victory known to few.
Leave worries behind you.
Open the door.
Leap!
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