Friday has finally arrived. YES!!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend full of doing things you really enjoy. Yes, a few chores may have to be done. The wind won’t blow all the leaves onto your neighbor’s lawn or across the street. The laundry fairy won’t come to pick up all the dirty clothes and clean them for you. Man, it’s no fun being an adult on the weekends. But hopefully you will find a little time for yourself. Take care.
It’s Thursday. Only one more day. You can make it. Be strong. Be determined. Think happy hour. I hope your day is going well. Try to keep a happy thought in your mind when someone tries to get under your skin. Or, you can stick your tongue out at them and walk away. Sometimes you have to let the inner child out. Take care.
Hi. Welcome to Wednesday. No, I don’t have a hump day joke. Maybe next week. The weekend is coming soon. Until it arrives, here is a little something to cause a smile. Take care.
Hello my friend. I hope you are having a good day. I want to add a little more fun to your day by sharing this picture with you. If it causes you to smile, please share the smile with someone else by sending this page. Sharing a laugh is contagious. Take care.
It’s kind of funny looking through things I have written in my journal of thoughts over the years. Not sure what sparked this particular entry. Love is a fickle state of mind at almost any age.
When I was a teenager, someone ask me why I continue to love someone who doesn’t show the same love towards me. I could have asked the person the same question with a slight variation. I didn’t have an answer at the time. Not one that would have satisfied the questioner.
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As I look back, the reason is, love should be unconditional. It may lose some intensity. It may become comfortable and settled. If it is real love, it doesn’t go away because the person no longer expresses it the same way. We can only control our emotions.
If we stop loving people as soon as they say or show they don’t love us, did we really love them to begin with? Is love that easy an emotion to let go? Or do we dress our heart in protective gear to avoid more damage?
I consider myself a caring person. There are a number of people I love for various reasons unique to them. We have our disagreements. We have periods of time when we don’t see or talk to each other. When I said I love them, I genuinely do. And it hasn’t changed.
Sometimes you have to love from a distance to maintain your well begin. It doesn’t mean you no longer feel love. It means you don’t let your love do something to hurt you. It means you don’t let yourself remain too close if love will only bring you pain.
After all these years, I still don’t have an answer I could give the person. To some, I will be a fool. To others, I will be a romantic. To me…well…I’m a person with love for his family and friends.
Have you laughed at all today? Did at least one thing happen to make you stop and chuckle to yourself? I see or hear a number of things everyday where I work that makes me laugh. If you haven’t had it yet today, I hope this picture at least causes you to smile. Come back tomorrow. Maybe that one will make you smile also. Take care.
I had a conversation with two friends this morning that reminded me of this entry I wrote nearly four years ago to this date. It’s funny how thoughts can resurface around the same time every year.
From 11/11/2014
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I genuinely like to help people when I can. It does make me feel good about myself. Not because I want to boost my ego. But because we all need some help at some time or another.
During my early years, my mom always took me to church. She also gave me two children’s bible books to study. I liked the books and the stories and the pictures, but man I hated those test she gave me. It was her way of laying the foundation for my later years.
I’m no different than anyone else. I have done my fair share of worldly living and made my mistakes along the way. I have been fortunate enough that the foundation she planted prevented me from taking a path many others could not return. It has help me view life with a sense of hope and optimism. Over the last few years, my observations of life have challenged those previous views.
I do believe we should help people when we can. But there comes a time when we all have to live the experiences in order to find and become the person we were meant to be. No matter what people tell us lies ahead, we still have to take our journey.
Nothing about life is safe or guaranteed, unless we live in a special bubble. In order to grow and move closer to fulfilling our purpose, we have to go through different challenges at different stages in life. We can become stronger and move on. Or, we can become weaker and remain where we are. Hopefully we become stronger, better and fulfill our reason for being here.
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It took a long time for me to learn this and accept it. That doesn’t mean I’ve become a selfish jerk. Well, depends on who you talk with I guess. It means I’ve learned the best thing I can do is, focus on doing what my spirit is guiding me to do with my life, and let others live their journey.
Many times, we do find our way through the forest and onto the main road. It may take us a long time if we don’t accept the opportunities presented to us. But as long as we awake each morning, opportunities will present themselves in one way or another.
So Mom, thanks for the books, the test, the quizzes, the discipline (ouch!). I’m not perfect, but I think I’m okay.
Until next time, take care.
Capturing a funny moment is special. It’s one of the little things that makes a stressful day bearable. I hope this picture brings a little laughter to your day.
They say laughter is the best medicine. Well, there is laughter in many pictures. Here is one I hope you enjoy.
At some point, before you leave, you will be hugged. Tightly. No need fighting it because she makes it a mission to hug everyone. Why? It’s a Hug Life thing. You have to experience it to understand.
Your hostess, Grace.
“When I say love on, y’all say somebody. Love on?” The audience says, “Somebody.” “Let’s try this again. I know y’all can do better than that. When I say love on, y’all say somebody. Love on?” There is a loud “Somebody” that can be heard down the hall and on the floor above the cozy meeting room.
So begins Poets For Dinner. A unique open mic gathering at City Arts 2 building, 1700 Greenmount Ave. What makes this open mic different? Well, besides the bear hug you receive from the hostess, Grace, there is no cover charge. It’s free to enter. There is plenty of food. That’s also free. Poets, musicians, comedians, and speakers share their talents with fellow artist and lovers of performing art. All for free. Well, kind of. Halfway through the night, a brown bowl is passed around for donations.
The other unique feature of Poets For Dinner is, no sign up sheet. You write your name and social media information on a slip of paper, fold it, place it in the glass bowl, and at any moment your name will be plucked to stand in the non mic area, and share whatever is on your mind.
From funny to profound. From sensual to heartbreaking. You will experience it all during one night of Poets For Dinner.
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