Category: spirituality

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Religion

Religion to me is a personal thing.  The way I believe is my own personal business and should not be pushed on anyone else is the way I see it.  Nothing bothers me more than for someone to try and ‘convert’ me into thinking their way about a higher power or lack there of.  I do believe in a ‘higher power’ but if I call him God, Jehovah or whatever, that’s my choice and mine alone.

I do wish that everyone had some type of relationship with a ‘higher power’ that gives them a sense of peace and love instead of hate and fear but even then, I can not tell anyone else they are wrong for their beliefs, now can I?  Oh sure I could try but why?  All that would or could accomplish is to make them turn farther away from what I would be trying to pull them towards, now couldn’t it?

How can anyone look at a beautiful sunset, or see a baby being born and not believe in a higher power?  How can anyone see the fury of nature and the wonder of it and not believe in a higher power?  I don’t have the answer to either of those questions but then even with that, people have the right not to believe in anything except for the here and now.

I believe in the here and now and also in the there after.  Who ever and how ever you choose to worship, may it bless you as much as I have been blessed.  This I do pray.

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Best friend

I am one of the luckiest people I know.  You see, I have a best friend that has been my very best friend since we were in 4th grade together back in elementary school.  There aren’t many people that can say they have had a friend for 10 years, much less as long as we have been friends.  Unfortunately we don’t get to see each other very often but thank God for cell phones and instant messaging.  With those things, we get to talk or chat quite often.

Well my best friend has been going through a tough time lately and I just wanted to try and find a special way to let her know:

puppy thinking of you

and I think I just found the perfect way to tell her.  What do you think?  Love ya girlfriend!!

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Hurricane Ike

I can’t explain to you what has gone through my mind these past few days.  The sheer emotional roller coaster and memories of Hurricane Katrina have come flooding back (bad choice of words) since Hurricane Ike decided to hit Texas on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Oh how my heart goes out to all those people that have lost everything.  Oh how my blood boils when I think of all of our people left stranded for days on end with little or no relief from our own government but they are trying really hard to make sure the mistakes they made back then, aren’t made again.  I must commend them for seeing the error of their ways and honestly, I don’t think there really is a good way to prepare for the enormous amount of help people need after these types of storms.

How can anyone know where to be so that everyone can get to the fresh water, ice and food they are going to need.  They can’t exactly just drive in.  I guess they could ‘drop’ supplies in like they do for people stranded in mountainous territories but how do you know where you drop it is safe for the people to come to?  How do you know that most of the people will be able to make it to the supplies?

I’m so glad I’m not the one that has to figure that all out.  I’m just glad I left town and wish others would heed the warnings when a storm of this magnitude is headed their way.  You would think seeing what New Orleans went through would be enough to make them aware of the dangers of staying to protect your home.  You can’t protect it from winds and water like that but you can protect yourself and your family by leaving.  A life saved is worth far more than any worldly possession.  That’s just my opinion.

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Half Full

People are always asking if you sees a glass as half full or half empty.  Okay, here’s the way I look at it.  If you’re putting something in it, then it’s half full.  If you’re taking something out of it, then it’s half empty.  If you don’t know which it is and you just found a glass with something in it, then it’s half full.  Besides, what difference does it make anyway.

I guess it all goes back to wondering if you are a pessimist or an optomist.  I, my friends, are an optomist.  I know life is what you make it and I prefer to make the best of it as long as I can so my glass is half full.  That’s just me, half full of it!  😉

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See ya later old friend

I hate good-by’s so I prefer to say “See ya later” to everyone but especially to old friends.  Unfortunately I have to say just that to an old friend.

He was called Poet by those who knew him and I remember very well the first time I saw him.  Honestly, my first thought was “What the heck is this walking in my door?”  He was with a very dear friend of mine and I wasn’t sure I liked her choice in men.  Well it didn’t matter if I liked him or not because she loved him and that meant I had to accept him or lose my friend.  That was never going to happen so I accepted him, tattoos and all.

Acceptance didn’t come easy at first but once I finally got to know him, I hated him as much as I liked him.  He was just that kind of guy.  A scooter tramp all the way with a rat bike, top hat and cane.  That was Poet.  And what poems he could write!!!  They were the type that made you go “Did that come out of him?”  Well yes they did.

Unfortunately we lost him yesterday after many years of pain for him.  He’s riding the wind now with his hair blowing and his old rat bike screaming like an eagle flying high.  See ya later Poet.  Catch ya on the other side.  Don’t worry about your ol’ lady.  I’ll take care of her which you knew I would do, didn’t you?  Shiny up Poet!!! 

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65 year old Triathlete dies

Did you hear about the 65 year old Triathlete that died from an injury sustained in a race?  She was a twin and her sister also is a Triathlete.  She had a wreck on her bicycle during a race and the result was she break her neck.

I think it’s wonderful that these ladies remained so active but what a loss to her twin.  It was not only a terrible loss to her twin, this is a great loss to our country and our generation.  God bless her family.

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Brea

I decided I needed a new companion.  My old one passed away a couple years ago and I felt that I had mourned long enough over him so I needed to find a new one to take his place.  Then I saw her.  She made me feel that no matter what came my way, she would be there with nothing but pure joy in her heart and eyes and would be by my side through thick and thin with all the love she had inside that big heart of hers just for me.

She is a West Highland White Terrier or ‘Westie’ for short.  What did you think I was talking about?  Samson, my trusted and loyal German Shepherd Dog passed away a couple years ago and I swore I wouldn’t ever have another dog.  Well the moment I saw that adorable white bundle of fur with all that energy and love in her eyes, I had to have her and I named her Brea.  Nothing like having a baby or a puppy in the house.

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Myanmar

Myanmar was hit by a horrific cyclone named Nargis, which is the equivalent to our hurricanes.  The loss of life was staggering.  An estimated 84,530 people died and there are over 53,856 still missing.  This is a poor country anyway and then something like this happens and the resources are not there to help these poor victims.  According to the United Nations, it will cost approximately a billion US dollars over the next three years for aide and to rebuild Myanmar.

We thought it was bad here when Katrina and Rita hit, well at least we did have someone come to help even if it wasn’t as fast as we thought it should.  These poor people have very little to begin with and very little that is available to help them.  I’m sure the world will rally around to help.  My heart goes out to them as I know in a very small way the devastation they feel.  God bless them.

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Recycle

I believe in recycling.  We need very much to take care of our Mother Earth instead of spitting in her face the way we have been doing.  I may be old fashioned in my way of looking at things but I feel that our abuse is what is causing so much turmoil in our weather.  I must not be too old fashioned if the scientists are beginning to see it that way too.

Respect is something we have fallen away from and is something we need to relearn as a society.  Respect our land, respect our people and respect our country because I can’t think of anywhere I would rather live.  There are many places I have yet to visit and plan on traveling more as I can but for now, I will try the best I can to take care of my own.

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Respect

Our government may not be perfect and I am not going to try and say it is but I love this country.  I love our people and especially our soldiers.  These young men are fighting for us, to keep us safe, to give us freedom from fear and deserve nothing but our utmost respect and gratitude.  Everyone has a right to their opinions, but when your opinion hurts innocent people like our soldiers families, you might want to think twice before opening your mouth.  War is ugly and I can’t say it is right or wrong.  All I can say is I will not voice any opinion against our soldiers.