velvetdreams
Keep yourself clean and bright. You are the windows through which you must view the world.
To Give or to Take ... that's the question
attitudePicking up where the last post ended ...
I'm having a running conversation with Soldiergirl who is not too happy with her situation at the moment for a number of reasons I can't go into here. Have you noticed that many times, Life just doesn't cooperate? So ... is it any wonder there are so many unhappy people?
I certainly do not mean to make light of lousy circumstances in an individual's life. Please understand this. However, it seems to me we should look for what we owe LIFE (or God)instead of what LIFE (or God) owe's us?
"You only get out of something what you are willing to put in." Said another way, "You only reap what you sow." I taught my children to plant kindness, if they wanted to be treated kindly, to plant generosity if they wanted to receive such, and to be a friend if they wanted to make friends. That is how I live ... not in some silly, ritualistic way, but as opportunities present themselves.
I do not jump out of bed with a smile on my face. Nor do my kids! ... I don't JUMP at all! lol But by the time my eyes are open, I am smiling ... even when I have to go to work, to a job I am not crazy about. Why smile? I'm alive! Things can always get better ... as long as I don't give up hope. The smile is not painted on my face. It lives there. It is who I am. It is the evidence of a many, many years of choices ... of choosing to hope, choosing to love, choosing to be kind, choosing to trust & choosing to think the best of others.
It simply breaks my heart to see so many people of all ages, but particularly young people, allowing themselves to slide down the sludge of depression. Can it be as simple as making different choices? Not for all, for sure ... but even for one? Half-full or half-empty? Depends on your attitude, hmmm?
~ B
Blognaped from Bookworm ...
| You Are Sunrise |
 You are a person of reflection and meditation. You start and end every day by looking inward. Caring and giving, you enjoy making people happy. You're often cooking for friends or buying them gifts. All in all, you know how to love life for what it is - not for how it should be. |
No salutes - salute?
Blessed in 2008!
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