It's been a minute.....or two...

I have been in hibernation or maybe just distracted by love. Nonetheless, I'm back and planning a wedding. No I don't have a date and no I don't know where it's going to be....but I'm looking forward to the journey. I waited a looooooooooong time for this moment, so I want it to resonate not only for me and my honey but for everyone sharing in the day. More to come....

Suckers

If we're really observant, we can learn lessons and get answers from places and things that in a hectic world may seem unlikely.  But it may require some unconventional thinking.  

Many have learned to tap into shrinks, friends and family, Dr. Phil or Oprah for advice. Who am I to knock these self-help avenues if it resolves your situation?  As for me, I am personally going through a metamorphosis of sorts, just like the rest of the country and world right now.  I needed to reach a little deeper to maintain my sanity and peace. Recently I gained some unexpected insight from doing nothing at all, except observing nature from a well-placed seat in my mother's backyard.  

I wondered why my mother felt it necessary to cut branches from the bottom of a pear tree in her garden.  I found out that when a tree is quite young and the trunk hasn't yet developed into a huggable width, suckers are often generated at the bottom.  These suckers are low branches that sap the energy from the tree's growth.  An educated gardener knows to cut them off in order to allow the tree to grow upward instead of outward. 

In life, we all have suckers, whether it be too much television watching, excess weight that causes health problems, procrastination and yes people can be suckers too.  Is it time to get to cutting?

The right time...

There are many things that I need right now and some things that I really want....but I am not lacking. This may seem contradictory because being in a position of want and need are usually synonymous with being without. Notice I say usually. However, my mother told me a long time ago that what is for me, will be for me. And so today, I realize that I have everything that I need. I have made a conscious decision not to chase after things that don't......won't......will never, ever really belong to me. I let go and let God.

Ok Universe, I release my grip in order to better grasp what truly is mine.

As the singers said in that classic song based on Ecclesiastes, to everything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season, turn, turn, turn. We are truly living in a time of change. The first African-American president is in the White House. To be honest, I didn't think I would ever see the day. Pandemic, life-threatening diseases, wars, high unemployment rates, foreclosures, global warming, etc. have many of us living in a constant state of fear. I heard once that fear is nothing but False Events Appearing Real. What are we really afraid of? As horrible as it all is, these events have a place and a reason. I'm not implying that we are supposed to sit back passively and watch the world go up in smoke. But it does seem a good time to put things into perspective and know who holds our future.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.