A Really Neat Thought

I had a really cool thought early this morning. As I was laying on the bed, the house was quiet, no t.v. no radio. The only sounds were the thunder, the cracks of lightening, the wind and the rain pelting against the house.....and amongst all of that I could hear birds singing. Especially the cardinals.

It struck me as sort of amazing and I smiled. Here they were, these little creatures sitting somewhere in the trees during a storm singing happily. A reminder that even during the storms of life when all sorts of junk is coming against us, all we need to do is sing joyfully to remind ourselves of how temporary storms are.

If I thought about it longer I could get really philosophical and write more about it, but why ruin a good thing? :-) Simply put......."Be joyful always" 1 Thessalonians 5:16

If you are one of those who can't find anything to be joyful about, come see me, I'll tell you a few things and set you straight. :-)

Changing

It's funny how with so much going on in my life at the moment I haven't been sitting at the computer doing any writing. What's up with that?

I do have something coming up. How about this? In a few weeks I will have to change something about my Blog. If you can guess what I will have to change, then you win the prize! You have to make a comment to this post in order to be eligible. ( your answer doesn't have to be correct, I just need your post )

We'll make this a new contest. Not sure what the prize will be yet, how about a surprise? ( which in other words means it will most likely be a book, or not ) :-)

Reflecting

On this chilly May morning as I sit and enjoy my coffee and the cafe surroundings, I am of course reflecting on Mother's Day. My own mother left us in 1997 at the young age of 67. For a lot of people who have lost their parents, Mother's Day and Father's Day can be hard. But I remember the first Mother's Day that came around after my mother left when a friend of mine asked me if it bothered me. I recall shaking my head from side to side and saying flat out, "not at all", and I meant it. Sure it was a little on the bittersweet side, but I knew where mom had gone. I knew she no longer required a wheel chair, or strong pain killers or breathing treatments. She is now in a place where she has much more to do than sit around on a cloud playing a harp! Sure I miss her, but I don't let it get me down. I try and find other mother's and tell them "Happy Mother's Day", it makes me feel good. I'll do the same when Father's Day rolls around too!