Don’t we hate to wait? Especially behind the dear old woman who can’t find her wallet in the grocery line, parked tight in a traffic jam, reading old magazines in the doctor’s office, and hanging on the phone while listening to the elevator version of Hey Jude four times. So annoying. But then I thought of what others … [Read more...]
White Flag Prayer
There’s been much said about flags lately, so it brought to mind the white flag that represents surrender. There are certain times when we are called to surrender. Have you ever prayed a desperate prayer - one from the gut of despair? You may have experienced times when you cry out and feel you must not have been heard. … [Read more...]
Art of Lingering
I made the mistake of glancing at my summer calendar and noticed there was no time to hyperventilate. It looked like the next nine weeks were written in stone – on paper. I couldn’t get out of anything. I thought summer was supposed to be lazy-hazy. It made me homesick for the simple life. What an archaic and charming word – … [Read more...]
The Best Offense
My mom used to say, “Don’t let people get the best of you.” You have met people who’ve tried to drain empty your best, haven’t you? Me, too. We live in a day when everyone is offended by something. And maybe we wake up with an attitude just waiting in our thin-skin to get offended. We are all oh-so-human, and you may … [Read more...]
Blind Sighted
Have you noticed in the blink of an eye we can get blind-sided by life? It was the winter that held on with both frozen fists, so I figured that must be the reason everything looked so colorless and bleak. Then the earth woke up and started putting on a few pastel garments of spring, but everything still looked gray. I wasn’t … [Read more...]