11.27.07
Posted in My Life at 2:05 pm by Administrator
It begins with a restless feeling of sorts. Not sure what needs to be cleaned first, but just an overwhelming feeling that my house is a wreck! Company might stop by and not notice anything out of place. But I know. So, I don’t start with the obvious. I head straight for the closets!
When my daughter was still at home and would see me starting, she would joke and say “oh no, mom is in one of her moods.”
In the closet I start at the top shelf, pull out anything I don’t need to keep. Straighten any coats or clothes hanging, once again removing anything sticking out like a sore thumb that I couldn’t possibly wear! Then pulling out everything on the floor. Grab the broom and mop, clean as a whistle and ONLY put back in what belongs. Anything else is trash bound or Bethel Bible Village bound!
When the closets are done ~this means EVERY closet~ I start under the sinks. Then the cabinets in the kitchen. Last but not least, under the bed! Whew! Feeling better all ready! Now into the living room and no, I can’t just straighten up. I must pull out the sofa, the shelving, chairs. All the dog hair is vacuumed, all the dust bunnies put away.
This doesn’t happen often. Maybe it needs to happen more often.
To keep what is hidden even tidier than what people see. So that even if I am the only one going into the closet, I see what is going on. I see if it is a jumbled mess or clean and uncluttered.
On the very rare occasion when I am feeling odd, unbalanced and uncertain, I start in the closets.
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Posted in Inspiration at 4:02 am by Administrator
-By Dale Wimbrow
When you get what you want in your struggle for self, and the world makes you king for a day. Just go to the mirror and look at yourself, and see what that man has to say.
For it isn’t your Father or Mother or wife, whose judgment upon you must pass. The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life, is the one staring back from the glass.
Some people may call you a straight shooting chum, and call you a wonderful guy. But the man in the glass says you’re only a bum, if you can’t look him straight in the eye.
He’s the fellow to please, never mind all the rest, for he’s with you clear to the end. And you have passed your most dangerous test, if the man in the glass is your friend.
You may face the whole world down the pathway of life, and get pats on the back when you pass. But your final reward will be heartache and strife, if you’ve cheated the man in the glass.
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11.21.07
Posted in Inspiration at 7:14 am by Administrator
All relationships have the same basic components: people, needs and expectations. Try as we may to keep the needs and the expectations stuff in order, we usually get so caught up in them that the pure essence of the relationship is lost to what we think we should be doing and what we expect should be done. Sometimes the needs are very real. Other times they are not. Sometimes the expectations are based in solid reality. In most cases, they are not. Sometimes the expectations of having needs met are placed upon us. At other times we place them upon ourselves. What we fail to realize before it is much too late is that when love is the foundation of the relationships, all needs and expectations are met without any effort on our part.
Excerpt from Iyanla Vanzant -In The Meantime
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