I've read so many (and VALID) cries for help here, but I can't even think of my problems if I read our news. By 'our' I mean the news of my county, state, nation, and world. I'm constantly chided (nagged) for getting so involved in it when there are the day to day things to tend to, and the overwhelming personal losses I've had this year. But when we're having an ecological disaster of biblical proportions, and the reactions to it are flacid; tornadoes are wiping out towns in minutes and leaving death an destruction in the aftermath; children and husbands are ripped away from the mothers in a flash flood on a camping vacation together; a 7 y/o disappears from a school fair day, and celebrities and politicians fly over them to 'help with the the aftermath' ( these are only a short list of this weeks American tragedies) I greive. And I think about how small my complaints and problems are. You, my friends, have kept me from falling off the edge of the world. I know the size of a problem depends on how close we're standing to it, but I've always had the difficulty of feeling close to the pain of someone, some creature, truly in need. Seems I'm a sponge that absorbs others pain, and though I know it's not right, it's hard to shut off.
I'm hoping you all will take a minute to look at your lives, think about what your problems are, and realize they are usually temporary. Most things are not world tragedies. We have to assign values to our problems, look for the best solutions, think 'how can I make this better'. I do not denegrate your problems; I only ask that you look at them in a bigger frame. We ARE fighting for our lives against AL, but it has been an ongoing process, as is recovery. We can no easier conquer it in a day than we can go back and prevent the disasters that happen worldwide everyday.
Today, I will make a good day. Today, I will be the best person I can be, and help all who need help within my reach. My mind will not have time to think about drinking, wasting my life. If this means a lazy afternoon with someone I love, that's what I should do for the both of us. Sometimes it's as little as an acknowledgement in passing. So many things I don't remember doing in the past have been remembered, and told back to me by people whose live I touched.
It's very hard to really make my point, but I guess I'm trying to say each one of us makes a difference, every minute of every day, without knowing it, by showing kindness. We've lost the art of grace, consideration, concern, and manners in our life. It sounds simple, but it isn't for most. And the results are life altering.
I'm hoping you all will take a minute to look at your lives, think about what your problems are, and realize they are usually temporary. Most things are not world tragedies. We have to assign values to our problems, look for the best solutions, think 'how can I make this better'. I do not denegrate your problems; I only ask that you look at them in a bigger frame. We ARE fighting for our lives against AL, but it has been an ongoing process, as is recovery. We can no easier conquer it in a day than we can go back and prevent the disasters that happen worldwide everyday.
Today, I will make a good day. Today, I will be the best person I can be, and help all who need help within my reach. My mind will not have time to think about drinking, wasting my life. If this means a lazy afternoon with someone I love, that's what I should do for the both of us. Sometimes it's as little as an acknowledgement in passing. So many things I don't remember doing in the past have been remembered, and told back to me by people whose live I touched.
It's very hard to really make my point, but I guess I'm trying to say each one of us makes a difference, every minute of every day, without knowing it, by showing kindness. We've lost the art of grace, consideration, concern, and manners in our life. It sounds simple, but it isn't for most. And the results are life altering.
awprint: RUBY Imagine yourself doing What you love and loving What you do, Being happy From the inside Out, experiencing your Dreams wide awake, 
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Ruby....we are like a grain of sand in this universe........look at our problems the same way. How small is our situation compared to the whole picture in our universe......" We are but a grain of sand on the beach of life" IAD
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