There is a link between your thoughts of yourself and how you look at another. The saying that “you are going to love yourself because God made you is not the truth.” First, you must look at yourself without those condescending, critical, goggles you have on! The truth is we can never love ourselves like God can to think otherwise is misleading yourself which will leave no room to change things…appearance or otherwise. Do you know what I am writing here this morning?! Secondly, our human bodies were created to change… grow old…and diminish in appearance. Ain’t nobody able to stop that. So quit looking for that hidden youth serum or that latest procedure. There is exercise…healthy diets…supplements..vitamins..etc. Thirdly, This ain’t Hollywood people. We don’t have airbrushes and computer experts able to change our appearance at a whim. Do I want to look spectacular? Um, yes but I have faced reality. Not enough money or time or collagen at my doorstep. Anyhow the previous ideals would shock me back to the here and now. Why is it we think true love of self is skin deep? True love of self is knowing our intentions, our thoughts, our reasons and meanings to how we struggle, how we deal, how we treat, and how we live. Do I love my body? Nope Do I love gaining weight or wrinkles or clothes not fitting? Nope, But I think in God’s eyes I am perfect. I think God cares less about my body and more about what controls my thoughts and rules my life. Next time you wish you were better looking or skinnier…or HOT remember to God the only one who should matter…YOU ARE. Can you improve? Certainly but don’t let it rule you. You might just begin to like yourself, you already are. Also, you will be kinder to others. You will appreciate them for their heart…not their appearance. You won’t be a “fake”.:)
Thoughts for today… All lives matter. All people deserve kindness and love. Pray for this world. It is struggling. Welcome a new day, many will never get to. Give to as many people as you are able. Why are there trouble makers and conflict stirrers around us? I hate humidity.😱 Try something new.
There is calmness after a storm. It might take minutes…days…years before things look better. Yet right after the rain, the flowers drink. The plants and trees are watered. Animals in the outdoors also find water to drink. There are subtle things but important changes and much-needed help that can come from a storm, be it in life as well as in nature. Yes, there can also be fear and damage during a storm. Damage can take a while to repair or fix. But you can’t deny the benefits. Look at your storms…find the benefits and also put much-needed perspective into them. You can’t have joy if you have never experienced a storm or two.
Hello. I hope you are reading some of my poems. I think once you do you can relate to them. I write things that come off the top of my mind and never do I practice writing. It just comes really easy for me, I use my writings as a form of therapy , if … Continue reading Hello!
I remember being in second grade and standing on my seat to my desk telling the class something very special. It was during a party for someone’s birthday. What I was telling my classmates was that I was adopted. I remember this kid asking me what that meant. Now this was a big topic for … Continue reading I’m “Special”
When you grow up not knowing from whom you came from, this being my case since I was adopted, you feel like you are living in someone else’s life. It is easy to feel weird or awkward. I felt this way throughout my younger years. Here I was living in a house with a dad, … Continue reading Am I awkward?
How can a person think that your past is insignificant? I’m not saying every single facet has to be recorded somewhere, and kept track of. On the contrary, the past is irrelevant, to the point of having it brought up, when it’s a person’s future they are trying to better, or improve upon. For example, … Continue reading The Past Counts
Photo by Artem Bali on Pexels.com There was a place I went to frequently, back in my younger years. It was a place I felt I could sneak to and where I could DISAPPEAR. This place was a secret, no one knew about. I went there on days when I was feeling “blue”. Often times … Continue reading Disappear-Daily prompt
There is a saying, ” Don’t assume, it makes an *&& out of you and me”. Well, I am not going to type out the word but it starts with an “A” and ends in double “S”. I think it is safe to say that not everyone knows everything about another person. I certainly … Continue reading Daily Prompt-Assumption
“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.” ― Martha Washington https://www.facebook.com/Thoughtful-Mind-115687011876423/
In Blue I Can See Forbearance has always been a part of my life Enough that I can wear it like a second skin. There is so much that I don’t share Simply because there is no one who really cares. Oh, they say they do But when they find something they don’t like or … Continue reading In blue I can see…
From time to time I share my own thoughts or my expressive self to others on my Facebook page. I like sharing because if it can help another person or touch another person , well then I have done my part in contributing to this world we live in. I love … Continue reading Quotes Of Mine
There was never a safe place for me when I was a child, at my home. Things that were out to get me came in the form of a parent. I was naïve to a fault. I got into the normal trouble others would at my age and always got a spanking or grounded or … Continue reading Let Me Take A Look
Like a storm from out of nowhere Drifting away like a dream or stare. More scattered than the grains of sand But finding common ground to stand. Troubles thicker than molasses Smears that collect upon the glasses. Too much sometimes Too little I find. Promises that prick you like roses People that will leave you … Continue reading Insignificant
Today is Memorial Day. It is a time when people all over the USA share their sentiments, respects, reverence for those that have been in our armed forces, stood on battle fields, and have given their own lives to insure our constitutional rights and so forth. I for one, have had family members that have … Continue reading Things that make you go…
I add to my POEMS page ever so often, just more poems that I have to share. I am not good at adding tags yet but I am working on it I have a lot of poems. I have used some in my books for which I try to add a link to, so please … Continue reading Information about my page
At the spur of a moment In a second or two You are surrounded and don’t know what to do. Pain starts to shut down all your capable reasoning You are compromised without much notice or heckling. Whirlwinds of effort all thrown to the wind No one beside you, not even one friend. Things fall … Continue reading Daily Prompt/Broken
“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!” ― Anne Frank Thoughtful Mind
We all face different things in our lives. Seldom do we stop and realize what others go through. I have known friends that hurt each day, carry guilt, and are hurt. I know people who despite circumstances that were given to them, carry on every day.
It is never the journey ahead that hurts us… It is, however, our lack to properly prepare as we start that journey. MwsR
Don’t forget others go through it, deal with it, and push past it… you can too.
Yes, it will hurt sometimes. Yes, it will change you some. Yes, it will most definitely impact those who are in it with you, in one way, shape, or form. This can most certainly be directly or indirectly.
But the good news is… You can move through whatever journey is ahead… You can.
As I sit at my desk, the one my lovely husband made for me, my thoughts go back in time and reflect on my life and its many journeys. Sometimes people miss out on their futures by living in the past. This is not what I am doing today, today I am remembering, reflecting if you will. How many times do you find yourself looking at something or hearing something that stirs in your mind, a memory or two? Well, as I sit here, surrounded by my faithful and loving cat, Poppy, and with a view of my birdfeeders that are outside, I am where I was before. I am talking about memories, about things that either directly or indirectly took some sort of residence in my thoughts. I have my cup of coffee sitting here, my cellphone, my books, my computers, and my personal touches with me. Still, something is drawing me into a stream. A stream of reflections and remembrances that fill my heart, fill my moments.
I should be writing more on my webpage, but as it goes, I am thinking of my loved ones, and of the God who loves me unconditionally. I have never in my life deserved the wondrous and powerful all-consuming love of God. He graciously gives it to me. Nothing I can ever do would warrant that type of commitment, dedication, and love. Nothing! He is a pivotal instrument in my own personal life. I am not the most faithful, nor the most religious, or dedicated, but somehow none of that ever changes his ways towards me. He constantly forgives me, when I ask. He constantly works behind the scenes in my life. Is that not wonderful?
My family is always in my thoughts, always. No matter what I do or where I go they are there with me, in my thoughts. I have loved, have lost, and have been shunned by some. I have repeatedly forgiven, loved, helped, and encouraged some. I have corrected, instructed, and explained a lot of times. I have three adult kids and four grandkids all under the age of 7. I believe if I was a good mother, grandmother, they would always be in my thoughts, don’t you?
Today as I sit here, reflecting on things, I realize there are people out in our world without hope. People who would rather not reflect on their loved ones, and sometimes on their lives. Not everyone we meet has a great life. Not everyone we meet has a story they refer to for their enjoyment. Some people find it hard to wake up in the morning. Some find no peace at home. A lot of people are just going through the motions of life. It is a lonely or cruel place for many.
There was a point in my life once upon a time, when I was always sad, always hurting, and always searching. I was not given a golden goose, a family home, or riches. I had to make and scrape for everything I had. I was like many out in this world who were hopeless and forgotten. I too have a story I do not wish to repeat. However, this story or two, has made me who I am today. To say I wished that my life had been different, well, that would almost be like regretting who I have become. Right?
No matter what we choose in our life, or where we are going, we have choices. Struggles and trials and hardships are part of our life on earth. I want to encourage you to find something that makes you smile. Something that can make you feel good inside and out, would be great to find for yourself. No one can do that for you. Only God. If you have never known such a relationship with him it is something worth trying. I am not preaching, nor am I qualified to. I just want to say, he has been my rock, my shield, my stay! He can be yours too!
If that is not where you are wanting to go, then immerse yourself in doing good for others, regardless. Find the good in all things, all people. Yes, I believe it is good in all. Sometimes bad rules but good is there, maybe just hiding, or suppressed by worry or pain.
Here’s a thought: Why don’t some of you people who emptied the grocery stores of toilet paper, Lysol, and hand sanitizer, since you now have more of this stuff than you will ever use in a year. Why don’t you spread some human decency and make a care package for the 90 year old man who lives next door on a fixed income? Bag him up some of this stuff, put it on his porch. When he inevitably catches you doing it and asks you why, look him straight in the eye, and simply say, I just want to know you’re going to be okay. You think you’re afraid? How do you think the elderly feel? I would love nothing more than to see this start coming across my newsfeed.
John 13:13-17 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
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