Make Me Smile Online: others

Saturday, September 24, 2011

To inspire, to give, to share and to love

Sometimes we tend to be in despair

when the person we love leaves us,

but the truth is, it's not our loss, but theirs,

for they left the only person who wouldn't give up on them.

~ Melai

I write every day to inspire others. My mission to have one life breathe easier because I lived. To share in some thought, that may lead to tears, or laughter or just a quick little smile. Maybe an ah-ha will be let out. But to write to inspire another spirit is indeed my goal. I hope I do right by you the reader.

Oh, I know that I try to.

I almost gave up writing the other day, almost wanted to take some time out and put the fingers to rest. Maybe it was too painful to keep writing when I was hurting as bad as it has been at times.

Not physical pain, but pain from the heart when someone leaves. My wife left on the 10th of Sept. Have not heard from her since 1pm that day when she got back to Michigan.

Each day I feel stronger, each day I miss 'her' less. Sure I still miss her, I hear her laugh, still I feel her touch on that wedding day. Almost a year ago.

But I know I did my best. I didin't give up on her, didn't ask her to leave, nor did I beg her to stay. Because when you beg your really giving up on you.

Watched a message the other day on the Internet, a Christian message and the message was clear. It was like it spoke to me.

The message was that sometimes our God can allow things to be removed form our life so that we can grow.

God heals and with out a doubt removes pain, can remove sickness. He wants us to be obedient to his word and his plan for us.

So perhaps God also wants us to choose our plan, our partner, our team better. So we can make more of a difference for other lives.

This message touched me, so I share that with you.

Maybe you have lost someone, maybe just maybe you have been healed in the past from the pain of relationship lost. Just perhaps you learned from the experience.

I may be BENT, but not BROKEN, everything happens for a REASON. Because if GOD brings you to it, HE will bring you through it.

~ Author Unknown

I write to inspire, but many times what I write inspires me. I type with little or no research, it just flows from my fingers. I pray before and pray after to give thanks.

I share this to give some thought, some smiles, some love. I hope your visit again, I hope you share in the comments below.

May your direction be filled with smiles, with joy, with love and with a passion to make a difference in the life of others.

Smiles sent your way : )

09/24/11

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Attention, awareness and above all effort to pray, smile and love

The really important kind of freedom involves attention,

and awareness, and discipline, and effort,

and being able truly to care about other people

and to sacrifice for them, over and over,

in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.

~ David Foster Wallace

Yes its a late night post, almost didn't take time out for you today. Almost took a break, a day off, and it bothered me. I come to look forward to your comments, and I also take great pride in the fact that my words, inspiration may mean something to you. May help your day, or night breathe a little easier.

Times are indeed hard on many of us, financial, health, family issues, friends bringing problems to our attention. Employment issues, unemployment, sons and daughters at war.... The list can go on and on.

But we do care, we do have love in our hearts for others, sometimes more than even ourselves.

I stumbled upon this quote by David Foster Wallace. A great master of letters, and words, an author of sort. The quote above was taken from the 2005 Kenyon College commencement speech to that years graduation class.

His work and speech for that day prepares many of us for our daily grind to work and back. Life in the checkout lane at our local grocery store, or life on the highways of life.

So much filled with humor and yes pain for existence.

Another quote I pull from his speech here:

It is unimaginably hard to do this,

to stay conscious and alive, day in and day out.

No, it is very hard, with the many problems this world has to offer to stay focused on joy, smiles, laughter but we must.

We must take the time, make the time to share love.

To share compassion.

To not have to understand everything that happens to us and its meaning (I can't figure out any of this stuff in my life lol), no we need to just BE.

Be confident!

Be happy!

Be prayerful (should be first)

Be content with life as it happens and make the most out of what we truly have to offer.

On a personal note, this moment in time that I tread through is like hard stuff for me. I miss coming home to someone who really loves me, (I know my kids love me, but Xbox and Disney channel still rule....lol). I miss that time on the porch listening to crickets or the wind.

Do I miss the person that hurt me, no, just the idea that someone was here and could care.

I will trudge on.... no ..... I will smile on, my heart is to much in love with life and hope and promise.

I will look up, not down.

I will breathe deep, not shallow.

I will not because I have to ..... but because I truly love that in life.

No doors to knock on .... you bet there will be not right away but God has a plan for me.

I know it, I sense.

I thank him in advance for his plans. I look forward to them.

So tonight I write with only a few of the seconds in this day that remain.

We all get 86,400 more tomorrow.

I will find you there as well I pray.

Good night and smiles sent your way as always.