Work Towards

Happy Thursday,

How are you all doing today? What a beautiful day isn’t it? The wind is blowing, and the air is so crisp. I love it, I just hope the wind doesn’t do any damage. One more day and then, we are officially in weekend mode. What are your plans? Shoot me a text or drop a comment, I’d love to hear from you.

This week has been a good one for me. I feel calm and at peace with myself. I’ve done lots of writing this week, started purging my home, met up with the quilting group and sewed a few stitches on one of the quilts of valor that this incredible group of ladies will be gifting this year. Their goal is 10. They want to make 10 quilts for our vets. If anyone can accomplish this, it’s these ladies.

I got to paint last night with my amazing daughter-in-law and today, I get to sew with my dear friend Susan. She’s always such an inspiration for me.

So much has been happening lately, too much to write about at this time, but, staying positive and leaving the situations in God’s hands, that’s all I can do. John says all we can do is pray for strength and understanding. Not sure either of us totally understands the lessons being laid out for us, so praying for strength and understanding, does keep us above water. I have him and he has me, together, we got this.

“Do not be dismayed by the brokenness in the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So, go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you.”-L.R.Knost.

There is so much broken in the world right now. Things are unstable, and I wonder if it’s the Universe trying to help us realize, we need a higher power in which we should turn to. I don’t like to say that we have to turn to God, universe or whatever higher power you believe in, because I feel God created us with free will. However, I also feel, that if we seek his guidance, listen to his word and watch closely for his hand to guide us, life could be much better. Sure, we will all face difficulties, but we are never truly alone. Difficulties are life’s way of teaching us lessons. John always says the lessons get harder if we aren’t learning. I wonder why? Maybe it’s because if we fail to learn a simple lesson, they need to get harder in order to get us to pay attention.

“With intention.” What does that mean? Simple, it means that we collectively need to have an aim or plan to fix things. We can’t just hope with each passing day things will get better; we need to work towards making things better.

I know for me; I was given a blow of bad news regarding my finances. I can’t fix our court system, nor can I expedite the time it’s taking to obtain my financial fairness that the State of California says I’m entitled to. Our judicial system is a broken one. You’d think that something that is written into law, is black and white would be easy, but nope, it’s not. Apparently, the court needs to give a person every last opportunity to participate in their own case, even though they’ve shown no intent to do so for over six years. In the meantime, I am forced to learn patience, understanding and I must be creative in using my talent to bring in my own financial security all while hoping, the court will at some point, give me my half.

“The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you.” I’ve had to read this a few times to get what I understood it to mean. I think for me, this is saying, while things appear dark, maybe even hopeless, I can’t allow it to consume me. I’m stronger than that. If I let certain things, certain people control my entire life, I’ll be swallowed up alive into their darkness. Instead, I can put my talents to work and become a light in the darkness they’ve so diligently tried creating for me.

One thing I’ve adopted this week is when I wake up, I get up, open the shutters, look outside, open my arms and thank God for another amazing day. “Thank you for this wonderful gift of life, for my beautiful home, for giving me a man that loves me. Thank you for the love of my sons and then I do the bear hug and embrace the day ahead.

When I take my morning walks, I listen to a book or something positive. Aunt Billie always says, before you start your day, make sure you never forget to remind yourself that “today is going to be a great day.”

I don’t know what tomorrow will bring. None of us do. I guess John finally got his wish, and that is to have me learn to let go and let God. I can’t control things, I can only control how I react. Oh, I’m still a work in progress, but I’m calmly navigating to the best of my ability through this crazy thing called life.

In the meantime, I will love intentionally. I will love extravagantly, and I will love unconditionally. I will do my best to be a light in the lives of those I know, and I will work hard at being positive. I will take one day at a time. I won’t wait for time to heal broken, I’ll move forward with intent, intent to make this a better world.

Well guys, time to get around and get some things done. I do hope you all have a wonderful day and don’t forget, until next time, Love Life++