Folks, just write it on the wall: The sooner that players, either on the basketball floor or in Life, learn that it’s a lot more fun to play within the rules, the better their experience. But try teaching that truth to an energetic teen moron.
He never forces us to agree with His ways. He allows us to get depressed, and to even get angry and rebellious with Him. And all the while, He continues trying to do what only He can do…shaping us into His image.
You are a caregiver. That very much overstressed, overworked and underappreciated person who along with probably many others, holds the anonymous title of WORLD’S MOST PATIENT PERSON.
Recently sidelined, I know how a hobbled old milk cow looks at life, or what a horse tethered to the fence feels. Imprisoned, caged, confined. Stuck in one place with absolutely no say in the matter. And it is not fun.
Bright, bendable headlights. Now THAT’S something for my next Christmas list. But until some inventor comes up with those, I have to do the same as everyone else.
Have you ever walked down the sidewalk, determined to be friendly and cheerful that particular day, and looked up to see someone coming toward you, but you couldn’t figure out whether to say, “Good morning, sir” or Good morning, miss?”
Yes, Jimmy B. was special, no doubt. But he became the man he was because he was smart enough to lean on his faith. He leaned on a God that he recognized as being a lot more able than himself.
Do. Not. Give. Up. Giving up creates hopelessness. And hopelessness creates a huge black hole of depression and deadness in you. When you quit caring about anything in life, you stop living, even though your heart continues beating.
Many people find this particular holiday season to be full of heartache, or a nameless void. They can feel a myriad of unwelcome emotions that threaten to overwhelm and sink them into a black hole.
This time I choose to tell a very different truth, one that I fear smacks way too many folks right in their face. That truth? Thanksgiving Day means Christmas Day is only 27 panicky, stressful days away!
Everyone else is also observing your life and choosing to believe what they want to believe. No matter whether they have checked the story with you or not. I imagine you would appreciate those around you holding their tongue until they hear the truth from the horse’s mouth. Instead of choosing to believe the worst.
A grizzled old man observed with trained eyes and alert ears as the novice young man did his best to hold his own at a table filled with experienced, skillful gamblers and crooked card sharks. Needless to say, things were going from bad to worse.
