Get out of yourself

today.  Just for today, think about how so many other's are doing.  Give food to the food bank, put money in the red kettle of the Salvation Army, spend a little time helping someone take out their groceries, and put away their cart.  I know it will feel so good, you will want to do the same thing tomorrow. These are small gestures which take little time and mean so much to people in need.  Make a ripple, for them, see what happens. 

Welcome Netherlands!

We are so glad to see you!  Please come back and visit!

Have you packed your...

emergency first aid kit yet?  Now may be the time!  The days are short and dark for some of us.  The world is not in such good shape.  I am afraid we are in for a bumpy ride.  So I am putting together something to help get through this.  First, I want to have a play list.  The two songs that seem to help me are: "Shake it off," and "Happy!"  These run a continuous loop in my brain, but they make me move and keep going.  Second, I have to have good chocolate, preferably with cayenne, third, and these are not in order, the love of my friends and family,  fourth, the will to stand up for what I think is right, and last, a good strong flash light to shine the light on all this darkness.  Make a ripple, put your kit together, see what happens. OMG! and Catboy!!  He got extra cookies because he was left out!

I wonder

what would happen if money did not rule the world?  What would happen if value was attached to kindness, charity, and love?  What would happen if we knew that we are all the same?  What would happen if we were color blind?  What would happen if we woke up every day in gratitude and paid it forward to someone else?  What would happen if we made a ripple, consciously, now?  Change would happen quickly!

Welcome Singapore!

We are so glad to see you!  Please come back!

What's that saying?...

"Innocent until proven guilty."  I had no idea it had so many things attached to it. Unless you are disabled, unless you are of color, especially a young black man.  What is wrong with us?  Human life is precious period.  No-one has the right to decide whose life is precious and if they feel that way, they are certainly in the wrong business. It appals  me to think that in the year of 2014, people believe they have the right to brutalize and kill one certain person!  Sadly, they get away with it.  WHO ARE WE?  It is my fervent wish that all this protesting makes a difference, especially when video taping doesn't seem to.  Make a ripple, take a stand, see what happens.

There is a solution for everything.

Life is full of dilemmas.  The important thing is how we handle them.  Sometimes I think we over-think our dilemmas, I certainly do.  Other times, I under-think them.  Funny, but those are the times my solutions work better.  I am the queen of over-thinking, but all that accomplishes is a big headache.  Make a ripple, enjoy your weekend, see what happens.