Under ways to rise above the storms
Defeat negativity thru using positives to fight the Icannot or I will not
•June 5, 2012 • Leave a Comment
Life’s storms
•June 3, 2012 • Leave a CommentThe events which register on the Ricketier scale as catastropic and or disasterous have a purpose. I think they are a test of our faith and our strength to withstand stress. Regardless they have a was of pulling people together and strengthening the bonds of love. When at sea a storm hits and the waves become huge swells threatening to swallow us up but after the storm abates the waves calm and fear subsides. We can step back and view all the knowledge and skills necessary to weather it. Such are life’s storms and surviving them equally as frightening at their worst.
The theme name for my blog “chaotic soul”
•June 1, 2012 • 1 CommentI did not realize when I chose this particualr background /setup or theme the name was “chaotic soul” How very appropriate to my psyche at this particular time of my life. Curious… as I mentioned there are no mistakes in making choices. I think God has it in control and even has a curious sense of humor.
Fracking a violation of our earth (poem)
•June 1, 2012 • 1 CommentFrick Frack!
Another attack
On earth, a god given gift
To hydraulically lift
Through shale breaking
The earth is quaking
Animals dying
Toxically trying
To extract
Another attack
For natural gas which will indeed
Heighten corporate powers greed.
Frickin’ Frackin’!
Why are we lackin’
The power to prevent
This disastrous event
We may soon resent,
Regret and repent!
Frick Frack!
Stop the Attack
Now before what it is done
That cannot be undone!
We may look back with gloom
Family bonding in the face of crisis
•June 1, 2012 • Leave a CommentIt is crucial for families to have invisible glue in the face of crisis while it may not be evident at first it must raise to the surface. This includes all of its players. While one may initiate the crisis causing the status quo to shift the need for change will surface and pain will be an outcome. It is in most cases the resulting pain which causes all concerned to reflect and question their own specific motivations and roles. Self-doubt and anger, insecurity of one’s own reasoning and behavior, and even finger pointing may erupt furthering the chaos. Stepping back and calmly examining the whole situation is most often done with a third party who is uninvolved and impartial. They can help to tease the snarled entanglement of emotions and questions by direct and objective observations.
Is life just a drama and we just pawns in a play?
•May 31, 2012 • Leave a CommentOur choices shape the direction of our lives. This being true I am perplexed. In my earliest teaching I have learned God knows everything about us even before we were the “twinkle in our father’s eye”. So now if He were to know what we would do and think, why would He allow us to make wrong choices? Does this mean our choices were not “wrong” but rather a part of His plan for our lives? One of the prayers states “I have not loved my neighbors as myself”. If in fact I loved myself rather than putting myself second to everyone else then I could in honesty say these words. I find I am subservient to everyone else. I learned early on also that I needed to care for others- to make them laugh and feel better. As a nurse in the early 1960’s the concept of “angels of mercy” lingered on. For this reason I guess self-sacrificing is not unusual (at least not in my mind).
My inner child at play
•May 30, 2012 • Leave a CommentToday while volunteering at the Church Thrift Shop I got to entertain one of the children whose parents came for food pantry. I purchased two hand puppets and allowed my inner child to play with the two year old- no easy task. Building trust with toddlers can be done with finese’ (sp) but they are for the most part engaging and love imaginatory games and songs. For that matter so do I-humor and play are part of a healthy way to deal with stresses. Volunteering is also good for the soul and others too. It is not easy for many to ask for assistance and for them to feel welcome and at ease is necessary to preserve their dignity.
Somethings about me…
•May 30, 2012 • Leave a CommentI am a grandmother, retired nurse, mother of four grown children, would-be writer and painter. I am college educated with a BSN and also suffer from depression. My experiences and knowledge bases are vast but I prefer to keep on learning- if I could I would go back for master’s but it is not cost effective at my age. Overall I try to be optimistic but sometimes to the point of being delusional. My main function in life is to serve but it usually is at the cost of self.
The yellow brick road was close to my house last night
•May 30, 2012 • Leave a CommentWe had such a wind storm with threats of tornados in area and though the thunder and lightning was not as bad as the wind it was terrifying. I am literally happy to be alive and in Poughkeepsie today. The trees dances about in circular motion and it was the closest thing to traveling to OZ that I can imagine or want to repeat. Keep those munchkins at bay and blow away that was my mantra.
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