Good morning, everyone!!!
With so much going on around us this has been one of those weeks where I've met myself coming and going. At the end of this post I will be sharing the words of my husband's brother, a survivor of the Hurricane Maria. His words put everything into perspective for me and he's absolutely right.
There are times in life where this world slows us down, stops us in our tracks, and makes us take a breath. With so much hate spewing all the time these days, well, it is just good to see life from a different angle once in awhile.
I've watched my own daughter go from looking as if she was knocking on death's door to a vibrant young woman once again. We don't realize just how much the attitudes of others can bring us down, ruin our health, and suck 'living' right out of us.
In just a few short days I've seen an amazing transformation. She has gone from looking like she had no idea where she would get the energy to even take her next step, to working along side me to put her life back into the order she'd dreamed of so long ago.
Sometimes it only takes a little bit of your time to help someone else find their way back to who they are or what they want to be in this life.
On 9/11 all those years ago, I still remember how people in neighborhoods band together to discuss the future. I remember how people band together to work day and night to rescue any survivors.
I remember the small hurricane my children and I went through in Florida. How the next morning after the storm had passed all the neighbors were out and about, checking the damage to our neighborhood. We walked the streets together, then worked together to clean up the mess.
After any tragedy, you can find this. People together, working side by side, no thought to the insanity of the world around them, but more so a thankfulness filling the air that says, "We've survived this, we can rebuild our life once again."
Maybe not all in this world sees such inner beauty of this world. Maybe this is just small town USA where you find this kind of joining together. I don't know. If so, then this is definitely another reason I adore small town USA. Because this is the way it should be in this life.
Giving a little bit of yourself can definitely go a long way in this life. Maybe, letting go of expectations and freeing yourself of what you believe 'should' happen, is the only way to live each day.
Sometimes we just have to do what is right in the moment. Don't look to the future farther than to plan for the next day and if those plans for one reason or another get changed up, then adjust your attitude and your plans.
I had friends or family in the paths of the last three hurricanes. I've watched them come out of this stronger and ready to take on the tasks of rebuilding their lives. It would have been easier, I'm sure, to just throw in the towel, say I can't do this, and walk away. But that's not what strong people do.
I've sat back and watched the divide of this Country grow to proportions of a magnitude that is truly disheartening. When you boil away all the petty stuff, well, what you are left with is people have forgotten what it is like to truly stand with your neighbor.
Then you add in all these tragedies, hurricanes, fires, and the like. What is it really doing? It is bringing people face to face with one another once again. Retraining people to work together, to put aside differences, to work hand in hand to rebuild their lives. There is no room in their worlds right now to stop and think, is this person beside me supposed to be my enemy?
Life has a way of making us stop and smell the roses so to speak. If we are heading in a direction that we shouldn't be, then it stops us in our tracks to give us the time and energy to see what truly matters in our world. Reminding us that we are only human and there are forces in this world greater than ourselves.
One thing is for certain, I've seen it over and over in my 50+ years. No matter the tragedy, we will rise again. How we rise is our choice...
Everyone have a lovely day!!!
Blessings to all!!!
This was written by my husband's brother who lives in Puerto Rico. Copied from my brother George Konig: Calm down. We'll have time to waste again. We can waste water, run at full speed burning gasoline without need. We will have the opportunity to eat everything that poisons us daily. And we will be able to return very soon to our phones that prove to be smarter than us. Maria just stopped us to teach us to be people again. In the hope of cooling the atmosphere and making us remember what really matters. Today I have seen civility, camaraderie and conversations. Also frustration, weariness and desolation. We've cleaned houses of those we see every day and we don't know. We make long lines for gas, for the banks and for the supplies we need so much. We'll make a line for the water and for the aid that corresponds and what's coming to us. The Hurricane cleans but it doesn't destroy. That's the lesson of all of this. Family, friends, neighbors, community and homeland. In that order, brother. The rest... the jungle...
With so much going on around us this has been one of those weeks where I've met myself coming and going. At the end of this post I will be sharing the words of my husband's brother, a survivor of the Hurricane Maria. His words put everything into perspective for me and he's absolutely right.
There are times in life where this world slows us down, stops us in our tracks, and makes us take a breath. With so much hate spewing all the time these days, well, it is just good to see life from a different angle once in awhile.
I've watched my own daughter go from looking as if she was knocking on death's door to a vibrant young woman once again. We don't realize just how much the attitudes of others can bring us down, ruin our health, and suck 'living' right out of us.
In just a few short days I've seen an amazing transformation. She has gone from looking like she had no idea where she would get the energy to even take her next step, to working along side me to put her life back into the order she'd dreamed of so long ago.
Sometimes it only takes a little bit of your time to help someone else find their way back to who they are or what they want to be in this life.
On 9/11 all those years ago, I still remember how people in neighborhoods band together to discuss the future. I remember how people band together to work day and night to rescue any survivors.
I remember the small hurricane my children and I went through in Florida. How the next morning after the storm had passed all the neighbors were out and about, checking the damage to our neighborhood. We walked the streets together, then worked together to clean up the mess.
After any tragedy, you can find this. People together, working side by side, no thought to the insanity of the world around them, but more so a thankfulness filling the air that says, "We've survived this, we can rebuild our life once again."
Maybe not all in this world sees such inner beauty of this world. Maybe this is just small town USA where you find this kind of joining together. I don't know. If so, then this is definitely another reason I adore small town USA. Because this is the way it should be in this life.
Giving a little bit of yourself can definitely go a long way in this life. Maybe, letting go of expectations and freeing yourself of what you believe 'should' happen, is the only way to live each day.
Sometimes we just have to do what is right in the moment. Don't look to the future farther than to plan for the next day and if those plans for one reason or another get changed up, then adjust your attitude and your plans.
I had friends or family in the paths of the last three hurricanes. I've watched them come out of this stronger and ready to take on the tasks of rebuilding their lives. It would have been easier, I'm sure, to just throw in the towel, say I can't do this, and walk away. But that's not what strong people do.
I've sat back and watched the divide of this Country grow to proportions of a magnitude that is truly disheartening. When you boil away all the petty stuff, well, what you are left with is people have forgotten what it is like to truly stand with your neighbor.
Then you add in all these tragedies, hurricanes, fires, and the like. What is it really doing? It is bringing people face to face with one another once again. Retraining people to work together, to put aside differences, to work hand in hand to rebuild their lives. There is no room in their worlds right now to stop and think, is this person beside me supposed to be my enemy?
Life has a way of making us stop and smell the roses so to speak. If we are heading in a direction that we shouldn't be, then it stops us in our tracks to give us the time and energy to see what truly matters in our world. Reminding us that we are only human and there are forces in this world greater than ourselves.
One thing is for certain, I've seen it over and over in my 50+ years. No matter the tragedy, we will rise again. How we rise is our choice...
Everyone have a lovely day!!!
Blessings to all!!!
This was written by my husband's brother who lives in Puerto Rico. Copied from my brother George Konig: Calm down. We'll have time to waste again. We can waste water, run at full speed burning gasoline without need. We will have the opportunity to eat everything that poisons us daily. And we will be able to return very soon to our phones that prove to be smarter than us. Maria just stopped us to teach us to be people again. In the hope of cooling the atmosphere and making us remember what really matters. Today I have seen civility, camaraderie and conversations. Also frustration, weariness and desolation. We've cleaned houses of those we see every day and we don't know. We make long lines for gas, for the banks and for the supplies we need so much. We'll make a line for the water and for the aid that corresponds and what's coming to us. The Hurricane cleans but it doesn't destroy. That's the lesson of all of this. Family, friends, neighbors, community and homeland. In that order, brother. The rest... the jungle...