Today where I live the temperature reached 99 degrees. Yes, it’s summer. It’s hot but it’s summer and it’s a good time to read and reflect and to find some peace by the lake, on the beach or in one’s own back yard.
The Reading Space
Decisions, Decisions
As we approach the mid-year point of 2019, it may be time to look back at our choices.
The quality of our lives depends in large part on our choices. We can choose to be angry and upset. We can choose to let the misguided motorist drive in front of our car on the freeway. We can chose joy. We are not completely powerless. God directs our lives but He gives us choices.
Shiny Objects
Cats, as a rule, prefer shiny objects and toys. Usually, they will play for several minutes with a laser toy and just as suddenly lose interest or move on to a more life-enhancing activity such as watching birds, napping, or eating. It is not a lack of commitment. They seem to understand that the artificial or fake toy they are engaged with is just that – a toy
For instance, Grace, the Tabby cat, likes to play with her laser toy but prefers a brightly colored knit fish on a stick. She will allow me to play with her with the device but only for a short time.
Humans too, are drawn to shiny objects as well as flashy people. Sometimes we guess or are made aware of the negative impact of our shallow decisions.
Sometimes life accidents will lead us to see our destructive connections to cheap but useless objects or people with no soul or purpose. Far too often, we are taken in. We may even know it’s a gimmick or a toy, or the person is a con, but we remain entertained or are afraid of change, so we hang on.
It is painful work to rid ourselves of things and people who do not add value and drain our resources. Still, we must stop playing with shiny objects to grow and to give.
Grace’s Fish on A Hook
Flexibility
There are friends and people in your life that are only meant to be kept for a season. The length of that season is up to you. I’m told that people can’t and don’t change but we do every day. No one day is the same. Grace, the tabby cat, does have a routine but she is always flexible. Sometimes change is a good thing. It is hard but worth the effort.
Your Destiny Awaits
Beauty Queens
An “oldie but beauty” featuring the late Roxie
Drama. Drama. Drama. With the event of the “Real Housewives,” “Jerseylicious,” “Basketball Wives” and other similarly themed shows the “so called” real lives of selectly cast Americans are on display for the rest of us to see. Diversions, table turning, eye rolling, hair pulling etc. all under the watchful and intriqued eyes of us. And yes, this passes for entertainment, I admit, I watch but just how real is it all. I’ve met some of the “real housewives,” and “basketball wives,” they have been smart, gracious and glamorous. Like the rest of us they seek validation beyond their exteriors. I remember the hit song “Everyone is Beautiful” in his or her own way. I am blessed to know a lot of beautiful people inside and out and of course Roxie, a true queen.
Cats & All That ™ 