He Ain’t Heavy – He’s My Brother
It takes little effort to watch a man carry a load. ~ Chinese Proverb I think the worst possible feeling in the world is having to watch someone you care about endure pain – and not just pain of a physical nature. Looking on as your friend, your child, your partner, your spouse or your family member wrestles with an emotional burden is heart-wrenching, maybe even more so than if it were you who were enduring the trial. I say this because when someone is struggling under the weight of their load, I take that load on my shoulders as well. When they hurt, I hurt. When they cry, I...
Read MoreWhen the Sun Goes Down
“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.” ~ Dorothy Parker Everyone has their own perception of beauty. Most people dwell only on what they can see with their eyes, some rely on what they experience with their hearts, and still others use a unique combination of the two to discover what pleases their aesthetic nature. In my experience, we all know someone who is so beautiful, so captivatingly vibrant, so physically perfect that we almost can’t believe they are real. They have that “movie star” quality about them, just because they are almost too captivating...
Read MoreFriends Will Be Friends
“Sometimes you put up walls not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down” Friendship. It is a word that gets casually thrown around, misused, and misinterpreted all the time. How many times do we find ourselves saying, “And I thought she was my friend. How could she do that to me?” The answer is more times than we would care to admit. But I believe the real question is how do we actually define the halmarks of true friendship? Is it measured in longevity? Is it measured on what we “get” out of it? Or is it measured by pure emotion? As a...
Read MoreListen to Your Heart
“It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.” ~ Evander Holyfield There is a fella I have known for a number of years – twenty-two, to be exact – who is one of those “Woeisme” kind of people. You know exactly what I am talking about here: the guy who can’t ever be content, who is always looking for a pat on the back, and the one you always have to pour encouragement into. While I get along with him fine (and he does have his redeeming qualities), he is the kind of fella you can only take in small doses. As a matter of a fact, he is the one you...
Read MoreLove is All You Need
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go. ~ Mother Teresa Look around you. Everywhere you turn, there are people in need. Do you see them? Do you see your elderly neighbor who just lost his wife of fifty years to cancer? Do you see you co-worker who is depressed because his family is falling apart? Do you see your child’s classmate who wears clothes that are two sizes two small and has no coat? Do you see the single mom with three children who works two jobs yet...
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