Monthly Archive for October, 2007Page 3 of 16

Strength in my Weakness

So, as I wrote before I’ve been feeling… “blah” all day. I just thought it was all of the rain.

Then, as i was blow-drying my hair, I noticed my underarms looked… weird - swollen. I took my temp.: Fever, again! Now I know why I haven’t felt well the past couple of days. I haven’t just been uninspired - I’ve been sick.

But, tomorrow is Sunday… at C3. So, I need to be well. It will get me over my case of the “blahs”.

There’s a wealth of inspiration to be found there.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never by yours.” Dale Carnegie.

The mission, the love, even the struggle… these things inspire me - they give me strength… even when, physically, I’m so far from it. Mother Teresa wrote:

There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.”

So, I will find my happiness, inspiration, and strength in these things. She (Mother Teresa) also wrote:

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.”

How inspiring! The Word explains it well in 2 Corinthians 12:9:

He told me, ‘My grace is enough; it’s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness.’ Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size - abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.” (The Message)

Peace.

Uninspired…

it’s saturday.

it’s raining.

i’m sitting and feeling…uninspired.

i’ve read a lot today - hoping for some inspiration…nothing. i just discovered that a lot of other people have had moments of sheer brilliance…not me.

so, maybe i’ll just not think about the fact that i can’t think of anything to say. there are worse things…right?

the past few nights i’ve had the most realistic and dramatic dreams. i’ve spent hours after waking trying to remember what happened. so, how can mind be so filled with thoughts and questions while i’m sleeping - only for me to awake to the total opposite?

maybe i should just go back to sleep.

oh well, it’s saturday. people rarely read on saturday.

maybe i’m not really uninspired at all, maybe i’m just dreaming that i am…

oh well, by the time i figure it out, it will be time to go to sleep again.

i’m exhausted from all of this uninspired thinking.

peace.

December Dreams

…so it’s been cooler here in florida - cooler than hot. i’m a wimp when it comes to cold weather, but as the holidays approach, i begin to long for something that i don’t have: cold weather, snow, having to scrape the ice off of your windshield in the morning, searching for warm socks, coming in to a roaring fire, mittens, scarves, knit caps, seeing your breath in front of you as you breath…

i’ve lived in other climates, so i know how these things feel. i also know their draw-backs - like how the snow never quite looks the same after it’s been on the ground for days, like how it’s such a chore just to get dressed to go…anywhere - and getting a baby/small child ready…a nightmare! i know the realities.

but realities don’t really play a part in my dreams.

in my december dreams:

  • it always smells like apples and cinnamon
  • the snow looks clean and new no matter how many cars drive on it
  • you always have enough wool socks to keep warm
  • everyone listens to christmas music…all the time - but it never gets old
  • everyone is smiling and at peace
  • the fire is always perfect - and no one has to go out in the cold to get more wood…
  • the air is crisp and invigorating
  • snow ball fights, snowmen, snow angels…snow.

it’s nice to dream.

they say this week will be in the eighties…but cloudy, so it will feel cooler.

but in my heart, it’s just beginning to snow…

peace.

Blonde Ambition - (at least she’s not speeding!)

Blonde Driver
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It’s not “Happy Wednesday”, but this made me chuckle.

Apparently, this blonde doesn’t do numbers either…

Peace out.