Bad Things Happen To Me

WRONG!
I caught myself making the statement, "well all this bad stuff happened to me this week".
Nothing happens to you or me. We make the choices every moment of every day that brings about the occurrences in our lives. We just have to accept the consequences of those choices when they come to fruition.
The choice you make right this minute might have immediate results you need at the time but what will it bring into your future?  The decision you made 5 years ago brought you to this exact place and the pending decisions you are having to make now.  Thinking about that, would you have made that same decision?  Are you prepared to live with the decision you are making now 5, 10 or 20 years from now?  Is the immediate gratification worth the possible fall-out down the road?
Bad things happen in the world because of choices being made by people we have no control over.  You have control over yourself and your choices. You and only you have control over your life.

I am in control of my life, I make the choices that cause the occurrences in my life good or bad.  I am in control of those choices and those choices only, I am not in control of other's choices. I am a good person who makes bad choices from time to time and I face the consequences to the best of my ability and try to learn from them.  I am also a good person who makes good choices and reap the benefits to the best of my ability and learn from them as well.

I will not blame happen-stance or the universe on the bad things that occur, I will, however, thank the higher power for the blessings bestowed upon me.  I am in control of my life but I know that I am but a spec in the bigger picture.  I want my spec to add beauty to not turmoil.

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If you have not read Slight Edge by Jeff Olson please do so.

The Preacher's Wife Has a Tattoo

Just like me.  I found my tribe. 

A few years ago I took a part-time job to help the ends meet.  I gave up most of my volunteering and some of my social network.  I then started taking a year-long course in holistic health and wellness on top of working 7-days a week.

In December 2014 I decided I wasn't any better off financially working so many hours and I was missing the little joys in life like volunteering and socializing, so I left the part-time gig.  The very first weekend I was no longer working I went to Church Under A Bridge to volunteer. 

It is what I had been missing!  My soul felt filled.  

But wait, not only did I fill my soul with that missing element, I also found organized, unorganized religion.  I could go hear the gospel in my jeans and tennis shoes.  I could listen and sing-a-long to hymns with the homeless and the local business owner alike.  There was no judgement on what I was wearing or if I had make-up on, no one cared that I had a tattoo or freckles.  

So now my soul is full, I am comfortable and I am reminded we are all on equal footing when it comes to Him.

My preacher has tattoos and he doesn't hide them.  His wife has tattoos and she doesn't cover them. I don't feel the need to cover mine either.  We are all beautifully put together.

My point?

Do not try to fit into a tribe.  Do not bend who you are to be accepted by others.  Don't cover up you.

Keep meeting people.  Keep putting the real you out there. Stand by your beliefs and morals.

That is how you find your tribe.

PS.  We won't judge you if you don't have a tattoo 😜