The Ocean's Majesty

Good evening all! I was in Galveston the last 3 days and had an absolutely wonderful time! I love the ocean, always have. Some day, I hope to learn how to sail. I love the way it "speaks" as it makes it's way many miles. I love the way the waves feel and the constant rhythm as it majestically swirls and crashes. It was all so relaxing to be in it. I felt as if any problems and stress were instantly gone in the presence of such a presence.
My post tonight is about leaving problems up above and enjoying creation, like the ocean, land and air's inhabitants. The results are amazing. Stress kills and destroys. Problems are meant to be solved, not stress over. There's always a solution. Just relax, think about the options and choose the solution that will make the "big picture" come more into focus. Just as "Big" as the ocean, it's the big picture that carries us in the long run. It's the solving of the issues which eventually brings focus and sharpness to our lives. Remember, we can look at the individual waves, or we can focus on the "ocean" as a whole. Look beyond the individual issues and look as far as the horizon and see what's really there and what's really important. Don't give way to the nagging pull of the current, swim upward and outward to the "big" picture! Stress kills, reaching for goals makes you "alive"!
Have a nice night everyone! Love to you all!

Good Sunday afternoon to you all! Another glorious day of cleaning and organizing! Getting everything packed for our 3 day trip to Galveston. Can't wait to see the ocean again, it's been years!
 I just want to encourage you all to smile and make some beautiful memories today! It's hot, but a gorgeous day nonetheless. Take some time out for you today or for family and friends! It's always good to have some "me" time every now and then, a lesson I'm trying to put into habit!
Well, I really must get back to this house cleaning and organizing. I started it, must finish it! I may put another post on here later this evening, but if not, I'll be gone until Wednesday night and I'm sure I'll want to tell everyone about our trip to Galveston! The kids have never seen the ocean and I can't wait to have fun with them! I hope everyone has a great day and the next 3 days as well! Love to you all!

An Observation: Sharon's Prose

Sometimes it seems as if the whole world is nothing but a cold, dark region of some evil place where hostility, betrayal and lack of compassion are the rulers. In my life, I've made many mistakes, almost allowing the tendrils of negativity to possess my very soul. Be aware,these tendrils are very strong and powerful, for it is much easier to give up and give in than to rise above and be strong. Make no mistake about it, my friends, no one is above or beyond the reach of the ever grabbing tendrils. Fall not prey to the powers that rule them and feed them. In the end, how we choose to fight them will be our judgement. Those of the majority that have chosen to abide by the negative rulers still have the choice to change. It is in the mind and soul of every human being to deny the horrors of reality. The ever growing evil that permeates this lovely world want only one thing: our souls. Any and all. If only more people would take the time to see what is happening to them, then they would uplift the goodness and love we all possess and great change would be imminent.

In my life, I have witnessed many of the problems of man, up close. There was a time when I fell prey to dishonesty, impurity and a lack of attention to certain aspects of the human condition. I decided to make a change.

These words are for anyone who feels a pull. The pull away from the powers that wish to destroy us all.

Good Saturday evening all! Today has been a wonderful day of cleaning, sorting, deep organization going on around here! I finally got a really great night sleep and was raring to go this morning and go I did! My awesome hubby helped me so much today and we got so much accomplished.

Today I've had a few things on my mind. The one I want to address at this time is people working together. Now, those of you that know me know that I do not ordinarily pay much attention to politics, but in lieu of what's going on with the budget, I've been doing a bit more reading, listening and researching. And all that I have done recently to get caught up on what's going on has brought me around full circle to the same question I have always had: Why can't we just all get along and work together? After years of wrong doing and sneaking around and back biting and general silliness, isn't it more than obvious that we need to change the mode in which we run this country? If we could all work together, work out our problems to the point where we can truly and maturely work through all this mess and come up with viable, workable solutions to "fix" these problems. Seems the only solution left. Obviously arguing, wheelin and dealin, lying, cheating, backbiting and every other low blow has done nothing for us and this country, other than screwing it up horribly, and that's not for us now is it? It's against us. So, weed out the "chaff" that has greedy and selfish intentions and let's get this party started! The "we want to get along and have a great country" party! Forget the Republicans, the Democrats and the other parties who, all together, have messed things up. Let's, instead have some parties that work toward the collective good and can agree to disagree, for the need of the many. I am a big Star Trek fan and Spock said it most logically: "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one." Now, I don't mean ignore the needs of the few or the one, we must all look out for one another, but a viable solution will be successful for the basic needs of the many/all, when it comes to the basic workings of this nation. There should never be a worry when it comes to Social Security, Medicare, health care for all (not socialistic), food, housing, birth, death, EDUCATION, these are things that should never be a worry. The other worries can be resolved on a more individual level. Don't worry, I know that it would take several years to work out the kinks and issues, but I believe it is possible. Everyone needs to be more aware of each other and how help can be achieved, even among all our busy schedules. There's a certain peace when people work together after the end of productive day, when everyone has worked together toward a common goal. The Amish have the right idea in some ways.

Well, that's my thoughts for today. I am a person who enjoys helping others. It makes me great inside at the end of the day when I can reflect over said day and smile at what was accomplished and how much fun and fellowship there was as the job was being done! There's memories being made along the way and everyone has such a warm, friendly feeling! Wouldn't that be a better way to do things on a nationwide level?

You may think I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. Us dreamers need to get together and spread the dream! It's not impossible! My unconditional love to you all! Have a beautiful evening!

Well finally! After over a year I have decided to keep up with my blog lots more often! Alot has happened over the past year, some great, some good, some not so great. I have a new daughter in law, 3 grandkids on the way, bringing the grand total to 11 by the end of January 2012! Bring 'em on, I say! I got married to the most awesome man alive, we remodeled Dad's house, still trying to get the finishing touches complete of Phase One, had a great summer vacation with 2 of the grandkids this summer, and many other things as well.

I have compiled a list of projects that I want to finish by the end of this year and if I am successful, it will be a very busy last several months of 2011, but finished with a wonderful sense of accomplishment.

I must admit something. I was not doing well health-wise a month ago. I finally went to the doc and when I was threatened with going on insulin, I made a hard and fast decision to eat right, exercise and boost my will power into overdrive. I will admit, it's much easier to say than to put into practice. After a lifetime of bad habits, I am working very hard to break them and turn them around into positive, life-changing habits. It's all in how I think and perceive my situation. I have to handle this as what it is: a decision that will save my life and allow me to be around for many more years than if I continue down the "path to early death". Please friends, say a prayer for me every now and then, a prayer for strength and positive action! Thank you!

Albert Einstein once said "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and believing the outcome will be different." I'm not sure if that's true insanity but it makes perfect sense to me. If one continues to eat wrong, their health will deteriorate, if one continues to lie and cheat, their friends list will become null and void, if one continues to make the wrong choices, those bad choices will provide a negative outcome, every time. So, to change the path of "insanity" one must Change Their Mind and Change Their Life! That's my mantra, my slogan, my "words to live by". I know someone right now who, after a long and arduous struggle with the consequences of bad choices is now making further bad choices. Why? I wish I had the answer. But I can say this: It's all up to you. You are the one in charge of how you choose to live. Make bad choices, pay the consequences, make good choices, the chances of success are much higher. My quandry about this is why would one, after several years of making bad choices and paying several high prices for them, continue to make them? All I know is that if the desire to make yourself a better life is strong enough, your life will be better in every way. I believe we all have the potential for wrong doing, but we also were given the gift of free will, making the choices we choose up to us as to the outcome. I don't necessarily believe in "Karma" but I do believe in "make bad choices, bad things will happen, make good choices, good things will happen, but keep in mind, they may not happen in our time, but in God's beautiful time. Don't ever look at the small picture, always look at the big picture. That's where the answers are. So, to the person I know who is making bad choices again, think about the outcome and don't be "insane." Think about the consequences of your actions and don't rely on impulse actions. You've lost enough already and if losing is your choice, so be it. But keep in mind that after everything, I won't watch any longer. And that's all I have to say about that!

I promise to make a concerted effort to keep up with my blog now everyone! As always, love to you all, see you tomorrow!

Good morning all! It's a beautiful morning, the sun is shining and the birds are enjoying the wealth of food they find in my backyard! Ok, here's my blog for today. I am writing a book of "rants" and here's an entry that I really like! Hope you enjoy!

This rant is one of my favorite subjects: Faith, hope and never losing sight of the dream. What dream, you may ask? Your dream. Whatever dream it may be. This world has lost sight of the things unseen and the power they create when believed in. Belief being the food for faith and hope. You must believe in them for growth to take place.

This is not simply my pipe dream. I know from my own life, this is truth. At some undefinable point in my life, things took an awful turn for the worse. For the many years that followed, all the struggles, the heartbreaks, the let downs and so much more, I slowly descended into disbelief and sorrow. I have fought tragedy and depression as being my way of life, with the belief that if I gave in, I would lose myself and consequently lose my life. I am not, nor will I ever be complacent enough to accept those things as an acceptable way of life. This is NOT an option.

So, I prayed alot, cried alot and still, somewhere I found that my faith and my hope had not been lost, just buried. I hung on, I made a choice, one that saved my life, one that anyone can make.

I love you all!

Hello everyone! We had a wonderful Easter Sunday with lots of family and friends. The babies had so much fun and we all enjoyed our day! My topic today is about not being afraid to ask for help. Seems lots of people these days think they can handle everything alone. They have too much pride or they believe people will think bad of them if they ask. Asking for help takes a good amount of strength and taking the help and acting on it takes even more. That's what we're supposed to do for one another. Asking for help should never be misconstrued as a weakness. No one is above asking for help. The key to asking for help is to not ask for someone to do it for you, but to ask for encouragement while you do the task at hand. See how the sun's peeking over the storm clouds? That's what we can accomplish with help. The wind is blowing the clouds aside so the sun can do it's thing! With the help of the wind, the sun can get on with it's goal to light up the earth and feed it with it's lovely rays! Maybe not the greatest analogy but I think you see the comparison! Short blog today, but I love you all!