Have you ever been in a no win situation? At some point I think we all are faced with impossible situations. We are forced to decide whether we will follow the popular path of those around us or take the less traveled path we know is honorable and true. In choosing you either go against those you love or compromise your principles.
It is possible to disagree with the actions of a person and still love them. I know because I have learned that lesson many times over through personal experience. Those who disagree with my inability to bury my head in the sand and ignore the obvious would disagree. They would tell you that the fact they are willing to ignore the handwriting on the wall means that their love is the genuine love. That simply is not true. It is possible to love someone and not agree with their actions. Loving someone doesn't mean you have to overlook things you know are wrong in an attempt to protect or support the person.
There comes a point when you must choose between what is right and what is popular. For too many years things have been swept under the family rug. Skeletons have been pushed into the back of closets all in the name of love. Is that love of family or love of self? Fear that someone would judge me for the choices of another. We sacrificed the wellbeing of one of our own to keep peace. That is not love-it is disfunction. What started as a tiny scratch has become a vile gangrene infected mess that can no longer be hidden beneath a band-aid.
I find it sad but amusing that as a Christian when I show concern and reach out to someone in love I am labeled a hypocrite but when I speak the truth I am told that I lack compassion.
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Mohandas Gandhi
Monday, February 28, 2011
For Love or Truth
Have you ever been in a no win situation? At some point I think we all are faced with impossible situations. We are forced to decide whether we will follow the popular path of those around us or take the less traveled path we know is honorable and true. In choosing you either go against those you love or compromise your principles.
It is possible to disagree with the actions of a person and still love them. I know because I have learned that lesson many times over through personal experience. Those who disagree with my inability to bury my head in the sand and ignore the obvious would disagree. They would tell you that the fact they are willing to ignore the handwriting on the wall means that their love is the genuine love. That simply is not true. It is possible to love someone and not agree with their actions. Loving someone doesn't mean you have to overlook things you know are wrong in an attempt to protect or support the person.
There comes a point when you must choose between what is right and what is popular. For too many years things have been swept under the family rug. Skeletons have been pushed into the back of closets all in the name of love. Is that love of family or love of self? Fear that someone would judge me for the choices of another. We sacrificed the wellbeing of one of our own to keep peace. That is not love-it is disfunction. What started as a tiny scratch has become a vile gangrene infected mess that can no longer be hidden beneath a band-aid.
I find it sad but amusing that as a Christian when I show concern and reach out to someone in love I am labeled a hypocrite but when I speak the truth I am told that I lack compassion.
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Mohandas Gandhi
It is possible to disagree with the actions of a person and still love them. I know because I have learned that lesson many times over through personal experience. Those who disagree with my inability to bury my head in the sand and ignore the obvious would disagree. They would tell you that the fact they are willing to ignore the handwriting on the wall means that their love is the genuine love. That simply is not true. It is possible to love someone and not agree with their actions. Loving someone doesn't mean you have to overlook things you know are wrong in an attempt to protect or support the person.
There comes a point when you must choose between what is right and what is popular. For too many years things have been swept under the family rug. Skeletons have been pushed into the back of closets all in the name of love. Is that love of family or love of self? Fear that someone would judge me for the choices of another. We sacrificed the wellbeing of one of our own to keep peace. That is not love-it is disfunction. What started as a tiny scratch has become a vile gangrene infected mess that can no longer be hidden beneath a band-aid.
I find it sad but amusing that as a Christian when I show concern and reach out to someone in love I am labeled a hypocrite but when I speak the truth I am told that I lack compassion.
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Mohandas Gandhi
Sunday, February 27, 2011
A Time to Plant
This afternoon we made a trip to Wally World to pick up some food items our son wanted to take back to college. Shortly after arriving my husband received a text reminding him of a meeting he was scheduled to attend at church. There was exactly 25 minutes to finish shopping, drive all the way across town to take us home, and then my hubby would then have to drive himself back within a mile or so of where we were shopping. It just wasn't possible. So, I suggested that my husband and son finish gathering the college snacks, leave me and Sweet G and return for us after the "30 minute" meeting was over. Time is obviously different to men and women because the meeting lasted much longer!
Things started off rather well. I let G hold a Jeff Dunham DVD while I wheeled him around the store looking at things. I haven't been out of the house much in the past 6 weeks and it has been months since I have just looked around in a store. I ended up making it through all my favorite sections of the store before I thought about the garden center. The weather has been nice and warm for over a week now and it is definitely time to start thinking about spring planting.
We just had the sidewalk that led to nowhere ripped out last week and now have a new sidewalk that actually ends at our front door! We have been discussing ideas for the now new and larger planting area so I headed to look for flower bulbs. I found some great deals! I have always wanted some peonies but never seem to remember at planting time. That is, until today!
I found these!
These are beautiful!
I like these too!
Pretty Pink Perfection!
I miss these from the old house!
I can't wait to see these!
Anxiously Awaiting these beauties!
Bleeding hearts amaze me.
I think my garden is going to be very pink!
A Time to Plant
This afternoon we made a trip to Wally World to pick up some food items our son wanted to take back to college. Shortly after arriving my husband received a text reminding him of a meeting he was scheduled to attend at church. There was exactly 25 minutes to finish shopping, drive all the way across town to take us home, and then my hubby would then have to drive himself back within a mile or so of where we were shopping. It just wasn't possible. So, I suggested that my husband and son finish gathering the college snacks, leave me and Sweet G and return for us after the "30 minute" meeting was over. Time is obviously different to men and women because the meeting lasted much longer!
Things started off rather well. I let G hold a Jeff Dunham DVD while I wheeled him around the store looking at things. I haven't been out of the house much in the past 6 weeks and it has been months since I have just looked around in a store. I ended up making it through all my favorite sections of the store before I thought about the garden center. The weather has been nice and warm for over a week now and it is definitely time to start thinking about spring planting.
We just had the sidewalk that led to nowhere ripped out last week and now have a new sidewalk that actually ends at our front door! We have been discussing ideas for the now new and larger planting area so I headed to look for flower bulbs. I found some great deals! I have always wanted some peonies but never seem to remember at planting time. That is, until today!
I found these!
These are beautiful!
I like these too!
Pretty Pink Perfection!
I miss these from the old house!
I can't wait to see these!
Anxiously Awaiting these beauties!
Bleeding hearts amaze me.
I think my garden is going to be very pink!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Is My Brain Okay Or Could I Have Alzheimer's
I found this on another blog. I typically do not repost the blogs of others but I thought this test was kind of cool and we all worry to some degree if we are loosing our minds at times. Try it yourself and see how you do.
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