Random Thoughts

Help someone today. You don’t need a lot to be helpful – you just need intention .  You don’t need to be rich – let the rich people help with MONEY.  Find something YOU can help with. ·          Is it time ?  Do you have TIME that you could put aside to volunteer for an organization? ·          Is it a talent ?  Can you play the piano and entertain nursing home residents? ·          Is it a resource ?  Are you willing to donate blood at the Red Cross? ·          Is it a skill ?  Can you cook a meal for a hungry neighbor? This winter I am helping others by giving WARMTH.  For the past few years I have collected sweaters, coats, mittens, hats, and scarves to hand out to homeless people.  I get many of them from the group Freecycle.  David and I sometimes make coffee...

Last night it happened again – the stars aligned and everything was perfect.   Things that “should not” have happened, HAPPENED.   And once again, when I thought through it all step by step and giggled about the perfectness of it all, I wondered WHY and HOW do such things fall into my lap?    I discussed it with David, who came up with what feels like the right answer:   I am AVAILABLE. If you make yourself available to things around you, you get to experience them.  I don’t mean “available” as in calendar/schedule wise.  I mean available as in head-space, heart-space, and mind-space wise.  I now realize that I am a super “available” person.  I am open to what is going on around me and willing to take it in, let it happen, and experience it. That availableness is not always rosy.  I was open, willing, and available to take care of 3 parents as they died.  Being really “available” means taking in the sadness, pain, and he...