Loosen up and Look around

I understand people are busy. Life comes ceaselessly and without discretion.
You drive down the highway, and a determined woman keeps eyes forward and speeds up to block your lane change (just in case you were wondering if she saw you or not). Another still. Then a tired looking man waves you on. You think, "It's about time! I deserve to be let in! Rude people!" and then you continue your day. A little twitch in your shoulder tightens you up, but you don't notice. Did you ever stop to wonder why those people did what they did?
The first woman may be running late for an appointment to find out if her cancer is back. The second person may have just received their final notice on their home since they lost their job after being late one too many times for their child. The tired-looking man may be working 3 jobs to make ends meet for his family, and he let you go because he is feeling defeated.
We all stare forward and ignore AND give a tired gesture for another to go ahead of us. We must remember there are reasons we do this, and there are always reasons others do as well. So, when someone is rude, let it go. If it's not you, then just smile on. And when someone is kind, then just raise up your hand and give a gesture of gratitude. You never know the good it might do, and you might just save yourself from a pain in your neck.

One Gear in an Gazillion; Where does my health come from?

I hear this song say, "I lift my eyes unto the hills. Where does my health come from? My health comes from the Lord, the maker of Heaven and Earth." My first thought is to say, I have health problems. I have P.C.O.S. and as a result have so many problems I have to worry about and deal with. It is as if I think I am the exception to that rule when in fact I am all the more example of that rule. So, I had one gear go to crap in my body out of a gazillion, and I feel sorry for myself because it caused damage in a few other areas of my internal function. Big huge whoop! How about I take this experience of how interconnected our bodies are and be thankful I am as healthy as I am? Imagine if one person had all the things wrong with them that all of your friends and family have separately...THAT could happen!!! Thank God it hasn't. How about I thank Him for reminding me of another reason I am so strong in faith. His Word is so true time and again. One example is we are fearfully and wonderfully made. It is scary sometimes to think how fragile we are in terms of composition and function. We stub our toes and the world must stop until the throbbing subsides. Our fever goes up a couple of degrees and we are sweating and vomiting. One untreated or "well-placed" puncture could bleed us dry. Be afraid of how fragile we are and in awe at how complex. We should all be on that "contradiction" commercial. We are stupid and smart, strong and weak, cruel and kind, and we are born Alive and Dead. Next time we think about our health and where it comes from, we should try to think on He who made us and what he might be trying to show us through our infirmity. It doesn't make the pain or consequences any less, but it just might allow something good and long lasting to come from what may otherwise only be suffering.

I shouldn't have left you without a dope beat to step to...

It has been way too long since my last posting, but I am back.

I am convinced that change is not only possible but necessary. This applies to tiny things and vast things as well. Some change happens naturally: Caterpillars transform, babies cry and livings things age and die, but even these happenings began with an idea. God thought them up, and they were. While man as a species does not wield near the same power as God, we were created in his image. Our minds are idea-makers. Most ideas stem from a need or void of some kind, and ideas produce more ideas that can sometimes lead to unexpected results. For example, toil spurred ideas for the wheel which led to the horse and buggy which eventually made cars possible which spurred ideas for trains and flight that led to commercial travel which made leisure travel, long distance commuting and relocation widely obtainable which has altered the entire dynamic of the family as it pertains to location and distance.
How are you going to change the future? Just a thought. :) Feel free to post your flow of earth-shifting ideas!