Tuesday's thoughts

Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations

How hard is it for us to be kind to others, we all have days where life throws things at us, where we don't want to be kind, not knowing what someone else might be feeling or going through. A simple hello or how are ya, could do a world of good.



You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

From the time you are little to all grown up, friends come and go, it's the true friends who are there for you no matter what, time apart and distance don't matter, friends that will cry with you, laugh with you, and share life with you, and don't mind if it's all done on the telephone.



If you're not using your smile, you're like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook.

A smile can go a long way. A smile is a symbol of your happiness pouring out of your soul.



Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

I love this saying, I don't think it can be said better, You are who God made, fearfully and wonderfully made, why would you want to be different from how God created you. My husband is the walking human version of this saying, he is who he is, he doesn't hide from anything and he says what he thinks, his philosophy is take me as I am, I will not change, and if you don't like it, oh well. I wish in some ways I could be a little more like that, maybe not as strongly as he is about it, but it's true, TAKE ME AS I AM, all or nothing.



Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

A child to me is of pure innocence, and it is up to us to not let the innocence be corrupted by the world. A child is a gift with never ending joy and love. What greater gift can God give, a child's love is a little taste of what his love for us is like. I am not a mother yet, but there are two people in my life, who have my heart, because in different ways they are so loving and caring, of course each child has different ways of showing it. Nicole telling me how great of an aunt I am, Michael telling me how important it is for me to be at all of his games, football or baseball, and unless I am on my death bed, there really is no excuse good enough to why we might miss. HA



I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

Life happens, some good, some bad. I have been defined by things that have happened throughout my life, I found strength, compassion, and love along the way, but not once do I pity myself, because without these things happening, I would not be where I am at or who I am today.



Patience is the companion of wisdom.

It took me a long time and I am still sorta working on it, but patience is not one of my strong characteristics, I am quick to want everyone to react and work the way I do, only to learn the world doesn't work that way. I believe patience comes with faith, if you believe God will handle it, he is in control, and it will work out, by fbelieving in faith, patience just comes naturally. Believe me I have had to learn great patience trying to understand the plan God has for me and Philip as far as us having children, but I know he is in control, he will handle it, and it will work out, so by my faith I am patient.





Jenn