The Army of Good

There’s an army of good arising. Join it!

All over we’re seeing signs saying, ‘Be Kind’, ‘Be the Good’, ‘Kindness Matters’.

Many are standing their ground that our country, our world, people in general need goodness and kindness expressed towards them!

There are no qualifications necessary to join this army, no weapons or armor needed…not even a general,  lieutenant or sergeant telling us what to do. We get to set our own schedule, march to our own beat, wear our own clothes, prepare our own foodstuffs, (no K-rations involved here).

All we need to do is be on the lookout. Lookout for what?

Lookout for wherever good needs to be advanced!

This is not hard to do friends 🙂

First begin with you:

Be good to you. Take care of yourself body, soul, mind and spirit. Think on good things.

Be good to your surroundings. Keep your habitation clean and orderly. (It will make you feel better.)

Be good at your job. Get along with others. Look for ways to improve and grow. Encourage your co-workers.

Be good to your neighbors and ‘hood. Keep your yard tidied. Plant some flowers to cheer things up a bit.

Be good to strangers. Smile at somebody. Say ‘Hi’ to another human. Put on a fresh face and dress attractively for you…that alone can encourage another person.

Be good where you shop. Put your cart back in the cart return. Take items you don’t want back to where you got them instead of leaving socks hidden in the canned goods aisle, or clothes hanging in pots and pan section (Thank you Joyce Meyer for this tidbit) After all someone else will have to clean up after you…

Be good to your family. Write gramma a letter. Go visit uncle. Say thank you and please to each other.

Be a good responsible driver. Your family and others need you to arrive safely in one piece.

Basic stuff this is…all things I have to implement each day too.

I  want to do better tomorrow and motivate others by my actions.

Let’s fight together in our army of good!

Touching Spring!

Today I touched spring!

It’s a lovely 70 degree sunny day, one of the first for our area amidst the bleak brown grassy roadsides and stick-bare trees.

I had to go outside and walk. Opening windows and looking outside wasn’t enough. Going from work to car and from car to home didn’t count either.

Behind my office building, up tight to the brick wall this morning, was a clump of valiant violets…3 were in bloom!!! On my walk after work the honeysuckle bushes were starting to bud at the tips of the branches.

Spring! ‘I’ve got to touch spring’ I said aloud to myself and touched the tender green leaflets! It was like a connection with newness, fresh starts, bright beginnings, all the things we love about spring.

Further on my walk was a big puddle in a grassy ditch. It was clear as ever and filled with a host of small round bright green leaves glowing through the water as the sun shone down.

Tomorrow, I will pick the violets and place on my desk…a reminder that we can always begin again. All we need to do is reach out and touch it…perhaps in our mind’s eye at first, but knowing we are beginning again.

The hope of spring!

Never give up!

God made life and new growth.

God said to us, “LIVE!”

Let’s all begin a fresh new day tomorrow!

Who Says I Can’t?

Can’t do something fulfilling and meaningful?

Can’t work on a job I enjoy?

Can’t be my best self at work?

Can’t speak out my creative ideas?

Can’t find people who like what I like?

Can’t find what I like to do?

Can’t live where I want to live?

Can’t make a change in my life?

Who said these things? Is it really true? Do I have to believe it?

…or could there be something better…some other way?

Am I powerless over my own life, to cherish and challenge it, to develop it and succeed?

Is it pride to think or desire to do these things, or is it my fears trying to hold me back…keep me safe…and from what?

Because if I hold back, not only will I be held back, but by my example I hold others back.

I believe we need to think forward and move forward, constantly getting better, making better and doing better.

They said the Golden Gate bridge could not be built, but there she stands…decades later, the result of one man’s turning others ‘can’ts’ into ‘I can’!

Where do we need to take away the ‘t’ in our lives?