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Barbie Maniscalco

Everything Has a Message

1 July 14, 2017 All Posts (Main)

Friday night lights

July 14, 2017

It’s late and here I am tapping on the keys.  Friday night got away from me.  Friday all day got away from me and yet it didn’t.  There is juicy everyday life and some bright spots I am approaching on the horizon.  Took a son to the airport for a weekend trip to visit with friends. (This living at home is a bit challenging I must admit. More so than I expected and I am cognizant to not take everything personally.) Although I did think about lions eating their young yesterday if that tells you where I was.

Touched base with a few of my own far away friends today.  Each conversation with different purpose.  I do love at this point in my life that I have a tribe who asks for help or prayers when they are needed.  And that I can do the same. What a miracle. It feels like a good team to be on which has always been available and yet I wasn’t quite ready to give or receive on either end.  And now I am.

One of those conversations was with one of my wise people.  This one in particular helping me look at this writing and what I want to do with it, or ask God, good orderly direction, capital L love what to do with it.  And in our catching up…the conversation moved through many topics we came to this:

DO IT WITH JOY OR DON’T DO IT AT ALL. 

This post for instance.  I can tap the keys with a little zippity do dah or a lot of ho hum.  I have heard over the years from folks who remind me I can have an “I get to” or “I’ve got to” outlook.  It’s cliché and yet its pretty lifechanging. I GET TO…XYZ.  Give it a try. So right now I am enthusiastically brushing my teeth and diving into bed.  With great joy.  Attitude is everything.  If this touches a cord with you, would love to hear your experience.  Send me a postcard!

xo,b

 

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