Courage and Hope

Ummmmm - I don't have any idea who is reading my blog, but I do know that I write (1) first - for myself; and (2) for that one person out there who I might TOUCH.  So - here goes . . . . .

Hi - One of my favorite songs is "Killing Me Softly" by Roberta Flack.  It was one of the first songs I got to sing with my brother - 'a very talented guitarist' - where I got to sing the 'lead'.   "I LOVE SINGING"......I've always loved harmonizing 'soft' music.  I remember those days as some of the best in my life.  BUT - I digress, the reason I'm bringing this up is that the words of that song - "when I was younger - and in pain" - spoke to me -

'Strumming my pain with his fingers';

• Singing my life with his words;
• Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly - with his words;
• He sang as if he knew me;
• In all my 'soft' despair;
• He sang as if he knew me - as if he didn't care;
• But he was THERE - this young boy;
• Singing clear and strong!!!!
• Strumming my PAIN with his fingers.

So, as we grow - 'as I grow' - I find that I now look 'inward' for that 'saving'.  I no longer look for that 'someone' - aka 'anyone' to come save me.  "I save myself."

I think it took me a long time to learn this.  I hope that I can help those that read anything I write in my blog posts to realize -[earlier than I did] - that, "your courage and your hope" can be found within 'yourself'.  It's nice to have others in your life - but - YOU are whole - YOU are complete - 'within yourself'.

Find your courage and hope within yourself - - - - - I promise - - - - - it's there.

As Always, Terrie

 

Make This Promise To Yourself

 

I don't take credit for coming up with the 'promise' above.  I found it on Pinterest or someone I know shared it on Facebook.  I only know that it rings TRUE to me.  As I grow older, I understand that I'm not promised tomorrow.  Nobody is.  So, during the time I have to be on this great Earth, I want to be THE BEST I CAN POSSIBLY BE.  I want what everyone wants I guess:  1) to be happy; 2) to be healthy; 3) to be surrounded with the people I love and that love me

 

Have a wonderful today and an even better tomorrow.

 

As always, Terrie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello - It's Me - I'm Back

Sometimes - - - 'life' gives us difficult lessons to learn and we have to go through the various stages of 'grief' to get back to the 'good' side of things.  I've done this, I've made it through, and I'm back.:-)

 

So the Holiday's are upon us and this is my FAVORITE time of year.  I love the hustle and bustle of everyone preparing their homes for all the family and festivities that will ensue and I LOVE getting out the Holiday decorations and doing it up BIG.  I think one of the reasons I love the Holidays so much is because my parents always made the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas so happy for me and my siblings.  No matter what our financial circumstances were - Mom and Dad 'always' fixed up the house just so and strung tons of lights on our home.  Mom even had strings criss-crossing from the ceiling with the many Holiday greetings sent to us from friends old and new.  I remember taking out the same decorations every year and feeling such JOY and Happiness at each one.  The old white plastic church that you wound up in the back and whose doors opened as it played "Silent Night", the 100 year old pear that only my Father could place on the Christmas tree - high up - so that it didn't get broken, the plastic icicles we hung that glowed in the dark - [I loved these the most]. 

 

Not much has changed for me in terms of the excitement the Holidays bring me as I grow older.  It is only November 18th and I've already begun wrapping Christmas gifts [that I bought on sale last year after Christmas] and am already anticipating the big day in December.  I look forward to having the 'amazing' help of my grandchildren to decorate our tree and we will each share in the JOY as we open each 'special' box containing the ornaments we love and remember.  I will once again listen to Christmas carols - both in my home and in my car - as soon as they come on the radio and I will welcome in the smells of the tree, the spice and apple candles for Thanksgiving and then the piney and peppermint candles I have saved for the Christmas season.  I will read my grandchildren "The Night Before Christmas" as many times as they want to hear it.  We will jingle bells and put lights around the house and turn out the big lights to enjoy our work.  As I said, "I LOVE the Holidays".  I hope you enjoy them too.

 

As always, Terrie