CHOICES

Every day we have choices.  To walk to the park or to the pond or to the water shed park?


It is good to have choices.  Sometimes our energy level tells us what we can do.  Dad and I both were aching and coughing again.  I felt chilled as well as lethargic.  It was good that Haiti wanted a walk because the fresh air did me good.  Dad also drove over to the pond and we sat and chatted to people, mostly dog people, walking by.  They can also tell you all about the ducks. 

One duck made a nest in a hanging basket and sad to say the raccoons came and got the eggs all except one.

Sometimes we suffer because of bad choices, ours or some one else's.

We definitely suffer when we have no choice when disaster or illness strike.  The only choice we have is how we will re-act.  Will we become  stoical  or turn to  philosophy  or Eastern religion which has a lot to say about suffering.  I am referring to Buddhists or the faith of Hindu's as well as others.

I believe that woven into the stories of the Bible is a message of promise and hope.  Jesus was the fulfillment of God's promise and his words and his live give us hope.  Our hope is in the knowledge that God is with us and will walk through our suffering along side of us.

Pain is a powerful destroyer of faith unless we can reach out to others for help.  They will pray for us when we cannot pray for ourselves.

I managed to cut the lawn and visit Mary across the street.  She is a very positive person and a joy to visit even when I am not on top of the world!  Life has it's ups and downs for us all.  It is important not to hide your true feelings.

Dad is going to have his cholesterol levels checked at the blood clinic today.  Yesterday he had planned to get another foot massage and he may do that too.   So it will depend on how he feels today.