Slow Down

I saw a sign in a Doctor’s office once that had a profound effect on how I view life, and how I approach it in most cases.  The sign said, and I quote, “Don’t take life too seriously, because you’ll never get out of it alive!”  Deep?  Profound?  Have you stopped and smelled the roses today?  Have you slowed down a little bit from the rush to just enjoy life?  Too busy?  Too much to do?  You’d better do your best to enjoy life ‘cause you aren’t going to get out of it alive.

“You don’t understand how busy I am, Denn!”  No, I probably don’t but I do know that we often allow the urgent to take precedence over the important. 

There are some things that are universally important, or at least should be, and so we need to ask, “Are you spending enough time with your family?  With your God?  With yourself?”  and for that last one, I don’t mean working, I mean enjoying your own company, reflecting on who you are and how you can be better as a person

Why not take a little time today and find a rose to smell, a sunset to watch or a pond to dip your feet in!  Have a great week and remember: To see what is really possible, you will have to attempt the impossible.

Vote, you must!

Well, have you made up your mind yet?  You’ve had eleven weeks to decide but I’d be willing to wager that you had your mind made up long before then.  As a matter of fact I would suspect that there hasn’t been much done or said over the past eleven weeks that has had much of an impact on the decision that you had already made, but then again maybe I’m wrong, it’s happened before.

I’m talking about the federal election of course.  You did remember the election right?  I mean, how could you miss all the signs, ads and television commercials?  So, after listening to all the hype and all the promises you now have to intelligently cast a ballot.  A daunting task to say the least, but it must be done! 

There are those who would say that it doesn’t matter that because no matter who you vote for because a politician will still get in.  But as a believer you have a responsibility and an obligation: the responsibility is to vote because when you give up your right to vote you give up your right to complain.  The obligation is to pray for your leaders, whether you voted for them or not.

Have a great week and remember: To see what is really possible, you will have to attempt the impossible.

Chase the . . .

Thousands of people have been descending on the small Cape Breton village of Inverness, all seeking the chance to turn over a single card and win a fortune.  The game is Chase the Ace and it’s a fund raiser for the local legion.  You play by purchasing 5 tickets for 5 dollars and if one of your tickets is drawn you have the opportunity to turn over one of cards from a deck of cards in search of the ace of spades.  The secret is that each time someone turns over the wrong card it is removed from the deck, and this deck has been used for close to a year and the jackpot now stands at a million and half dollars with only five cards left.   

I’m sure that Inverness is a pretty town but that’s not why people have been flocking there, and if they really wanted to help the local legion they could put a cheque in the mail. The reason folks choose to play any lottery is “greed”.  And greed is birthed from covetousness, which is why God warns us over and over again about wanting what’s not ours.  Because from the very beginning it was wanting that which wasn’t theirs that led mankind away from God.  

Have a great week and remember: To see what is really possible, you will have to attempt the impossible.