It's been a little over a year since I posted my very first blog post. :) It was a nice little introduction. I didn't post again for months...and so it happens, that a lot of times, I am checked out for a little while...and then I'll bounce back in with something to share.
That's how life is. We bouce in and out. The only constant is change, right?
The truth is, I have things to share all the time. I bet I think of at least three good topics to write about every day!
But thinking and sharing thoughts are two very different things, right!? Can I get an Amen!
Yes, yes. Very different indeed.
Is it possible to be a people-pleaser and still have a voice that can be heard?
Are knowledge and wisdom one in the same, or are they entirely different?
Do you have all the answers? Can you tell me what you do know?
I want to know, I'm thirsty for conversation and learning....
I am hungry for knowledge...but knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom comes from understanding the knowledge that we've learned, practicing, perfecting it.
Wisdom comes from experience and dedication.... whether you wanted to be dedicated to whatever "it" is or not, you were...and that's how you gain wisdom.
Wisdom can be gained without knowledge sometimes too. True story. Sometimes we are wise to things we haven't yet learned... we have experienced things that we don't yet understand....yet we have insight into it... what it's like to walk that path, if only for a moment in our life.
Experience is what shapes our relationships and our interests. Experiences shape our faith, our abilities to deal, and who we allow ourselves to either be or not to be.
Experiences are made purely by circumstances. The circumstance surrounding your experiences in life, will shape what you learn, what you take or leave from it, how you handle a similar situation in the future....
Isn't it kind of crazy when you think of it that way? Are things going good for you? I'm glad if they are...I really do want good things for you....whoever you are, reading this right now.
I once read the line "My smile is your smile" somewhere. It touched me....It has stuck with me. I really do feel that way. I want to be nice...I want to feel.... I want to care....It makes me happy to see others succeeding and learning and shaping their future for good. It makes me happy to see people connecting and gaining knowledge and wisdom from each other and circumstances along their journey...I want to embrace flaws and barriers and differences. I want to love people regardless. It's true that people choose their paths...but not everyone has the same options, an easy path, people who love them and support them.... And I love those flawed people. I feel something deep for them. It's not about fixing them, it's not because they're broken, I'm broken too...the most put-together people are broken. We all are, in one way or another. We are flawed. That's just how it is.
Is that wrong? Is it a bad thing? Why do we have the need to make people agree with us...to one up one another....to be right?
We're all so caught up in making our points and taking our stances and being "leaders" instead of "followers" and setting records and gaining rights and not offending anyone and equality and breastfeeding in public and proving that we are better than others because of blah blah blah.... and we are activists and mothers and breastfeeders and pot smokers and Christians and Atheists, Republicans, Democrats, Liberals, blah blah blah blah blahs.....and everything in between. But all those are is a bunch of labels that we hide behind.
It's time that we stop bashing everyone we disagree with. It's time that we stop trying to tweak every flippin thing to cater to and suit us. Not everything is meant to be pleasing and easy.... and just because you thought it up, doesnt' make it right and just because I might disagree, doesn't make you wrong....
Circumstances shape our experiences that shape the knowledge we take in and the wisdom we take away once it's all said and done.
Let's stop dividing. Let's stop pointing the finger and blaming each other. God hasn't changed people. That's what is so comforting (to me). He has always expected the same....it's laid out in black and white. You know the consequences if your circumstances lead you astray....you are told how you can get back on track...on the path of the straight and narrow.... there is so much knowledge to be learned from others and once you can start to piece that knowledge together, and love people anyways you are on your way to a happier life, and bountiful wisdom and blessings.
I know it's cheesy, but since I very first heard it, I've never forgotten it... "Be the change you want to see in the world."
Live and lead by example, don't forget the hard earned and yes I said earned lessons you learn along the way. Don't let the world make you bitter. And remember, above all else, Jesus loves you, and He will guide you....all you have to do is ask. The Bible is full of wisdom to help you along your path. Reach out. Don't forget who you are and where you came from, and most of all, don't forget that there's more to life than what you see right now. You were put here for a purpose. Seek it. Live it. Be that change.
Blessings!
L
That's how life is. We bouce in and out. The only constant is change, right?
The truth is, I have things to share all the time. I bet I think of at least three good topics to write about every day!
But thinking and sharing thoughts are two very different things, right!? Can I get an Amen!
Yes, yes. Very different indeed.
Is it possible to be a people-pleaser and still have a voice that can be heard?
Are knowledge and wisdom one in the same, or are they entirely different?
Do you have all the answers? Can you tell me what you do know?
I want to know, I'm thirsty for conversation and learning....
I am hungry for knowledge...but knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom comes from understanding the knowledge that we've learned, practicing, perfecting it.
Wisdom comes from experience and dedication.... whether you wanted to be dedicated to whatever "it" is or not, you were...and that's how you gain wisdom.
Wisdom can be gained without knowledge sometimes too. True story. Sometimes we are wise to things we haven't yet learned... we have experienced things that we don't yet understand....yet we have insight into it... what it's like to walk that path, if only for a moment in our life.
Experience is what shapes our relationships and our interests. Experiences shape our faith, our abilities to deal, and who we allow ourselves to either be or not to be.
Experiences are made purely by circumstances. The circumstance surrounding your experiences in life, will shape what you learn, what you take or leave from it, how you handle a similar situation in the future....
Isn't it kind of crazy when you think of it that way? Are things going good for you? I'm glad if they are...I really do want good things for you....whoever you are, reading this right now.
I once read the line "My smile is your smile" somewhere. It touched me....It has stuck with me. I really do feel that way. I want to be nice...I want to feel.... I want to care....It makes me happy to see others succeeding and learning and shaping their future for good. It makes me happy to see people connecting and gaining knowledge and wisdom from each other and circumstances along their journey...I want to embrace flaws and barriers and differences. I want to love people regardless. It's true that people choose their paths...but not everyone has the same options, an easy path, people who love them and support them.... And I love those flawed people. I feel something deep for them. It's not about fixing them, it's not because they're broken, I'm broken too...the most put-together people are broken. We all are, in one way or another. We are flawed. That's just how it is.
Is that wrong? Is it a bad thing? Why do we have the need to make people agree with us...to one up one another....to be right?
We're all so caught up in making our points and taking our stances and being "leaders" instead of "followers" and setting records and gaining rights and not offending anyone and equality and breastfeeding in public and proving that we are better than others because of blah blah blah.... and we are activists and mothers and breastfeeders and pot smokers and Christians and Atheists, Republicans, Democrats, Liberals, blah blah blah blah blahs.....and everything in between. But all those are is a bunch of labels that we hide behind.
It's time that we stop bashing everyone we disagree with. It's time that we stop trying to tweak every flippin thing to cater to and suit us. Not everything is meant to be pleasing and easy.... and just because you thought it up, doesnt' make it right and just because I might disagree, doesn't make you wrong....
Circumstances shape our experiences that shape the knowledge we take in and the wisdom we take away once it's all said and done.
Let's stop dividing. Let's stop pointing the finger and blaming each other. God hasn't changed people. That's what is so comforting (to me). He has always expected the same....it's laid out in black and white. You know the consequences if your circumstances lead you astray....you are told how you can get back on track...on the path of the straight and narrow.... there is so much knowledge to be learned from others and once you can start to piece that knowledge together, and love people anyways you are on your way to a happier life, and bountiful wisdom and blessings.
I know it's cheesy, but since I very first heard it, I've never forgotten it... "Be the change you want to see in the world."
Live and lead by example, don't forget the hard earned and yes I said earned lessons you learn along the way. Don't let the world make you bitter. And remember, above all else, Jesus loves you, and He will guide you....all you have to do is ask. The Bible is full of wisdom to help you along your path. Reach out. Don't forget who you are and where you came from, and most of all, don't forget that there's more to life than what you see right now. You were put here for a purpose. Seek it. Live it. Be that change.
Blessings!
L
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