I am fortunate enough to be working in a grocery store during this time of uncertainty. I do appreciate being able to work and I have been working long ass days.
I needed food, like everyone else, and decided to grab a few things before heading home for the night.
I grabbed grape flavored Crystal Light for the kids. I didn't read the label. Just reached for it, threw it in the cart and moved on to the next item.
It wasn't until today, when my son was looking for something to drink, that he discovered the words, "with Caffeine" on the label. My son was like, "Whoa, when did you start buying this?"
I was surprised. I didn't pay attention. I was tired. I have bought this product before. Why would I think it would change?
Trust. I trusted that the product wouldn't change. I didn't notice when it did but it did. I get it, my fault for not reading the package. I was blah blah.
It got me thinking.....
How many times have I been mislead by a slight unnoticeable change? How often have I been distracted by life, that I missed something? Something that I wouldn't like?
Hmmmm.....
What a perfect way to manipulate someone. What a perfect way to try to control the outcome of something.
Spring 2009, Swine Flu created, a sickness that pigs get. Later renamed, H1N1.
100 Million Americans infected. 75,000 died from it. 936,000 hospitalized.
CDC estimates. Google it, I did.
Did we close cities, states or countries during that outbreak? Did we mandate a quarantine? Did companies close doors?
Answer to that is, NO.
Something bigger is going on here. It seems impossible to think otherwise when you research past illnesses and facts.
Today is 2/20/2020. It has been raining on and off all week here in South Carolina. I think we had one or two really beautiful days, and one day of snow, in the past 2 weeks. This photo was taken today, around 4:30pm. Can you see the snow? It is about 34*.
Did I mention that it is February? That I live in South Carolina? That we should be experiencing SPRING like weather daily? Daytime highs of 50*-60*??? Where did they go? Mother Nature has no clue what season she should be in right now and it shows!! She must be going through something...
What if we are living in Winter but we feel like Summer? What happens to us then? Do we become cranky? Irrational? Throw tantrums? Have no clue as to what is going on around us?? Sound familiar?
Mother Nature can't get her season's in order, how can we be in order? Some thrive on the chaos of life, other's need order to thrive. We all need to be centered, on the inside, to function like we know we are right with the world. I think we are meant to go through these "disturbances", to shake us up a bit. To be renewed with the knowledge of getting ready for the next season. What do you need to.... Accept? Change? Let go of? Reconnect with? Do? Once we figure that out, maybe we can embrace the next season of our lives. Take these unexpected disturbances and deal with them head on. Who knows what the outcome will be. What I do know is, When the season ends, the next season, will be better than the last. Until Next Time, ~It is what it is~ http://www.facebook.com/Jackiesview
I am sure there are a few of you that can agree to that statement.
I also realize that there is nothing we can do about it. What is done is done. No amount of wishing can change it.
So, why cry or pout about it? Let's leave the problems in the past but keep the lessons.
If I wronged you, It wasn't intentional. I was just wrapped up in my own stuff, I am sorry.
If you wronged me, lesson learned. I am over it.
If we don't talk any longer, I do wish you well. I have let it go.
I am certain 2019 will bring its fair share of problems, but I will not let it bring me down, I will let it shape me to be a better me.
Yeah, that last sentence was a bit much, even for me. Lol
I did learn. I am in a constant state of learning. We all are. So how about this instead?
We are human, we will continue to make mistakes, and we will learn from them. We may even be able to look back on the years problems and say, "I am different and realize what is worth keeping and what to let go of."
The Holiday's do not always bring out the warm 'n fuzzy feelings of Peace, Love, and Hope for everyone.
No, they can bring out the, Stink, Stank, and Stunk, making us a Mr. Grinch during the Holiday's.
Holiday's are times filled with family, friends, happiness, etc....
So, what happens when we do not have that happy family life? Our friends have families of their own to spend time with during the holidays. What if, we have been so broken during the year, we can't find the joy of the holiday's? What if, we are so stressed out by life, that we have become Mr. Grinch?
We all know what happened to the Grinch. He faced a cold cruel life and allowed it shrink his love towards others. So much so, that he wanted everyone to be as miserable as he was feeling.
As soon as he was shown Kindness, his feelings of cruelty simply faded away.
A simple act of kindness can change a person's life in the most amazing ways.
The next time you come across a, Mr. Grinch, show kindness instead. Reach out and make time for those in ways that you do not normally do.
We all make time for what we want when we want, this is no different.
Think about it. Holiday's are not just about us and who we know in our world, it is about others.
Or is it so important to you that you are right, first, and get that perfect gift,
