What will you do...with what you have been given?


A whisper in the breeze and a quiet question is asked...What will you do with what you have been given?

What does that mean? What do you mean by what I have been given? Do you mean things? Talents? Time? Opportunities? Life? Which? What? Why?

I sit at my computer typing. I play games. I read blogs. I read news. I read. I doodle on paint. I update itunes. I charge my touch or my phone.

I sit and watch a movie or show or play a game on the wii.

I read a book or the bible or a magazine.

I take a nap.

I clean or do laundry. I talk on the phone. I play with the dog. I talk to my kids or my husband.

I go to target. I buy groceries. I cook dinner.

I read this list and wonder this is this really my life.

What happened to the fun? To the joy? Where did it go? When did I turn into this person I don't know or particularly like a lot? Where is the laughter? Where are the smiles? What happened to dreams? What happened to the spark of creativity? Is this blog it?

I spend time existing.

What will you do with what you have been given?

I will do something that is fun each day.

I will take time to sit and enjoy that gentle breeze that whispers.

I will believe in me.

I will love you even more today than yesterday.

I will be thankful for what I have been given--all of it--no matter what it is because it is a gift from my Lord.

I will reach out and hug you and tell you how much you mean to me.

I will be and become a better me.

Those nasty little toxic thoughts and trees will no longer be sickly and existent within me.

I will love me.





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Reina said…
I am not sure how I missed this entry, but I read it today and it struck a chord with me. There is so much I want to do with what I have been given, as you well know from a previous email I sent you. Thank you for your words and gentle reminders that I have been placed in this here and now for a reason, and rather than look towards what else I would prefer to be doing, I need to accept with Grace that this is where GOD wants me to be right now. And I need to be a good steward of my resources as they are and not as I would have them to be. For me that means not begrudging the time I spend doing laundry or cleaning up after the kids and pets; it means not begrudging the loneliness and isolation and turning instead to the one who never leaves my side; it means being thankful for all I have instead of wishing for more. My life is 100% different than a year ago; in some ways it is richer and more blessed, in others it is poorer. But it is mine, it is what I have been given, and I need to give thanks and praise for it.

Thanks for the thoughts and inspiration!

love ya!
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