![]() Number 3: Think about your season of life. Find a group that will help you live thoughtfully, peacefully, on purpose and on mission. Talk to those who are spiritual and religious. Use your faith to grow, change, find comfort, and find peace. Number 2: Let this time of great challenge be a time to grow spiritually and religiously. Sometimes, a counselor can help us do that. ![]() Look inward and find ways to flesh out the feelings and thoughts. Be mindful that grief is normal for all, including the loss caused by COVID-19. Take time to follow your dreams and hopes. Take inventory of your needs, wishes, and hopes. What can we do to go onward and upward to a life of joy, satisfaction, peace, and wholeness. Sometimes we need an extra push, more inspiration, more energy to face a task or challenge we didn’t see coming. Just look in the mirror and across the street. Just look at what is happening in Haiti and Afghanistan. Sometimes we need help from a friend, physician, counselor, lawyer, painter, car mechanic and the list goes on. More is less and encountering a grateful receiver is a blessing beyond words and measure. I had the blessing of giving and receiving today. Everything must go, as the super-duper salesperson shares on big sale days. Less clutter means crisper looking place, and I cannot keep things forever. He said that my place looked very uncluttered, crisp and spacious, I think. He said, “Your place looks like a Google webpage.” That is high praise from good son in law, for sure. My son in law, Cooper, recently told me and complimented me on my home. I feel blessed to have the memories of the old duffle bag while he has received something that he feels he can use. So, this was a good lesson on “giving things away” for me. I do not have a death wish but I do know that we cannot take anything with us to heaven. Second, I am going to give away “everything” one day. Most importantly, I did not want it to rot away on a shelf in my house. Most importantly, it just felt good to know that the old duffle bag still had life and it could be used. Another man and I showed him how it works. He asked about the metal hooks and clip that are used to close the bag once it is full. It is in good condition, and it has weathered the years well. Even more so, I was thankful that someone could use it. Several thoughts have entered my mind since this morning, and I want to share how this event has touched me.įirst, it was amazing to encounter someone so grateful. It has my name stenciled in white and I showed him where my name is stenciled. I was very touched that he was grateful to receive it. I said, yes, again, with a tear or two welling up in my eyes. He thanked me for my service, but he then asked me my name and if it was mine. The gentleman said he would like to keep it for himself and then asked me, gently, “Did you serve?” I said, yes. Yet, when I brought it and freely donated it to the thrift store where folks can buy and donate myriad items a grateful receiver encountered me. I offered it to family, but to be honest, no one wanted it and I certainly understand that. I have owned it since November 1981, and it has sat neatly folded in numerous rooms of several of my homes. Today I donated and gifted my US Air Force issued duffle bag.
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