RECKONING WITH YOURSELF

I am guilty and so are you! Yes, we all are!

We go about the business of living and we never really think about the fragility of life. After all, if we walk around everyday, all day, thinking about it, we wouldn't be living, would we?

Then, one day, something happens. We are shocked beyond our wildest dreams, we are brought to our knees in submission, our tears seem to know no end, our hearts and minds are overwhelmed with fear.

We immediately begin to think of all the different scenarios that could make the situation worst before we think of what could make it better.

We pray a thousand prayers, never finishing any of them. We are engulfed in our desperation. Our minds are torn between looking at the bright side or the other side.

Plus, let's be honest : How many of us TRULY learn the lessons, or take heed, the WARNINGS, ALL THE TIME?

Some people seem to get more than they can bear. Maybe they have, but while we sympathize we cannot become judges.

For, who are we to decide how much is too much, or enough, or insufficient? By what criteria do we decide who gets what and how much of it?

How about if we try to be the best we can to as many people as we can for as long as we can?

It's an old saying, but it's not the age of the adage that's important. It's how we apply it.

So, who am I to say these things? As I've said up top, 'WE' are all guilty of it. That includes ME.

However, take a look at how many times we have personally and collectively accused ourselves and each other for these same shortcomings? Yet, many of us have not done enough, if anything, to change it.

What are we waiting for? The next hurricane? Tsunami? Earthquake? Shooting? War?
There's no single answer. Each of us has our own list of reasons. Each of us will determine how justifiable that list is . . . or, if the list is worth it.

No matter where we come from, we are all members of the HUMAN race and whether we care to admit it or not, we carry each others pain in one way, shape, or form.!

For me, there are many changes to be made, and that's my journey.

I am not here to pass judgment, or to determine who needs to do what. I am spending time to take the speck from my own eye, so I will be able to see clearly, not necessarily the speck in my brothers eye.

Just to see clearly.

Remember, no matter how huge the cloud, there is always a flicker of light somewhere.

Jus' Gimme Di Light . . .