Making it work

The real secret to making relationships work, isn't trying your hardest, or doing your best.
Those might be good things, but it isn't what makes those things work.
The real secret is to be able to forgive, and be forgiven, for the shortcomings you both have in that relationship.

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Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
- Isaac Newton

Life is still good... :)

Life is good.
Even when sometimes we think it isn't.

Don't just run from problems.
They will only be dealt with, if you deal with them. :)
Otherwise they continue to stalk you until there are so many, you are gang tackled. :)

Eat some desserts.
Drink some alcohol.
Even the Bible talks about wine being something that makes hearts glad. :)

Encouraging a complete stranger is a great thing.
One day you might be on the receiving end. :)

I still like playing games too much. :)

But I needed to post something.

Mostly because a superhero, who shall remain nameless, (ahem-WonderWoman :) )
caused me to remember to not forget. :)

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You can't live a perfect day
without doing something for someone
who will never be able to repay you.

-John Wooden, sports coach (b. 1910)

Give me your eyes

Look down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight

Touch down on the cold black top
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breath in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared

Chorus
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me you heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide what's underneath
There's a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
He's out of work, He's buying time

Chorus
I’ve been here a million times
A couple of million eyes
Just move and pass me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong
I need a second glance
Give me a second chance
To see the way you’ve seen the people all along

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Brandon Heath - Give Me Your Eyes
From the album What If We

What if we started looking at other people as ones who need forgiveness? Just like we do.
What if we saw them as needing affection and love? Just like we do.
What if we treated everyone else like God treats us?
Isn't that what we're supposed to do?
Love and forgive?
Truth and justice are good, but without love...

IF you claim to be a Christian and still want people to "Buck up" and do better, and aren't willing to help and forgive like God does for you, then you will get what you give. He has repeated this to us over and over and we continue to forget.
Makes me sad.

But there are some out there, some who encourage and uplift, love and forgive, and these are the ones who reflect what God is, far better than those who know these things and demand obedience to what they see is the right thing to do.
Love and justice are not at odds with each other.
But in the end, love never fails.
I have to believe this.
Even if it makes me a dreamer.

Love.