Life is Change

Happy cooler weather!

The shift has happened here in Kennewick, we have started chilling out--from 90 to 70 degrees.  Pretty soon we'll trade complaining about the heat with whining about the cold weather.

Life really is about change that's what keeps it from being stale and static.  Just like the character in a favorite novel, the dynamic ones, the ones who change for the better, are the ones we remember most vividly.  Edna Vincent Millay says, those eyes that are the most beautiful are not those that have cried the least amount of tears.  We learn and grow from the challenges we go through, although sometimes, I admit, I really have grown quite enough already.

As autumn continues to unfold, I am reminded of cycle of life and the shedding of old leaves on the trees, and the chance to rest and generate through the winter and to bloom again in the spring. A wonderful cycle through the years, getting older and wiser, knowing what is important in life and what we can let go of.  As always, family and friends are to me what is most important. So, work on those ties.  Call a few friends up, and write some cards and letters to people you care about.  Life is special, especially when you share your thoughts and love with others.

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW



Wow! It has been  a while since I last blogged.

Life is good, and I am so blessed.  I tend to look on the bright side of most every day.  I have a roof over my head, a loving husband, an incredible job, and best of all, I am happy.

Henry Ford once said, "If you think it's going to be a good day, or you think it's going to be a bad day, you're right."  Isn't that true, attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. You may say, but what about this or what about that?  Well, this and that have happened to me, and guess what, those things were the catalyst for something new and better to happen.  I have been through a divorce, only to discover a new path for myself in ministry.  I have a wonderful new husband that I wouldn't have if I hadn't let go of the old to embrace the new.

Sometimes the loss of a job may seem devastating, but often times you may have never even liked working in the place you were working, except on payday.  Then another new job comes along, and you would never have even been able to be in the new position if you had never been released from the last one.  Shift happens.  Out with the old, in with the new.  A new path, a new you.

When we remember to look at the experiences that happen as being neither good nor bad, but just observe the fact that they have happened, we are free to be open to the new new idea.

Many blessings,
Sandy Smith