A letter.

For some reason I really love letters! Seriously I don't even know why but letters and notes make me feel so happy! I get letters from my sweet friend Andie and they always make my day so much brighter. Having someone to write to, knowing she reads every word with as much joy as I have when Im writing them just makes me want to smile! And being able to write someone a short letter and finding out later that it was their first letter ever, that is a true blessing right there. The fact that something as simple as hand written words on a page can make someone feel loved, that makes me want to write all the time! Finding small notes from my favorite people, addressed to me, hidden in my room or other places, even just notes written for me, handed to me whatever are beyond amazing! I keep all my letters tucked away and reread them sometime when I need to be reminded Im loved. I even will write down encouraging, sweet or special texts and facebook messages people send me in my journal to have and be able to remember that people out there will take time to say something sweet to you. Knowing that some people care as much as I do that everyone in the world might be able to smile. If you ever want to do something random and kind for anyone (even me or some grumpy old man) try just writing them a simple note. It will change their whole day. Maybe even their whole life. You never know unless you try. And I will write a letter for any of you any day!

The World.

The world. What is it? What do we thrive on? What do we live for? Is it love? Money? Hope? Crime? Kindness? Want? The need to help others?  Or the want to please the world?

 The world is the people, the land, the thoughts, the workers, the helpers, the criminals, the heroes, the shapers, the destroyers, the ones who care, and the ones who don't. The world is what we want it to be... And how we want to be remembered. We want the world to have worth. We want to thrive.

What do we thrive on? The world thrives on money. Money is not bad, but the obsession with it that is the problem. The thought that to survive you must have money. The thought that without it you are nothing. The fact that the thought that runs through our head is that to do anything in this world, you must have money.  We see that the world  is run by the great thinkers, who think for profit. We see that the world is what the workers make it, but they work for money. We see that if you want something done it helps to have money. If you want to do something, it usually costs money. Nothing is really free anymore. Everything you ever want to do will cost you in some sort of way.The world is big on the idea of money. The world is big on the idea of profit. 

Everyone wants to profit from this world. But what if the world could profit from us?  This simple yet complicated idea has been ticking in my mind for quite awhile now. We always want to grow, profit, gain and conquer, we want to become something better. What if instead of changing the world, we worked on changing us? What if we made ourselves an example of what we want the world to be like? What if we were the people we wished there were? What if we were the change we wanted to see in the world? (A quote from Mahatma Gandhi) I think if e took this seriously we would see a change and the wold would follow.

An unfinished thought. I will think about this more and make another post soon Im sure. Stay tooned. And please leave me your thoughts on the subject. 

Season of Change

A season of change. Seems to be a normal saying for me. Chang is always afoot in my life and it is upon me yet again. I never expect things to stay the same for very long, and frankly I'm alright with that. Change is a part of life and a very big part of mine. I have a love hate relationship with change. I like change when it means new adventures, new laughs, and a new story waiting to be written. But I hat change when it means one of my favorite chapters in life have come to an end. This time around it is the latter of the two. I have many memories to look back at, lots of things Id prefer not to remember, things I will definitely miss and I'm very sad they have come to an end, things that have made me happy beyond belief, and things I will remember as meaningful lessons. I'm saying goodbye to some and tucking some away as my favorite memories. I do know though that to the end of every chapter, the turning of every page and with the last word of every sentence, there is always a beginning to another. As I write this next chapter I look forward to many adventures with new friends, new laughs, new memories and a new chapter to look back at and flip through in the future. I welcome you season of change with a firm grasp and a stare down to the end. I will make it through another chapter.