Have you seen your future self?

 Good morning! LOL yup! Feels good to sleep in (once in awhile). I had a dream last night....Two things stuck out...I was wearing these "ugly" patent scarlet shoes... flats with a foam sole and a thick black elastic strap..(I get it, it was to go with my fitted scarlet and black striped dress

)...and after I snatched up my wig that was left in the washroom that some guys were chatting in (I knew them), I walked toward the elevator I saw my own reflection. I can still see it...it's a future image...and I look younger than I do now LOL. All the clues were in that image...so I've got some work to do For now, I am heading to go pick apples and then home to process them .

Have a great weekend!

#thankyouGod #divinevision #happytoreceive #butthoseshoes #inthedetails

The eggs in the basket would make a great breakfast!

Managing your resources...

What a great morning! Productive, collaborative, encouraging, and full of many lessons. The boys got a valuable lesson this morning that we will call "managing your resources." A pot of quinoa cooked on the stove and fresh backyard collected eggs. There are even frozen berries in the freezer and greens in the fridge...all the fixings for a great breakfast AND a quick packed lunch. Well, no smoothie, no eggs, not berries bowl with seeds, etc was made...and the lunch option went down as breakfast.... 

 

Boys: "Mom, what's for lunch?"

Me: "You didn't pack it?"

Boys: "Pack what?"

Me: why didn't you make eggs or something else for breakfast?

Boy #1: Well he ate it all for breakfast!

Me: "So what did you have for breakfast?"

Boy #1: "Hmph...(stomp, stomp)

Me: ..."Well, come home for lunch then."

Boy #1: ..."What? Can't you just make something and drop it off?..."

Me: "No. You can come home for lunch. I will be here...finishing around the house...."

Natural consequences....I plan on making "lunch" at lunchtime and they can join me AT lunch to enjoy it. We only live less than 10 minutes from their school (by foot), and they have an hour...Lots of time. And someday, they will love that they get that "freedom"...to come home for a warm meal. But for today, it's a great opportunity to value and weigh ALL that you have at your disposal and make a plan of what to do with it all.  As for me, I have many rooms that are calling for some specific "detailing" before I have people over this evening (I am admittedly "messy" when it comes to managing the laundry fold and sort, but the piles are all ready to go to their designated locations ). Oh and a proper breakfast is calling as well. 

Going beyond assumptions...one another loving

Good morning! Sterotypes and racism....same thing?

In university, I was given a "failing" grad for an assignment that was contested by my peers. Why the fail? Was it for poor quality work? Were the images I used processed poorly? What my typeset off or my idea out to lunch? No. It was because the image and the font was considered too "classy" for the music. It was an R&B single and the project was a CD cover.

Stereotyping...the grade was adjusted after the contest...my peers were right and they stood up for me. They believed something unjust was happening and they took action.

To stand in someones' way...to set up obstacles based on generalized opinions...to harm others or intend harm and maltreatment of others based on a unloving thoughtstream (LOL what would you call a MASS opinion established by someone that undermines and undervalues a large group of people?)...what is the benefiting fruit that one would achieve from engaging in that?

I am met with this on a daily basis...Good news is...I know what value and truth of experience I hold. I know I went to university and achieved "degree" status (as did most of my friends)...I know I am married with two healthy happy boys and not the high school drop out, knocked up single mother or immigrant nanny as I have been referred to on a few occasions ... I know I am a homeowner in the midst of renovations and getting my boys to mow the lawn and not the drug dealing renter you have assumed I am.....you see....in all these conversations that started with a heavy assumption and ended with the person feeling embarrassed, two things happened. I dispelled a myth about the "stereotype" and story they have created around it and I stood in the place of the stereotype and defended those caught within it, including myself.

There are complete narratives and life journeys that we know nothing of. The pain of leaving your children while you pursue a better life for your family ...ad succeed! The child who was forced to drop out of school and work so that they could provide money to meet the needs of others in their families. The pain and heartache...the lack of support felt by those surrounded by a culture of addiction...those who got pregnant during their relationships and the guys walks out of their responsibility.

These assumptions you have "labelled" me with ("you" in reference to the person I was talking to....unless you feel to take it personally) are some of the best of my friends, the parents of my sons' friends, my family, my neighbours...and their courage and strength inspires me. And their love and friendship builds me up. No, it's not my story...it's not my experience. But I have been blessed with the assumptions so that I may prove them false and unsustainable. We don't know the full story....but MAN, are they ever beautiful to hear. If we would just.....ASK first!!

Expect More Good from Those Around Us

 Good morning! Have you ever been shocked by how someone is behaving or what they are saying? As though it's not what you would expect from them? Good or bad....What if we expected more of the good from those around us and allowed them to surprise us with it?

I have witnessed some wonderful transformations in character and life in people who, even though the person they were with (or even themselves ) were acting out of sync, that through simply allowing the good or greater possibility to show up AND sticking around to witness it, has proved fruitful in their lives.

I'm happy for those folks today. That their hope...active positive expectation. ..met with their loving patience to produce good and tangible fruit in their lives

#thankyouGod #faithfulness #patience #goodness #thelightwithinusall