In every moment of every day, you are presented with opportunities to show yourself, those around you, and God, who you truly are.<\/p>\n
From the seemingly inconsequential decisions you must make each day, to the various challenges that arise in your life\u2014both large and small\u2014these are your opportunities to better know yourself and let others know you through your actions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I interact with a lot of people on a regular basis, and in general I like the people I come across. I can even usually cope with the frustrating ones. In their frustrating actions I see my own, so it\u2019s good to be reminded about my own annoying tendencies. All in all, I have no complaints with the people in my life. I believe we encounter those whom we most need for whatever reason, even the nasty ones. Those edge cases, the ones that challenge us, are the ones that offer the most potential for growth. I have to keep reminding myself of that.<\/p>\n
And so, when the mother of my stepson reaches out to me, frustrated with him, I have to remember it\u2019s easy for me to respond with a \u201csolution,\u201d which is usually based on tough love. What would I do if I were in her shoes? In my stepson\u2019s shoes? Who do I want to be in their lives? How can I show up for both of them without taking sides but firmly supporting what\u2019s right? Things to ponder.<\/p>\n
I picked more garden veg tonight and whipped up a ratatouille of sorts: onions, eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, and peppers, all from the garden. I also decided that if Mama Bird isn\u2019t coming back to sit on her eggs in the bird house that had to come down from the neighbor\u2019s weekend landscraping (no, that isn\u2019t a typo), I was going to set them out for snakes or frogs or whatever other creature can make use of them. They will be gone, or at least broken open, in the morning. Which I guess is an apt metaphor for this post: You can\u2019t make an omelet without breaking eggs. You can\u2019t make a person without cracking yourself open to let the light in and the darkness out.<\/p>\n
If anyone reading this is interested, log onto YouTube<\/a> at 3 PM, US Eastern time tomorrow (Thursday), and listen to a live interview of my on Boomers on Books.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lunarivervoices.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21c-225x300.jpg\")
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