LOVE WORKS DAILY 05/01/07 - I'VE ALWAYS LOVED STORMS

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LOVE WORKS DAILY 05/01/07 - I'VE ALWAYS LOVED STORMS
 

May is here, and love is in the air...well, actually
Love is always in the air...if you just take the time
to stop and breathe some in!  Love to you!
 
 
 
INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT:
(Great Thoughts By History's Inspired Thinking Men and Women)
 
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
 
- Louisa May Alcott
 
TIM's BLOG
(Random Thoughts and Tim's Daily World):
 
Good morning Tuesday.  I think I am going to take an afternoon
off!  Whoa! 
 
Looks like some rain and maybe a little storm coming
in and my work is essentially done.  I think a rest is an order.
Our usual rest day, Sunday, ended up being very busy.
We had a flat tire, and a number of other hustle bustle things
happened...so no real rest time.
 
As another short note...I have created a new piece of art for
the Love Works website homepage.  I usually make poetry and
song...but this time I decided to write in graphical
images.  Maybe take a look and see what ya think...
 
 
 
 
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
(Brand New and Classic Love Works Essays 2001-2007)
 
I'll admit it. I love stormy weather.
 
Not the drizzly, overcast, 45 degrees outside type.
 
I have always liked storms.
 
I like the kind with three feet of snow, winds at 60 mph, 20 below
zero, sheets of ice
on everything.
 
I like hailstones the size of golf balls, and thunder and lightning.
 
I like BIG rain....the flash floods....that comes in from nowhere on
a hot, sticky summer day and just downpour for 15 minutes.
 
It's one of the things I miss most now that I live in the northwest.
 
We DO have FOUR SEASONS....Rainy, Less Rainy, Mostly Dry & Rainy.
 
But rarely do we have STORMS!!!
 
Occasionally we do have what some people call a storm here....for a
couple hours it gets a little windy, or one or twice a year we get
an inch of snow.
 
But I spent most of my youth in Illinois....and we got storms....and I
loved them.
 
There are a few of you who live in storm country....Nevada and Michigan
that I know of for sure.....Do you love the storms?
 
The reason I ask is that my memories of those storms where when I was
younger....between the ages of 8 & 18. When I was 18, I moved to
Oregon...and then, as an adult, no more storms.
 
My memories of the storms where when they created no consequences for
me. I was too young to see them as anything but fun, but my parents
saw them quite differently. They had heat bills to pay, basements to
pump out, roofs to repair, driveways to clear of snow and ice, and
hazards on the highway.
 
To me, as a child, the storms were just cool...no school, no worries.
They didn't cost me a thing.
 
When I graduated from high school, I had my own apartment (if you could
call it that) for a short while. It was great during the summer...but
when winter came....things really changed.
 
I couldn't get my car started....and crashed it several times due to
ice and snow, so I couldn't get to work. The pipes broke in the
apartment, so the place filled with water and ruined most of my stuff.
The bills were terrible, and it was cold cold cold. I finally lost my
job, and then my apartment.
 
We'd always had these storms before, but that was the only time I
remember being cold, or frustrated, or to be honest SCARED.
 
I was grown-up now and I had to face the facts, that the storms outside
were going to come after me now. Both, The weather storms and the
emotional storms. I didn't have someone else, like my parents, to
protect me.
 
As a scared teenager, I ran to safer ground by moving west.
But I really didn't get to safer ground.
 
Even though, the actual weather outside was milder, I did not and would
not be able to run from the "storms" that come from simply growing up.
 
I tried. Don't get me wrong. When I got older, the "storms" of life
itself had me on the run. And I ran and ran and ran. Just like Forrest
Gump. Until finally, just like in the movie, I didn't feel like
running anymore.
 
The "storms" in my life are not quite as cool as the windstorms and
blizzards of my childhood, because as an adult, I am now responsible
for them. I have to clean up the damage, pay the bills, and prepare
for the future. The emotional storms of being a human being can be
quite challenging and not so pretty to look at.
 
But I still like the storms....the ones with snow and rain...and the
ones with tears and laughter....
 
They still are scary....hell, I was scared as a kid, that was half the
fun.....but I don't run from them quite so much anymore.
 
I can enjoy the storms, and weather the damage, and pay the cost,
clean up the mess and prepare for the future.
 
I can! We all can!
 
I don't do it well.... but I take comfort in the fact that we are all on
the ocean of life together, and we are all just learning to sail our
ships.
 
And as much as I loved the fury of nature as a child,
I also realize, I enjoyed the storms because someone was there to
protect me from them. The storms were someone else's problem.
 
As an adult, I am responsible for how I react to the storm, and not for
the storms themselves. I can still enjoy them, but I am learning how
to navigate into calmer water if the weather is too rough...not by
trying to outrun the storms that are chasing me....but by facing them,
understanding them, and sailing smoothly past them.
 
If you see someone today struggling to sail their ship, reach out and
offer them a hand.
 
We are all in this together.
 
Love to you today!!!
 
Love is the ONLY answer...because LOVE WORKS!!!
 
 
 
Love In Thought! Love In Word! Love In Action!
 
Love To You Today!
 
 
 
"May we endeavor today to increase our understanding and appreciation of
what others have given and contributed to us. And develop constant,
mindful consideration of how our thoughts and actions will BENEFICIALLY
CONTRIBUTE to others"
 
The best to you today in discovering the answers to life's difficult
questions!
 
 
 
A Final Thought:
 
Love is always the right thing to do. Even if it isn't the easiest
thing to do.
 
May we have compassion for the struggles of others, wisdom to
acknowledge our own, and courage to address them both every day.
 
Respectfully,
Tim
 

This is a daily newsletter of LOVE WORKS DAILY:
A collective of individuals of different beliefs and
backgrounds, dedicated to a better world by living LOVE in thought,
word and action. Compassion. Wisdom. Courage.
 
 

Or read us on the web:
http://loveworks.ebloggy.com/
 
 
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Peace be with you.
 
From LOVE WORKS DAILY 04/16/03
(c)2007 T.Thomas Henry
 
 
 
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