Perhaps...

Perhaps....the sun shines only to shine....the rain falls only to fall...the clouds form only to form...the wind blows only to blow....

Perhaps we live only to live...

Perhaps we love only to love...

Perhaps we give only to give....

Perhaps we are born only to breathe, to move and have our being.

Perhaps we cry only to cry, lament only to lament, experience pain only for pains sake....

Or...

Perhaps there is more, perhaps there is meaning to all we see, to all we hear....

Perhaps we are born with the express purpose of living life to the nth degree...born to experience all this life has to give, including the harsher experiences...the broken hearts...the wounded spirits....perhaps we are meant to give back, to hand out love with each breath taken...in gratefulness, in thankfulness, in understanding that we are finite...here for a blink, gone in a brief second of time.

We measure experiences, we weigh them...balance them...hold them up to the light and examine from all angles...looking for the flaws, for the shortcomings...

We view those around us as yardsticks...as tools to dictate our place in this world.

Oh dear friends....we are meant for so much more. We are meant for bigger, for better....

Look not to your right, nor to your left...look within and measure your importance, your place in this world with the yardstick of yesterday, of today and the promise of tomorrow. This is who I was yesterday, today one step further than the day before........tomorrow, skies the limit. Each one of us on this journey we call life is exactly where we should be. Forget the Joneses...forget keeping up with the neighbour and buying the bigger boat, the more expensive house, the larger rock on your finger......leave those thoughts, those aspirations behind and look within...here lies the secret treasure, the heart of God that resides within you. This dear hearts, in the end of our lives is what we will remember, be remembered for. Not what we accumulated, what we stockpiled....but what we gave out...

Life is finite....a friend and fellow ball player at the Fraser Lake tourney this past weekend shared his thoughts on our place here on earth....'we get one chance, one shot...'

That's it my friends...we get one go around on this planet and not one of us knows how long that will be...why waste it on living in hell, on pouring out love on rocky ground when there are so many starving for compassion, for kindness, for love...

Why waste it on regret, on remorse, on hanging on to that anger, that person who did you wrong...we are better than that, meant for more....and so I walk out my journey in faith, in hope and in love. Bad days, good days...I smile and laugh and love and hand out kindnesses where opportunities present themselves. I have been so blessed...I am loved, accepted, celebrated in my small circle and it is enough.

Remember my friends...remember who you are...loved where you are. Accepted where you are...celebrated where you are...right where you stand. So walk out your journey with renewed strength knowing your worth, speak your truth and stand tall and proud...shoulders back, head held high, the belt of truth buckled round bout your waist and step out in faith, in love, in hope for a future filled with joy and all that is good.

You are worthy...you are unique, special and full of grace...all that you have experienced has prepared you for more than the average bear....grace, mercy and compassion ride with you wherever you go, kindness flowing out with each step you take...with each word of love and encouragement trickling from your lips....

Go now with God and know your worth warriors. May His arms enfold you with support, with comfort and a tidal wave of grace for the walk you must take each day, for the hardships you may still be experiencing daily. May you know His supernatural presence, His peace that passes all understanding...may He make a way of escape for you to freedom from fear.