Woke up ready to Sing and Dance?

I hate those alarm clocks that have that buzzing noise. You know the one that is so LOUD that it can bust your ear drum? When I wake up to that alarm, my day is horrible. I'm ready to bite someone's head off, grit my teeth, and nothing begins to go right but wrong. I can't find the right outfit, eat the right foods, my stomach is in knots, and I'm about to explode.
This might be the opposite for you. Maybe when you hear this LOUD annoying buzzer, you can open your eyes and stretch, feel good about the day and drink a cup of coffee and say good morning to the bird chirping outside the window (the one I would want to throw a shoe at).
This morning though, I didn't have an alarm to wake up to, my body automatically woke up and I just want to sing and dance. I would, but my floor is covered with an air mattress at the moment.
I have this peace inside that is unexplainable. I'm grateful for having it. I want to share it, give it away like a gift.
SO if  you are having a rotten day, I'm sorry. If  you don't have joy in your heart, I'm sorry. Please hold out  your hand and close your eyes. Now, imagine a field with tall grass and wild flowers. Your standing there feeling the breeze pass by you. Now hear the soft music playing in the air; dance. Sway back and forth, turn around, raise your hands to the clouds, and enjoy your dance.
Hear the words to the music? Sing along with it. It's okay, no one needs to hear you.
Whether you can greet the morning with a noisey buzzer or not doesn't matter, but waking up with peace and joy in your heart does. I encourage you to watch your attitude as you wake up and how you wake up. what is on your mind when you open your eyes?

~ Be in peace and grace,
Marjorie

A Stranger is a Friend in Waiting

How many times have you walked up to someon and said "Hello my name is ________________" to a stranger. After you introduced yourself, they probably introduced themselves and then a conversation started. Before you knew it, the time flew by, you found you and your new friend had a lot in common and you might have made a date to meet again for coffee and conversation.
This person before long becomes one of your greatest friends, a friend you trust, rely on, call on when you need a ride because your car broke down, or a friend that may have helped you during the loss of a loved one. Do you know someone in your life that you call "friend?"
There was a woman that I wanted to honestly get to know. I wanted to be her friend. One day, I walked up to her and said "excuse me, my name is Marjorie and I would like to get to know you." I would ask to meet for coffee or a coke acola and go from there. By the end of our conversation, we had so much in common, it was scary. We became friends from the beginning and still are today.
I have lots of friends on Facebook and some have this application called cafe world where they build a cafe from the floor up ( I think). Wouldn't it be nice if the cafe was 3D and were able to sit down and actually talk? Today, it might be called texting, but I'm looking at one on one contact.
I encourage you today to meet someone new, walk up to this stranger and make a friend. You never know what WONDERFUL things may come from it.

~ Be in peace and grace
Marjorie

Young vs Old; Change Can Happen

This weekend I have enjoyed my grandson, Seth, more than words can express. We laughed so much together our bellies were sure to pop. We ran and played, we wheeled down a roller skate rink (so to speak it was at a church) and we ate like noone needs to know.
At mid-day Saturday, I was so worn out, as he was, that I needed a nap. I could feel it in my back and bones. It has been an eye opener, I'm not young as I once was. I had it in my mind that my body could look 30 again (good and in shape), my heart was good and can take anything, and I can multi-task with a child again.  My eyes have been OPENED!
Okay, so getting old gracefully is my choice today. Here I am again, back to making choices. Can't I just sit on the beach and let the world roll away without choices? Oh, that's a choice.
Well, I want to be around longer and I know what I must do in order to see Seth grow up more, laugh, and play more. I'm choosing to take care of myself. I'm gonna work out again (oh, yes I had to stop for a while), eat healthier, and stay active like always.
This weekend helped me to recognize something else. I can come, go and do as I please. It's time to live and not sit in my place and watch the world pass me by. Now I'm going to get up and go do. I want to explore things, see things, and experience new things. I know I cannot do this if I'm sitting around or doing the same thing I've always done.
I'm excited. I've decided to pack a bag full of some things like a magnifine glass, a notebook, a reading book, some clothes, and maybe a bathing suit to sit at the beach in. I'm going to explore God's world. There are things I've always wanted to do and I'm going to go do them. I look at what I don't have to what God does have.
Yay, that's it. I"m packing my pup up and going exploring, like Dora the Explorer. Oh, we didn't watch cartoons this weekend, but we did cuddle and watch a movie. Thanks to this time with Seth, I've grown up little bit with him. I'm learned something about myself in the process and I've enjoyed every minute of it.
I can't wait to see the butterflies, magnify an ant, watch the foam roll up from the waves on the beach, and watch children laughing in the parks. I'm off to plan and plot my new adventures.
Wow, the world didn't end and I'm making a new beginning. This feels good.

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

I feel like a butterfly that has been in a cacoon and ready to spread it's wings. I'm ready to tell the world what Jesus has done for me today. It's a simple thing, but it's in the simple that huge things happen.

~ Be in peace and grace
Marjorie