It is not about how much you smile, what lies behind the smile is what really matters – Helen
Articles by ponderingpathsblog
Spirit Of The Spider
Long after a spider leaves you still have to deal with the webs that it strung between things and …uh, people… Soo odd how folks are so easily swayed by mess.
Helen
Water Cycle
I wonder who touched, drank, or perhaps swam in the same water I drank today? A dinosaur, an ancient Indian, perhaps Jesus… the water cycle is truly amazing.
Twist and Turns
From July 2012:
Life is so funny…just when I think I have something figured out another twist and turns come about in the road.Can’t say that I am too mad about this turn, yet I am left standing, grasping to faith while completely humbled in the presence of the unknown….sigh
Those Little Things
Sometimes the elephant in the room is not the biggest problem… sometimes it is the people who are ignoring it, sometimes it is smaller things, the things that are not seen that present the biggest problems…. just pondering, Helen
Depth Of A Leader
The depth and character of a leader can be determined by the state of the people who have been walking with that leader the longest – Helen
Journey On My Friends….
It is hard to know what angle people may be coming from, but it is important to stay focus on where you are going….on the journey – Helen
Does Anybody See Her?
Why are people so cruel? Saw a woman at lunch who obviously has more issues than me and most other people. Tattered clothes, missing teeth, bright pink ratted hair, her head hung low…people were laughing at her and they weren’t even trying to be discreet about it. She walked up to a table of a group of laughing women… she said “its okay I saw you laughing at me, my hair was supposed to be red but it turned pink instead, I saw you laughing” then she walked away from them. The women of course reacted totally repulsed that she even came near their perfect little bubble. This woman ordered a bagel and started walking back out the same way she came in, with people still looking at her is disbelief all the while chuckling among themselves. She stopped by my table and said ” my hair was supposed to be red not pink” I didn’t even see her hair at that point, all I saw was hopelessness in her eyes. I have NEVER seen that depth of hopelessness, this woman was lost and my heart literally ached for her. All I could say was. ” you are not your hair, you are not what you wear. God doesn’t want any of that, he wants your heart. your thoughts, let him take care of your heart. ” She looked at me with the same hopeless look and said, “K” and walked away.
I am not sharing this to pin roses on myself. I am not so great and most days I am a step away from the edge …. but God is s keeper!!! I love this song by Casting Crowns, Does Anybody Hear Her? People are hurting in the world, Lord knows I have experienced my own, perhaps you are hurting right now, and this woman….this woman with the pink ratted hair…….well I wonder wherever she is ….does anybody see HER? Not her hair, not her clothes, but does anybody SEE HER??????
Helen
These Boots Are Made For Walking
“Your destiny is not tied to the person that left” …challenge to myself and others is to get the gift of good bye. Good bye, not only with the presence of people in our lives but within our hearts, get rid of the graveyards of lost loves and disappointments that are laid up in hearts and minds as well. This is not easy when you truly love someone, but it is necessary in order to truly begin to “live” again. Peace Helen
Regards
Eyes opened: I am never impressed by how “highly” someone might speak of me or another person, it is not their words that matter but it is how they actually regard you in matters that counts – Helen