Flip over already!

We had some pretty intense storms here last night.  Lightening flashing, rain flooding, booming thunder, it was scary.  I was thankful that my eldest had decided against going on a last minute camping trip.

I went outside this morning to walk the dog.  The skies were speckled with patchy clouds and splashes of blue.  The storms had moved on and left a trail of destruction in their wake.  All over the road and sidewalks there were debris from plants and trash that had been blown from who knows where littering the world around me.  I walked around to the back of my house and noticed an enormous crazy looking bug.  This was him.  Looks pretty dead doesn't he?

Well, he wasn't.  

He was very much alive.  I flipped him over and off he went.  No worse for the wear just needed someone to turn him over because he couldn't do it for himself, but then with just that little bit of assistance he was fine.  I sat there watching him wander off thinking oh how very much this little scenario applies to the world right now.  

We are in the middle of a huge storm.  There is sickness.  There are people fighting for things that they believe in.  There are people fighting just because they are angry and want to fight.  You can look at this in so many different ways.  One option is to find the people you can help during this time, help can be physically or help can be listening and starting to see the world from their perspective because it is the right thing to do.   No one ever became dumber by gaining perspective.  You could look for people that can mentor or guide you through this struggle, genuinely listening to their wisdom and trying to apply it to your own walk.  Ultimately, you can think even larger and realize that in fact God is the best one to flip you over, to start you on your next path.  He is truly the only one that loves you unconditionally and knows every thing there is to know about you and he still flips you over because he believes in you.  

This is where I am finding my comfort right now.  The news is so depressing, the world is in turmoil. Everyone seems to be arguing and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel.  Don't you believe it for one second.  First off turn off the news.  Secondly, go out and be the change.  

Now.  Flip over and let's make this world a better place!  Go out...Be kind! 

What are you going to be today? Fart spray or Room freshener?

I am annoyed.
I am angry.
I am enlightened, all within a period of about 5 min.

A man was looking for gloves for cleaning.  He was about 5 feet away from me and asked a man that was working there where he could find them and the worker said we don't have those.  I said to both men, are these the ones you are looking for?  Customer man completely ignored me.  I repeated myself because I realized what was going down.  He was of the persuasion that believes women to be ignorant and should only be allowed to speak in certain circumstances so I wasn't going down without a fight.  I repeated myself several times and when the worker man also realized what was going on he showed the man the gloves and all of a sudden the customer had what he needed glared at me and walks off.

Seriously?  There is a word that I would typically insert here but my mom might read this so I will simply say.  Donkey!

My mother was with me at the time so I didn't want to make a big deal out of it or embarrass her so I gathered my things and headed for the register at which point I met the antithesis to Donkey.

He was lovely!  So kind, so welcoming, so appreciative and friendly.  He was so sweet to my mama, he was so thankful for our presence.  I wanted to bake him cookies and send a note home to his mama to thank her for raising such a wonderful son!  Man number 2 completely erased the bad feeling I was having about the Donkey that I had just been subjected to.

I received the most obvious life lesson all within a period of 10 min, do you know what it was?

There are jerks out there, people who are not going to like you for something that you can do nothing about,  your gender, the color of your skin, your age,  a multitude of things, but here is the life lesson.

There are also people that appreciate you for what you are and even for what you aren't.  They appreciate the fact that you are another human and know that you have something to contribute to this world.  Do you seriously want to be the person that brings others down, or would you rather be the person that  makes people feel good about themselves?  To me this is a no brainer.

If you spray fart spray in a room that you are confined to do you not then in turn reap the torture that is the fart spray yourself?  If you spray a pleasant smelling room freshener does it not have the same effect, only with a much more pleasing end?  We are all confined to this planet until we are either planted in it or the Lord comes back.  So, what are you?  Fart spray or room freshener?

Go out...Be kind.

Boba buddy.

I had never tried boba tea.  I was extremely apprehensive because I have this thing with textures.  A friend of mine decided that she was going to take on this challenge and completely craft a boba tea beverage that would not make me hurl.  I was still apprehensive.  I had to completely psych myself out to even take my first sip by saying "You're an adult!" "you can do this" "you are an adult!!!"

She nailed it.  I will say that the boba were weird but I didn't completely hate it and now that she has assessed that she thinks with one tweak she knows my boba tea drink of choice.  She put a lot of thought into this.  She asked me questions of my likes and dislikes and went above and beyond...for me.  Why?  Because that is what friends do!

I had a woman "correct" me on Facebook.  Have no idea who the woman even was and she was in fact, wrong.  Very wrong.  I corrected her but at that point it was my word against hers and she wasn't having it.  I told a friend about it and they said, "I'll take care of it".  They went on there and laid down more proof as to why she was wrong and I was right.  It's what friends do.

I have your back, I've got you, Where are you, what do you need?  This world is weird enough any way let alone all the weirdness that we are dealing with in 2020.  We need friendships.  Lots of them. We need people who understand us and want to help us.  We also need to be that person for others.  

Learn your friends likes and dislikes.  Support them, love them, bring joy to those around you.

I will even go so far as to say, do this for not jut your friends but for random strangers around you.  Not in a creepy stalker way, but just be pleasant to be around.

Most of all.....Go out....Be kind.