Riveting! Well done!

NO MATTER HOW IT MAY SEEM GOD IS STILL QUITE IN CHARGE. WHEN WE SURRENDER OUR LIVES TO HIM 'HE' IS LEADING US IN THE DIRECTION THAT HE WANTS US TO GO...CHISELING AND CHANGING US ALONG THE WAY. AND IT WILL GO ON UNTIL WE ARE, AS ONE OF MY INSPIRATIONS TITLES CALLS IT...'DONE'. THAT IS, PERFECTED. IN THE MEANWHILE, I KEEP MY EYES ON THE REWARD THAT LIES AHEAD, AS THE JOURNEY GET'S A BIT TOO MUCH FOR ME AT TIMES(SMILE)...BUT GOD! THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Little sister, you have outdone yourself with this piece. It's not about the destination, it's about the journey. Always follow the light. Loved it.

PS

We all need to use our gut instincts to guide us and we are the judge of what is right and wrong. Common sense plays an important part, without it, we would all be senseless.

Sandie

And according to what you wrote, quite a journey, indeed!

You mentioned that you spent a lot of time in the dark. That certainly is wasted time and emotion. If everyone entered the light our world would be much better. But you did mention in passing about "the world going down."

Don't be a Pollyanna on a sinking ship. Don't look to any other person, group or entity, especially government, to keep the ship from going down. We all have to change our ways. And by doing so with our experience and its beauty, encourage others to change their ways from unknowingly destroying our mother Earth by their mere daily activity. We have to change our lifestyles drastically while staying in the light if we are to bring us out of the downward trend into the upward trend we've always been involved in, know it or not.

Ron

Sometimes it is good to "take stock" as we journey along the way. It helps to center ourselves and focus on what we are thinking at the time. At every stage of the way, there are opportunities to sit back and take stock of "the journey so far". Well done.

These are days of darkness indeed. So many are troubled. We try our best to remain positive. Still it is difficult. When I write, I want others to understand exactly how I feel inside. Yet I can be away from something I have written, sometimes months. Then, when I go back to it, I wonder why I said what I did, or I didn’t want my readers to know that about me. I want people to hear happy thoughts, but the happenings throughout life do not continually keep us in a happy state. I want people to understand my every thought. But this is not possible. Neither is it possible for me to understand everything others say. The important thing is, we all are writing, trying to express our thoughts, to understand, and be understood. I have been a member of AD more than twenty years. I am a much different individual today than I was twenty years ago. We change from year to year, but we make a more noticeable change each decade. Hopefully, it is for the best. I apologize for rambling this morning and hope someone out there has gleaned at least a few of my random thoughts.

David Lee Thompson