KEEP A TRUCKIN'

I have had a rough week. There have been a couple of days I have wanted to punch something and scream out, 'WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO EFFING HARD?' which I didn't and that totally leads to wanting to bawl my eyes out from holding it all together which I didn't. Some weeks are just like that I suppose. Sometimes you feel more lonely or angry or sad. Sometimes it is just EFFING HARD because it just is. Sometimes you need to ask God for a little extra help so I have been.....all week.

And then you round the corner and see that the very first tomato you have ever planted by yourself in your whole life is ripe and ready. And you pop that sucker in your daughter's mouth and she squeals with delight AND MAN DOES IT FEEL GOOD.

And shortly after you ignore a phone call from an unknown number which leaves you a voicemail and when you check said voicemail there is a message from Coffee Memorial Blood Center identifying the exact hospital where your blood was sent to save a life AND MAN DOES IT FEEL GOOD.

And on the very same day you realize you submitted an assignment.....to a professor.....at a college. You're a college student again AND MAN DOES IT FEEL GOOD.

And you order flowers for your sister for her birthday and you make a roast for your Nanny and you kiss your sleeping baby and you tell your heart and soul to keep a truckin'. NEVER NEVER GIVE UP you hear Winston Churchill say. NEVER NEVER GIVE UP.

And then just like that, you start to feel better. You start to remember how gosh dang good life is. How blessed you are and how much God loves you and if you will just ask, if you will just whisper His name, He will give you all the help you need.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama