Month: July 2018

Tit for Tat

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Ok, I admit it, the title “Tit for Tat” just jumped in my head!  And this blog isn’t exactly about tit for tat.  It popped in my head and I went for it 🙂

Actually it’s a blog about a random act of kindness.  A lot of us have done them, received them and we have certainly read about them and saw videos on them.  Personally, I love them.

It changes the normal atmosphere that we have around us.  We could all be just sitting there and all of a sudden, a random act of kindness is done on us or one we witness and, BAMN!, our atmosphere just got lighter, possibly more happy and possibly effect us big time!

That’s what happened to me.  My husband and I were enjoying a little dinner at a local Chinese restaurant.  We were facing towards the outside and people watching (one of my favs) 🙂 and enjoying each other’s company.

My husband told me that the owner/manager of the restaurant had helped him carry out a water heater from the store just the other day.  As we sat there, that same man pulled up and was unloading his car with very heavy items of all sort.

I witness my husband, as he quickly said “I will be right back” and left his meal on the table.  My husband proceeded to go outside and help them carry the heavy items with them.  There, he was met with smiles, thank yous and that changing atmosphere became very real…..not only in them, but my husband as well.  It was very clear that it touched my heart as I just fell in love with my husband again, at that moment.

Acts of kindness are game changers.  Before you know it, that owner/manager was bringing us some free treats which, of course, if you know my husband, he absolutely loves most foods 🙂 and he certainly enjoyed those treats that day! 🙂

Random acts of kindness?  They can truly be the changing force we so need in the world we live.

Let’s take a moment to think on those acts.  Let’s start at home.  What can we do for those right around us today?

Bottom line:  Let’s be what we want to see in the world 🙂

 

Let’s shoot for making this Monday Momentous !!

 

Kelly Savage

 

 

I just had an amazing thought!

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I don’t know about you, but every so often, I get some thoughts that just seem to make this crazy life, with all it’s up and downs, just a little less crazy.  Actually, some thoughts can make us smile, giggle and leave the world for a moment caught up in that thought.  AHHHHH……

Sometimes it’s a memory, other times it’s a day dream seeing the world in eyes that we don’t currently have but wish.  Sometimes, we run into a person and a random act of kindness wants to create another act of kindness.

I have had a lot of those thoughts in all of those categories 🙂 …….

But recently I have had a thought of the what if’s…… mine went this way……..

Think about a time that you were hurt in your life, a time of even frustration and anger, or a time or confusion.  At times, we feel like less of a put together person.  Maybe we had something major going on in our lives but not sharing it because it is too sensitive, too private or we just don’t feel like being judged.  In those times, we might not have acted ourselves until our storm passed.

WHAT IF?  What if we, as a human race, treated everyone with an attitude of “I DON’T KNOW what you are going through, your thoughts and feelings, but I am going to accept you for you without judgment but rather with an understanding.”  Yes, I said it.  What if we really did that and took that attitude with everyone?

Think about it……….

I’m talking about that guy who is really acting out and being a not so nice person? Ok, I will say it……. a jerk.  What if that woman is acting out and just being nasty?

What IF we really didn’t get upset at people so quickly and take on the attitude of “they really may be going through something right now?”  What if they just lost a close friend, parent or even a child?  What if?

I don’t know about you but my thought included what if we really did receive real love from one another and we felt we could be vulnerable enough to share our heartaches and concerns and not be judged.  Wow, there is that word again.  Judgement.  Sorry, my friends, that a huge one that we all do and yet, when done and not knowing or caring for the whole story……….. in the end….that type of judgement  helps nothing.

The truth of the matter is we really have no idea what a lot of people went through, been through or are currently going through.

What if we took the time to listen to people after asking “Do you want to talk?” and we walk away learning from just that experience? Yes!  That can happen! 🙂

Just a thought.  Am I here to save the world?  NO way!   In all of our human nature attitudes and feelings, this is a ginormous task and I don’t want that responsibility.  We really all do have that freedom of choice of how we act even in our circumstances.

I just smiled when I thought my what if’s and I continued on my way 🙂

I do try to take that attitude of “I wonder what they are going through to act like that?”.  Maybe I do that to lessen my frustration at them lol – but it works to keep my peace and hopefully help them in some small way.  It’s a win win! 🙂

What if?  I will leave you to think 🙂

Blessings!

Kelly Savage

 

John 3:17,

 

Rain Rain Go Away……..or …….

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Rain!  Are you serious?  My hair will get wet!  My clothes!

Why is it that some, most, a good bunch of people think of the rain like that?  Come on…..let’s admit it……we, at times, have a bad attitude with rain.

That includes me but…….

I shrugged off that attitude last night and boy, did it feel good!

Let me explain…………I have been trying to get my 3-4 days of exercise in and I decided to take a good strenuous walk last night and it was beautiful out…….until…….the rain just started to downpour…..again…..

I have to admit that at first I had the attitude of “seriously!?” and all of a sudden it hit me and it spoke to my heart……..”be childlike”, “don’t stress the small stuff”, “take the opportunity to do something different”.  I then remember that I like to walk in the rain 🙂 – have done it several times on purpose!

All of a sudden my attitude shifted and before you knew it, I was enjoying the different, the throwing away a bad attitude, the rain cooling me off.  In fact, I ended up lifting my small weights in the yard with the rain 🙂

Listen my friends…….it’s the small stuff that sometimes drives us crazy, that gets under our skin, however, in the scope of things, they really are small things.

It can be small things that frustrate us, depress us, infuriate us……….OR………it can be small things that make us see bigger things, that expand our minds, that give us a lift and a smile.

What’s the difference?  Glad you asked!  It’s our attitude and our perception towards those small things.

Next time you can witness a child play with a toy, get mad at a friend and the next minute they are best friends, chase bubbles or catch fire flies, watch that child’s attitude with the smallest of things.  Better yet, witness and watch a child laugh at the silliest things.

Childlike heart – seeing things differently – that’s where it’s at.  There is a special perception children hold and one that we need to visit more often.  I believe wholeheartedly that if we view things with a childlike heart towards the small things and childlike faith towards the big things, our life would change.

Do something different today – walk in the rain, get dirty, make a craft, forgive like a child, play with bubbles, build a sandcastle, color a page, play hopscotch or catch fire flies.

I know, firsthand, there is power in that.

Now I can’t wait to catch some snowflakes on my tongue 🙂

Unlimited possibilities to view things differently.  I hope you all try today!

Blessings!

Kelly Savage

SHHHHH………..

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Ok….I have an experiment for everyone.  I did it and it became real.  It isn’t the first time I did it and certainly won’t be the last because of the mere fact that every time I do it, it brings on insight and growth.

So, before we proceed, if you don’t want insight and growth and I do know people who have said “no thanks”, you might not want to do this.

Remember, if we are staying in the attitude of love, then every person has the ability to choose and we would love them through that choice.  It doesn’t mean that we condone or even agree with what people do and vice versa, may not agree with what I do, but love would still be present allowing for people to grow more as they desire.

First, before we get to the experiment, that last paragraph paralleled something in the Bible – judgement.

What I try to bring to my writing and I truly hope it comes across is that I, myself, am a believer in God, Jesus, the Cross, redemption and the fact that I believe in the Bible’s teachings.  I also will not argue, debate or “thoroughly discuss” as some have put it unless we want to get into a deep conversation about God’s love.

What I also try to bring to the table in my writings is I am not here to judge, nor do I want the job as it is way too burdensome and heavy for me to carry.  I try to give out scriptures for people to read, pray on, and ponder for themselves and if they want more understanding, my hope is that they ask God through prayer to shed light on the scriptures.

My relationship is with God, through Jesus, and I am not here to preach it, pound it, throw it or Bible beat anyone.  I am here to try, my very best, to live the Bible and its’ teachings, which by the way, is not always easy.

Now……….experiment time!!!!!  Who’s in?

Take 30 minutes or even 20 minutes if you can’t take 30 🙂 –

Sit in a room…..no TV, no cell phone, no one else, no radio, no music, no noise.  I know……. it just became real already in the world we live in!

Take a note pad and pen in your silent room.

Ready? Go!

What is on your mind?  The first 5 minutes or possibly 10, will be all the things racing through your head…..what you need to get done, what you forgot, how silly this experiment is……..all kinds of things will race through your mind………….yet, sit, wait and write down what ALSO is on your mind.  What is your heart trying to tell you.  What IS bothering you?  What images come?  Maybe it’s a word, phrase, paragraph or images.

To make this even more intense, take the leap of faith in prayer and ask to be shown something that needs to be addressed in your life, your heart, to come to a place of working through things.  Everyone has “things”.  Everyone has something that they could improve or need healing of some sort.  Sometimes, just sometimes, you get something much more out of it than you even expected.

This has been a very successful experiment with me countless times.  My mere desire was to share with you and hope you get just a little out of it, well, a lot of out it 🙂

Again, I will say it as a disclosure, if you don’t want to look deeper in your life where sometimes we all have to grow or heal, this experiment might not be for you.

I hope it is and you are touched deeply today.

Experiment on!

Kelly Savage

 

 

 

 

Christianity 101

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Love. 

Not enough information?  Ok – Let me try this…….

John 13:34 – “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another”

Galatians 5:14 – The entire Law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 6:2 – “Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the Law of Christ.”

Does that clarify some things?  It does for me.

I could keep on giving scriptures but if we soak on those for awhile, it would change us with just those.

I am a simple person and I don’t like to complicate things or confusion.  I am also the kind of person that likes truth.  Does truth feel good all the time?  No.  However, when truth, spoken in love, can help me, as a  person, to see things and consequently, with the same love, be there for that person.

Does truth challenge me at times?  Yes.  However, when truth challenges me, it means I have am getting there – I am growing – I am seeing things inside myself that can be tweaked to maturity and I haven’t reached the end.

Here’s the big question…………

Have I perfected the love road at all times?  No.  God’s love will continue with me to the very day that I leave earth and to go be with the Perfect One.  In the meantime, I have His love, unconditional love, and our call is to freely give out that love to others.  The thing we need to see is loving people, with unconditional love, is powerful and life-changing.

That’s Christianity 101.

This is not what I say.  The theme of love, us receiving it and living and giving love out, is all over the Bible.  You know the old saying – don’t shoot the messenger.

I am also one that will never argue or debate the Bible.  The theme of love has been shown to me time and time again, trusted and true and never failed…………mostly when I have asked to see how love is flowing in my life.  We ask and we receive.  Maybe not exactly how we want it, feel we should have it or when we should, but if we seek, we will find.

Here is the thing………….Each of our walks need to be walked individually…….I am where I am in my view of life, some are at other places.  The common denominator should be love and acceptance of where others are at in their life as they grow.  God is always there. No doubt for me.  As I walk with Him, talk with Him, spend time with Him, and seek answers out, it is constantly shown.

And that, my friends, is peace in the heart.

I do pray that all have a wonderful 4th of July, remember those who fight/have fought for our freedom we have, receive love from God and freely flow it out to others.

With Love,

 

Kelly