at the end of this life...we take our last breath...

"...blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted..." (mt. 5:4)

...when we are born into this life; we come to realize that we are only blessed with so many moments...moments that define us, moments that take our breath away...moments that are indescribable...

...we also realize that there is no guarantee to how much actual time we get to spend with one person...that even if we look at the very moment we are in, right now, it just doesn't seem like enough time...

so as humans we look to make the most if it..try to live as if this was our last...take all that is and all who are around us and just hold on, take it all in so that those around us realize how important, how awesome they made our lives, how special we felt because they were in our life...how the simplest things from a smile to a conversation or the very fact; that their presence touched our hearts makes us a better version of us...

...so when we come to that point where we must say good-bye for a little while, where are heart feels as  if it will never be whole again, where life feels as if it may never return to our 'normal'...

...where that person, our heart, takes their last breath, we stop, life takes a moment, & we look to the sky & say thank you...thank you for being a blessing in our life & for the gift of God that is you...

...uncle dave -- you are one in a million...may your memory be eternal...

one drink for you & one for us, cheers to the sky!

...the shop local initiative...we should at least try...

don't you think??

...i sometimes get an itch or rather a thought or belief that becomes part of a passion for me...some say i become too passionate about certain things; often to the point of me being stubborn & not wanting to listen to the other side of the argument (what can i say, i'm a leo or something like that)...i digress...

...this however is becoming more the forefront of my new passion...local, small business whatever that encompasses for you or how you define it...i have tried to support the small guy, my brothers are the little guy, not corporate owned & i want people to support them; so in turn i like to support others in the same boat...

...recently i have felt a bigger push to buy more local, more small business...why?  why do this, well to be perfectly honest i feel as if small business is a major backbone to society...they create & provide jobs, they support our local economies, & they put money back where it needs to be...there is also something about buying/supporting your own backyard...am i on my soap box, am i putting too much into it??

...maybe, or just maybe i challenge myself to buy more local, to shop where i live, when it comes to the buying produce i go to the farmer's market, or when i want a cup of coffee i try the local shop around the corner & the list goes on...& this goes for not just shopping & buying in only my city, my state, but to support all the local efforts out there...i can do this & there will be times i step into the big corporate store but if i just try to be a little more proactive, then maybe i can change the way i think or the way the big guy does business...here goes nothin, here goes to buying & going local!!!

one day at a time...

"...for I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future...." (jer. 29:11)

...as we journey through life we discover how often are minds want to jump ahead to the next week, the next 5 months and even the next several years...we want to figure out how the decision we decide today will determine what tomorrow will look like...how if we choose one path instead of another what hand life will deal us next...

instead (& I'm a serious offender) of living for the future...take a deep breath & live for this day...live for this moment & just hope for the next...realize that if this all you got than you can't worry about what will come next...take life as you should one day at a time, one moment that is created just for you...to live, to love, to smile, to breathe, to work, to play, to pray, to learn, to listen, to forgive, to just be...

cause if this is it, that one day might as well be the best f*&^#* day of your life...


"therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself...each day has enough trouble of its own..." Mt. 6:34)