Insist on Sincerity

Good evening my dear friends! Gosh it's hard to beilieve I am finally connecting with you after such a long time. See, I landed up in the hospital with breathing problems. It's a little scary, but hopefully the good Lord is staying on top of it. That's what we worship Him for, eh?

So this evening I want to talk about sincere friends, and I want to begin by sharing a not so well known Bible passage about two sons.

“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ “‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. “Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go. “Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. -Matthew 21:28-32 First impressions, huh? People can make a glowing first impression, and make you think they're God's gift. But you know something? They just don't have it in their heart. They probably wish intensely that they were the person they are pretending to be, but it's not there. And so, an important thing about forming healthy friendships is: Be realistic. How much can you really give to your friend(s)? How much can you really hope to receive from our friend(s)? And BE the person you are. Avoid getting yourself lost in a lot of meaningless drama. After practicing this a few days, I think real enjoyment and fun will come back into your life. ♬  The 4 Non Blondes: What's Up

In His Time

Let's take our chance at life, and give it our utmost!

Here is something that was posted to my Instagram. I thought it was strong and
inspiring.

WHY we do, WHAT we DO! Whose life will you positively touch each day? #FightWinSurvive www.FightWinSurvive.com

A photo posted by Fight...Win...Survive (@fightwinsurvive) on Mar 14, 2016 at 10:45am PDT

A brand new subject: making NEW friends!

I hope all of us are open to making new friends and beginning new relationships. Recently, I have made some new friends. Then too, it's really magical when someone you've always seen hanging around, and you all of a sudden notice each other and become excited about things you like in each other that you never noticed before.

A banal relationship can suddenly become meaningful, and you know what it takes? Patience. Relinquishing our usual set of expectations in order to learn about how somebody else sees the world. So often we scoff at people who are living life differently from us. My friends, you will never make new friends this way. You will never learn more about people, or human nature if you insist that your way of living, your values, your likes and dislikes about people are the only ones that exist.

I have noticed that when I am jealous of somebody for whatever reason, I am quick to pull out my list of standards and decide that this person does not match up, and I rationalize that he or she is inferior to me. Imagine if I let go of that! Imagine if I let go of that from my heart, and accepted someone even though I felt threatened by him or her! I could end up being friends with a really cool person! Jealousy is such a destroyer of both the one who feels it and the one who it is aimed at.

So making new friends requires an open mind. And it can be very exciting to discover both new things about people, and new things about ourselves. Let us all pull ourselves out of the rut we are in with our predetermined expectations. They can only lock us into a place where there can be no progress.

♬    Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

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