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(age: 29 years, 7 months, 2 days, 3 hours, 1 minute)
[history: 2002... ]
Friday June 29, 2007
Practice Non-Random Acts Of Kindness
So I'm up still (what's new?) reading this amazing article... and I ask myself, 'Are you doing this?'
The sadness in my answer is not simply that it's, 'Not as much as I could' but the underlying reason that drives that to be the reality.
there's more where that came from...
You see, I've actually always walked out such a lifestyle. Maybe that's my love-language. Maybe it's a gift. Maybe it's a burden God has laid on my heart.
None the less... the more I've acted it out, I've gotten the strangest backlash from some. Folks who simply see it as me being "too nice", "a doormat", or even simply "trying too hard". *shrug* Maybe that's true, but it's honestly not at all where it comes from. In all honesty. I've never seen my brain's thoughts so well laid out and explained as I just saw... For now, I'm simply going to take it as an encouragement from the Father to continue on as I've intended from the get-go... without "fear" of any silly repercussions!
The lingering challenge will be to really step it up, and walk it out... even when it hurts, or perhaps especially then!? ...enough already!
  scribbled by manky @ 4:46:21 
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this has been a can't sleep, meta, soapbox rant entry
(age: 29 years, 5 months, 28 days, 23 hours, 14 minutes)
[history: 2006... 2005... 2004... 2002... ]
Wednesday May 23, 2007
Tell Me About It...
so Allison wrote what could only be read as my thoughts exactly... I responded, and well... got carried away!
Just thought I'd share, for posterity:
there's more where that came from...
oyg! Amen, I hear ya on that one...
however, I'd actually venture (perhaps from my own bit of current bitterness on the matter)
that it's actually a bit of the opposite phenomenon than conjured in the above comment. You see, I see it as that in TVLand writers and such get to play "God" on a bigger level then God does in life... especially when it comes to people and their choices... since He created us with this little thing we love called "free will". And unfortunately, a lot of us are so bound by that, we rarely allow others to speak into, influence, or even point out, that which is blaringly obvious to the rest of the world. We are so big on our own "free will" and "piece of the decision" that we press past some of the gifts God lays before us... thinking we know _better_ *sigh*
*off to include this rant on her own blog* ...enough already!
  scribbled by manky @ 0:59:17 
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this has been a soapbox rant, telly entry
(age: 29 years, 4 months, 22 days, 14 hours, 41 minutes)
[history: 2006... 2003... ]
Wednesday April 18, 2007
Checks & Balancing
It's becoming more and more apparent to me just how difficult it is to get "ahead of the game" (let alone stay there) in this growing town. Once a nice mom&pop type environment, small, & quiet; it is now booming with folks nabbing up houses and bumping up prices! All this factoring into my own inability to obtain enough money to actually participate in the buying of a home of my own.
So begins the whirlwind of possibilities of bank backing. Obviously, in the case of purchasing a home, Secured Loans may be the best option... especially considering current and future inflation trends... Unfortunately, for me, I don't have the best credit... making most personal loans near impossible. In fact, with all the crazy debt I've accrued over the years (thanks to a couple naive/bad judgements of character, followed by bouts of unemployment, and then medical emergencies) Perhaps I should look further into the options of a Debt Consolidation Loan. Maybe then I could get back my semblance of credit, and really only have one entity that I owe and can regularly pay/maintain.
there's more where that came from...
I really don't like the idea of borrowing money, counting chickens before they hatch, living above my own means, etc. However the reality may very well be that some things may require it, unless of course I win big in the next lotto! It's all about balance (as is everything in life, I've learned) When you can recognize your limits, and spend & disperse your money wisely, secured loans can be a blessing... giving you an opportunity to steward for your future, and a families future...
can anyone tell where my mind has been lately!? ;) ...enough already!
  scribbled by manky @ 16:26:51 
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this has been a payperpost, soapbox rant entry
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