Others

This morning Bear was laying in his walk in closet instead of getting dressed. "Get up and get dressed." His reply "My medicine this morning tasted like hands". Meaning I had probably touched it with my disgusting hands and he didn't appreciate it. "Yes Bear I get up at 4 am and touch everyones medication." I turned and walked out and thought "Here we go." Sometimes I get so focused on myself. I focus on the problems.

A lady quite a bit younger than myself is having surgery for breast cancer today at 2:30.

A man in church sang a solo about how God is good even during bad times. His voice choked in the place where he said he wouldn't change a thing.

The cashier at WalMart looked so down. I asked her if she was ok. Her granddaughter had been injured by a horse and her other grandson was going to Iraq. She was feeling very sad.

Sometimes we need to quit giving ourselves a pity party and look outward. There are other people suffering and in need of encouragement. Yes. Our lives can be very hard. It is heartwrenching to see a child so disconnected from the world and lashing out in anger day after day. But for today I will turn outward and look for those to which I can extend a kind word, an encouragement and a prayer. There are many needs besides my own little world.