People always come into your life for a reason, a season and a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, or to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or even spiritually. They may seem like a godsend too you, and they are. They are there for a reason, you need them to be. Then, without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die, Sometimes they just walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on.
When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season. And like Spring turns to Summer and Summer to Fall, the season eventually ends.
LIFETIME, relationships teach you a lifetime of lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person/people (anyway);, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas in your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. Thank you for being part of my life…..
First of all, I’m writing this blog post from Microsoft Word 2007… I just found out I could blog directly from it! Another way Microsoft is slowly taking over my life.
Is anyone else sick of Harper and the Conservatives suing everyone? I’ve been quite busy lately, graduating from college, but it seems every time I turn on the TV I hear about a Conservative suing or giving legal notice over an allegation.
Is anyone else concerned about what this means to our democratic institutions?
Parties should not be using our courts to settle political debates. Not only is it a waste of taxpayers money, but it also allows a party with a lot of money to scare other parties into being silent.
When you enter politics, you should expect your actions to be scrutinized. And you should expect to be accused of many different things, by many different groups. I’m not suggesting that baseless accusations are a good thing, but it’s not out of the norm in politics and you should be ready to defend yourself. Instead of suing, the Conservatives should be defending themselves to the public. Imagine if the Liberals sued the Conservative party over initial allegations of AdScam… we may have never gotten to the bottom of it.
We live in a democracy. Yes, when you make an allegation against somebody else you should have your facts straight. But you shouldn’t have to fear a lawsuit when you question authority.
From one of my insiders:Watch Jack tonight on Lou Dobb’s CNN show tonight at 7:30 pm ET.He’ll be talking to MILLIONS of folks about NAFTA and the widening gap between the rich and the rest of us (or in Dobbs-speak, “the war on the middle-class”)…… UPDATE
First of all, I would like to thank my family, my friends, and my supporters. They have been tremendous throughout this campaign, and I couldn’t have done it without their support.
As many of you probably already know, my campaign was a low budget one. With $0 in the bank, the campaign relied mostly on me knocking on doors and talking to voters. I did increase the vote slightly, and I believe I presented a good choice to the voters I was able to talk to.
In the last week and a half of the campaign, I shifted my focus onto another campaign as an e-day manager. That was the Calgary Fort campaign where the NDP managed to get 14% of the vote. Julie Hrdlicka was an amazing candidate with her passion for social justice. I do hope that she is not discouraged, and that she will run again. The campaign was started with virtually nothing, and achieving 14% was a major feet. If she runs again, I have no doubt that she will be able to win it.
That said, I was quite disappointed in the overall provincial results, and the low voter turn out. The opposition will need to work harder, and speak out louder so that the concerns of ordinary Albertans can be heard.
I am not discouraged, and my name will appear on a ballot in the not so distant future. I will always fight for the ordinary working/middle class person.
“I am hurt, but I am not slain:
I’ll lay me down and bleed a while,
And then I’ll rise and fight again.”
-Sir Andrew Barton
