I recently watched a movie called Five Feet Apart. A movie about cystic fibrosis patients who weren't allowed to be within 6 feet of each other and had to wear a mask whenever around each other because they were high risk for contracting each other's bacteria which could be fatal. There was one scene where the nurse admitted to allowing two patients to break the rules because she wanted to make them happy as they were in love. Their determination wore down her resolve and she didn't enforce the rules as per her role. The story conveyed, the risks outweighed the reward and they both passed away. The nurse gleened from this event a renewed resolved to not allow this to ever happen again on her watch. I wondered how many times we risk our health and well being by breaking rules in the name of happiness/love. We have to ask ourselves, is it more loving to force denied/delayed gratification or at minimum a brief period of uncomfortableness so that our health, well-being a...
Reality can't already be now under so much pressure Distrustful and willful somehow plague the future Even in the light we used to squint to see demands How things changed from a slow past to greedy hands Worse could be said of naivity and rose colored glasses Wolves dressed in sheeps clothing deceiving the masses Now became then while the patient remained hopeful The midst of the journey time told however grateful To not honor the past seemed less than authentic For we started one step at a time until times ended The shame would be for the future in my imagination to discourage dreamers from dreaming in future generations That the light we used to squint to see demands Would change from a learned past into praying hands
Today the Pam Boyd Radio show interviewed two young, talented authors. Morgan Miller wrote the book "Pick a Job any Job!" and Matt Miller wrote "A Week with Papa." It's wonderful to have youth do well and contribute to their communities. Teaching them now, is a great way to shape their futures. Give them opportunities to show off their skills and talents by continuously supporting their work. The doors are now open for our youth to continue to dream and be anything they want to be. As we recognize their gifts we celebrate our past struggles and move forward with intentionalilty stating with confidence that our future is bright! We look forward to hearing more of your stories and knowing that this is only the beginning of our potential as one.
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