By giving my experience, strength, and hope to the younger generation. By investing time with those younger than me in hopes that what I could off to them would allow them to live a life that was a little better than mine.

I can be a better friend by listening more and listening to understand. I can be a better friend by giving less suggestions and by not trying to get people to see things my way.

I am witnessing the miracle of resilience. I watch, even in my own life th will and drive to strive and do better in the face of adversity. While people may fall, fail, make mistakes, and experience terrible losses they contintue to get up and strive to be do and have more…all the while the option to quit, to give up, to throw in the towel is there.

Meditation, Self Introspection, Prayer and things like a gratitude journal help me to become less critical of others. An honest inventory of where I am, where I have come from in proportion of where I want to be helps to keep me humble and see that this is my process.

Prayer has also been helpful in helping me become more compassionate towards others.

I ended up in a different state than the one I had come to call home after many years. It was not my first choice to be there nor did I really want to be there. Yet, I remained open minded and took some suggestioni and loe and behold I ended up running into someone from my home state that I knew…. at the time I knew I was exactly where I needed to be.

I would miss my ability to observe of a situation and figure out the system behind it. The ability to see how things work and break them down conceptually and explain them in an understandable way.

I would miss my ability to connect with people where there pain is. To understand that pain.

The first thought in mind is just the beauty that trees have. How they can complete enchant my soroundings. I think to when I used to go to New Orleans and sit in Audibon park and the big Willow trees just made the place look anceint and magical.

Trees also give me a sense of grounding these huge structures that are so firmly rooted in the soil.

I guess there are a lot of principles and teachings that are bestowed by trees.

Eric Thomas, a Youtube content creator. For years, the content he has created has inspired me in times where I needed motivation, brought me comfort in times when I felt hopeless , and allowed me to have faith in times when I had none

I have energy in abundance. I can share this energy with others.

Myself. Solitude. The truth that I don’t need someone else to to complete me. That with my higher power I am already more than. Enough. I can. I will. I just.

By looking back and seeing all the things that I once thought would break me or be a problem and realize that I am here now…inspite of what I once thought would take me out.

I am grateful for the word no. I want what I want when I want it. But being told no, when I reflect and consider, is sometimes the best answer. I am thankful for delayed gratification.

Today, despite our “health scares” ……I will say hi to people, open doors when possible…..and if all else fails, I will offer a smile.