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The Future is Bright

1/2/2020

On Tam Coc boat tour in Ninh Binh. Coming out of the cave

As I reflect on a new year...a new decade...2020...my focus is on
"The Future is Bright"! Just like as I paddled through this cave on the Tam Coc Boat Tour and we came to the LIGHT on the other side! The Future is Bright!

You may say, "How can you know that the future is bright?"
Well, let me explain...

I have recently started the challenge of learning to drive a small 50cc motorbike in Hanoi. One of the instructions I have been given is to make sure that I look at where I want to go versus where I am. Where I focus my forward vision is where I will end up driving the motorbike. So, when I see a ditch, I don't want to focus on the ditch. I want to focus on the road ahead so I can avoid the ditch.

I realize, as I come into 2020, where I focus my vision is where I will steer my life. If I get distracted by the challenges that I will face and the difficulties that will come, I will steer my life into the darkness of these things versus the light that is on the other side. There maybe some dark caves or tunnels we find ourselves paddling through in 2020 but keep paddling. There is light on the other side. Focus on the promise you have. Focus on the goals you have set. Focus on the hope of a better tomorrow! There maybe weeping in the night BUT look for the joy...expect the joy...that will come in the morning!

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Celebrating

12/1/2019

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Celebration...Celebrating!
What comes to your mind when you hear these words?

Parties? Dancing? Feasting? Fellowship? Joy? Making Merry?
How about honoring, revering, blessing, praising, observing, remembering?

Celebrating is a time to recognize and remember. It is a time to be filled with gratitude and joy over the subject of your celebration. The act of celebrating is also an act of honoring what is being celebrated. As I think of this season of Christmas, I think of celebrating. Over 2000 years ago the shepherds were told that Good News of GREAT JOY was being given to them...that the promised Savior in the Jewish prophesies was now born in the earth!

As we enter this Christmas season CELEBRATE!! Oh yes, there can be so much stress from obligations, time deadlines (both work and personal), disappointment from others, etc...AND I encourage you to look UP! and CELEBRATE! Don't let the meaning of this season slip from you. Hold on to the truth of the Christmas celebration.

I want to share some photos of joy and celebration. I hope these visions help bring a smile to you and remind you to stop, breathe, look UP, and Celebrate with GREAT JOY this season.

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Being the Daydreamer

11/1/2019

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I am one of those daydreamers.
As a daydreamer I can see the potential of things but it maybe 20, 30 or more years before it could come into reality. As a daydreamer one of the challenges for me is the tension between what can be and what is in the realm of real time.The vision that begins to form in the dreaming, can seem so real and so present...like I can reach out and touch it. Then as my focus comes back into this realm where time exists, I am confronted with the distance between the dream and the details to make this dream a reality. For many years I have struggled with this part of me. I like the comfort of being a realist...operating in what I can see and understand...yet I can see things that others don't. I can see the potential; I can see the possibilities; I can see the options. Some people call this "the eye of faith". And this causes a hunger in me to move beyond the barriers and reach for these things that I can see.
After some experiences of sharing my daydreaming thoughts and having them shot down, I began to starve this side of myself. I would not indulge my dreaming as often. It seemed to bring disappointment and misunderstanding. It seemed to just be "pipe dreams" that had no true substance. But in time I began to see some of my earlier dreams begin to take shape. I began to recognize doors opening, and I started making steps that ushered in the reality of these earlier dreams. It was like a seed had been planted in those times of dreaming. Then it had laid dormant until the right season came for the seed to turn into the plant and produce its fruit. With this new understanding, I began to engage in the daydreaming again but with some better understanding this time. My desire is to share some nuggets to help encourage the daydreamers out there and to bring more understanding to those called alongside the daydreamers (friends, spouses, business partners, etc.). (click on READ MORE)

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Cindy writes about her adventures, observations, and other nuggets from living in another nation. She and John live in SE Asia. She will also share nuggets from her 58 plus years of life.

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