Teamwork

The cross argues for you.

Every day.

Every minute.

Every hour.

Every new day.

Every new minute.

Every new hour.

”Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without a fault in a warped and crooked generation.” The you will shine among them likes stars in the sky. (wk)

Be a peace trainer (pf).

It is safe to say we are all imperfect.

It is safe to say we can all improve.

It is safe to say we all come from “somewhere”

The beauty is in knowing the difference, the indifference, the difference between good and bad. This is not always an easy task.

Can be the most difficult of all the tasks we each undertake from day to day.

Admitting when we are wrong cam be impossible. The good news, it can be the staring point. Battered, bruised and bumped. We have a responsibility to share with others, the good, the bad, the ugly in order to set on this path of being sufficiently healed. Only one being is perfect. But we can aspire to be good. We can aspire to be honest. We can aspire to share. We can aspire to be healed.

It is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned. Believe it or not, our adversaries have a place in our life. Our adversaries serve a purpose in our life. To show us that when we become battered, bruised and broken that is not really who we are.

The true measure of the man is how they rise up from the challenges, who they use as the vehicle, and how they use those persons in their “inner circle”. The caravan of peace or the caravan of destruction? It is a good question to ask oneself. We all have motivations. We all have reasons. We all have aspirations.

It is best not to waste any of them. The good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful.

How else do we learn to become a better person, better people? Sometimes it gets messy for sure. Sometimes we even start from the middle, and the pendulum sways angrily and abruptly.

A wild ride.

Admitting when we are wrong can be near to impossible. We do not want to lose our “credibility”. Better still is is ok to admit that we do not know everything. Survival of the fittest is really a “thing”. But so is the fact that to be a lifelong learner one has to actually,

Learn.

When we feel, when we are poor in spirit, we cannot rely on ourselves. (pf). Best to learn to rely on others. Be a part of a team. The “A” team, the “B” team, the “C” team, the alternate team, the good team, the bad team, it really does not make a lot of difference. But indifference does make a lot of difference.

Challenge yourself through the paths you choose to not waste any of the lessons you learn. Application of the lessons to those you love and may not love will lovingly and spiritually regard your neighbors even if and when you are not trying to.

Ironically. This is a good thing. We don’t always have to be friends.But we do always not need to be adversaries, enemies. We can agree to disagree. But it is wrong to engage is violence of our neighbor. Soft violence. Hard violence. Quiet violence. Loud violence.

In all areas of our life, do not waste the lessons learned. The good. The bad. The ugly. The beautiful. Treasure each lesson as a gift. To be learned. To learn from, and then take it from there.

How?

Challenge yourself.

How?

Try not to waste.

Avoid the “throw away culture”.

Three challenges:

“Try not to waste the girt we are”. (pf) Believe it or not, we all have gifts, talents and dignity. What we have. Who we are. Do not waste the gift of you.

”Try to to waste the gifts we have” (pf). Half of total food production goes to waste. Use the gifts of what you do have and share with others. It is as simple as that.

”Try not to waste people” (pf). Do not waste people. People are not to be thrown out. Treat others as you would like to be treated. Each person is a unique gift. Respect them.

How will we know if and when we are treating others correctly? Good question. Unfortunately.Negativity sells. Gossip may promote. Avoid this at all costs. Do not throw away yourself in sadness. Admit what it is that you do not know. Seek advice and help another, help others. Sometimes we treat those we love poorly and do not even realize it because we are deep inside our own head, heads.

Oftentimes we want to win the fight at all costs just because we live in fear, to admit we may have been wrong. This prevents us from witnessing the joy that life is a gift. We simply cannot know everything there is to know about “stuff.”

Aspire to become sufficiently healed with the goal of sharing the best gift of you with others. This is a fundamental concept, however because we are humans we do not always see straight—whatever path we choose to walk. We fail. We feel battered. We feel bruised. We feel justified.

So. On the days when you feel your lowest. Try not to waste the moment and get out of your own head. Desire to play a game well together, even if and when you do not know how to “play”. Our friends, as well as our adversaries are present to teach us lessons each and every day.

Embrace each and every lesson of life the same: Open heart, open mind. Rich in spirit. Rich in love. It is the best path forward, whether crossing it with another or not. Do not throw away yourself in the sadness of the desperate, difficult moments in your life because then you deny yourself the chance to grow. And the chance to share that growth with others.

Reconciliation is just around the corner, every corner. We just need to trust. We are able and capable to put personal wasteful thoughts aside. They take up space in our minds that is unproductive. Focus on the gift that each and every one of us is. Share the gift of you with anyone and everyone!