Why am I blogging?

My daughter's smile is the lovely one you see above! I love to see people smile! Maybe that is why ...I like to capture smiles or snapshots of things that make others smile with my camera. I know we can't go through every minute of life with a smile but I hope that even when life is hard we can have a peace that others will notice and desire. My blog initially started as a way to honor my mom and her great outlook on life. She died in May 2010 from cancer. I don't think I can ever due justice to her life but I hope I can live my life in a way that would make her proud. The one other great privilege I have had is to be Carol Hensley Singletary's mother. She was our only child and she died suddenly on Feb .27, 2013. She was 19 years old. Her zest for life, her smile and her loving personna is missed by many, but none more than by her husband of just 6 months, Cooper. We carry on by grace and faith in God, and will look for any means to smile while we are left here on this earth for some reason by God. What I would give just to see the beautiful smile of my mom and daughter again! I know without a doubt I will someday, but until then I am going to try and praise my God and King in the life's good days and through life's pains. And i'm sharing here ...in hopes that you will smile with me. judy!

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Does the Online World Give us the Liberty to be Mean?

I have been thinking about the title that  I have given this blog/thought/insight-of-how-judy's-mind-works and was wondering "does anyone else think people can be so very mean online"?  I mean, it doesn't matter if you are a Christian, so-called-Christian, a person who does not believe in any god or supreme being, karma, or else....wouldn't it be nice, civil or almost pleasant to agree to disagree with some semblance of respect to one another.

Case in point: Miss Colorado Talent for Miss USA 2015  if you go and look at the link you can see and hear a very nice monologue by Miss Colorado in the talent part of this year's Miss America contest.  She talks about being a nurse and an Alzheimer's patient who changed her view of why she became a nurse. If you scroll down past the adds and other links to other videos,  you can read a ton of vehement 'going-ons' (or the more commonly used term:  COMMENTS).  Yes, people claiming that 'nursing is not a gift --it is a skill',  and remarks by those who line up and support a young nurse who claims she does not believe in 'god-given gifts'  and others who line up and comment leading to a rather unneeded escalation of emotions.

It is almost sickening.  So would these people say the same thing if they were standing  in front of each other?  I doubt it.  But on the internet, we don't know those 'other people' who for some reason  just don't agree with our opinion or anyone else's opinion, and it seems that people just won't let silly things be just that.  And somewhere, whether it was intentional or not, the topic of the comments has nothing to do with the object first viewed or read.  Come on people.  Can we not even be civil?

And believe me...I am asking myself the same question.   Why do I let these people get my blood pressure up?  I don't know them.  I should  not even care what they say.  But  OH! I tell myself, how good it would feel to let someone know their comment was idiotic...or made no logical sense.  If I were standing in a group discussing their discontentment, I would not say a word.

Why is it we let that  feel of internet anonymity to allows us to 'spit words of hate' at others?  Rise above it, people.  Yes, that means me too..even my thoughts.  I want to live my life in such a way that it will speak volumes to others about loving our neighbors, being  tolerant, and even showing tough love sometimes. I will just admit this:  it is a daily struggle..... to try and be nice to un-nice people.   It is hard some days to think that you can even make a difference...when you read such mean comments people say to one another...or even you.  But just believe this:  God isn't worried about your worries, He just wants your all to be for HIM.  He wants to team-up with you ..... to overcome all the worries you may have!

And when when life gets you worn-out, maybe this little quote I saw this week will help  you out:  "WORRY brings STRESS,.  GOD brings REST." (guidepost reader Wanda McDaniel)  So when those comments leave you wanting to 'get em back'....just pray for them instead.  They may say they don't want you to..but do it anyway.  They may thank you when they get to know you in heaven!

Blessings,

Judy 9/15/2015
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