Do It Anyway

Y'all might know the song by Martin McBride - turns out Mother Theresa first had the idea. Everyday at least one challenge presents itself. Everyday we are given an opportunity to make a choice - may not be an easy choice and it might not be a life altering choice; could be as simple as letting a car go in front of you, or letting the person with less items ahead of you in the grocery line - maybe it is reaching out to someone you haven't spoken to in a while, or hugging someone you love. Life is not always fair. I will testify to that! I have spent a lifetime wondering what the heck I did in my previous life to deserve some of the stuff God has thrown at me. I have always been a big fan of Mother Theresa - she challenged the church every step of the way. See, she couldn't understand why the church would turn its back on the sick & infirmed. She couldn't wrap her head around the idea, despite public outcry - why the church wouldn't do it anyway. I've read many of her letters, she was one lady with an opinion and not afraid to express it. Should they toss her aside would not have mattered, she would have done it anyway. So many things we do, working for a better life, the desire to be in love, wanting a new toy...I'd say for the most part we work to make our lives and the lives of those we love better...what about the rest? Over 50% of marriages end in divorce - are you going to close your heart? I've worked as long as I can remember, now at 48 everything I was building has crashed, should I have not worked? Yeah, when you give a stranger a few bucks they might go buy beer...so what? Do it anyway! If everyone of us, just once a day committed a random act of kindness - my goodness that would be sweet. Even if your kindness is not appreciated...do it anyway! Let go of the past, forgive, live right here and right now - and if you want a new toy; don't deny yourself - do it anyway! The potential for really turning around the great USA is not in the BS rhetoric of these greasy politicians talking about change and sacrifice and hard choices - what do they know? Real choices happen in homes where parents collect cans so they can put food on the table. Real choices happen in hospitals where you hold the hand of someone you love for the last time as they turn off the machines. Real choices are forgiving, and yes turning the other cheek until your black and blue because the relationship you want has more depth and meaning than the person attempting to thwart it. Yap, yap, yap, on they go - you and I, we are the real agents of change! We can start small, work our way to bigger things - and even if all indications are that our actions might not bring about the desired affect...gosh darn it - lets DO IT ANYWAY!