Psalm 8:1 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Well Friends, I guess everything is slowly getting back to what we consider normal after the Christmas season. We’re back on the treadmill of rushing off to work from home only to sit in a traffic jam and crawl along. School is open too, so we have to get the children ready for the baby sitter and all that. By the time we get to work we’re exhausted, especially if we didn’t have time to grab that morning cup of coffee. Then in the evening, it’s rush out of work, sit in a traffic jam again, pick up the children, make supper, get them ready for bed, fix stuff for the next day, then fall into bed exhausted, only to wake after a few hours of restless sleep to a shrill alarm and begin the whole cycle again. No wonder our stress levels are so high, the demands of our society don’t give us enough respite from the wear and tear of everyday life. But remember Friends, this is 2010, and we promised ourselves not to allow life to run us like it’s been doing. Instead, from here on in, we’re going to take hold of the reins and we’ll run life. Many of the things we do are important and necessary, but many are also unimportant and unnecessary. We have to look closely at our lives and weed out the unimportant, unnecessary things, learn to prioritize those many demands that are placed on us. At some stage we have to say no to some, else we’ll just ruin our health and not enjoy life at all, if we try to do them all. The Lord didn’t make us to go full out for ever. There’s supposed to be some semblance of balance in our lives if we intend to live to a healthy, decent age. So please slow down, get your priorities straight and enjoy your life as you go along. It’s the only one you’ll ever get, so make time to stop and smell the roses. Yes make time. This whole exercise has to be done on a conscious level with a conscious effort, else we’ll just continue along the same old path. You have to do it. It won’t happen just by wishing. And here’s a healthy helper as suggested by Elsa Maxwell: ‘Laugh at yourself before anybody else can.’ Yes Friends, laughter in general is good for the soul, body and mind. It’s one of the best preventive medicines we have. It’s cheap, costs nothing and is also great at restoring a sense of balance. We all need some humour, some levity in our lives, and lack of it is one of the reasons why we’re always so stressed out and uptight; we take life a little too seriously and go about with a sour demeanour. But laughter relaxes us, and they say it takes fewer muscles, and consequently, less effort to smile than to frown. And it not only brightens up our individual lives, but also those around us. Laughter is very contagious, so let’s try to have at least one good, hearty laugh each and every day. Mih people, it’s much better than many of the pills and whatever we’re popping to keep us going. Remember Jesus died so that we could have a good life, which means not only work, but fun and laughter too. Many of us feel though that to laugh or have a light-hearted attitude is frivolous, but that’s not true at all Friends. With a pleasant, light-hearted attitude you can get much more accomplished in less time because you’re relaxed, not tense and uptight, therefore you’re better able to concentrate on your tasks. It’s not to say we shouldn’t be serious about our lives and the things around us, but our society has become so crazy and high tensioned that we go around like robots or automatons, nobody smiling, only a friendly few, no time for the niceties of human interaction. And have you noticed our attitudes at work Friends? We’re rude, aggressive and unmannerly to both the public we serve as well as our co-workers. That kind of atmosphere is definitely not healthy, neither is it conducive to the smooth and efficient running of any workplace. And sadly, that attitude ruins our work ethic and breeds inefficiency. Now don’t even start me on that nuh. With all the supposed helpful technology we have today, our businesses are much more inefficient than before. It’s been over two months now I instructed one of the big banks up here to stop transferring money from one account to another, but it’s still going on. I’ve called and left messages, but to no avail. Ah Friends, call me old-fashioned yes, but I prefer the slower pace of life when you dealt with people whom you could trust to actually get things done. And if they didn’t, you could get them on the phone, not just an answering machine and unreturned calls. The trouble is that everybody wants to get into the technological swing, but very few seem to know what they’re doing, plus the staff has either been poorly trained and /or just don’t care. The state of the economy and the world in general certainly don’t make people feel comfortable in their jobs or normal lives, which again leads to more stress and tension. Hn, hn! Oh Friends, it seems that the Holy Spirit blindsided me, as it is won’t to do every so often, and have me writing what I didn’t plan to write. But He’s my guide and director, I’m just the lowly scribe, the messenger. And I guess today He wanted to send a message that we should all try and reduce our stress levels this year, cause it’s part of our New Year’s resolution of raising our righteousness at least one notch. We obviously can’t be righteous if we’re tired, stressed out and miserable. And truly Friends, if we lightened up some, we’d see such a marked change in ourselves, our surroundings and our society; more friendly people with smiling faces, less sour demeanours. Overall we’d be a better and more godly society, which is exactly what we’re trying to accomplish. So let’s lighten up nuh and get in a few hearty chuckles everyday, it will do us a world of good. Don’t worry, we’ll get into the Psalm tomorrow, God willing. Much LOVE!…a little laughter…can prevent many tears…
Well Friends, I guess everything is slowly getting back to what we consider normal after the Christmas season. We’re back on the treadmill of rushing off to work from home only to sit in a traffic jam and crawl along. School is open too, so we have to get the children ready for the baby sitter and all that. By the time we get to work we’re exhausted, especially if we didn’t have time to grab that morning cup of coffee. Then in the evening, it’s rush out of work, sit in a traffic jam again, pick up the children, make supper, get them ready for bed, fix stuff for the next day, then fall into bed exhausted, only to wake after a few hours of restless sleep to a shrill alarm and begin the whole cycle again. No wonder our stress levels are so high, the demands of our society don’t give us enough respite from the wear and tear of everyday life. But remember Friends, this is 2010, and we promised ourselves not to allow life to run us like it’s been doing. Instead, from here on in, we’re going to take hold of the reins and we’ll run life. Many of the things we do are important and necessary, but many are also unimportant and unnecessary. We have to look closely at our lives and weed out the unimportant, unnecessary things, learn to prioritize those many demands that are placed on us. At some stage we have to say no to some, else we’ll just ruin our health and not enjoy life at all, if we try to do them all. The Lord didn’t make us to go full out for ever. There’s supposed to be some semblance of balance in our lives if we intend to live to a healthy, decent age. So please slow down, get your priorities straight and enjoy your life as you go along. It’s the only one you’ll ever get, so make time to stop and smell the roses. Yes make time. This whole exercise has to be done on a conscious level with a conscious effort, else we’ll just continue along the same old path. You have to do it. It won’t happen just by wishing. And here’s a healthy helper as suggested by Elsa Maxwell: ‘Laugh at yourself before anybody else can.’ Yes Friends, laughter in general is good for the soul, body and mind. It’s one of the best preventive medicines we have. It’s cheap, costs nothing and is also great at restoring a sense of balance. We all need some humour, some levity in our lives, and lack of it is one of the reasons why we’re always so stressed out and uptight; we take life a little too seriously and go about with a sour demeanour. But laughter relaxes us, and they say it takes fewer muscles, and consequently, less effort to smile than to frown. And it not only brightens up our individual lives, but also those around us. Laughter is very contagious, so let’s try to have at least one good, hearty laugh each and every day. Mih people, it’s much better than many of the pills and whatever we’re popping to keep us going. Remember Jesus died so that we could have a good life, which means not only work, but fun and laughter too. Many of us feel though that to laugh or have a light-hearted attitude is frivolous, but that’s not true at all Friends. With a pleasant, light-hearted attitude you can get much more accomplished in less time because you’re relaxed, not tense and uptight, therefore you’re better able to concentrate on your tasks. It’s not to say we shouldn’t be serious about our lives and the things around us, but our society has become so crazy and high tensioned that we go around like robots or automatons, nobody smiling, only a friendly few, no time for the niceties of human interaction. And have you noticed our attitudes at work Friends? We’re rude, aggressive and unmannerly to both the public we serve as well as our co-workers. That kind of atmosphere is definitely not healthy, neither is it conducive to the smooth and efficient running of any workplace. And sadly, that attitude ruins our work ethic and breeds inefficiency. Now don’t even start me on that nuh. With all the supposed helpful technology we have today, our businesses are much more inefficient than before. It’s been over two months now I instructed one of the big banks up here to stop transferring money from one account to another, but it’s still going on. I’ve called and left messages, but to no avail. Ah Friends, call me old-fashioned yes, but I prefer the slower pace of life when you dealt with people whom you could trust to actually get things done. And if they didn’t, you could get them on the phone, not just an answering machine and unreturned calls. The trouble is that everybody wants to get into the technological swing, but very few seem to know what they’re doing, plus the staff has either been poorly trained and /or just don’t care. The state of the economy and the world in general certainly don’t make people feel comfortable in their jobs or normal lives, which again leads to more stress and tension. Hn, hn! Oh Friends, it seems that the Holy Spirit blindsided me, as it is won’t to do every so often, and have me writing what I didn’t plan to write. But He’s my guide and director, I’m just the lowly scribe, the messenger. And I guess today He wanted to send a message that we should all try and reduce our stress levels this year, cause it’s part of our New Year’s resolution of raising our righteousness at least one notch. We obviously can’t be righteous if we’re tired, stressed out and miserable. And truly Friends, if we lightened up some, we’d see such a marked change in ourselves, our surroundings and our society; more friendly people with smiling faces, less sour demeanours. Overall we’d be a better and more godly society, which is exactly what we’re trying to accomplish. So let’s lighten up nuh and get in a few hearty chuckles everyday, it will do us a world of good. Don’t worry, we’ll get into the Psalm tomorrow, God willing. Much LOVE!…a little laughter…can prevent many tears…
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