Thank you Mary I hope you have a great day too!!

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Hi Malorie, what a thought provoking post!! Thanks for sharing this "definitely food for thought" post. Hope you're having a great day. :)

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“ON THE OTHER FOOT”

Was talking to my daughter yesterday and our conversation reminded me of a part in the movie “Overboard”.

The main character of the story was a very rich woman, who was arrogant and rude. When she got amnesia she was taken in by a carpenter with 4 boys and made to believe that she was their mother and his wife. Living a life she had never and most likely would have never known. Once it all came out what was going on and she was back on the yacht, the butler who is now her friend told her “ Madam some people live all their life knowing only that one little station into which they were born....but you madam have been giving the rare opportunity to experience another. What you do with that information is up to you.”

Its a great movie which always, always makes me boohoo at the end. But it is happy boohoo' ing. :-)

But thinking about that, I was given that gift.

There were many factors at the time that caused my husband and I to separate. However during the 10 years that we were, I was able to see one of our major reasons for our separation from the other side of it.
Situations that I was in put me in that position. As time went on I was able more and more to see from the other side of the coin. It began to change how I felt about my husband and the issue between us. It began to open my eyes, my mind and my heart.

We all really only know our one little station in life, we have preconceived notions of how things should be and what should happen.

It is only when we can put the “shoe on the other foot” that we can truly see and understand situations from different angles.

Doing so will open ourselves up to really seeing from another perspective, to more understanding, more compassion.

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Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.

Lao Tzu

Very true Mary. And no one can make you happy, sad or even mad without you giving them permission.

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“ANGELS AMONG US”

Many a story has been written about angels. We feel their presence and heard about times when others have felt they have seen one.

When my children were little, one evening I remember seeing a lady in white floating over my child's bed. There was also a time when I was woken to the sound of a voice telling me to “check the baby” only to find my child wrapped up in her blanket.

Coincidence.....perhaps. I prefer to think of it as an angel watching over us.

I believe we all have an angel that watches over us. Perhaps helping us to a point to make the right decisions. Guiding us in a way. That little voice inside you of you that tells you right from wrong.

Over the years I have had the unusual thought as if I were the angel. Now I am hardly an angel but it is a thought that runs through my mind. Particularly when I am hearing or listening to something tragic or sad. It makes me feel very bad and I envision an angel, shoulders slumped, face caring and tear streaked, arms outstretched as if trying to reach out longing to make whatever better.

I feel she and I are one, she is my angel and yet she is a part of me. My empathy, my heart and caring. That part of me that feels deeply for family, friends, strangers and even the world.

Angels are indeed among us. They are a part of us. They walk our paths with us. They feel our sorrows, our happiness and hear our needs. We can draw strength from the knowledge that we are never alone.

Hi Malorie,

There are angels with us all the time. I was told we each have 2 angles. I named mine Sara and Daniel

I think you are seeing angels and they are there helping you in times of need.