Manage and Choose

When I sign into my blog the word Manage pops up and I suppose it wants me to check my settings, etc., but as soon as I see Manage another box pops up saying my account is unknown and I need to Choose a different one. Every time I have to Choose a very old email address in order to make this blog come to life which then gives me the option to Manage.

This seems like a lot of silly steps just to put words on a page. 

Lots of work here when all I'm trying to do is share the thoughts of my heart because, as I'm learning, when I do this on a regular basis the words of my mouth and the things I try to do for others go so much better than when I don't.

Manage. Choose.

Sounds like lots of autonomy and freedom and control. Sounds like a world that really doesn't exist.

I'm not being negative here, just stating a fact that we can do all the right things to manage what we believe to be our life and then something completely unexpected occurs. 

A dear friend had a massive stroke last month and now she's bed bound in an adult family home.  People in Ukraine thought they'd celebrate Easter last Sunday, like they always have, and instead they were hiding in bomb shelters.

Manage. Choose.

We try to do this within our beliefs, our faith, our history 

AND

We must do this inside the heart of compassion. 

Stories of human atrocities and pain, big and small, are endless and always will be. Absolutely endless.

These things I cannot stop or particularly influence

But

I can Choose to Manage my own life, my own existence 

In such a way that when I leave the house this morning I go inside the heart of compassion, of peace, of patience ready to receive and bless whatever and whomever graces my path.

Lots of work here..