Nov 24, 2011
Will Power. He’s one determined little bear!
To read The Adventures of Will Power and the Haunted House, click here.
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The Tall Grass
Will Power recently found himself overwhelmed. He felt he was stuck in the Tall Grass.
So many worries, so many cares. So many things to think about, when all he really wanted was to rest. The more he tried, the more wrapped up he became in his worries.
Help me! Help me!
He knew he needed a change, if not in situations, then in perspective. So he took a step back. He looked around and took a walk to clear his head. But he was still so consumed with concerns and the stresses of life that he couldn’t see his way clear of the heavy burdens he carried. The blessings he longed for were still just out of reach.
Blessings Out of Reach
There was only one thing to do: handle it. No matter what it would take, Will Power knew he had it in him to conquer.
First things first. He was smart enough to recognize he couldn’t do it alone. So he called for help from the One he knew could handle these things: the One who scared off those who kept trying to take Will Power’s blessings away. He was, of course, thinking of The Scarecrow.
Scarecrow to the Rescue
Letting the Big Guy Do The Work
As he gave his worries over for the Scarecrow to handle, he hid in the comfort of the colorful leaves.
It wasn’t long before the Scarecrow had chopped down the tall grass and made hay with it; showing Will Power that even the seemingly helpless situations can be handled one way or another.
Will realized there was so much more to life than worries and needs. That life indeed could be filled with fun and surprises, and even an abundance of blessings.
He took another look around him, and this time focused on what was beyond his immediate surroundings. He took a step, and another, and another.
Blessings
And soon he found himself sitting atop the biggest blessings he could imagine, far more than he needed or could even manage.
Surrounded by his abundance, thinking about getting from where he was to where he is, and all those that helped him along the way… There was only one thing he could think of to do:
Give thanks, and share.
Basket of Blessings
From our house to yours, remember that whatever situation you find yourself in, it could always be worse, and you’re never alone.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Nov 23, 2011 |
Tomorrow, we feast. The day after, we decorate and celebrate. Today, we gear up.
I’m going to brave the supermarket. (I already hear you, Jenn: WHAT THE HECK AM I THINKING?!). Jenn went to Wal*Mart yesterday and tweeted her survival, which received no small amount of heckling from me.
That’s okay. At least I’m staying in on Black Friday. The excuse of Unemployment and all that. (Actually, I just think the rest of you are crazy, so while you’re out in the crowds and the cold, I’ll be snug as a bug in a rug. And when I wake up, and you’re still standing in line, I’ll be drinking some hot coffee or cocoa while still in my jammies… Please tell me you aren’t like The People Of Wal*Mart and going out in your jammies. Please just give me that!).
Today I’m going to bake Pumpkin Spice cookies. Today I’m setting up my Nutcracker Village. Today I’m lighting my “Let It Snow” Yankee candle. Today I’m putting a log on the fire and baking up the first batch of my family’s old secret recipe, Holiday Doo-Dads (you know it by it’s current name, Chex Party Mix… but my recipe’s different. And more delicious. Just sayin’…)
And today I’m singing Christmas music. Loudly. In fact, I may broadcast it all the way across the states and then some. I do love me some Connick and Bocelli!
Today is the last day of the season before the Season. Every moment in the last few weeks has been pointing an arrow to tomorrow, flashing their neon signs screaming “THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE! THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE!” And I’ll be no exception.
We’ve got the meal planned down to the minute so we won’t miss a minute of the Packers-Lions game. And while I’m usually a Lions fan, I’m always a Packers fan, so I’ll be dressed in Green and Yellow and cheering with all the other Cheeseheads of the nation.
Friday is our annual Day After Thanksgiving Decorating Party. That’s a whole ‘nother blog for later. Right now, I think I’m all blogged out for the day.
In the words of someone famous (although right now, I don’t know who). “I’ve got places to go and people to see.”
And Franky, My Dear… that’s all she wrote!
Nov 22, 2011
Today’s weather warmed up with the sunshine, allowing the birds to come out of their cozy nests in search of the seed I’d placed for them. I saw my two scarce Cactus Wren leave the confines of their Joshua Tree and to my delight, two more were with them! My little family of birds is growing!
In keeping with this week’s post themes of Thanksgiving, I immediately thought “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” and that got me thinking.
That doesn’t really sound like I’m thankful for the birds in my bush. (Although I am). It sounds like I’m wanting more…
Well, realistically, who isn’t? But rather than spend all my efforts searching for more (two more in the bush), why not treasure the little bit that I already have (one in the hand)?
This Thanksgiving, I may not have much. But what I do have amounts to more than dreams. It’s real, tangible, heartfelt.
And the two in the bush? Well, that just leaves me something to strive for, and when necessary, enjoy from a distance.
