Dear Reader:
I admit this quick little response to others’ problems seems like an easy quick-fix… just pump some confidence into your spouse, child, grandchild, relative, friend, or stranger! Usually the comment is met with a nod and smile. I have been on both the giving and receiving side of this pep talk remark many times.
However… I have come to realize that this seemingly innocuous comment could be sending the wrong message because by now… we should know enough about life’s problems to understand problem -solving involves more than just ourselves.
Since I am a Carolina gal… it would be more appropriate for me to encourage another by saying… ” Y’all Got This” to a lone recipient because, ( reality check) we never do anything alone.
Even though ” You Got This” has good intentions … it still is putting all the pressure on the recipient to pass that math test or nervously try-out for a sport or ask for that promotion alone. The responsibility and outcome lands squarely on their shoulders instead of us shouldering it along with the person in need.
By simply including ourselves in the encouragement ” We’ve Got This” the person now feels part of a presence …a team !
Spiritually …by pluralizing ” WE GOT THIS!” a person knows that God is with them … every step of the way… encouraging and guiding them through each minute of every day and will never desert them. He is their constant cheerleader, supporter, and encourager!
So until tomorrow… Looking back on my initial cancer treatments… it was the presence of God that got me through each phase and stage… including each day of my life now… extended through amazing modern medicine options that gives us metastatic breast cancer ” thrivers” … hope of another day… until God calls us back home.
In other words… I live my life.. ” Day by day-Oh dear Lord three things I pray. To see Thee more clearly, Love Thee more dearly… Follow Thee more nearly… Day by Day.
Today is my favorite day/Winnie the Pooh
Happy Birthday to the beloved matriarch of the Dingle clan… Doodle! She is a woman of many talents and my go to ” Master Gardener” when I can’t identify something growing in my garden ( or these days ” remember” the name something I planted! ) 😂
We love you Doodle … the gal behind the scenes that makes everything right again! And who my family has voted the best cook EVER… especially Tommy!