A step of Honesty.

I have heard that saying a little white lie won't

hurt? Well let's be honest here a lie is a lie and it destroys people. I sat in a room one time with someone and they said that honesty was overrated. The problem is with that statement is that lying has become the norm and lying accepted by society. It's not always easy telling the truth, especially to family, standing up to them may come at some consequences and that is very scary for many. Honesty makes you able to live freely instead of covering up a lie with another lie and the mess grows and grows. If you look at people who lie they do not look happy it is as if they are carrying a huge weighted bag on their shoulders and indeed they are, they carry guilt and pride in that bag. It is pride that keeps us from been honest, pride that tells us that it is alright to lie. Be brave and be honest. A white lie is like poop on the ground in the snow it discolors the truth and is not pretty. Honesty, breeds integrity and gives peace to a person. Take a step of honesty this coming Christmas and new year and see how lighter your load will be. Please have a cup of tea with me today.

The Past

As I type this I think of Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol. At Christmas time we often look back at Christmas past. The issue is with that if we look hard enough we will find the good the bad and the ugly. Like Pantomime at Christmas there is the good sister and wait for it the two ugly ones.Also as we look it is almost like the ghost of Christmas past walks into the room. Often in life many people want to keep us captive in our past like a time capsule wanting us to pay the price, the truth none of us can pay the price none of us will ever, because those people who try to hold us there want something we cannot give them. If they are honest they want revenge and by reminding us of the past they think they hold us there. But Jesus Christ paid it all. He did forgive us. As I sat the other days in tears finding it hard to remember some good from my past a woman told me again how Christ loved me and that forgiveness was everything. I have said it over and over again this week. I forgive. Hurting people often hurt others. Don't let your past ruin your Christmas this year, but let your past be buried and you live a new life,

like Scrooge did and like the end of the Panto, Cinderella wins her Prince. You be the better one forgive, restore and Live. Then your Hope is restored and I believe a brighter future awaits us. Pleas have a cup of tea with me today.

I wonder perhaps there are Angels among us.

This week has been a tough week. But I have been so blessed a lady came to my line she spoke of France and the markets. I was pulled in by her talking to me. Oh I so wanted to get her name to go to France with her. At the end of the conversation I asked her if she was a Christian and I prayed that she would get well, as she said she was sick. She smiled back and said "oh God Bless my sister". I felt it was so little if she was that ill that she had to come to the states. But I wanted her to stay there. But in minutes she was gone. A man came by latter that day commenting how pretty my hair was. "It's long" I said but he was so sincere. Many come through my line where I currently work telling me there stories, perhaps years ago I would not of cared, but today I listen wanting to give them something back to cheer there day. In my littleness perhaps my smile can help them. I read an article about Walmart and how many are struggling there financially, I stared to cry, it is so tough now a days. Yet once I would of judged but now I see that in life we all need each other. I wonder perhaps there are Angels among us helping us to see that life is not just about us,

it's about giving even a smile something to another human being. Please have a cup of tea with me today.

Election USA 2012

As I sadly looked at people's comments on facebook and such media, I was upset at how low we have come as human beings. People criticizing other's purposely pulling another down for self gain. Twisting the truth and yet smiling like nothing was wrong and that this behavior was fine. Yet in a school system even a preschool or a day care center, this behavior would mean a visit to the principal's office and parents called. Yet we allow people in office to spend mega amounts of money to do this without blinking an eye and saying that this is the norm. On the contrary, you are telling the young that it is alright to lie, alright to spend masses amounts of money. While others go hungry and in the face of a Hurricane Sandy, bus people in to get their votes; yet that night, they might well go home hungry or to no lights. But they voted. Hope it all makes us feel proud. It sure does not me. If anything it says how low we as humans have come. Be for real. Let us the minority, stand up and teach our children values in the hope that one day a fair game is played in the real world of Government.

Please have a cup of tea with me today.

Listening Ears,open heart.

I will have to say that I am not necessarily the best listener. But the older I get the more I try to listen more. My mum has not been well and with all my heart I wished I could go down the phone and be with her. One day she said "Lisa oh please don't go I don't want you to go." and then another "I'm a bit nervous about going down the town". Instead of having an answer I just listened. At work someone started joking with me but I internalized everything they joked about, so I talked to this person, they shared a bit about their life. Instead of me feeling hurt, how I was treated, which they apologized for, I said how sorry I was for what they had gone through in their life. Sometimes when I talk to people or write a letter it often feels like they just ignore what my heart is saying, but I so often do that. The phrase "Walking in another persons shoes" is often very hard, but if we listen and not give answers sometimes we can often feel and hear another persons cry. My mum just wanted someone to tell her that she would be alright. Listen it's not easy but we all need each other. Please have a cup of tea with me today.