The Change

Dear Friends,

Last week I heard another old Garth Brooks song and have had it rolling around in my head ever since.  I knew it was a blog letter in the making however it took a cranky week at work for me to finally put it in the right perspective and compose the message.

The title of the song is The Change and the first verse and chorus are as follows: 

One hand

Reaches out

And pulls a lost soul from harm

While a thousand more go unspoken for

And they say what good have you done

By saving just this one

It's like whispering a prayer

In the fury of a storm.

(chorus)

And I hear them saying you'll never change things

and no matter what you do it's still the same thing

But it's not the world that I am changing

I do this so this world will know that it will not change me.

This week I allowed myself to get drawn into the negativity of others.  I bought into it hook, line and sinker.  And all I got out of it was annoyance and aggravation plus a nasty headache to boot.  I'm a positive person.  I get along well with others.  So this morning I decided it was time to pull myself back up out of the negativity pit and go to work with a better attitude.  It turned out to be a better day.


There is so much negativity that surrounds us everyday that sometimes I think it is hard not to get caught up in it or let it get you down.  I didn't change the world by going to work in a better frame of mind.  I did it so the world would know it can't have my goodness.  Even when I stumble that is a non-negotiable point.


(Here is a link to Garth Brooks singing The Change as a tribute to the heroes of the Oklahoma City bombings back in 1995.  http://vimeo.com/8716214 )


There is a blog I regularly visit at www.postsecret.com created by Frank Warren.  It is on going project in which people anonymously mail postcards to his address with a secret on them.  I first learned about it by watching one of my beloved TED talks. http://www.ted.com/talks/frank_warren_half_a_million_secrets.html Every Sunday a select few secrets from that week's mailings are posted on his blog.  This past Sunday there was one I found particularly remarkable.  I think it fits well with my blog letter today so I will share it here.

 

I hope the world doesn't change the person that wrote this post card.  We need people like this.

Until next time...

Peace & Love,

Hope