Stormy Weather...........just say thank you!

Just Say Thank You...

One day about ten years ago, I was sitting in my bathroom with the door closed and the toilet seat down, booing and ahooing on the phone so uncontrollably that I was incoherent.

"Stop it! Stop it right now and say thank you!" Maya chided. "But -- you don't understand," I sobbed.

To this day, I can't remember what it was that had me so far gone, which only proves the point Maya was trying to make. "I do understand," she told me. "I want to hear you say it now. Out loud."

"Thank you." Tentatively, I repeated it:

"Thank you -- but what am I saying thank you for?"

"You're saying thank you," Maya said, "because your faith is so strong that you don't doubt that whatever the problem, you'll get through it. you're saying thank you because you know that even in the eye of the storm, God has put a rainbow in the clouds.

You're saying thank you because you know there's no problem created that can compare to the Creator of all things.

Say thank you!"

story told by Oprah Winfrey about mentor Maya Angelou

Life happens...

the sun moves behind a cloud

the wind begins to stir

clear skies

turn

to grey

the sun pokes it's rays through

swirling together

hues of a magnificent palate

beautiful from afar

but

oh my

when standing in the center of a whirlwind

when rain begins to fall on our head,

we forget

that

storms come and go and color our world

wind blows away the heat of the day,

rain washes over mistakes

clears the slate

if you will

We humans

tend to not like standing in the storm

chaos---it's not so enjoyable--

and

our ride

if it gets rocky

often we feel

at loss as to how we are going to cope

let alone survive.

I've learned

that in the midst of the places

where fear

rushes over me

waves splash around

tentacles of world control

wrap themselves tightly around me...

I can't breath

think i might die

perhaps

that would be the easier softer way

and my truth is

I've never ever done it

the easier softer way--it feels like cheating in a sense.

So in the midst of the storm

when tears and fear and heartache

move over

as the cloud that follows Pooh's Eeyore...

I have come to believe

if

I look toward the Sun....

Believe that it is still there

remember the rays on my skin

and

the warmth of it's nurture...

When I say

thank you

to the Universe...

I am able to stand

right in the center of hurricane winds

and

my roots

grab anchor

and

even when I think

I might be blown away...

my heart

believe and knows

that

the source of creation

will protect me

empower me

surround me

.....

that's when I say it...

Thank you!!!

Thank you!!!!

Thank you!!!

for

it is true you know

that thing

that Maya said on that day....

if and when and believing

in the

Power

bigger than ourselves

and we say it

 "because our faith is so strong that we don't doubt that whatever the problem, we'll get through it. We're saying thank you because we know that even in the eye of the storm, God has put a rainbow in the clouds.

We're saying thank you because we know there's no problem created that can compare to the Creator of all things.

Say thank you....

Go ahead

I double dog dare you...

triple dog even...

say it

utter it

believe it

Thank you...because you will get through it.

Storms...they come and go and color our world

impact us

scare the hell out of us

but

weathering them teaches us something

about

the world,

God

and ourselves.

On this Wednesday Evening..

if your booing and ahooing on the floor

turn your eyes toward the

Creator of the Universe

the

Power bigger than yourself

and

utter a whisper of

thank you.....

and

see what happens next.

Happy Wednesday and Hugs...