... Even the worst heartaches can become heartstrings to God's hope, comfort, encouragement, joy, peace and love...

Welcome! As a fan of the cartoon character Maxine, I enjoy her witty remarks. But when I
read my blogs & other writing to her, she's not very responsive- even when I'm wearing my bunny slippers like hers! She just doesn't get it!
Although she's funnier than I am, I do pray that this site will bring encouragement to your day! I'd love to hear from you! Unlike Maxine, you can leave me a message via the Comments. Shalom, Connie

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Sunday, September 06, 2020

STOP!!!


Most of us have heard this phrase, but you may not know that it came from a musical that opened in England in 1961 and on Broadway in 1962. Later it became a movie (1966) and had a Broadway revival in 1978.

Want more information? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_the_World_%E2%80%93_I_Want_to_Get_Off.

Lately, that phrase has been screaming throughout my mind over and over. I want to yell at everybody to

  Just Stop it!!!

"...during this difficult time, this challenging time, this trying time..." is in almost every e-mail crossing my computer. I've been coping just fine until you'all keep reminding me it's awful

Here, let me help you. Use up all the synonyms below and be done with it. It is what it is; so stop the pity parties, and the woe is me outlook. 

I'm looking for positive folks to be hearing from.They're out there. 

One place that made me smile yesterday- and we all still need smiles, right? I went to Pinterest and looked at all the creative ideas for getting our children back to school: book boats, wings, special hats, hula hoop spaces, special innovative markings for social distancing and paw stations with sanitizers. 

We need to help our schools and places of employment do things in new ways; not give into the doom and gloom of "we can't-s." 

We need to admit that we've done things wrong... allowed them to be our normal. For example, most schools have been sharing supplies like crayons and pencils vs each child having their own. Sharing facial tissue? In business we went from offices to cubbies and open workspaces. Let it siffice that there are alternative ways of doing things. 

Getting off this planet isn't the answer, but I'd like to see more positive approaches and sharing of ideas. Other countries have been doing this longer than the USA. What works is a better question. And how can I adapt the good ideas to fit my/our situation.

Getting off my soapbox for now...

Connie





Need synonyms for hard to handle? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead.

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