Reading Old Love Letters

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"Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. And the Jews marveled, saying, 'How does this Man know letters, having never studied?'" John 7:14&15 (NKJV)

Sometimes you just have to R.O.L.L. (read old love letters) with it. What if... someone had read or written a copy of the ultimate love letter to Curt Cobain? Would Courtney Love Cobain be a widow right now? 

What if an authoritative figure had read the love letter himself, would he have been so compassionless to have said, I won't lose sleep over them, I'd tell them to go ahead, I mean if someone's going to truly kill themselves you can't stop them, they'll eventually find a way.

What if that's his child one day? Does that restless night come then?

Curt was sincere, and Curt found a way. 

I don't ever want pretend to care or just say that I do. I want to be blessed to help, or blessed to never cause anyone else pain.

Lord let me be sincere, before someone else is sincere in showing that they realize that others were not. Amen. 

Love is just a word until someone shows up and gives it meaning. ~Paulo Coelho 

Missing a spirit of compassion may cost you dearly one day. Don't forget to be kind, loving, and understanding. It may help save a loved one, one day. Something's are worth missing a few hours sleep over. 

Peace, Blessings, and Joy... One last real PB&J.   

How Many Times, How Many Ways?

Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude. ~ Frederick Douglass 

Most people do not recognize freedom. Even an enslaved soul has certain liberties, however, a self-made slave has none. Free dom, and free dumb. Rid yourself of domination, by freeing yourself from confusion and anxiety. Self inflicted wounds are shackles that confine the mind, the soul, and body. 

How many times will you forget to forgive yourself? How many ways will you discover to cast blame on others rather than self? 

How many times would your best friend bail you out of a gnarly situation. If the answer is not, "every single time they were truly capable," then odds are, you need a new best friend. 

Freedom and friendship are not about how much money someone will lend you, or even give to you. It's not about someone giving you the shirt off of their back. Your best friend give you all of themselves when the money, shirt, and everything else is gone. What greater love has a person, than that a person lay down their life for their friends? (John 15:13) Does this mean that we are to sacrifice to the death? Not necessarily, but the genuine, true best friend, offers (genuinely/truly) to give such (to give all), and make such a sacrifice. If we are a true friend in return, we offer up the same, and we never forget our best friend. 

Peace, Blessings, and Joy... That real PB&J!