Right vs. Easy

I consider my health (mind, body & spirit), relationship & general life success; they are the sum of the choices I have made.  I have had to adjust because of changes that I may or may not control.  Sometimes I have had to choose the harder path or what I didn’t want to do, like: Walking when I don’t feel like it, forgiving someone, feeling the fear and doing it anyway. Do what is right, not what is easy!

I am on path to lower my weight, improve my health and reduce the number of medications I take.  Recently I weighed 360 pounds.  I am down to 336 right now and continue to make changes.  Not diets but changes in eating habits which includes exercise.  There are days that I just don’t want to eat better, that comfort food calls my name, screams my name!  There are days that my legs and feet say NO NO NO! 

If I am disappointed in any area of my life, whatever choices I have been making aren’t working and I need to adjust, I need to do the right thing, not the easy thing.  Easy things could be: Going along with the gossip, surrendering to peer pressure, saying yes to needless obligations, submitting to the crying demands of children, starting your new program on “Monday” (instead of right now), reacting in anger, holding a grudge, giving the ‘silent treatment’.  Doing the right thing may include: going to the gym or exercising when you don’t feel like it, forgiving someone, feeling the fear and doing it anyway, admitting you were wrong and apologizing, ordering the salad when you want the burger and fries, saying no to (yet another) shot of… or beer, or bowl of ice cream!

I can be the change I seek in this world…  I can care enough about myself, invest in myself, love myself enough to do the right thing, now.

Who can individuals, couples and families turn to when they need care & services traditionally found by a place of worship?  US!  We are Inclusive Life, and we serve all without exception.  We know that up to 70% of the population in America does not attend worship on a regular basis, so we are here to provide care & services to everyone regardless of they attend worship or not.  Wedding Officiant’s-Premarital & Couples Coaching-Funeral Ministers-Pastoral Care.

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www.inclusivelife.org     Inclusive Life Wedding Officiant’s-Premarital Coaching-Funeral Ministers

www.ulcnetwork.socialgo.com     Universal Life Church Social Network (and information)

www.2grooms2brides.com     2 Grooms 2 Brides Same Sex Weddings for Council Bluffs, Iowa

www.weddingsinomaha.org     Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Omaha area

www.weddingsinlincoln.org     Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Lincoln area

www.weddingsincouncilbluffs.org     Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Council Bluffs area

www.spiritualfriendsofnebraska.org     Spiritual Friends of Lincoln Nebraska worship & fellowship

www.funeralministers.org     Inclusive Life Funeral Ministers serving Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa

www.ceremonyofficiants.org     Wedding and Ceremony Officiates

www.allaboutweddings.com     All About Weddings

R R R

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle… three words that CAN make an impact if WE choose!  Some in the US embrace the 3-R’s and some do not.  Some companies need a lesson in the 3-R’s.  In countries that are forced to do more with less, they may offer us all a lesson or two…  Using drinking bottles filled with trash to make walls for schools, homes and other buildings! How do you embrace the 3-R’s?

When former Peace Corps volunteer Laura Kutner was asked to help find funding to finish constructing two classrooms in the elementary school where she worked in Guatemala, she decided to reuse common pieces of trash.  She used what was known in environment-friendly circles as "eco-blocks" -- plastic bottles stuffed with inorganic trash -- and encased them in chicken wire. Once covered in a few layers of cement, the bottles provided cost-efficient and eco-friendly insulation for the classroom's walls.

"They stay cooler than traditionally built schools and have even inspired new community initiatives to find everyday solutions to trash management," Kutner said.  "In development, if a community does not want it or does not need it, the project is not going to be successful," said Kutner. A community has to be able to invest in itself to be sustainable - and that, after all, should be the goal of grassroots development, she said.

I can be the change that I seek in this world… We won't have a planet if we destroy the environment with unnecessary necessities.

Who can individuals, couples and families turn to when they need care & services traditionally found by a place of worship?  US!  We are Inclusive Life, and we serve all without exception.  We know that up to 70% of the population in America does not attend worship on a regular basis, so we are here to provide care & services to everyone regardless of they attend worship or not.  Wedding Officiant’s-Premarital & Couples Coaching-Funeral Ministers-Pastoral Care.

(402) 575-7006     www.inclusivelife.org     [TEXT ‘ceremony’ to 90210 for TEXT info!]

Inclusive Life is very proud to be a member of “All About Weddings”, a local organization focusing on bringing together premier local vendors that provide wedding services.  Inclusive Life is a member in good standing with American Association of Wedding Officiant’s.  We receive training from the International Association of Faith Based Counselors.

www.inclusivelife.org                          Inclusive Life Wedding Officiant’s-Premarital Coaching-Funeral Ministers

www.ulcnetwork.socialgo.com          Universal Life Church Social Network (and information)

www.2grooms2brides.com                2 Grooms 2 Brides Same Sex Weddings for Council Bluffs, Iowa

www.weddingsinomaha.org               Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Omaha area

www.weddingsinlincoln.org               Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Lincoln area

www.weddingsincouncilbluffs.org   Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Council Bluffs area

www.spiritualfriendsofnebraska.org                Spiritual Friends of Lincoln Nebraska worship & fellowship

www.funeralministers.org                  Inclusive Life Funeral Ministers serving Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa

www.ceremonyofficiants.org            Wedding and Ceremony Officiates

www.allaboutweddings.com              All About Weddings

Home

“I hear her voice, in the mornin’ hours she calls to me. The radio reminds me of my home far a-way. And drivin’ down the road I get a feeling’. That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday. Country roads, take me home.”  Where is home for you?  Where is that place that is comfortable, safe, all knowing?  What is your definition of home?

As I get older, my mom gets smarter.  She is 93 and I care for her.  She lives with us.  I love that.  I remember growing up in Bellevue, Nebraska and there always seemed to be these kids coming in and out of our home; all hours, all days, all the time.  In the early 70’s mom was “the” emergency shelter for law enforcement for the county.  If a child had been abused or needed “loving custody” instead of protective custody, they were brought to our home until the courts made their decisions. 

I also remember that it was just mom and I growing up.  I also remember neighbors who needed food, clothing and love.  Our pantry always had extra food for those who needed some, mom always had things to share and always had MORE than enough love to give out.

Home is where you make it, it is where you share unconditional love to others, without exception.

I can be the change I seek in this world…  I am mindful that home may be that place that I grow up wanting to leave and as I get older a place I want to return to.

Who can individuals, couples and families turn to when they need care & services traditionally found by a place of worship?  US!  We are Inclusive Life, and we serve all without exception.  We know that up to 70% of the population in America does not attend worship on a regular basis, so we are here to provide care & services to everyone regardless of they attend worship or not.  Wedding Officiant’s-Premarital & Couples Coaching-Funeral Ministers-Pastoral Care.

(402) 575-7006     www.inclusivelife.org     [TEXT ‘ceremony’ to 90210 for TEXT info!]

Inclusive Life is very proud to be a member of “All About Weddings”, a local organization focusing on bringing together premier local vendors that provide wedding services.  Inclusive Life is a member in good standing with American Association of Wedding Officiant’s.  We receive training from the International Association of Faith Based Counselors. 

www.inclusivelife.org     Inclusive Life Wedding Officiant’s-Premarital Coaching-Funeral Ministers

www.ulcnetwork.socialgo.com     Universal Life Church Social Network (and information)

www.2grooms2brides.com     2 Grooms 2 Brides Same Sex Weddings for Council Bluffs, Iowa

www.weddingsinomaha.org     Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Omaha area

www.weddingsinlincoln.org     Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Lincoln area

www.weddingsincouncilbluffs.org     Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Council Bluffs area

www.spiritualfriendsofnebraska.org     Spiritual Friends of Lincoln Nebraska worship & fellowship

www.funeralministers.org     Inclusive Life Funeral Ministers serving Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa

www.ceremonyofficiants.org     Wedding and Ceremony Officiates

www.allaboutweddings.com     All About Weddings

Words to Ponder

I share with you three words to ponder today…

LISTENING: You never know what you might learn by being still.  Cultivate the art of listening in which you lean toward the world. All things in the universe want to be heard, as do the voices inside us.

LAUGHTER: When you are happy, scared, indifferent, lonely, upset you will find that allowing yourself to laugh will certainly improve your ability to heal, feel better and it IS contagious!

LOVE: Fall in love over and over again every day. Love your family, your friends, you co-workers, neighbors, your enemies, and yourself. And don't stop with humans. Share that love with animals, plants, and other living things.

All three of these words we long for ourselves.  Take time to share these actions with others, who might be a bit more hungry for them than you.  They don’t cost to money to make happen and they change the world one person at a time. 

Please join me in this prayer as you feel comfortable… “God of love, Brother of life, Spirit of light we give thanks for the many blessing that we have in our life.  Remind us, help us, share with us the ability to take time to use our gifts of listening, of laughter and of love to heal ourselves and others as we attempt to make life better here on earth.  In your many precious names we pray, Amen.”

I can be the change I seek in this world…  I am beautiful, I am loved and I am worthy.  I make a difference!

Who can individuals, couples and families turn to when they need care & services traditionally found by a place of worship?  US!  We are Inclusive Life, and we serve all without exception.  We know that up to 70% of the population in America does not attend worship on a regular basis, so we are here to provide care & services to everyone regardless of they attend worship or not.  Wedding Officiant’s-Premarital & Couples Coaching-Funeral Ministers-Pastoral Care.

(402) 575-7006     www.inclusivelife.org     [TEXT ‘ceremony’ to 90210 for TEXT info!]

Inclusive Life is very proud to be a member of “All About Weddings”, a local organization focusing on bringing together premier local vendors that provide wedding services.  Inclusive Life is a member in good standing with American Association of Wedding Officiant’s.  We receive training from the International Association of Faith Based Counselors. 

www.inclusivelife.org     Inclusive Life Wedding Officiant’s-Premarital Coaching-Funeral Ministers

www.ulcnetwork.socialgo.com     Universal Life Church Social Network (and information)

www.2grooms2brides.com     2 Grooms 2 Brides Same Sex Weddings for Council Bluffs, Iowa

www.weddingsinomaha.org     Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Omaha area

www.weddingsinlincoln.org     Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Lincoln area

www.weddingsincouncilbluffs.org     Religious and Nonreligious Weddings in the Council Bluffs area

www.spiritualfriendsofnebraska.org     Spiritual Friends of Lincoln Nebraska worship & fellowship

www.funeralministers.org     Inclusive Life Funeral Ministers serving Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa

www.ceremonyofficiants.org     Wedding and Ceremony Officiates

www.allaboutweddings.com     All About Weddings