Happy Halloween!!

Trick or Treat!!!!

It is here...Halloween......Hope you have some fun trick or treat children to make you smile.   If I remember correctly we didn't have any little dressed up visitors last year.    We have a few folks who put out some candy by their door.   I have a basket filled with some candies for the 'dinner' bunch.   I hope you have some trick or treat children knock on your door.  It is such fun to see the little ones all decked out .  I had to laugh when I remembered on little guy coming to the door and he had a pillow case to fill.   I often wondered if he had high hopes of filling it to the top.    He probably grew up to be a Congressman or a Senator.  

There is little to talk about today.   I talked Patricia into taking me for a ride and we ended up at one of the casinos where I tried my luck on the keno machine.  They do not seem to be popular so there was only two of them and neither parted with any of their coins.   We didn't stay long, had an 'iffy' lunch, not as good as some of the places we go to.    The ride itself was lovely and it was nice to be out and about.

Not everyone is able to get out and about, some are bogged down with a cross to bear.  I wish I had a magic cure.  I don't.  I can listen.   I can say a prayer or two.   I would like to be a magician and wave a magic wand and cure all ills but I don't.    I do know life is filled with hills and valleys; lights and shadows and we do survive in spite of ourselves.   Some times the road is rough, sometimes it is smooth, but, we manage to survive and get on with our lives.    Tears and smiles are part of life lessons so it is how we handle ourselves that makes the difference in our survival.     So if you are carrying a heavy burden right now, stop, say a prayer for strength , reach out for there is someone ready to listen, to help lift that burden.   If you have been bogged down in a mire of self pity, get over it, reach out and do some one thing that will lift your spirits and become the person you are meant to be today.    No one says it is easy . . . sometimes it is the most difficult thing you have to do...but YOU can do it.    Walk in someone's shoes for a bit and you will learn that burden isn't quite as heavy as you thought.  

Be good, be kind, be gentle.    Be a problem solver today . . . you have the answer.....just stop and think, look and listen and you will find your way.    My wish for you today is for love and laughter to enter your door, along with dozens of Halloween ghosts and goblins.   Go buy some candy, put on the outside light and share some of your Halloween spirit...go be a ghostly goblin.  Hugs to all.