What if the wind was bending me sideways?

By Lynne Cory

What if it is better to speak up for myself and not just allow the wind (life) to blow me in any direction?

What if I don’t speak up and all of my fears come true?

What if once I have the courage to speak up for myself, the issues dissolve like a veil of smoke because speaking up was the lesson I was to learn and once the lesson is learned, it is almost done?

What if her hands “overflowed” with stuff?

By Lynne Cory

What if there are some people who will take and take and take and never even think about giving back, walking around taking from everyone with no guilt?

What if giving feels good and then one day it does not?

What if these takers are angels teaching me boundaries and when to say “enough is enough”?

What if I “wave” it in your face?

By Lynne Cory

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What if I check my motives when I want to do or obtain something? Do I want it because it will make ME happy or because it will make me feel “equal to you” or because you will be so jealous when you see me with it?

What if I focus on what I want for myself and leave others’ opinions out of the equation?

What if I was buying a hot dog?

By Lynne Cory

What if I was in a long line to buy a hot dog and the lady in front of me asked for mayonnaise and mustard only? What if the clerk put the mustard on first and the lady threw a fit because she wanted the mayonnaise on first? What if the clerk obliged her, without any comment or look, and threw the bun away and put the mayonnaise on first on the new bun?

What if this was the only control this lady could exercise over her life? What if she had to control every aspect of her outer life because her inner life was in turmoil and she was doing the best she could to hold on?

What if it was none of my business and I just enjoyed my own delicious hot dog and my own life?

What if even the begonia wilted?

By Lynne Cory

What if angry, frustrated, short-tempered people create an angry hostile home environment where the children are always fighting and failing and the animals are whiny and nippy?

What if peaceful people have a peaceful home with peaceful children and animals?

What if I can tell how I am doing by how my house and family are reacting?

What if he chose the “value” meal?

By Lynne Cory

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What if she eats all organic, never touches sugar or wheat or dairy, drinks purified water and uses the most natural of products?

What if he loves his hamburger meal with large fries and a chocolate shake and lives life as he finds it?

What if medical tests find that they are both very healthy?

What if attitude and enjoyment and beliefs play a big role in how our bodies assimilate what we take into them?

What if I can’t pay my bills?

By Lynne Cory

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What if there is no shame in coming into hard times?

What if there is shame in how we choose to handle this (ignoring phone calls and letters or writing bad checks)?

What if we act like adults and CALL the person we owe and PAY what we are able, even a small amount, until we are back on our financial feet again?

What if we treat others with the respect and dignity they deserve as they gave us their products and services and trusted us to pay later?

What if my name was Reuben before?

By Lynne Cory

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What if all of us have been different genders and various nationalities with numerous religions and trusted traditions and beliefs and unique family structures in previous lifetimes?

What if because of all these past life experiences, we realize how crazy it would be to be bigoted or angry or hateful to others today?