From Within Your Skin

What radiates from you? What causes your glow, your light you bring into the world? Do you SHINE? If so, do you try to SHARE that shine, that light from within, with those with whom you encounter, those who surround you, as well as those far away and also those whom you do not even know at ALL?

YOU are an incredibly orchestrated, beautifully created and perfectly shaped part of this world, crafted with unending love and immeasurable joy. You wouldn't be here if you were not meant to be and you have a WALK and a PURPOSE and a REASON for being here all your own.

Into you was breathed an amazing breath from which you continued on... a starting point to ALL you would become, do and experience in this life. In that first gasp, you began to flourish and revel in the newness of all things opposite to your previous surroundings, and you had to sustain the changes and events that followed as you grew, learned and overcame challenges. And you continue to do so every day, sometimes flourishing, sometimes flailing, but ALWAYS with a deeper purpose, although you do not know what the full and intended purpose of your existence is.

That same breath we continue to breathe also encompasses our fears, triumphs, despair and joy, and we have also given the sweet echoes of LAUGHTER into the world. The sounds of even one lone person in this huge world are heard, no matter what volume they voice them or what place they reside. And when it is laughter and excitement, and sweet words of kindness and compassion and truth and light, it blankets and comforts the hearts and lives of those among us TREMENDOUSLY. We are to lift and bring the gifts of light and hope and service into the lives of others by His light and His breath that was placed initially within us. Whether in prayer or in person, the positive lift of our heart to another is hugely impactful, and reaches farther than we will EVER know.

And you reside in your skin a creature of your habits, you know exactly what makes you YOU! Do you make it a habit to keep your outlook POSITIVE? Do you have a "glass half full" state of mind? Do you laugh and let your laughter be contagious? Being self confident and having self assurance is attractive and when you resonate positive energy, positive people are DRAWN to you, and those that can use a "positive push" will BENEFIT from you! It could take but ONE simple gesture to turn one's entire frame of mind and emotional status around, and that gesture, whether in word or action can be as simple as holding a door open, as personal as holding someone's hand, or as compassionate as lending your shoulder to gather tears.

Be confident in who you are and know that you ARE beautifully and perfectly made and that you ARE immensely loved and cherished! Be also aware of someone who could use hearing that sentence and PLEASE SHARE IT with them! Be understanding and know that NOBODY is above another except to lift another up. Enjoy being in the skin you live in and know that you CAN begin today to make better choices to make it a healthier skin to live within. Embrace the moments and the memories you are experiencing, and tell those you love THAT YOU LOVE THEM! We are all here unknowing of when our last breaths will be, so use them wisely, with integrity, love and empathy for everyone. And embrace life to the fullest... make every day from beginning to end productive, working toward your goals and dreams!

Lastly, a smile is contagious, so USE it. And LAUGH! Laughing blesses us with better health, a better emotional status, and deeper personal and social enrichment and overall well being. Laughter is, after all, the very best medicine next to LOVE!