An uncommon house...

Most folks have order and an organized home.
We have a measure of controlled chaos:)
We finished the kitchen wall and replaced the wood blind


The new family room is ready to set up as the entertainment center is empty.
I need to reload the dvd's and such.

This will come together shortly.
I'll have to shampoo a rug to set the stage here.

This wall got painted and I'll shampoo the other rug and make a little set up of chairs here.

Beginning the morning like this... I finished these boxes. Beloved took the "high dressers out to the garage. I had unloaded them yesterday. I made all those curtains and vallence. I will have to recover the door.

I took my leather wedding dress down and put the wedding ring quilt on the wall.
The vacuum and carpet cleaner will come into play during the week. I will shampoo this end of the house.

I removed all the drapery (dusty!) and left the hardware up for the new owners to use as they like.

This pink and burgundy has to go. So I had to "kill" it with a primer. It is stubborn.

It is really surprising how difficult it is to cover. The burgundy just keeps coming through. Two to three coats did it.

same with this wall and the commode.

Sorry side ways picture. It is just about how I feel. I went outside for some fresh air and decided to do this post and rest a bit.
Well post is done as is my rest.

Possibilities...

Possibilities...

We watched a beautiful Movie in the Daddy Mans office tonight. It was so dear. Dash made a comment about how the mother did not believe in the magic the wonder of possibility he said..." thats like you Mom...you don't believe in magic either mom".
It made me stop and wonder...
Tonight I found myself just falling apart and detoxing all the furry that consumed my ill guarded mind today. I have been so angry and under such intense attack today. Lies filling my mind until it all but exploded in the desperate frustrations that overwhelmed me. I expressed myself until I was at my my end all worn out from the excessive angry energies that consumed my peace and stand. Beloved let me down load it all and allowed me the space to just have a royal fit!. What we are encountering in this phase of our lives is very difficult. The labor of it it is so intensive and so difficult that I have found myself exasperated at the endless efforts I must extend.
This is very hard. Ins o many ways this is hard. I am (we are ) reinventing ourselves. I could not find my focus today and the last three days have all but left me wrung out of my self and my pride, greed and anger of the loss that we are facing in the choice to let go of this stuff. It is a time to fix our character onto what is of true value.
I am an orange with zest spraying all over the place while all that is unnecessary is pealed off me box by box. All the nurturing I have giving this crop is tested out to the inth degree. Every branch that needs to be trimmed is being so. It hurts, I feel naked with the removal of them. I know that the fruit that my next crop might bear will be much greater. much higher in the wealth of drink it might even offer others , but for now it hurts!
I do believe in the magic of the possibilities, I desire the wonder of a child to gaze through my own eyes. My sight is dim in that now, but I do believe.
As I dig up this basin so as to water deeply, as I fertilize and endure the pruning of all of this preparation. It is my hope that through all of this I might yield a crop worthy of God favor..

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. Nothing heavy or too thought-provoking.

If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

Today’s question is:

What is your kitchen color scheme?

I am currently exploring my options for my new kitchen. I love sunflowers, humming birds and flowers. I am excited to dream about it.

What Kind of Puzzle Are You?

You Are a Jigsaw Puzzle

You are a complex person, although at first glance you seem quite simple. Your personality is comprised of many interesting and distinct pieces. You are captivating and often visually interesting. You can be seen from many angles.

What Kind of Puzzle Are You?

Thursday Thirteen

13 Things I have to do today

1. Rest and pace myself. Spend time quiet and in prayer. Asking for wisdom and guidance is so essential. So many folks are so desperate right now. I have a dear friend on an adventure to a writers conference. Another sweet lady has conceived after 5 yrs of trying. I am celebrating her in prayer as well. I have begun to find myself in a type of rejoicing delighted prayer for the things that are to be gained by the trials of those I love. I often think of what Jesus said at the last supper..."Help them resist temptation"... I am being tempted daily now to be grumpy and ill tempered because I have become too tired. I need to be wise and pace myself better. Part of resisting temptation is to be careful not to set myself up for it.
2. Paint the trim on the floor of the studio/family room. The couch and TV center is moving in here tonight. I got to be ready.
3. Paint the kitchen wall, window , and around the sink window. That will finish the kitchen off for the listing.
4. Contact my nephew to see if he will be coming today to help Beloved move the sofa and entertainment center.
5. Change the washer/dryer and lay out the clothing. My Laundry is huge! Wow! Life goes on and laundry is piling up! I am also packing up the winter things it is hot here now.
6. Call and cancel my children's ride in the morning. A dear friend has offered to give the kids a ride to school. I am going to put the yard sale off a week in order to better use my energies. I see the plan now for a call came in that a woman who needs the clothing and a few other things will be in valley next Thursday. It will give her time to go through it to see what she might need .I can also add more stuff to it this week as I do the last of the packing over the weekend and early next week.
7. Paint the trim on the sliding glass door. That can be low on the list but as long as the brush is full of trim paint I might as well .
8. Unload the DVD's and such and then reload it once it is moved
9. Cut up veggies for a big salad tonight.
10. Bring the kids home and enjoy them! Play and time together. They need to have me. I need to have them too. What a joy my children are to me. I wish that when we get moved I can have more of a laid back life as to give them lots of my time.
11. Put some music on to uplift my energies and spirit. Music is an important part of my life. I love to have lyrics that are life giving echoing (without the fabrics it is very echo-y) through my home.
12. Spend some time with my Husband. We are so worn and wherry. We are not worn out but close. It is very difficult to labor so hard. We have a goal.
13. Watch Lost at 7p.m. and 8p.m., and check out! I love my quiet Thursday nights. I go into my room and just enjoy the show uninterrupted! I am not too sure how this will all work out tonight.

Thankful Thursday

Fresh foods!
I am so glad that I pushed through my exhaustion yesterday and followed my path to the Whole Foods Store. Where I purchased organic eggs, and baby portabella mushrooms, tomatoes and green onions. We had Cara Cara (blood) oranges yesterday and the children had fresh strawberries after school. I have been living off my freezer and pantry for a month. I so missed healthy fresh foods. I am so thankful that I stopped and made this a priority.
In my exhaustion yesterday I became easy target for anger and frustrations.
Never get too tired to hungry or too lonely.
Well I really did myself all three. Beloved got the hot wind of it as I exhaled all over him my thoughts of all the injustices. Way, Way too tired!
Working so hard on this house and packing up our belongings has been a terrific amount of hard physical labor. I My strength is a vital part of accomplishing all the tasks that lay before me. Caring for my nutritional needs is important to do. I may even walk today after my visitor comes and leaves.
I had the idea of the children doing a lemon Aide stand during my yard sale so I have decided to postpone it a week.

Scrambled Eggs
Slice mushroom then dice.
Green onion Sliced very thin.
Slice bell pepper thin then dice it.

Heat pan first, then add a little olive oil
When oil is hot add vegetables and sweat them a minute or so.
Add two range free, organic large brown eggs
Using a chop stick (easy to wash) break yolks and stir.
The hot pan will cause the eggs to cook fast do not walk away.
When shine is dulled they are done.
Enjoy!

Walking on needs your help!

Margarita "Magui" Martinez

DOB: 4-19 1994

MISSING: 3-10-2008

I am posting this picture of my Ladybug with her sunglasses on. Due to her RP, if outdoors, she will be wearing sunglasses. She has photophobia. She also has nighblindness and tunnel vision. I will be posting more pictures as we are able to get them into the computer.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. They are a comfort to us and Magui (wherever she is).

Margarita "Magui" Martinez 4-19-1994
Missing: 3-10-2008

If anyone in the Southern California, El Centro/El Cajon/San Diego area see this young girl please contact your local police department.

I know this is a large area and many young girls this age look alike. So please take a good look at her picture.

She was last seen Sunday evening. And we believe she may be headed to the San Diego area with a hispanic male.

Please pray for her safe return. I will keep everyone posted.

Tackle It Tuesday

Last night 9:P.M.

Good Morning!
Last night during mens group I tackled the painting of the open walls in the Studio. I saw my couch and TV in here so I am soing the work to make that a reality. The men were amazed to see the room all but done to the point I was able. I am so excited aboutthe future. i hope that this adventure away from the normal things is not too boring for you all. I do miss cooking and meal prep and all. This is a priority to get this place staged and listed.
I had a call from a friend (MILove) she is going to loan me some chairs and silk trees for the living room. I anm having a yard sale on Friday and Saturday. With a birthday party Dove is too attend on Sunday afternoon. My days are so full.
I have boxes to pack and these shelves to empty today.

This needs to be completed, boxes to pack, papers to sort so my Beloved can put the shelfs in the garage tonight. I'll paint that wall and have the desk in the other room. The file drawers will wind up out in the garage in that big hayworth.

10:20 A.M. Wow!

Now the Kitchen looks like this though! :)
Inch by inch...Foot by foot:)

Beloved came home after overtime and moved the shelving units, the jewelers desk and the cutting table out to the garage.

He moved the file cabinet too.
The correspondence desk went into the living room.
I finished the wall all but the ceiling trim.
It is 8 P.M.
I am so tired!

This room is all but ready to receive the entertainment center and couch.
Now all we need is help moving it. I have a call into my nephew.

The Kitchen however looks like this :(
Wow! we did it.
We saw another foreclosure house today and got into the lock box to view it.
The children explored and warmed up to the idea of moving a bit.
They now have a sort of "face " to put on it. Although this is not necessarily the house we get. They really liked it. The enthusiasm was so encouraging to me. They played house and moved us into it( pretend).

I need to make an add for this table on Craigs list

This did not get done
This is the drawer of antiquated cassette tapes. You know you have lived when albums,8 tracks and cassettes are a thing of youth and a collection of memories. We have always been a multi media family.
I did plant some flowers out front. They look very pretty.
I used reds and purples.
Daddy Man is reading to the children. We sitill have the roller and brush to wash out. I wish I were done with the trim. I am just too tired to finish it!

Sold! For asking price.

Amazing Grace how can it be...That you my Lord should die for me
Amazing Love I know its true.
It is my joy to worship you!
In all I do I worship you.

Walking into this new day.
I saw this and it is now a reality. Perhaps it was a reality even then.
I am going to rest now for I have done what I was to do.
We can ready this room for paint now.
Last night I saw the furniture that is in the living room, coming in here to make a family room. I will need to borrow a few chairs to create a living room vinuett.
I was able to ready the yard sale things for Friday. The garage bay is open for the other book shelves once I finish them.
It is so wonderful to just follow His lead.
The children will come home in an hour and I will be rested for them.
Beloved (came home from work over the lunch hour), and the men loaded the desk. What a nice man purchased it. This fellow as I went to shake his hand , respectfully embraced me instead. That was so cool.

The Desk is on Craig's List

This morning I saw this in my minds eye and we did it.
It is now up on Craig's list.

The Studio is officially packed.
We also put the pink play house out on the driveway after The Mr. washed it down. I saw myself put a sign on it for $50. so... I did so. Not but an hour later a knock on the door gave way to $50. in my pocket and the play house sold!
Now lets see this desk sell fast.
I am going to do a yard sale next weekend.
The Mr. is out with a pick ax chopping the weeds that do flourish is the dog dung heap. He does hate that job. We all do. It is ridicules the extremes everyone goes through to avoid it. I am not able to go out there because it will set off my asthma.
I think I'll head off into my closet to weed clothing out and pack up the winter things.

Sunday Smiles

Good Morning

Dash asked me to tell all of you thank you for your well wishes.
I slept in until 9:30 this morning and am just now having my tea and getting ready to task.
Beloved is going to attack the lawn and the dung today and I am going to follow what I saw myself doing. The desk and the studio is needing to get set to paint. Oh my if I look beyond the thing I see to do this moment it feels like a waterfall knocking me off me footing. So I will wisely just look to what I see this moment and do what is required of me next.
I will give Dove a floor sweeper and set her to a task. Dash will work with the Daddy man. I wish for the day to have ease but there is an urgency to task as we must get this place on the market.
There is a possibility that The Mr and I might have a date today if the kids go to a friends. Not sure if it is going to happen or not.
Oh I do love His presence (the Misters too) I am speaking of Abba Pappa God My Friend. I can just reach out and touch Him. I am kept on a focus by his tender rod goading me to keep away from overwhelm. it is looking . I cried last night in the shower when I let myself think beyond the moment. So much work to do and I can so easily feel sorry for myself if I go there. It is by a choice I pull back to center. I know that this is for a season. For a purpose. For freedoms sake.
Well my word the day begins. Yee haw!
Keeping His sabbath in the most unusual of ways.

Saturday in the park:)

What a nice day!
I awoke at 5:30 a.m. and set to task.
Arriving at the park on what was a "San Diego Day" cloudy and cool. The birds were so wonderful and the sky was filled with song. I had two hours to decorate.


We had a nice turn out. What wonderful families came. Some really great parents. It was really fun.

The kids all free played and then came in for cake and played some more.

After a while they did presents.

We even had a Mother with a sick child come and drop off a gift. That was sure impressive.

The other Mothers wisely stashed the gifts away in the gift bags so they would not get opened.
I met the Art teacher at the kids schools. She sets up the art master piece for the fourth graders. Photo Daughter is s volunteers for this program at her school so I was familiar
with it.

Now that was an easy party!
The whole thing was so peaceful and I so enjoyed the other parents.
We all headed back over to the house and Julie and her daughter came as well as Michelle daughter. Then when Michelle came we ladies had a peaceful visit and just hung out.
I have so much peace and everything turned out so well.
I rested in the afternoon and then the four of us went over to the elementary school and played basket ball until I had an asthma attack and had to rush home for a breathing treatment. The kids had showers and then we hung out on the "big bed" and gabbed and watched a little TV.
Daddy Man showed us some cool videos of "dry ice" exploding and such. Cool science. They are in having story time now.
That was a full day!
We did little to the house today it was a family and friends day.
Dash was given so many cool toys. His best friend gave him the same two Lego kits I did. It was the two he had prayed for. He was so thrilled to had double sets.
I love it when God answers my kids prayers like that.

Thank you Jaye.

Back at you!

Staging, playing and delighting in the day!

Well my Dash is seven! How fast time fly's!

Little Dove is so proud to be able to help him light his candles.
The cake was a gift of sorts. I went to the store and they were out of cakes , but...I happened to look over the counter and saw the woman who had helped me on Monday with Doves cake. She said I could have one of the ones she was decorating she even put a tree on it like Dash had desired. It was however chocolate when we cut into it.

Dove was a little more like a hawk awaiting her prey. She is having a few boundary issues I need to address. She and Dash played so well together. They are like a little symbiotic organism. So attached at the arm.

I am doing a lot of staging and preparing of the Estate. It looks so pretty. I emptied the big sewing desk. I will be putting it up on Creg's list soon with a few other things. I hope to replace it eventually with a sewing table.

I am closing down shop for a few months. It will be a strange thing for me to close down the studio. Wow I am so looking forward to seeing what lies before us. I am rather excited to have the settling into our next home. I am ready to have an adventure!
Mr Uncommon is so freed up in his spirit. I see him coming home into his true way. I have missed my Beloved as the stress of our finances have so consumed his beauty and gentle spirit. I see him coming into himself. He is such a delight. A truly wonderful man. His spirit is so fresh and bright. When he is in himself it is pure delight. Being held by him his very muscles a more at ease even. It is a joy to let go of all this stuff just to have him full whole and free from the stress. I love him so much. I have missed the relaxed husband I married so many duties and responsibilities ago.
Well I got a play date at the park after school with the kids and a another mom. I better pack up and ready myself.
Delight in the day!

He said ..."Just do what I show you"

As I awoke to this new dawn These words were with me ..."just do what I show you"... Your load is mine and it felt really light. I rose and made a fast sandwich for "The Mr" and off ran to joyful dogs to their run. I feed them and the road is as if I am floating above it.
Dash is seven this morning bright and alert to that fact as he declared the achievement first this that he spoke. Dove is tender and sweet awake early as well. The dawn now coming a minute sooner each day. It is nice out around the mid 50's.
I had a good cough and out came less of the grunge than yesterday morning. That was the first day that I did not get a post to you all . I wish I could give you a piece of the peace that I have. This is a new day with only 2 more days of the anti-biotics to take. They really leave me feeling dizzy,tired and ill, but they are working to kill this bad guy that climbed into my chest.
I am looking forward to tonight. I am going out with the girls to a pottery place. You all go over and give Trisha "Photo daughter of the King" a hello for me. She is a sweet heart I think you'd enjoy your visit. Her and I have been friends a many a year.
Dash had a family birthday yesterday evening with the Grand parents. It was so thoughtful of them. They brought "Fazoli's" thats spaghetti for those of you else where. It was so nice not to have to cook. The kids were nuts though vieing for attentions and just really being more of a challenge than a sick mommy could put up with. Dove was being regressive and just well....jealous very jealous. Oh children...
Blogger is down so I'll have to load the photos later.
The children are playing with the new toys that Dash got. They are sure good together when it's just us at home.
I have had a strange week. On Sunday Beloved walked up to me and handed me a diamond ring! I thought he went daffy on me for a moment. He told me not to get to excited he found it! I have yet to have it tested so I do not know if it is real. He found it in the sand at a park. We put out found notices and have had no callers. I just might have a new ring. Sure feel bad for whoever lost it though. It is not mine though I am just getting to enjoy it. It is at least a half CT. I think. If it is real it is a significant find. Diamonds falling from the sky as a friend told me. "Only Me!" :)
Sometimes I just feel like he is shining on me. I feel that way today. My health is retuning and I am able to sit here and scribe with the touch of a gadget.
I have Dash's party on Saturday and I am walking into what I see to do. It is really my hope that it does not set me back being out in the lawns. I will rest as much as possible today and just "do what he shows me" and no more no less.. Oh I have such peace. I am letting go of my possessions and I am alright with it. Years ago I let go of everything from my family of origin. All the things I came into my marriage with. It was a n act of obedience to what I was compelled to do. Now 20 years later I am letting go of things again. Down sizing and shedding some of the weight that is heavy upon us. It has a liberty I just find amazing and strange to explain. I am going to sell my big sewing desk and perhaps my hutch. It will help us to fit into a smaller house. I have not been asked to do this by the mister..it is just what I see myself doing. It is so strange that I am not upset by any of it. I see in the future perhaps replacing it with a sewing table a real one. I do not know what the future holds but I do know (intimately) the one who holds it. It is a wonderful adventure to freedom. I can only imagine how it will be. I will see him face to face. I can only imagine.
Did you all see LOST last night? I sure enjoy that show. I watch it alone in the bedroom under the covers with a nice glass of ice water. My hubby brought the ice water and a smile. He is so sweet and is taking good care of me.
Well I better get the kids fed for school. The Lego's are flying in the room as they search out each little treasure and create the magnificences of childhood.

My Friends

Good Morning Friends and Readers. I am joyful the day. Physically I am very weak. My heart is strong within me with praise for this good life I live.
My health is challenging me right now. I am coming into the mend. I feel the healing beginning to occur within my lungs. I slept again this morning after the children to school. My sweet son is having a birthday tomorrow so I will use all my strength to go get him a gift and a few party favors.
I am grateful for your kindness and I appreciate your prayers. I will rest in His strength. I know I am in His palm and it is warm here in His palm. Oh goodness is over me and peace within me. I am happy.

Tackle It Tuesday

Hello, Friends
Today I have just been tending to laundry and resting. It has been a quiet day for me.
Yesterday was my last day of steroids for the breathing difficulties. I am a bit run down. So no big tackle for me today. Just a great morning nap and an afternoon folding laundry, breathing treatments and contemplative thought.
I hope all of you are enjoying your day.

Adoption Day (10 years)

My Sweet Daughter.

Your humor and kind heart fill my life with so much joy!
Happy Adoption Day #10
Wow! ten years ago the judge said "yes".
I love you so much.
As I pause to reflect...
it simply amazes me how privileged I am to be your Mother.
Just tears me up with gratitude.

It is always a mystery to me what I wrapped. I knew it would be one of the dolls.
Next year I think is the girl doll to match him. Her adoption day gifts are all wrapped in her paper from her baby showers. She was a very celebrated baby.

He is hand made by a local Russian artist. We bought him at a kiosk, a type of little shop set up on the streets. They line the sidewalks. Barter system was still used there. This was 10 years ago on a icy, snowy sidewalk. I can still see the doll hanging up on the shelter of the lean too shack. I loved the beauty of the hand work. The boots are real leather and the fur is authentic. She warmed up to him after a while. I think it was a strange thing for her to open.

Wow she is so grown up.
My Little Dove.

Marriage Monday "Is Divorce Ever Right?"

"Is Divorce Ever Right?"

I have been married over 25 years! I have watched the marriages of many of my peers. I have watched sand bars ship wreck them. Ill informed decisions.There have be those marriages that are simply two ships in the night passing by each other perhaps bumping into each other in only physical ways (gratifying each other sexually but nothing more). There are those who have entered into it and tried all they might to be "sub-servant" as if that were the measure of a mate. Now those marriages were ship wrecked. For the two become one not the one is lord over the other. Often when the legalisms wear off they are left with choices that were not true to the heart with bitterness and resentment settled in (in some cases children that were not truly desired are left to suffer).
Our marriage was a triad from the begining. Yet we were wounded as are so many in young adulthood. I had prayed for a man that loved God (not a religious man). I also asked for a home of my own.
We went through so many hard times. I remember when I was at my lowest point in recovery (see my other blog) that I told my husband that he should divorce me to save himself from a life of difficulty. He angrily told me to "Shut up!". I tried so hard to push him at are needful to attain maturation and restoration from the challenges away to see if he would really stay and be there for me if he truly would always be there for me.
He said Donetta, "I made a vow to you, I love you by choice. I have promised God and you to stay by you in sickness and in health."
I spent 7 long years in and out of surgeries and of mental institutions walking the path to restoration from sever abuse and torture. I was a walking wounded. He walked beside me and was healed right along side of me. You see he showed me first that he loved me. When he went through the healing of the wounds of his life I was able to walk right there beside and along the road with him too. He had been my example. It is important here to develop boundaries but not bitterness and accusations.
Life is hard. Few offer the lessons to us th that this world dishes out.
I above all else guarded my heart from bitterness. I, as he has had, every right to become embittered at times.
It is by choice that we lay down those rights.
We have watched countless marriages where dysfunctional relationships become embittered battle grounds for resentment. Immaturity and selfishness center the stage to a focus that leaves families and partners in the shadows of the light. Greed and devistation embroil a family into so much debt that the very breadth of relationship is all but extinguished.
Aside from violence, (removing yourself to safety) and infidelity (though I have watch restoration in other marriages, even of these wounds) I see no wound to great that healing through mutual true repentance is impossible.
We make a choice.
We cut covenant.
A good understanding of covenant is helpful here. This is vow.
At 25 + years by walking through this agreement over and over never once giving into the option. For us there is no other option, we had made a choice to overcome all wounds with respect to the heart of our mate. Believing so deeply in each others full potential.
In every decision there is a price and a gain.
In the midst of emote those things can be cloudy.
Consider wisely if the gain is even there to leave.
For history repeats itself and until your wound become whole you will just marry the polar opposite or the same man different suit.
If bitterness sets a root. If healing is impossible (nothing is with God and the free will choice He gives us) and hardness sets in.
Some hardness is so vial and bitter. Violence soon adds license in these things and it is a very unsafe place to be.
He did give them the writ of Divorce
because of the hardness of their hearts.
May it never be that my heart harden...
Now that is an act that is also of my will every day every moment.
To learn to understand and not get hardened to behavior. It is to Understand the "why" of the thing that can often free up the healing and the real heart of the man can be observed. They are as we walking wounded . A major epic is unfolding. We are all important in the story of it. Not that one should fall into the despair of broken dreams. Dreams however are only a hope and expectations are a set up to disasters.

Good Morning,

Just friendly reminder that Marriage Monday is right around the corner (March 3, 2008).

By majority vote, our topic will be, "Is Divorce Ever Right?" Here's an opportunity to share your wisdom, Scriptural knowledge, experience, quotes, or any other insights you might have. Please feel free to approach this vital subject from any angle you feel led. The idea is to promote some vigorous thought and discussion, so all points of view are welcome and encouraged.

See you at Chrysalis on Monday!

Blessings,

e-Mom @ Chrysalis

"WHICH WOLF ARE YOU FEEDING?"

There's an old fable about a Cherokee Indian elder who was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, "A fight is going on inside you. It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight going on inside of you is inside every other person, too."
The children thought about it for a minute, and then one child asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee elder replied simply, "The one you feed."

Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. James 1:19-21