What we know about love may not be what true love.
In a series of posts, I will tackle love.
And it could continue after that. It’s not quite done, but you will see those points I mentioned.
Love is so complicated. We have a hard time understanding it. There are multiple forms of love too. I’m going to take my time with it all, while admitting I don’t have the answers.
This is one of those rare times I attempt to shock you into reading a post via an interestingly vague title. But, I am serious: Kill the hero.
The concept of hero has many meanings. The one I want to focus on is this:
Man stops thief from taking purse from old, defenseless lady. He’s now a hero. The man replies “I’m no hero; I just did what I thought was right”.
Right there. We live in a world that doesn’t expect you to do the right thing. When you do, you get a parade. We need to end this. We need to be in a place where everybody is doing their part to stop bad to the point it’s virtually taken for granted.
Some say that a hero is indeed not a hero. In a split second, true character shows. What will you do when you find a wallet with $1,000? What want to do and what you end up doing are different things, although the first thing can often influence the second thing.
Brother. Mother. Uncle.
We have titles for certain people in our lives; mainly relatives. These are labels to identify. Yet, I do also think these titles have to be earned, based on the definition of such titles.
Overall, family is a group of people that you have a permanent alliance with. Loyalty, trust, encouragement, love, and more is what you naturally expect from family members.
It isn’t like that all of the time though, is it?
Sometimes we make mistakes. We hurt each other. We forgive. However…however…
You are 18 years old. You are about to embark on a new chapter of life: College. Your mom and stepdad have been with you every step of the way. Your stepdad came and raised you as your own after your father decided he had better things to do than raise you.
But then, father shows up. He wants to be part of your life and expects the same respect…relationship…as with any other child parent.
Now what?
I’m shifting things around, here. Let’s get to it.
I am keeping Tuesday Testimony. I like it. You seem to as well. It will stay on Tuesday.
I am officially bringing back Weekly Funnies. Not sure what day of week to bring it back to. Looking at jokes and images. Perhaps a video.
I have plans to bring back Weekly News as well. Again, need a day. It will be Good News of course. Looking at three stories per post.
The two Weekly posts will likely have some themed stuff. I like themed stuff and your clicks do too.
I want to keep this as simple as possible. I still keep the news, I bring back the humor that put this blog on the map, and those testimonies are a favorite based on comments and likes I get.
The Weekly Funnies will be nice and clean (in terms of language and images used). The Weekly News will continue to show what good is going on. The testimony will also give you a look at how people are being overcomers and stuff.
Dante’s Optimism lives.
When will this launch? Either next week or the following week. This week is going to be busy as I am preparing lighting for my church’s Christmas concert. I’m also singing in the choir so it’s double duty.
Well, the numbers are in and you love the funnies that show up here on this blog. Weekly Funnies and Daily Good Stuff lead views daily and there is no sign of them slowing down. Comedy is gold.
So, perhaps I will bring back at least the Weekly Funnies feature back to this blog. It was one of the original featured posts of this blog (along with Weekly News).
I liked those two posts a lot. I’ve always wanted to do a daily feature but I don’t have the strength to do it. So, weekly it is.
I’m examining the other types of posts here. Motivation, Testimony, Word, Thought (lol), and Fearless. I will look at the views for those and pick the ones that seem to have the most impact. I will then create a new lineup, that only takes up maybe three days of the week.
But yeah, it looks like Weekly Funnies will return.
We talk about life on other planets. Aliens. Are they out there? Are they looking for us? Are they friendly?
I happen to believe in other lifeforms on other planets, and it’s for one specific reason: God.
God is the creator of the universe and all that dwells. There is a very real chance that humans are not the only life He’s created. Heck, the earth itself has so much life.
But, what about souls? Spirits? Are humans the only people that posses the ability to be saved by Jesus?
This is all completely a theory…well, hypothesis on the subject. I have no scripture references for you. I only have who God is.
