Pope Francis

I love this Pope.  He is making it happen by making it clear what is happening.   He criticizes the right wing of Christian fundamentalism by saying that they have jumped on the wrong side of issues instead of remaining true to the principles of Christ.   He said "Feed the poor";  he did not say "Feed the pockets of the church";  he said, "Heal the sick" instead of heeling to the people who make the government run.    I hope he lives long enough to make it happen or make someone think about society  --wherever it occurs.

It is a lesson for me also.  Every day I get up, determined to make the day count, and I get enmeshed in dog fights that I can't win and end up throwing up my hands and feeling sorry for myself.   It takes the best out of me every time I allow old circumstances to crowd in and choke off positive acts and emotions.   I may be 75 but I am alive today.  Pope Francis is older than I am and he is making a difference every day in big ways.  Why don't I take a lesson from him--and react, positively, to the circumstances which are hitting me in the face?  I have opportunities every day to make life better for someone...and I spend my time exasperated by situations.

So today,   here are my opportunities:

Mark Hoffmeister is coming over at ten to work.  Make a list of things that we can do to deliver Christmas presents.
Call Matt Porter to come this week to lunch.  Both these guys help me so much.   I need to do something special and grant them "one wish".
Send Rose Marie flowers for Christmas.  She has reminded me that sometimes people have to cope in their own ways and remember the good of the past.
Call Harriett Small about Bubber.  He has surgery this morning.
Going out to eat with John Bierk and Bill Prost tonight.  I need to listen and find out how they really are.

And, Pope Francis, I need to focus on what is really important, in my life, and ditch all the extraneous, petty matters which envelop me daily.