Get Up, Get Out, And Get Something

"Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.  For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you,  nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. 

 

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.  For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. 

 Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good. 

If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed. Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother."

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

About eight years ago, I equated the redistribution of wealth in society to the redistribution of students GPA points on a college campus and today my church showed a video detailing the exact notion.

It taking from the success and surplus of other's hard work and supplementing other's lack and deficit right?

Is subtracting from a 4.0 gained from steadfast studies and constant work and given to the bong toking, class skipping, truent fair??

Why should one's achievement be penalized so a sponge can benefit??

A plea to our President....if he wants a great nation, quit giving away handouts. If you didn't earn it, it's not your money to be enjoyed

. In fact,  it is a blatant sin and downright shame if you're able to work, to sit idle and wait with an open mouth.

"Ask a government worker what they do....and they will tell you, they update obsolete files all day long." Michael Youseff.

Everything About That Name

Flair For The Dramatic

"Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?" Job 38:17

I know this much is true.

A cobblestone, rusty nail covered dead end alley that T's into a cesspool known as the Gowanus Canal, with grungy houseboats and punk rock inhabitants, can somehow become the breeding ground for radioactive water and incensed contempt for the egos that fail to bleed through on your HD screens.

I know what this must sound like.

Spiteful, theatrical queen stuck behind the camera lens and in the dim, frigid shadows of New York's towers and other's surmounting fame falls prey to envy, but that would be far from factual.

Yet, I stare at my distorted reflection in the bubbling battery acid floating on top of the sewer sludge, and see the grim faces of many of the Mafia chosen before me.
And my fate beside them, sinking below the surface if this season doesn't end soon.

Is that too sensational?

Askew

"I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind." Ecclesiastes 1:12-14

Today, I verbalized that I would stay on this all consuming hamster wheel and deny the whisper telling me that I'm off my course in life all for the money.

This is disobedience in it's truest form.

Can you relate?

Why New York is More Fun With Money

The Public Theater just announced that Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline will star in a single-night performance of "Romeo and Juliet" in Central Park this summer. Streep and Kline will play the star-crossed lovers in a one-off staged reading at the parks Delacorte Theater. The performance honors the 50th anniversary of Shakespeare in the Park.
Tickets for the event start at $1500.

Swoon and Sway

 "Music is the soundtrack of your life."

 RIP Dick Clark. And thank you.

Grain Of Salt

"Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands." Ephesians 5:24
*From the author's imagination and gathered assumptions:

The conversations about leaving New York have begun and one pair of wandering shoe's have the urge for going, while the other stands firm on Manhattan's bedrock.

Rewind four long Autumn's ago, sitting in the middle of my living room floor, packing up my secure life in boxes, answering the call for change that swelled in my soul because my mind suffered from mediocrity in Atlanta....
My understanding husband leaned on the sidearm of our leopard chair and said he was glad he wasn't making the move.
Fast forward four springs and it's him who clings to this island of misfit toys.
 He's happy.  The kind of happy he wasn't in Georgia.

It's him that looks past the mountains of rotting garbage and sees the Cheshire cat moon smiling at the end of a cherry blossom filled street.
It's him who notices steam rising off the Hudson at sunrise as rush hour commuters are opening their eyes and turning over their engines.
The perfect wood fired crust washed down with a cold draft on a spring Sunday is enough to get him through the week....Walking through Lincoln Center abuzz with black suits and floor length gowns of visitors worldwide only brings pride to his Manhattan residency....Union Square farmers market crowded with city chefs and heroin induced sun worshipers isn't a an indulgent inconvenience, but what makes this city great.
Subway musicians, acrobats, opera singers, beggars, pleaders, gropers, streakers, screamers, and smelly sleepers are still his eccentric neighbors along side him on the wild and crazy ride.

Me. I'm just tired.  And ready to draw a fat red line through the words - Live in New York City- and move on down my Bucket List.