Happy Halloween? Yes, it Was!

Tonight Was a Good Night

I was really moved this Halloween by all of the nice parents and trick-or-treaters that stopped by tonight (Halloween night). In a world where there is so much distrust and angst it was moving to see such nice people, both, young and older, willing to go out into their community to share a night of fun. It’s nice to see that we can still get together as communities and share in family events. Parents might still have to check their children’s candy, just in case, but there are so many people who don’t taint their candy and so willingly share in the community event of Halloween night.

A Better World

I have hope that there will be a day when parents don’t have to check their children’s candy. Even if that doesn’t happen in our lifetime it is still something worth working toward. To know that our children and grandchildren, and so on, can live in a better world than we live in now makes it all worth the effort. When I was younger nothing meant more to a parent than for their children to somehow have a better life than they did – to go to college and have a big career, and more. I don’t know what the one thing that parents want for their children today is, but I feel that with what we all see on the news day after day, to somehow leave a better world for them to live in should be at or near the top of the list. A better world is always worth the effort, and maybe, the best place for all of us to start is in our own lives.

Fight the Good Fight

For most people life is not about changing the whole world. Life is about being a positive influence within your own life, especially, within your own family. You have to ask yourself what you are called to do in life. For most it is not being a state or national leader. For some it is. Even if you get the answer you did not expect, or even want, you will find that if you follow your calling your life will be whole. If you are meant to do something you need to get up and do it. Life is not always about following the path of least resistance or being comfortable all or even most of the time. Life is about doing what is right. It is about taking on your responsibilities and fulfilling them. It might seem like a lot of work, at first, but you will find that positive things happen when you do the right thing. Call it what you will, but life has a way of working out when you do what is right. No matter what you do in life you will always encounter some difficulties, at some point. Even if you choose the easy route you will encounter troubles. If you stand up and take responsibility you learn how to handle the hard times and you get through them more easily as time goes on. The bumps in the road smooth out for you and life gets better, in part, because you have learned how to handle them. Walking away from your responsibilities will just make your life worse in the long run. Being responsible leads to good things and will lead, ultimately, to your happiness.


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