Who am I to judge another

So I recently read a book The Pulse of Hopeful Life  I don't recommend it - it is a real tearjerker, but it really made me think. The book is about a woman who left her family because of the death of her 14 month old daughter.  She just walked out on her other daughter and husband...because she felt guilty.  Now there were many times in the book when I thought, "how could she do it, I could never leave my children..." but I really empathized with her at other times in the book. So often I am quick to judge.  So often I remember people at the beginning of their trial and then just forget about them.  So often I make a judgement about a person before I even realized some of the circumstances.  What if this was the only way to help her overcome the trauma of losing her daughter.

We are all so different and we have different challenges, different upbringings, different lives.  We are not meant to be the same (otherwise we would have followed Lucifer).  Instead of being so judgmental, I need to give others a break, I need to be their friend and truly love them.  "In the quiet heart is hidden sorrow that the eye can't see" boy is that statement so true.  We all carry around burdens that we don't let others see and we can always lend a helping hand, a listening ear and an understanding heart instead of an upturned nose.

Writing

One of my goals is to become better at writing.  I figure one way to do that is to start writing, so I've been trying to update my blog regularly...anyway, if you ever have any suggestions of how I could be a better writer I would love the information!!!:)  I know writing is very personal, but I know I can get better and I know that people who read this blog can help me in my endeavor, so if you wouldn't mind sending me a message (or telling me in person), commenting on my blog, etc.  I would really appreciate it!:)

Missions put into action

I wrote last month about missions (ha, that is my first ever link, I hope it works!:) and just found out more for my specific mission, and since I've been wondering what to share on here, I decided that would be as good as anything!!!:)  So I know what my mission is, but what am I supposed to do right now?  I have 3 little girls that take up most of my time and I don't have any extra money to start putting into the preparation.  Anyway, so I was talking to someone recently about my mission.  Her mission involves domestic violence and she works a lot with the homeless, so she suggested starting to network...basically to go volunteer in homeless shelters - get to know the people, get to know the need, that sort of thing, so I'm going to do it!!!:)  I've decided to ask a mom or two to trade babysitting with me so that I can go volunteer!!:)  I'm so glad that I have an action step to do now!!:)