#loveyourneighbor

“People need people. God does His best work through people” Dr. David Jeremiah.

True, so true I thought as I quickly scribbled it on a scrap of paper before it got lost in the busyness of the early morning. How fun and exciting it is to see and visit with neighbors out in their yards, or on a stroll around our little valley. We were designed for community. So, post on your favorite media photos of you and your neighbors. Be sure to use hashtag:

#loveyourneighbor

We are getting out more with this lovely weather. Take a photo and post it:

#loveyourneighbor

Enjoy these few photos of our neighborhood!

Having a friendly chat with delivery driver.

*Not to miss a chat with neighbor* *too!*

*And the joy of* *meeting a new ‘neighbor’ on daily dog walks.*

*The weather is getting nice enough now to sit a spell and visit with neighbors.*

Dr. David Jeremiah is right—people need people.

I listen to very little news anymore. I find it depressing, questionable, repetitive, negative, frightful and of little relevance to my life. Dear reader, be gentle, I simply have not the time nor interest in what is going on 24/7 in the whole wide world. We truly live in the information age. Problem is, what does one do with all this information? Information overload. It is far too heavy to carry, and way too much to hardly know where to begin to help.

The most pervasive feeling continual news gives me (and I think it may be intentional?) is a sense of helplessness. What, in the world can one little person do to stem this current tide of division so prevalent in our own society? We have family members that refuse to speak to one another, lifetime friends that no longer talk or visit together, and folks that do not even know the names of their next-door neighbors.

The term today is cancel-culture, but I think it should be called CANCER-CULTURE. For it spreads ugly and fiercely like cancer. It seems to have a life of its own, and is bent on destroying everything and everyone it gets close to.

I have always turned off the news from Thanksgiving to the first of a New Year. It was my time ‘off’ from the worries of the world, and time to focus on family and holidays. I enjoyed it so much, it seemed logical and sane to stay that way. So, I decided to listen only once a day to news, and read the paper that comes once a week to our home. Period.

That decision has sure improved my outlook on life, I’ll tell ya. I also have given much thought to what could I do to improve our societal division? Here is my idea, for what it is worth:

#loveyourneighbor

I believe this positive hashtag will help promote good will between folks and will be a fun way to spread smiles and a sense of belonging among we the people. I invite anyone who would like to accept this challenge to take a part in mending fences and spreading good will with our neighbors, family and friends. I will post my first two photos below. Post your photos on the social media you like and be sure to use the hashtag:

#loveyourneighbor

Join in if you feel like spreading some smiles for we American people again. As for me, I am weary of media telling me what I am. One photo at a time we can show who we, the American people, really are.