Take Time to Love

Recent tragedies in the lives of some of us here at MochaMusings have moved us to take a time out and remind all of our readers of how precious life is. You’ve heard it said a million times, but it’s always nice to have a reminder: Life is short. No one is invincible or immune from death. 

So, while you’re on this abbreviated journey we call life, take the time to love.

Love God, first and foremost. He’s the reason the one who has granted us all the time we here.

Love family and friends. TELL them you love them every chance you get. Many of us go through life assuming they know we love them, but sometimes hearing you SAY it means the world.

Love strangers. Strive to inspire or help someone every day. You’d be surprised how big an impact just one small act of kindness can make. 

Love yourself. You only have one life, one body. Take care of it.

Love life in all its brevity. Don’t be afraid to live and take chances, and find every reason you can to laugh. Regrets will only hold you back.

Take care and God bless, 

MochaMusings

Miracles and Hope

As a writer, I live for inspiration and I try to see God in all that happens around me. Recently, I’ve been overwhelmingly inspired and I’ve seen the undeniable work of God.

Tomorrow, our nation will inaugurate Barack Obama as its 44th president. But it’s not just about simply swearing a leader into office. It’s about the color barriers finally being broken in this country. It’s about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream finally being realized. It’s about the unlimited possibilities and the hope for our future. It is my inspiration.

On January 15, we all witnessed or heard about the commercial jet crash into the Hudson River. It’s been called “the miracle on the Hudson,” because amazingly, all 155 people aboard the plane survived. While I don’t discount the heroism of the pilot, crew and rescuers, I know they didn’t do it alone. The outcome could have been tragic, but God put all the right people in the right places at the right time. It was God who guided the mind and hands of the pilot, and moved the rescuers to act.

If these two things alone don’t inspire you; if these two things alone don’t make you feel like there is something out there that’s much greater than you or any other earthly being … I don’t know what will.

Peace and blessings,
S.Monette