Notes to Self...and whoever's listening

My dad shared this video with me recently and I feel in love with it all over again.  It is one I've seen before, but watching it again was beautiful. In my bible study group recently, we discussed how it is impossible to trust someone that you don't know.  Most people (though we all know that one person that would) don't immediately tell someone everything about their life upon your first meeting.  You probably don't tell that person a lot even in the next few meetings.  You get to know the person.  You learn about them, what they like to do, their family, dislikes, friends, etc.  We spend time getting to know them. Back to the sheep and their shepherd---watching this video was amazing.  These sheep knew better than to answer to anyone else, but their shepherd.  They knew his voice.  They knew his ways.  And they trusted him.  The second he started calling to them, their heads lifted.  HE was their guide.  They hav...

I TRY to stay out of the fray.  I really do.  I find myself biting my tongue a lot, passing posts on social media and talking myself down all the time .  Ask my sister.  She has the ability to see it, pass it and move on.  I don't. Today's big issue I've run across that, for the life of me, I can NOT leave alone, is the controversy surrounding the new movie, Show Dogs.  Here is the link that caused the dust up:  https://foreverymom.com/arts-entertainment/dog-show-movie-review-grooming/  . Okay.  You read that right?  Let's continue. We all know what they're talking about when they have to "inspect" the dogs.  That happens in every dog show.  I always thought it was weird, but knew that was what they did and let it go at that.  Now, I do completely agree that they didn't need to accentuate this aspect and it does sound like they took it too far.  Lots of movies for kids take it a step or two too far in attempts t...