Denise Curry

humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less🙏

[Rep. Nancy Mace @RepNancyMace]

We are being systematically invaded and everyone is sitting around watching it happen.

Not us. We refuse.

[Roy T. Bennett @InspiringThinkn]

Let your words carry grace and your actions wisdom—what you do reaches beyond yourself.
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

[CRIXUS @CRIXUSwasHERE]

WHO🙋‍♂️ELSE?👇😡

[☮️George wilson💛 @AngelH52801]

💛👍💛

[Hillbilly @JamesHu27192912]

Hillbilly logic needs assistance here!

Nobody ever sat me down and explained there would come a season like this.

We spend our whole lives preparing for everything else.

We prepare for school.
We prepare for marriage.
We prepare to raise children.
We prepare for jobs, retirement, sickness, and even funerals.

But almost nobody prepares us for growing old.

One day you wake up and realize most of your firsts are behind you.

You've already had your first home, your first love, your first child, your biggest adventures, your hardest battles, and many of your greatest accomplishments.

The phone doesn't ring as much anymore.

People don't need you in the same ways they once did.

The world keeps moving faster while you find yourself slowing down.

And if you're not careful, your heart begins to whisper something that isn't true.

"It looks like my opportunities are gone."

That whisper can leave you wondering if something is wrong with you.

You may even find yourself thinking that death doesn't seem as frightening as it once did. Not because you want to die, and not because you've given up, but because you've lived enough life to know every story has its final chapter.

Nobody tells us that this is a normal thought for many people.

So we sit quietly with it.

We wonder if we've become selfish, weak, or ungrateful.

We wonder if God has forgotten us.

We wonder why our hearts feel so empty.

But maybe... just maybe... we aren't being abandoned at all.

Maybe we're being changed.

When we were young, people looked to us for our strength.

Now they look to us for our wisdom.

When we were young, our value was measured by what we could build.

Now our value is measured by what we can pass on.

The strange thing is, the world often sees us as wise while we quietly feel lost.

People ask for our advice, our stories, our recipes, our memories, and our prayers.

They see an oak tree.

We still remember being the acorn.

No wonder this season feels lonely sometimes.

We aren't just grieving people we've buried.

We're grieving younger versions of ourselves.

We're grieving the strength we once had, the dreams that never happened, the voices that have gone silent around the dinner table, and the feeling of being needed every single day.

That's a grief nobody warned us about.

If you're in this season, I want you to know something.

You are not broken.

You are not forgotten.

And you are not the only one who feels this way.

This is the season where your hands may grow weaker, but your words grow stronger.

Where your steps become slower, but your prayers travel farther.

Where your body begins to wear out, but your soul keeps growing.

As Christians, we believe God numbers every one of our days. If He has given us another sunrise, then He has also given us a purpose for it.

Maybe your greatest work is no longer making a living.

Maybe it's leaving a legacy.

Maybe it's encouraging someone who's hurting.

Maybe it's making your grandchildren laugh.

Maybe it's preserving your family's stories.

Maybe it's showing the younger generation what faith looks like when the hair turns gray and the body grows tired.

This season isn't God pushing you aside.

It may be God placing you exactly where your life can speak the loudest.

So if your heart has been wondering whether you're okay...

I believe you probably are.

You're simply walking through a season that almost nobody talks about.

And maybe it's time we did.

If you're comfortable sharing, tell us your thoughts in the comments.

Have you reached this season of life and wondered, "Is it just me?"

I have a feeling it isn't.

Maybe together we can put words to something that so many people have carried in silence.

❤️ banjo

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A hotel employee wets a towel every day to make steps so that the baby ducks who come to swim can easily get out of the pool.

[Trump Girl 🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲 @MAGA__Patriot]

I hope everyone will read Dave Ramsey’s comments about going cashless. It’s a two minute read. No one has explained it better. He brings up several situations I'd never considered.

I took this picture of my receipt in my beautiful town Kerrville Texas. I support this and I can see how this could affect our kids by having gaps in work ethic, financial literacy, and community connection.

Dave Ramsey repost:

HERE'S WHAT NO CASH ACTUALLY MEANS:
A cashless society means no cash. Zero. It doesn’t mean mostly cashless and you can still use a ‘wee bit of cash here & there’. Cashless means fully digital, fully traceable, fully controlled. I think those who support a cashless society aren’t fully aware of what they are asking for. A cashless society means:

* If you are struggling with your mortgage on a particular month, you can’t do an odd job to get you through.
* Your child can’t go & help the local farmer to earn a bit of summer cash.
* No more cash slipped into the hands of a child as a good luck charm or from their grandparent when going on holidays.
* No more money in birthday cards.
* No more piggy banks for your child to collect pocket money & to learn about the value of earning.
* No more cash for a rainy day fund or for that something special you have been putting $20 a week away for.
* No more little jobs on the side because your wages barely cover the bills or put food on the table.
* No more charity collections.
* No more selling bits & pieces from your home that you no longer want/need for a bit of cash in return.
* No more cash gifts from relatives or loved ones.
What a cashless society does guarantee:
* Banks have full control of every single penny you own.
* Every transaction you make is recorded.
* All your movements & actions are traceable.
* Access to your money can be blocked at the click of a button when/if banks need ‘clarification’ from you which will take about 3 weeks, a thousand questions answered & five thousand passwords.
* You will have no choice but to declare & be taxed on every dollar in your possession.
* The government WILL decide what you can & cannot purchase.
* If your transactions are deemed in any way questionable, by those who create the questions, your money will be frozen, ‘for your own good’.

Forget about cash being dirty. Stop being so easily led. Cash has been around for a very, very, very long time & it gives you control over how you trade with the world. It gives you independence.

If you are a customer, pay with cash. If you are a shop owner, remove those ridiculous signs that ask people to pay by card. Cash is a legal tender, it is our right to pay with cash. Banks are making it increasingly difficult to lodge cash.

Please open your eyes. Please stop believing everything you are being told. Almost every single topic in today’s world is tainted with corruption & hidden agendas.
Pay with cash & please say no to a cashless society while you still have the choice.

[Pamela Hensley🇺🇸 @PamelaHensley22]

Escalators all across New York are being turned off to conserve energy, yet the Taylor Swift wedding is exempt and can run UNLIMITED power and AC. This is what communism looks like.

[CowLivesMatter @ProtesterLone]

@EricLDaugh Military aviation is putting on a better show than half assed celebrities ever could. More relevant, too.

[DjWeideman @DjWeideman]

@EricLDaugh As awesome as this is, just remember, there’s a whole ground crew in support of these flights: Mechs, fuel, parts, air traffic control and more. All these men & women are on duty today and every day, so raise your glass to them as well. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

@EricLDaugh Hey I was on that beach!!!

Before the Apache Helicopters, we got dual-F16 flybys.

Absolutely freaking epic.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 EPIC! Apache helicopters in South Carolina just went LOW FORMATION along the beach in Charleston on America 250, directly in front of Americans on the ground

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

God Bless America 🇺🇸

[Snoopy Wallpaper @SnoopyWallpaper]

Happy 4th of July

[TaraBull @TaraBull]

You don't know what you have until it's gone