hurricanes, tornadoes and volcanic eruptions better titled: CHANGE

Change.

What causes us to make changes when it

is too hard to do it on our own?

When you know change has to happen but

you really aren't sure how to do it because

life gets too comfortable and it is scary

to think of change even if you aren't happy.

So this morning I examine natural disasters.

With hurricanes, tornadoes and volcanic eruptions

days before things around look normal.

The sun may be shining and people are living

their lives but pressure is brewing.

Sometimes there are warnings and sometimes

there are not but the pressure, the turmoil is brewing.

Finally the day comes when it blows.

It either spews it's lava all over the lands

or comes in to land bringing disaster with it.

Finally the disaster is done and things are calm

once more. The dust settles and things can

be seen in a different light.

Things that weren't important to you before

become prized possessions and you pick it up

and you dust it off and never again will that

possession be taken for granted.

Sometimes when the dust settles there is

forced need for change.

Even if you don't want to do it and you cry

because all you thought you loved is gone

the change has to happen, there is no other choice.

Family and friends come out of the woodwork

to help each other.

Even those who haven't talked for months

come out to help.

It is painful, yet with this change that we sometimes

feel we just can't do, a disaster comes to give

us no other choice but to do what is the right

thing to do.

To pick up the pieces of what is salvageable

and move on. Sometimes we are thankful

for the disaster because we have a better life now.

We find ourselves better people and at a better

place than we ever thought possible.

So is life, natural disasters happen

even in families and in the end things are

better than you ever thought imaginable.

Because the family rallies, truth is spoken

and change is imminent.

Nothing gives me more comfort in times

of trouble than my favorite Beatles:

WHEN I FIND MYSELF IN TIMES OF TROUBLE

MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME

SPEAKING WORDS OF WISDOM

LET IT BE...

AND WHEN THE BROKEN HEARTED PEOPLE

LIVING IN THE WORLD AGREE

THERE WILL BE AN ANSWER

LET IT BE

FOR THOUGH THEY MAY BE PARTED

THERE IS STILL A CHANCE THAT THEY WILL SEE

THERE WILL BE AN ANSWER

LET IT BE...

AND WHEN THE NIGHT IS CLOUDY

THERE IS STILL A LIGHT THAT SHINES ON ME

SHINE UNTIL TOMORROW

LET IT BE...

I WAKE UP TO THE SOUND OF MUSIC

MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME

THERE WILL BE AN ANSWER

LET IT BE

I adore and love you baby girl...