Dawn Marie

Which will it be?

Published on November 13, 2015November 17, 2015 by Dawn Marie4 Comments

funny-pics-remember-when-hashtag-meant-nymber — Photo courtesy of Funnypics.

I enjoy Instagram. I enjoy the quick little reminders and updates from those who I am following. I especially love the many #hashtag combinations created!

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Mostly because the hashtags remind me of the many road trips our family would take to visit family in New Jersey and the ‘license plate’ games my sister and I would play in the back-seat of the car. (How many States can you find? Double numbers? Double letters?) But I especially found it to be so much fun deciphering the unique number/letter combinations that drivers would inscribe on their license-plates to create a message! Some seemed so perfect in description that you felt as if you were finding out a piece of information (from the inscription,) regarding who was contained within the vehicle! While others simply left you giggling and wondering about the mystery behind the message.

I suppose both a #hash&license ‘tag’ could be compared to the tag-lines on our blog sites too! Just a few little words to describe what you can expect to find at our sites.

Here at Hugs n’ Blessings (both) are Given Freely!

These tags, hashes, and license messages, in a way, leave you with clues to what is contained behind the photo, driver, message, & blog-writer. And the added fun is sometimes the discovery of what these tags inspire in each of us!

Laughter? Motivation? Contemplation? Introspection? Discovery?

Today I saw an insightful Instagram post from Proverbs Daily that has left me pondering myself and categorizing others. (Not in a judgmental way but rather in Awe, Wonder, and Recognition!)

And that’s when it hit me!!! What a great Weekend Thought to ponder:

Which of the following below would be TAG(s) for you??

Successful People:

Read Every Day, Talk About Ideas, Compliment, Embrace Change, Forgive Others, Learn Constantly, Accept Responsibility for their Failures,They want Others to Succeed, They have a Sense of Gratitude.

Unsuccessful People:

Watch TV Every Day, Talk About People, Complain & Criticize, Fear Change, Hold Grudges, Are Know-It-Alls, Blame Others For Their Failures, Secretly Want Others to Fail, Have a Sense of Entitlement.

(Are you pink or blue?)

Just like the #hashtags, tag lines, and license plate doodles,

I pray your noodle

has lots of fun

discovering (any) message behind the Weekend Thoughts

I leave you with today!

hugs n’ weekend blessings!

NO apparent reason.

Published on November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 by Dawn Marie9 Comments

images — “I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut…” Revelation 3:8

There will always be someone telling you, “No!”

“You cannot have it!”

“You will not do this!”

“I do not want you there!”

SO…what to do?

Boo-Hoo?

I say

PRAY.

(That:) “Yes” will win!

(That:) You “will receive

and achieve!”

NO MATTER WHO IS THERE

with you!

hugs n’ blessings to all those pushing through the road blocks in their life!

No greater love…

Published on November 11, 2015 by Dawn Marie2 Comments

“Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”

John 15:13

AN OLD SOLDIER’S PRAYER

I have fought when others feared to serve.
I have gone where others failed to go.
I’ve lost friends in war and strife,
Who valued Duty more than love of life.

I have shared the comradeship of pain.
I have searched the lands for men that we have lost.
I have sons who served this land of liberty,
Who would fight to see that other stricken lands are free.

I have seen the weak forsake humanity.
I have heard the traitors praise our enemy.
I’ve seen challenged men become even bolder,
I’ve seen the Duty, Honor, Sacrifice of the Soldier.

Now I understand the meaning of our lives,
The loss of comrades not so very long ago.
So to you who have answered duties siren call,
May God bless you my son, may God bless you all.

Lewis Millett