The Wisdom Years - Part 2 (episode 287-2)
Fear does not come from God.
So why do we choose it? That is part of the message Cindee Williams had for us during our conversation. Trying to control circumstances, or people, is not coming from a place of love but of fear. Deciding to come from a place of love is the better choice and sometimes it’s hard to do. As Cindee shares, that’s why walking with God helps us develop our sense of security. Plus the risk to be vulnerable shows us we can be bold, we can make mistakes, and still be loved.
Cindee is our guest this week for Spicy Christian Women - Becoming all that and a bag of chips. This is part two.
She can be found at leadmylife.com.
Nothing good happens in isolation.
— Cindee Williams
Let’s Bring it Back
Thoughts from The Wisdom Years
In addition to Cindee reminding us how much we need people, an online sermon I heard today underscored that same point. We need people. We are built for connection. We thrive most in relationship. So why are they so often challenging?
Well, we see things differently, we experience things differently. Our feelings are our own. And our thoughts are individual as well. It’s easy to misunderstand, easy to assign motives that aren’t intended, easy to get hurt feelings. What I don’t understand is why we don’t communicate more, why we’re not more open to sharing how it really is for us. It can be done. Here’s the tricky part. Not everyone is interested. I know that first-hand.
That is why finding your people is so essential to having a happy, healthy life.
Do you remember how you were in Kindergarten? Do you remember your friends from back then? (Jill, Joey, Craig, Sarah.) You were likely open, loved to play, were eager to learn, and exploring was part of the school day. You also learned how to be a good friend, learned how to pick up after yourself, and learned how to be respectful. Really we all got the basics of life at the age of five. You may have read this previously somewhere else, but I think it bears repeating.
All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Share everything.
Play fair.
Don’t hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don’t take things that aren’t yours.
Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life – learn some and think some
and draw and paint and sing and dance and play
and work every day some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic,
hold hands, and stick together.
Be aware of wonder
Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup:
The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody
really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even
the little seed in the Styrofoam cup – they all die.
So do we.
And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books
and the first word you learned – the biggest
word of all – LOOK.
And it is still true, no matter how old you
are – when you go out into the world, it is best
to hold hands and stick together.
Written by Robert Fulghum in 1990, these words and the principals are timeless. Let’s all do more of this. We learned it years ago and somehow a lot of it got chucked to the wayside. Let’s bring it back. I’m in, how about you?
I had Mrs. McKinley for Kindergarten.
I remember taking naps (we got to take turns being the ‘fairy’ who would wake everyone up, riding a metal tricycle (yes, it got hot!) and sitting on a mat.
— My official Kindergarten photo (the original had some gunk on it. No, I didn’t get a weird tattoo between my eyes)
