Marion Gaskins

The definition of ........       ad·vo·cate : 1 -recommend or support something: to support or speak in favor of something 2 - somebody giving support: somebody who supports or speaks in favor of something 3 - helper: somebody who acts or intercedes on behalf of another AND .. 1 - one that pleads the cause of another; specifically : one that pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court 2 - one that defends or maintains a cause or proposal 3 -one that supports or promotes the interests of another                                                                         I am on a roll today........and my word is "advocate" . I feel like we as American citizens are just sitting back and letting life go by; complaining as we're rockin'. Every day each of us are...

                                                                          Hugs It's wondrous what a hug can do. A hug can cheer you when you're blue. A hug can say, "I love you so," or, "Oh, I hate to see you go!" A hug is "Welcome back again!" "Great to see you!" or "Where've you been?" A hug can soothe a small child's pain And bring a rainbow after rain. The hug!  There's just no doubt about it, We scarcely could survive without it. A hug delights and warms and charms, It must be why God gave us arms. Hugs are great for fathers and mothers, Sweet for sisters, swell for brothers. The chances are some favorite aunts Love them more than potted plants. Kittens crave them.  Puppies love them. Heads of state are not above them. A hug can break t...

Two Wolves An old Cherokee was teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret,  greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every person, too." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed." A Cherokee Legend

                                                                                Drop a pebble in the water; just a splash and it is gone; But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on. Spreading, spreading from the center, flowing on out to the sea. And there is no way of telling where the end is going to be. Drop a pebble in the water; in a minute you forget, But there's little waves a flowing, and there's ripples circling yet, And those little waves a-flowing to a great big wave have grown; You've disturbed a might river just by dropping in a stone. Drop an unkind word, or careless; in a minute is is gone; But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on. They keep spreading, spreading, spreading from the center as they go, And ...