It doesn’t matter

IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE YOU KNEEL

So with the frigid  temps in the “polar vortex” I am certain that  a lot of folks have aches and pains due to stiffness etc.  Unlike  we often hear on the weather reports this actually  IS A WINTER WEATHER EVENT”— Anyway  I am sure that some of the pain in the knees of some of my  friends and readers is  a direct result of  what can best be  characterized as Catholic calisthenics—you know  kneeling, standing,  sitting -kneeling…  Oh well I am not writing  to complain about  that and I am not  making any remarks about  how people express themselves on NFL  sidelines.  

Yesterday I was kneeling in my bathroom—-no it wasn’t a liquid lunch, nor  was my stomach doing cartwheels… I was quickly  wiping  off the throne because well I know that at least  most of the time  I am responsible for it needing a quick going  over… 

As  I was picking up the  nice wipes I used to do this I realized that people have a lot of disagreements on this planet about where  one should be kneeling and what one  should be thinking while doing so.  That my friends is what I  am writing about today.  

You see while I was finishing  up this  job—-for whatever reason—thoughts of  gratitude  for knowing a few specific  people came to mind.   

Well after a couple  of minutes of thinking about it, I decided to take  a couple minutes to pick up my smart phone and contact these  people just to  say thanks  to them for  being a part of my journey.  I mean seriously it only takes a few seconds to  express some gratitude in todays connected world and I don’t know if it was the act of kneeling that prompted me to act….if so that’s a good thing.  I just started thinking that where  one kneels or where one reflects on the  brighter spots in life  doesn’t  much matter as long as we  all make an effort to reflect on some of the  simpler and  quite frankly  better  things in life.

By the way if I didn’t contact you yesterday… don’t worry I am thankful for you too—-I don’t know where I’ll be kneeling soon … maybe to tie my shoes and you might get a text or something.  I only wanted to share that  when and where  we kneel shouldn’t  divide us it should remind us of good things in the world and be a source of peace and joy.