Does anyone hold hands anymore?
I thought about this after taking a walk tonight. I am on a short holiday to a quaint little town called Galena in Illinois. Walking down the main street in Galena is like stepping back in time with all the beautiful old architecture that still exists. It is a great place for two people to spend a romantic weekend.
As I was out for an evening walking along the river I first ran into a middle aged couple. The gentleman was walking along with his hands in his pockets, his head bent towards the ground with a scowl on this face that screamed, “What the heck am I doing here.” His wife was walking about a yard behind him with a nice smile on her face and a bounce in her step.
The next couple I came upon was the complete opposite. The gentleman was walking along with a pleasant smile. His wife was walking next to him with her face buried in her phone.
All I could think about was how these two couples were missing out on what I would consider one of the most simple and romantic things to do together; hold hands. It’s free. I can be done anywhere. And I would think it feels rather nice. I say the last line that way as I am single and have not had the experience or chance to hold hands with anyone.
From the perspective of a lonely single person; couples really should hold hands more often. I would love to be able to do that with someone. I don’t have that opportunity, but those of you that have a significant other do. So take it. Enjoy it. Treasure it as in all things nothing lasts forever and you may lose your chance.
~The Quiet Computer Guy
Exhale
Five Minute Fridays begin a little earlier now for all the eager ones, like myself! The prompt word is posted at 10 p.m. on Thursday nights to allow us to get a head start. This week’s word is: EXHALE
Ready?
Set?
GO!
Confusion and chaos has been our life for months on end now. We have struggled, cried, prayed, begged, and pleaded with God, and each other. Relying on our own strength has not gotten us very far at all. It has never been more evident that our source of strength should come from God above … our strength should be in the Lord.
We have held our breath as we’ve tried to do this alone. At times we have felt like we would surely die, the pain was so great. We have been disillusioned, believing the lies of the devil. He would like nothing more than to destroy our lives, our marriage, our family. He whispers the most awful things, and we believe the king of lies, deceit and betrayal. He wreaks havoc on us while throwing his head back laughing as evilness flows from his forked tongue. We fall on our knees, face down, sobbing uncontrollably as he digs his pitch fork into our hearts. Then God steps in front of us and shields us from a fatal blow to our hearts. He extends His arms wide, like when He was on the cross, as He says, “These are MY children, and you will NOT hurt them any more!” He stares the devil right in the eyes, and evilness has no choice but to slither back to where it came from. Our Father has protected us once more, sheltering us with His love, shielding us with His strength, arming us with the power to go on.
And so, we do, as we slowly exhale all of the pain, the heartache, the overwhelming hurt that has been our companion for way too long now. We exhale the sorrow, shedding the old ways we’ve been living and inhale His power, His strength, His love. We feel His hand upon our lives even stronger now than before, and we know that we are going to be okay.
If God is for us, who could be against us?
STOP!
Why do we hug?
I came across this video today called “Why Do We Hug?”:
http://youtu.be/HfIh-8tt3Wo?t=3s
What it tries to accomplish is to explain with a scientific viewpoint why we hug. I think there are some things that should not try to be explained by science. This is one of them. To me the video misses one important point about why we hug; it feels good! I think there needs to be more hugging in the world.
Go out and hug someone. Do it often. A hug is one of the best free gifts you can give.
(( hug ))
~The Quiet Computer Guy
