Hemorrhaging Gratitude (too)

By: JANA GREENE

Hi, Dear Reader.

I was alerted by the WordPress Bots that I have blogged 50 pieces now on “Words by Jana Greene.”

I started this blog and retired my first, because I have different things to say now, and I’m not writing just for Christians. At all. I am writing for people who maybe don’t know what they believe, but they believe in the search for it with all their heart, and appreciate a kindred spirit. (Christians are of course welcome too; I count myself amongst you.)

I wanted to write in a way that was cleansing, raw, and maybe a smidge inspirational. And I think I’ve accomplished that. I hope so, anyway.

Fifty bearings of the soul.

Fifty chances to be vulnerable, in case someone else is feeling vulnerable too.

Fifty articles by the same old person?

Or am I the same old person?

I have a dear friend who likes to say that instead of having one inner child, we all have a whole preschool in us. And we do. I am finding myself to be a whole class full of university students.

Or, since I never went to college, maybe just a whole demographic of sensitive souls. Some that laugh at inappropriate things, like a 12 year old boy. Some who feel wise as a sage. Some that whine and fight naps like a preschooler. Some who manifest peace that passes understanding, like a monk. And some that scream WTF???!! into the abyss, like….well me.

Every last one of them, emotional.

All of them passionate. (Some of them need to chill already!)

Every day, we learn something different, hoping to end up a better person in some small way.

And most days, I come here to free-bleed words into the internet abyss, or celebrate some small victory, or rejoice, or complain. Sometimes all of those in one day!

What I’m trying to say in way too many words (as usual) is – I appreciate that someone out there is reading my work, and hopefully not looking at it like a stain on the carpet. I do enough of that to myself.

Hopefully, every day we are gaining some measure of connection or hop Ee, and if I can be a part of that, mission accomplished. Everything arrives right on time, and it’s my honor to share it with you, fellow human.

Thanks for taking the time to read me. I am grateful for every single way God manages to connect us, even as we are being divided (and subdivided) by society. Let us press into one another, with the Truth – which is that we are all connected.

While I’m bleeding words, I may as well hemorrhage some gratitude too. ❤

God bless you.