We all drive one, you know.       .       .

A     G A R B A G E     T R U C K

looking for a place to

D     U     M     P.         .        .

The Problem.          .          .

It’s usually not some abandoned landfill

but a lonely,

unsuspecting

p e r s o n.             .             .

Have you ever been

G A R B A G E D     T R U C K ‘ E D.     .     .

in a word

no pun intended.        .        .

I T     S T I N K S.          .          .

but  what  is  profoundly  more

r e p u g n a n t l y     s t a n k y

is when you take

YOUR

discarded

no good

foul smelling

disregarded

diseased

haz-met grade

G    A    R    B    A    G    E

to   the   curb.       .       .

p              a              u              s              e.                 .                   .  

and   then   promptly   bring   it   all   back

I          N          S          I          D          E

again

and then again

never really to

be rid of it

and settling for

T        H       A       T

being okie-dokey

n o r m a l.         .          .

Merriam-Webster 

more than clearly defines

G      A       R       B       A       G        E

:  Things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown out

:  A container where people put things that are being thrown out

:  Something that is worthless, unimportant, or of poor quality

                    or      maybe      even
more      defined

 :  Food Waste

:  A discarded or useless material 

:  T R A S H

:  Inaccurate or useless data

So just what is your 10%

.         .         .what is your 90%.          .          .

Not  W H E R E

W H O

is your dumping ground.          .          .

Let’s make this real easy:

When you take your garbage out–

L E A V E     I T

A  DUMP

is not a PERSON

but a PLACE.          .           .

(repeat as often as needed)

Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines

S            U            C            C            E            S            S

a s

:  the fact of getting or achieving

wealth,

respect,

or fame

:  the correct or desired result of an attempt

:  someone or something that is successful

: a person or thing that succeeds

I love

.           .         .like I hope you just did what these kids

3 – 11 had to say about success and happiness

We’ve long know that kids

have a way of saying the darndest things

but there’s only ever one definition about

  s         u         c         c         e         s         s

that matters :

Y       O       U       R       S

W     h     a     t

s      a      y

y          o          u  ?

When have you felt the happiest?

When did you feel like you were the most successful?

When did you feel at your wealthiest?

When did the

 k               i               d

 in you last peek out to see

if the coast was clear to just

p           l           a           y ?

When was the last time you played the game,

WHAT      WOULD      YOU      RATHER      BE ?

When was the last time that you

L          I          V          E          D                I     T   ?

When was the last time it mattered?

.             .             . w   h   e   n .             .             .     ?

Merriam-Webster defines many things

.           .           .but never

m    e

or

y   o   u 

.            .            .n       e       v       e       r !

You know what’s sad?

When you spell community

C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y

S A D

S-A-D

Psssssssst:  Community isn’t something you spell

Psssssssssst:  Community isn’t somewhere you go

Psssssssssssssst: Community is something you do

Psssssssssssssssssssst:  Community is who we are

A couple of weeks ago my wife, Erin, put the names of the all of the folks who attend the Church I serve by Sunday’s, on a several Scrabble Boards glued together.  The little lettered tiles spelled

c-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y

in quite another way. . .but what a great symbol that jumps into any eye that enters the sanctuary.

It was quite a feat and really. . .it’s  not  finished. . .actually it never will be.   .   .

every person who continues to visit or those who officially  join  will

m     a     k     e

The Board.

Before Church we usually stop at Starbucks. . .

It’s not just because we are in early November and Christmas decorations/trees are out and up or that several Christmas channels are on Sirius radio but Starbucks has broken out their

RED  CUPS

I love that they put our name on the Cups to remind us

W H O     W E     A R E

We are frequent fliers at our neighborhood,  STARBUCKS  and they know what we want before we ever after order. It gives me  that  Gingerbread feeling.     .     .     .

What spells c-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y

more than THAT ?

THAT  doesn’t Preach C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y

It’s  Living It

Wait. . .are we talking about

STARBUCKS

Church

or as Merriam-Webster would put it:

“A Unified body of individuals: as, (a): state, commonwealth, (b): the people with common interests living in a particular area;”

Or is it simply something more than the sum of its parts?

The only question that ever really matters is:

How  do  you  spell:

c-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y  ?

Is it something

you     are?

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