LADLE-LIVING

Some would say it’s the ONLY question.       .       .

Some would say  WE  all do it, but only with a small

“S”

Some would say.           .          .

What say  Y   O   U ?

It’s never really a matter of to serve

or not to serve

as much as it is

WHO’S       SERVING       WHOM?

I use to play a game each Fall when Youth Groups would get back together again from Summer vacation. A nice, kind of lame Ice-Breaker that would allow us all to get to know each other and re-acquaint with old members graduating and new members moving up. It went something like:

Are you more of a Mountain or a Valley?

Are you more of a Lake or a Ocean?

Are you more of a Forest or a Desert?

Are you more of a Jingle or a Symphony?

Are you more of Lion or a Lamb?

Are you more of a Ladle or a Bowl?

Even now as I read those examples, like you, I’m answering them, maybe in a different way that I did well over 30 years ago.          .          .

Hey, we’re  allowed  to  C H A N G E  aren’t  we?

And  although,

CHANGE    IS    THE    ONLY    THING    THAT’S    CONSTANT

and that it’s literally inevitable

and at times very exhilarating,

it still doesn’t always have to be obeyed or observed.          .          .

Anyone who practices any degree of

Ladle-Living

knows how absolutely the Benefactor

receives so much more than the Benefactor-ee.      .      .

Being in hospice since 1994, I’ve found that,

without a doubt,

I am one of the most selfish person’s I’ve ever met,

known

or heard of.          .          .

Once you not only POSSESS the Ladle,

but actually USE it,

without thought

or account of repay,

Life becomes a series of

G     I     V     I     N     G     S.          .          .

G  I  V  I  N  G  S

that are intoxicatingly addictive.       .       .

TRANSLATION:

YOU   CANNOT   GIVE   AND   NOT,

 N   O   T,

NOT   WANT   TO   GIVE   MORE,

a g a i n      a n d      a g a i n,     a n d      a g a i n.       .       .

So. . .

Are you more of a Mountain or a Valley?

Are you more of a Lake or an Ocean?

Are you more of a Ladle or a Bowl?

Are you more SERVING or SERVED?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm,

the     answers     that     need     no     pondering     are     the     most     truthful;

especially   since   we   KNOW   before   the   Questions   are   asked !

Here’s to a little more Ladle-Living for each of us. . .

even if it means make-shifting a handle

on the not so shiny bowl

we’ve been carrying around for way too long.          .          .

well  now,

that’s  a

CHANGE   THAT   CAN   BE   CONSTANT

.          .          .e  v  e  r  y  t  i  m  e  !

and    simply    remember    the    greatest    of    truths: