I've got a beautiful feeling....

Hi guys

Today was a beautiful day. I smiled, I laughed, I trusted, I hugged, I kissed, I worked, I hoped for an equally bright or brighter tomorrow, I gave thanks. I prayed.

If you are like me, if you hear a song it could stick in your head for days. I recently heard the song ‘He’ll do it again’ and I wanted to share some reflections.

If you don’t know the song, the chorus goes like this

He'll do it again
He'll do it again
If you'll just take a look
At where you are now
And where you've been
Well hasn't He always come through for you
He's the same now as then
You may not know how
You may not know when
But He'll do it again

Today I felt driven to give some words of encouragement to someone who might be reading. I feel that there is a lot of anger, frustration, grief, pain and fear in our society due to crime, due to the economic recession, due to general displeasure with the way things are and also due to a lot of uncertainty about what tomorrow may hold. However, as this song also says ‘God has proven time and time again, that he’ll take care of you.’

Stay strong my brother, have faith my sister. As an individual, as a community and as a nation, we need to be more positive and proactive and we must believe that with God’s help we can start the hard work of earnestly trying to change things around for the better in our own lives, in our community and in Anguilla. Let’s be real, we cannot do it alone.

So, let’s say yes to smiling instead of frowning today. Let’s say yes to saying a quick prayer rather than giving in to an angry outburst today. Let’s say Yes to treasuring the gift of today and to holding firm to the hope for an equally beautiful tomorrow.