Hello World…
I started writing years ago… Some letters of encouragement to friends, some articles to up-lift, and then a book. To me, it has been just like sharing with friends… a thing I use to do with my brother.
He was the love of my life as I grew up… my protector, my parent at times, my friend, my confidant, my first soul mate. My brother, Tom. He liked everyone and they liked him. But he made it clear to me that he would always love his “Sis.”
Tom was a very happy person when we were together. Always had a smile on his face… but when he died I had to learn to live with a smile on my face without him.
Happiness is a choice, it is not a destination. I am certainly not the first person to have said that. Whomever said it before me, I give you credit and I have joined you in a better life by being happy.
Of late, I see people of all ages concerned that we are not going to live through the current troubles we are experienceing. People seem unhappy and worried and very busy. I got to thinking that this is not new. I’ve already been there. I’ve seen many of the things you’re worried about and gone to the mat but never been counted out. I am hoping that with the humor my genes shared with my brother, and the sass that God gave me I can help in some way to see us through this again.
In addition, I am tired of hearing that my life should be a book. I’m ready to listen to you, the way I listened to my brother when I was growing up. I am ready to share the way I learned to get up off the mat when life hit me across the face.
I am ready to be your friend… for just as I was not alone growing up with my big brother, you are not alone now.
We will laugh. We will cry. We will ponder. We will look the lion of fear and trouble in the eye and go together to conquer it. Wild beasts cannot tame us… we are the men and women who tame the lion.
I was not alone then. You are not alone now. Welcome world. Let’s have a chat.
Best… Carolyn Thomas Temple