To Have and Have Not

Those of us who have the basic comforts of food, shelter, clothing and medical care and who are willing to share their good fortune with those who aren't so fortunate are the best among us. They are charitable people who are also aware enough about life to realize that hard work is not the only means of securing the necessities of life and that these necessities ought to be entitlements in any free and progressive human society. The best among us know that there are many individuals who are more than willing to work for these entitlements but do not have that opportunity for various legitimate reasons, including a waning national economy.

Those who "have not" are not necessarily unmotivated and irresponsible. The element of luck has much to do with one's success in life and only the selfish among us who "have" will contest that notion. When opportunity knocks it is often an event of pure chance.

If you are someone who has the basic entitlements of food, clothing, shelter and medical care, you are obligated as a citizen of a free and progressive society to share your good fortune with fellow citizens who are less fortunate. Freedom means nothing if the benefits of freedom are not shared and enjoyed by all.

Letting Go Is Having

Knowing when and how to let go of someone or something is one of the biggest keys to success and happiness in life.

Knowing when to let go of a way of life that is not working for you is having a new way of life which does. It can mean leaving one job for another or leaving a place that offers you very little for a new place that abounds in opportunity.

Knowing when to let go of the dead is allowing their memory to live within you.

Recognizing that you have done all you can in your effort to arrive at an answer to a problem or to arrive at a solution that you genuinely need in life is the first step toward placing that problem into the realm of a higher authority. Letting go and leaving that unsatisfied need in the hands of that higher authority is the key to having that necessary answer placed free of charge into your own hands.

Letting go and having are two sides of the same coin. And that coin is called faith.