Margo's got Moxie ! : the diary of miss red high heels

I always wonder if each time there is a hand outstretched, or a helping octopus arm in your direction, you aren't going to ignore it, unless of course you don't want the help, in which case, seek no further assistance or bother with anything. I have always thought of myself as someone who enjoys helping people and working together with the resources I have or others carry to create something beautiful. I am caretaker personality and I give as much as I can. I remember being in a sermon at church where the pastor talked about how much gratitude we have for our maker who never ceases to amaze us with his gifts and love. In humanity, I think it comes to a point where we all seem to have our limits or conditions on which we justify no longer being able to give or possess grace, or humility. I have a difficult coworker at work whom I have given my all and stretched myself to the limit to reach her in a way I had hoped would effectively change how I was treated or how I felt each tim...

I came home from downtown Sac this evening from a wonderful friend's birthday party. A woman I did not know almost threw up on me and I held her hair back as she threw up in the bathroom sink at a restaurant. She had too much to drink and her date was waiting outside and looked dumbly in my direction as I called for a waiter for the mess clean up and for some water for the lady. She repeatedly told me how embarrassed she was, and that she couldn't find the faucet handle..... Gross right? and she 'blames it on the alcohol'.  How does this all go again? You had too much, but you claim it was all part of the fun...you say... Your parents are disappointed in you and it doesn't look good. Flash forward. It's your 21st birthday and the drinks are flowing. No one tells you to eat food or drink water, or to quit the chugging. You keep going. Shot after shot after shot. Your friends start to look pretty blurry and you are dancing on the dance floor, maybe some clothes c...

"Your internal attitudes are more impt than you external circumstances,"assistant pastor Jon said. Some people say that church is a waste of time or it doesn't mean anything. I go to church to enrich my life, expand my community circle and strive to serve. Im not Ghandi or the pope by no means and would rather not be---maybe Opera...kidding. But when I go there, the world and its judgements, worries, poverty, and our own transgressions fall away as we enter His House for us! I met a group of women in a bible study who have impacted my life and its a reminder that no matter what I am experiencing, I can remember that God loves me unconditionally; a place of refuge. Every day we wake up and we choose how our day will go with our attitudes: we have a choice to be positive Polly as my mother used to say, or negative Norbert. Here at the 24hr gym its same mantra. You can feel incredibly awful on your way in and not want to even be there at all. On my way out the door after a w...