D'BETWEENs OF LIFE

Between OPPORTUNITIES and BLESSINGS

- opportunities are man-made while blessings are God-made

- opportunities are chances while blessings are certainties

- opportunities are good but blessings are best

- opportunities are enticing while blessings are unattractive

Between SUPERSTITION and BELIEF

- superstitions are human conventions that has been handed from one generation to the next while belief is a divine gift

- superstitions are coincidence-based while belief is faith-based

- superstitions are deceiving while belief is assuring

- superstitions are doomed to defeat while belief is groomed to victory

Between ACTION and MOTIVATION

- action is measurable but motivation is immeasurable

- action is the fruit and motivation is the root

- action fails but motivation prevails

- action can be bad but motivation is always good

Between INSTANT and LASTING solutions

- instant arrives at a sudden but lasting passes through a process

- instant is temporary while lasting is everlasting

- instant demands the practical self while lasting demands the reflective self

- instant is pressuring while lasting is persevering

- don’t get entice with OFFERS and BIG DEALS because it will offer you what you don’t expect and will deal you with harshness; the wisdom of small beginnings is a wisdom that has never been disproven; perseverance means years and not months that’s why God endows us with FAITH for us to persevere

Between PITY and MERCY

- pity is feeling but mercy is virtue

- pity is irrational, it precedes thinking, but mercy is rational, it proceeds with vision, mission and action

- pity is consoling but mercy is empowering

Between KINDNESS and TRUST

- kindness is human nature while trust is human effort

- kindness is innate in us while trust needs to be build among us

- kindness is appreciated but trust is valued

BUT remember in between in all these enumerations and litanies is YOU and GOD. The world will never change, resolutions will never solve, change will never take place unless you see, reflect and response what’s in between.

Aris, MI