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Random Acts of Kindess
Wanna change the world? Stop thinking about yourself for a moment and do something nice for someone today! 
) Whether it’s a kind word to someone, holding the door for someone, letting someone merge into the traffic, buying someone a cup of coffee….whatever it is, JUST DO SOMETHING and DO IT ON PURPOSE!!!
Why? Well, first of all, it’s just nice and nice people are cool. Besides that, doing something for someone and not expecting anything in return makes you feel good inside and blesses the person on the receiving end. It’s a WIN-WIN! Can you imagine what the world would be like if we all put our pride aside and reached out to help someone? We all face the same problems in life and we all could use a friendly gesture sometimes. Do your part and you’ll see that one of these days, someone is going to do something nice for you and you’ll totally appreciate it!
Live Life on Purpose!
The best way to make friends…
…is to be one. How do you want to be treated by potential friends? When you answer that, do that for others. If you want to be respected, be respectful. If you want someone to keep your secrets, keep theirs. Open your ears and not your mouth.
I think there are a few stages of friendship: Acquaintances, Situation Friends, Plastic Friends and Real Friends.
Acquaintances are, of course, the people you see on occassion. You make chit chat when you see each other, but it never really develops into anything new.
Situation friends are the one you see at work, church or other routine type settings. Those friends are ones you might have a great time with, maybe even share some of your personal issues with, but you never really hang out outside of the fixed environment.
Plastic friends are the ones that are only your friends when life is good, but they turn on you when things go bad. They may like you and shmooze you for what they can get from you, like social status for example.
Then, there’s the real deal. Your Real friends are there for you and you for them no matter what. I’ve been blessed with some real keepers. They’re the kind that even though we haven gotten a chance to keep in touch for a few months, when we talk or meet up, it’s like there was no lapse in time. They are encouraging and inspirational. They laugh with you when you’re being silly..and sometimes laugh AT you, but you don’t care because you know their just messin’ with you.
I encourage you to BE a good friend and you’ll find you’re never alone in life.
Poly-Ticks
Why do politicians (small time to big time) who are running for office always seem to bring up stupid, insignificant things like “My grandmother struggled to raise my mom and the six other children. She was single after my grandfather died and had to work two full time jobs as a secretary and a waitress just to make ends meet. She had an ulcer and gray hair by the time she was 29. That’s why I’m here today.” OR “My dad was a mechanic and my mom stayed at home with us kids. We barely had enough food to survive. But now, here I am, here for you.” Did they have to walk uphill both ways in 3 feet of snow, too? Ugh! It seems nearly everyone’s parents, grandparents or great-grandparents suffered, not just politicians, so why they use this as a tool to make them more appealing to the crowd is weird. Weirder still are the folks there cheering after such statements are made. 
Personally, though I feel for your grandma and all her hardships, I don’t care to hear about them now. It’s old news. It won’t make me vote for you. How about we just figure out what to do about the hardships our people are facing today. Focus on the present and future. The past is over with. Let’s learn and move on. Clearly, you politicians are doing so well because of all of your predecessors efforts, and that’s why you have to talk about THEM…because maybe YOU never faced it yourself. But, locally, I’ve got teens in my town with NO home, no parents who will sacrifice for them like yours may have for you. 15 year olds who are still in the 7th grade. Teens turning to drugs for “comfort”…drugs some of them are DOING with their parents. Absurd to me, but real. They’re rejected by the people who are supposed to love them most, so don’t you ditch them too. They are worthy of time and effort.
Let’s just stop all the “fluffy” talk and schmoozing and get down to business. AND let’s be adults and not slander each other to make ourselves look good. That’s just lame. Just be real.
I’m just saying…
One of the funniest things I’ve heard recently is from a teenager. She says that her Dr. said she couldn’t use a regular cell phone for texting. She should use one of the expensive ones with the full keyboard on them because she COULD get hyper-extended thumb muscles. Seriously??? Could anyone REALLY text that much? Do any of YOU have this problem? I don’t text people, so I guess I can’t say first hand whether this is true. I have been typing at about 70wpm for about..oh…20 years and my fingers have survived. Granted, now that we have computers, I make a whole bunch more errors because it’s so easy to erase, but if anything, that should be causing my pinky great damage. Maybe I’ll never really know the extent of my pinky damage until I’m elderly.
Your Problems Are Big To You
I heard that line from someone who heard it from their lawyer and it really stuck with me. The lawyer was telling this man, who was overwhelmed with bad feelings about his situation, that to him this was an every day occurance. Just another case, really. He told the man not to worry about it, just get him the documents he needed and he’d take care of the rest. Soon it would all ancient history.
It makes me think of how God must think of us. Our problems are big to us and we scurry around over thinking things, trying this and trying that while making bigger messes of the situation and getting ourselves all worked up about it all. God has to be like “Trust me, I’ve seen this before and I’ve got your back. Just trust me and I’ll take care of it. Soon it will be a thing of the past.”
”Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ” Philippians 4:6-7
Be anxious over finances? No. Be anxious over gas prices? No. Be anxious about your relationships? No. Be axious over sickness? No. Be anxious for NOTHING. He’ll never forget you because you are the apple of His eye. He’ll never be too early or too late, but always right on time.
Introducing…Me, Myself, and My Blog
WARNING: Contents may be addictive.
Hey, I’m Vicky. Thanks for getting your “VixFix”. You’re probably wondering what the heck a VixFix is. Well, let me tell you. A VixFix is a positive weekly tidbit (or maybe bi-weekly or just random, teeheehee) that will help you get through your week at least a little bit happier, maybe even alot. A purely legal, healthy, free, virtual “fix”. Why? Pretty much because I think folks need to be encouraged and broaden their horizons and expand their worldview. I want you to develop hope where there was none, peace in the midst of chaos, and love in a world that can sometimes feel cold. Don’t worry. I won’t shove some feel-good-optomistic-crap down your throat. I’m just going to share stuff I see or think about and you can do with it what you will.
Yes, I’m a little weird (a good weird, though) and even if you don’t like what I say, (because your cup is always half empty) you can laugh at me instead of with me. I don’t mind. Just read…you’ll like it. Who knows, maybe you’ll even start to see life in a new light.
