Seems that CalFire (California Department of ?something?) is working as hard as they can, but the fires burn on. Mostly, it’s a case of more fires than firefighters. Right now, they say that there are over 1000 fires burning – some in totally inaccessible places. Fires started by some of the hundreds of lightning strikes last week.<\/p>\n
With more thunderstorms predicted in the next couple of days, look for more fires.<\/p>\n
With the fires, comes smoke and soot. From our house, walking outside gets us a good smell of the fires – wherever they might be raging. Haven’t checked the cars or other outside stuff for soot remnants, but in some communities, there’s lots of it.<\/p>\n
Maybe what “we the people” need is a lightning strike in our lives to get a fire burning about doing the right things in life. Whether it’s in dealings with our spouse, co-workers, employeer or our customers – there are ways of doing things that “help”, and ways that “hurt”. When we do the “right” thing it usually helps or builds up the relationship.<\/p>\n
I know, doing the “right” thing is not easy. In fact, just by human nature, doing the wrong or hurtful thing is a lot easier. Saying kind or helpful words is hard – “they” might not be kind or helpful back so “why should I waste my breath?” On top of that, it’s sure a lot easier to see their mistakes and let them know they did the wrong thing, or did it the wrong way.<\/p>\n
Pray for a lightning-like strike – it’ll make you burn with desire to “do good.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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