TODAY IS I LEFT HOME WITH LOVE THURSDAY

    This sentence is stating that one left home with some form of LOVE. If you don't mind I'll take on the task of being that one for this blog. The morning was fresh, bright and welcoming so I decided to choose to leave HOME WITH LOVE "love is a choice not a feeling." We choose to LOVE, for he (God) loved us first." I should have known LOVE would require I take the long route today. As I approached my little sports car, I felt a chill go up my spine, and for some odd reason I decided I best to take the SUV.

     As soon as I was about to pull out the driveway PATIENCE  came dashing across the lawn, needing me to drop them off down town, no problem I was going that away anyhow. As I drove about two miles praising and singing thinking about how long it's been since I consciously choose to LEAVE HOME WITH LOVE. I had gotten down the street good, before PATIENCE started screaming for me to turn around, they left their brief case at home. I was so determined to keep LOVE with me, that I didn't say one word, I just turned around, as my day would have it, MERCY was sitting on PATIENCE porch with their brief case also. I thought "this is a conspiracy for me to be a cab driver today." MERCY hugged PATIENCE as though they were consoling each other. "I wasn't in the mood for anyones drama today." I thought. As MERCY walked hand in tow with PATIENCE to the SUV, I raised down the window. "Hi, MERCY." PATIENCE spoken "MERCY son stole the car last night, and they impounded it, would you mind giving them a ride downtown also. The look on PATIENCE face pleaded with me not to ask any questions, just oblige them with a ride.

     As we were riding MERCY began to talk about his sons drug use, and his very ill wife treatment, and how they were about to be bankrupt, and they would be leaving the neighborhood to live in low-housing. I became very sadden, and began to cry. Strangely instead of me consoling MERCY, they were consoling me. In the midst of such displayed emotions the gas light started to bleep. "Ahhhh, shoot, I should have taken the sports car." I thought.

     As we pulled into the gas station, JOY was standing there with their hood up waving for me to come and assist. I was starting to feel stressed, and my head was hurting, I breathed aloud while thinking "how could I LEAVE HOME WITH LOVE, and be so distracted by everything around me. I have to admit the LOVE I LEFT HOME with was starting to turn into REGRET "that I'd taken the SUV." As we tried everything to get JOY car started nothing worked, and my LOVE was plummeting quickly. JOY looked at me with a smile from heaven,  and said "Thanks for trying, I'll just wait for HOPE to come and get me." I said "Wow! You and HOPE are still the best of friends." "Oh, that's never going to change." JOY replied. "It would be nice to see HOPE, especially at a time like this. Its been a very long time." "Well you did ask HOPE to afford you some breathing room to enjoy DOUBT, and by the way hows that going?" PATIENCE asked. "Its not going, I miss HOPE so much." "Well their only a phone call away. I'll tell them you asked about them." JOY said.

     As we were shutting the roof of JOY car, out of nowhere came EMPATHY. I forgot for a moment that  EMPATHY worked at this gas station also. EMPATHY asked to pump my gas, and wash my windows which is what they did best, as always I obliged. As EMPATHY was washing the windows, while whistling a beautiful melody I looked over at HOPE sitting in the car smiling with much contentment as though they didn't have a care in this world. I thought "what the heck," I can give HOPE a ride as well, and maybe I could hear more about my old  friend JOY. As EMPATHY was finishing up PEACE ran out the gas-station yelling there was a ruckus at the downtown gas station, and they needed (2) two managers as soon as possible to get there. PATIENCE, and MERCY looked at me, and I sighed. And mistakenly what I was thinking earlier blurted out "I'm not a cab!" Oh, we know, but we'll pay you like you are." EMPATHY said. I was talking in all of my thoughts, about how I should've taken the sports car. In all my thoughts I asked God "why me." I could hear a subtly voice speak to my thoughts "I thought you LEFT HOME WITH LOVE." I said "Shut up!" The SUV became silent as the wind on a hot summer day. I was starting to feel SHAMEFUL of my behavior, so I turned the music on " a little old school would be just what I needed."

     As we were passing Fifty Seven and HolyWay, I did a double take, and a u-turn I was mortified PRIDE was putting HUMILITY out on a curb. I couldn't believe my eyes HUMILITY was the cats-meow per-say, everyone in town wanted to en-group or partake of them. I even wanted to be friends with HUMILITY, however there were too many requirements, so our friendship never hit it off. Oh, well as they say "when opportunity knocks you better open the door." I got out the car, and asked HUMILITY if they wanted me and my friends to take them where they needed to go. As HUMILITY approached the SUV, everyone in the SUV started cheering, and welcoming HUMILITY to sit next to them. HUMILITY was looking surprised that PATIENCE, MERCY, JOY, EMPATHY, and PEACE was in my SUV.

     Strangely,  HUMILITY asked PATIENCE if they could ride in the front seat with me, and as you may know PATIENCE obliged.  We chit-chatted became very acquainted, and HUMILITY asked me the strangest thing "I heard you LEFT HOME WITH LOVE today." I was shocked to say the least. "I did, however all of this drama has taken my LOVE from me." "Really! Care to explain?" "I awaken this morning with a consious decision to choose to LOVE, and everything but LOVE has happened to me today." "My friend, do you mind me calling you my friend?" "Of course not." "LOVE didn't leave you, and everytime you tried to make it go by inviting DOUBT, and REGRET it appeared again in people, places, and things. My friend, surely if you LEFT HOME WITH LOVE, LOVE is still in you, as well as all around you. "Love bears all things, believes all things, endures all things." Did you know that  Love is the strongest force in you?" "Really!" "And people, places, and things can never remove that which is the strength of you. Oh, by the way LOVE is  rigged to win. Just think about it, everything that has taken place today "all of those obstacles" were really disguises to show the LOVE in which YOU LEFT HOME WITH TODAY. My freind, all is in your FAVOR,  just so you could keep that which you chosen TODAY LOVE.

    Although this blog is a figment of my many thoughts.  I hope and pray it'll move everyone of us to LEAVE HOME WITH LOVE. (SLH).