With the election of our new president and on the eve of Veteran’s Day my thoughts turn to what can we do on Activerain to help our nation during these tumultuous times; to help our new president to be effective and efficient in addressing our multi-challenges; to help one another improve our business(s); to help one another bring peace and prosperity to our world; and help bring our military members home. We can do this one drop of “rain” at a time.

 By joining together we can fill a bucket and it will overflow into another  bucket until all of our buckets are filled... there will be enough of  whatever we need, enough to share with those that don’t have a  bucket. This is not an original thought. We know about this idea and  many practice it well, yet I still find too much negativity, too much  ignorance or just too much “I don’t careisms” to sit still and be quiet.

 The  message is worth repeating again and again... let’s begin

 one drop at a time.

 To begin let us remember that we became the greatest nation in the  world... it was done by design and great purpose—to develop a new land  where people would be free to choose their direction and create  new opportunities. This was the grand plan and we are still working on that plan today.  We may not always agree upon the direction or the way we do this, but the plan remains. You can see it if you dare to look around you.

It manifests itself in many ways.

One of mine came from a friend yesterday.  He told me about his pastor’s Sunday sermon. His pastor is one that has a rule of not bringing politics into the pulpit, but he broke his rule yesterday. He said he was not in complete agreement with the Bush administration and doesn’t expect to be in total agreement with Obama’s adminstration. He stated clearly that this isn’t the point. The point is to understand that there is a plan, a grand plan, that we all share— a responsibility to help this plan to grow and be fruitful.

It is our responsibility to participate in this plan... to trust in the plan which is greater than any one of us. We are not here to negate or tear down the good, we are here to uphold what is good, to build and to share. Leave the negativity and disengagement behind, become positive and engage... pick up your bucket and begin to add one drop at a time. You will be amazed by what can be accomplished.

An example we can remember occured on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the                 

eleventh month of 1918 when the armistice was signed. The fighting on the war that

ended all wars, World War I, had ended. Armistice Day was created to remember the

fighting had stopped and to embrace the peace. This was the beginning to what we

celebrate in our nation on November 11th, Veteran’s Day, honoring those who have

served in war and peace.

We can honor our nation and our plan for a better place, by remembering our

forefathers, our veterans, our families and our responsibility to them and ourselves

by filling our buckets one drop at a time... to give freely, contribute with purpos

and soon discover our buckets are overflowing with plenty to share and never

have empty buckets again.

So what are you waiting for? Go get your bucket and fill it up...  one drop at a time!