Signs at the Crossroads of Fear & Courage

 Signs at the Crossroads of Fear & Courage                            by: Lisa Morgan

Signs are supposed to guide us in the right direction. Signs can also be misleading, humorous or deceiving. Navigating a road to success can be complicated especially when you have misinformation guiding your path. Allowing fear to guide you cause you to be lost down a road of isolation coming to an intersection at the crossroad of fear & courage. When what you fear makes you angry, take that passion from the anger & transform into courage. Fear is a powerful weapon that an enemy can use to subdue you. You can also allow fear to hold you down in chains, when all you have to do to free yourself from the chains is to gain knowledge. Knowledge will break chains that bind you. You must be careful of where you obtain the knowledge for sometimes wickedness will fool you into thinking you are filled with knowledge & wisdom, when in fact you are pumped up with arrogance, pride & ignorance. Allow that which you fear to encourage you to have courage. The courage can then be used for good to defeat, whatever caused the fear. Be a person of great courage & not of anger or fear. Also remember that which you fear might not be so frightful if you research what it is that you fear. Inform yourself with knowledge not hearsay, but truth. The truth may open your eyes to see that which you feared may not deserve the fear, for there is nothing to fear.

A wise person knows knowledge is a powerful tool. The first key to wisdom is to revere the Lord God & from there you can start paving your pathway to wisdom. Acknowledging that you are not the center of this vast universe is key to being a wise person. Humbling yourself is not a bad thing but an empowering thing., You see if you put things in perspective realizing how insignificant you are as an individual among all the creations God has created, then you are humbled, thus you can out your pride aside & hear God, wherein comes the beginning of wisdom. Sit on top of a mountain & look out at the valley below or rest your weary bones onto a secluded beach to gaze out upon the ocean, then if you should feel how small you actually are in the scheme of things. Those who think they are on top of the world have a hard day of reckoning coming, when they realize that world that sat upon was nothing but a spinning wheel. Spinning wheels blowout from time to time leaving you stranded. Be aware of those who speak of everything you want to hear, that tickle your ears with sweet nothings, because that is exactly what they speak of...nothing.

If you have ever felt helpless in a situation, where you could not help someone or save someone, then you know how powerless we as human actually are despite all of our arrogance. I will say that prayer helps me.  Everyone walks their own path in life. Sometimes we choose the difficult road that is winding with treacherous cliffs leading to dead ends, even though there was a straight path ahead which was a much easier path; it appeared to be boring, thus the more exciting path was chosen. The truth is even a straight & narrow roadway will have crossroads. The crossroads we face will all have consequences regardless of the choice & these are the lessons we learn from. If you are lucky to live long enough, you realize to learn from the mistakes of others, so you don't have to make those same mistakes yourself. When you waste time making mistakes that others before you have repeatedly made then you are being a fool. Life does not give us refunds on wasted time.

Dreams are a funny thing. Dreams can be a driving force or a nightmare. Dreams can become illusions or be prophetic. Dreams leading to aspirations, believing that you can achieve, achieving goals through hard work & seeing the fruits of your labor flourish is the reward you reap. Likewise if your dreams are lined with greed, envy, jealousy, sloth (laziness), pride; then inevitably what you have sown will be a crop of malcontent, anger, deceit more of the aforementioned greed, jealousy, sloth & pride. The viscous cycle of jealousy, anger, pride, sloth only lead to a nightmare negating any rest or peaceful dreams. Dare to dream but enact wisdom, courage, hard work to see those dreams come to fruition.

A garden does not flourish without being tended to with care. Briers, weeds or tares will suck the life out of everything they touch. You must be mindful to remove the briers, weeds/tares from your garden, otherwise you will have a brier patch. Briers & weeds always attach themselves closely to the living things around them to disguise themselves. Make sure your "Garden of Eden" is not transformed into a "Garden of Weeden", through fear, laziness, ignorance & deceit.

 I wanted to add one more tidbit of wisdom before I finish this post, be mindful not to post your Google Search to your Facebook status. The world may not be ready to know that much about you. Rest assured your next visit to church, the local watering hole or family gathering might never be the same, if you do make that mistake. Never look to me for wisdom, as I am constantly learning myself. I merely offer up life experiences, after making my own mistakes; you can do with the information what you will. Choice is a beautiful thing. Freedom is a powerful thing. When you combine knowledge, truth, choice & freedom, you have a fundamental cornerstone for building a foundation. America was founded in such a way. Let freedom ring, while never forgetting freedom is not free, there is always a cost to anything & everything in life, remember those crossroads I spoke of earlier, they come into play with choice. Here's to hoping each one of you has an interesting journey on your road to wisdom, keeping your eyes & ears open for truth.

Thank you for spending your time to read my post,
Lisa Morgan
Author of Get Beach Slapped, the reality check book.
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Go to the back of the line, Obama's Syrian Refugees come First!

by Lisa Morgan                                                                                           November 17, 2015

Go to the back of the line all of you who have waited to become American citizens, Obama's Syrian Refugees comes first. Although many of the dubbed Syrian refugees are Afghani. This info comes from the UN that many Syrian Refugees that came into the EU were also Afghani men. Why are Afghani men among so called refugees flooding the EU or on board to come to America? Have all or part or any of the people been screened. It's unlikely since their own countries do not have records on them.

I want to pose a question to those who agree with legal citizenship & I assume most of us do, although I might be wrong. What about those who have waited in line patiently, paying their money being vetted, taking health exams doing everything asked of them & yet they wait behind illegals flooding across our borders & behind refugees Obama approves un-vetted. How exactly is this fair? Well the world obviously is not fair, but what about those folks with no criminal records & the ability to support themselves versus those thrust upon taxpayers?

The victims of the Paris attacks by terrorists were oblivious to the possibility of a terror attack, until they were attacked. Say No to Syrian Refugees in America or face the possibility of more attacks like these. God forbid! You see even the left leaning Geraldo Rivera changed his stance on the refugees, after his daughter Simone was in the sports arena when the Paris attacks took place. Suicide belts found at the arena, so when this hit too close to his own front door he reevaluated the situation, as most parents would do. I've always said that when something knocks at your door & it brings evil to your doorstep that is when most will open their previously blind eyes. It's sad but true. Look at your child, your spouse, your parent & realize that the Paris attacks happened to someone just like you or your loved one with no ties to radicalism. They just happened to be misfortune enough to be living their lives without fear until evil came to them.

What happened to the America that welcomed the tired, poor & huddled masses? I was asked this question by a friend on Facebook living in Germany. What happened was amped up crime by illegals, citizens being murdered, raped, robbed with a deluge of illegals of all nationalities crossing our unsecured borders. All this happening continually after attacks on America on 9/11 & Boston Bombings by Muslims yes Muslims. You can call them radical Muslims or call them radical Islamist & yes Mr. President I went there & I said radical Islamists, this is what happened along with many hundreds of thwarted attempts to kill American citizens.

Ask the families' victims or those living victims with limbs blown off from the Boston bombings or those families thousands of them after 9/11 about how America changed & their personal lives changed after these attacks on US soil.  Ask our city mayors or state governors who are  overwhelmed by an influx of refugees by Obama & illegals crossing our borders killing border patrol & ranchers. Tax payers picking up the bill. These illegals & refugees are working at a lower wage & jobs go to them instead of citizens. What about those waiting legally to come here the legal way & these refugees mostly 18-45 yr old men jumping in front of them, along with the illegals crossing the borders. Is it right for those seeking to come here legally to be having to wait longer, when non vetted refugees & illegals by the millions are flooding our country? These illegals, overstayed visa holders aka illegals many of whom are Muslims demand Sharia law, they demand their rights even though they are not legal citizens. The illegals or refugees demand drivers licenses, the right to vote, healthcare, welfare checks and they are not & I repeat are not legal American citizens. They demand? Yes my friends this is a small sliver of the iceberg of the newly rebuilt America Obama sought to construct & don't even get me started on Global warming aka climate change. You have No idea what is going on here if you do not live here. Hell half of the people who live in America are walking around with Bluetooth devices, iPads, smart phones but they are the most ill informed people on the planet.

Those who wish to use social media or surf the internet for the latest news on Kim Kardashian's ever expanding derriere, which Real Housewives' husband is cheating on her or what ridiculous statement Jamie Foxx or Quentin Tarrantino spouted about for free advertisement for an upcoming movie, they will find their dish of trash for the day & likely call it news. While the rest of America with functioning brains seek out actual information on the world around us especially in our on country. How with an infinite source of information available to the average person can anyone not seek out a topic using many sources? How can people blindly walk lock step with socialist liberal agenda when Bernie Sanders declares climate change is more of a threat to America than radical Islam & Hillary Clinton along with President Obama will refuse to use the words radical Islam is the same sentence. Obama did call gun toting, bible clinging, truck driving Americans radical. Funny how those Obama called radicals most of which he referred to are Southern or Midwestern country folks who are among the first to join the armed forces to protect this great nation of America, but Mr. Obama will never acknowledge that fact.

I digressed in my rant but back on the topic of talking to victims & those waiting to be legalized citizens. I say to you to talk to the families who have lost loved ones from crime due to illegals or the Boston Bombing or 9/11; then do research about the topic & not just left leaning liberal BS put out by Obama supporting liberals in our media. The stats recently showed that 93% in our media categorize themselves as liberals, so are we getting unbiased news coverage? Did you see the GOP debates ran by liberal moderators? Did you then see the debate by the Fox moderators? Even many Democrats & liberals agreed the debates with the liberals was biased with ridiculous questions. This is what is going on in America. No it's not your America of 1776 or 1986 it's a whole new ballgame. In the last 23 years this country has been on a downward slope quickly falling of the edge & the kids that have grown up during this time are out of control. Look at Missouri, Yale, Dartmouth, Berkley colleges to name a few. Google it! See how the students said F*ck Paris, which is outrageous!!!! This is the newly rebuilt Obama/Hillary America! It's a more progressive America that is progressively going down the toilet, while the conservatives, independents and some old school Democrats hang on for dear life to the rim of the bowl hoping the Tidy bowl man will come clean up the mess. We Americans with common sense who are proudly politically incorrect wait on a new President to clean up the mess of former Presidents dating back to Bill Clinton.  We are not naive enough to think that we will return back to the America of our fathers & grandfathers overnight although we keep the faith for our children & grandchildren to one day get a glimpse of the America we knew growing up.

My Facebook friend who vehemently disagrees with me has her viewpoints which I respect but a view of America from Germany or anywhere in the world but in America is not the best spectator seat, just as sitting in America is not the best place to give insight on France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Spain or Greece with their own surge of refugees. Geraldo Rivera found out first hand what it means to listen to your child calling from another continent with sheer terror in her voice, to vocalize what was happening at the sports arena in Paris, on that now infamous Friday 13, 2015. When his daughter Simone broke down after her father Geraldo asked in his gentle fatherly voice, "Honey do you want to come home?" & she replied in a crackled almost child like voice "Yes!" Immediately my heart sank to the floor. I had already had my heart fall to my stomach, as I watched in horror as the events were unfolding in Paris online, as well as on the media news coverage. Evil had come once again knocking at the Parisian door.

Yes we can not stop all evil or all hate, but we can preemptively put in place procedures & policies to protect our loved ones, our citizens & our innocents. I obviously am very upset by this as many are & my only objective is to get people to inform themselves with information. Be realistic not Utopian. If this evil that attacked us on 9/11, Boston bombings or Paris attacks last Friday or the Charlie Hebdo or the France subway stabbings recently were to hit your doorstep then it's too late; that's all I'm saying. Be realistic about what is happening. We can not vet these refugees. The Boston bombers were vetted so well. Tell their victims families how well the vetting was for them. Are we willing to take the chance on another radical willing to murder Americans? Ask Kate Steinle's family? Enough said. Hug your loved one, kiss your child & be vigilant by being informed. I pray America wises up & God's grace is upon us. I welcome legal citizens who cherish our values, who want to be productive members of American society, just not the backdoor illegals or Obama refugees. Is it in the best interest of America & American citizens to accept refugees from Syria or anywhere in the middle east at this point in time? I say No it is not!


Thank you for taking your time to join me,
Lisa Morgan
author of the book Get Beach Slapped
www.getbeachslapped.com