All posts by Tony Burgess

Hi there, my name is Tony Burgess (my friends call me T-Bird) from Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. I am a believer, bleeding heart, idealist, and blogger. I'm married to Laura the Soup Diva and a dog dad to Frankie, Cody, and Mikey. Daily I work for a blood bank recruiting donors. My blog is where I chronicle and curate the sacred, serious, and silly things in my life. I am a member of The Episcopal Church. Thank you for connecting with me. Grace, peace, and love!

Fourty Six Years Ago We Landed On The Moon

I was born in 1969 and this was one of mankinds greatest achievements. We honor those who made it happen 46 years ago. It is a shame we haven’t been back since.

Taking A Break…From Facebook

I am going to take a Facebook break. My blog, Twitter and Tumblr is where you can find me online for awhile. Too much negativity is happening on social media as of late. Social media has some positive places and I think I will go there.

#noogastrong

In honor of the city I live in and love I dedicate this post to our people and to those who lost their lives last Thursday. May their families be comforted as well as our community. Chattanooga, Tennessee forever!

Rambling About Situational Anger and Negativity

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others…H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

We live in a world where negativity permeates much of our lives and culture. From social media to traditional media we are bombarded with bad news. I think this wears on us and brings us down. Here in Chattanooga reaction to the shootings of Thursday has been very mixed. People have gone on Facebook and Twitter to share anguish and at times very venomous statements against Muslims, The President and the situation as a whole. The whole thing is very sad and has impacted people emotionally and mentally.

I am kind of sad about the whole thing. Anger won’t bring back the dead. But love can stop future situations. Paying attention to those who are in need could save more lives than you think. When a person is in need offer them help. Flip the whole situation around to give people hope.

My blog is a positive place I hope. I will share what I am feeling and sometimes it will not be all cheery and happy. However I want people to know how committed I am personally and as a blogger to giving us some hope, grace and love.

Be positive, it looks good on you.

Creative When Tired

Being tired can really impact your creativity. I find that you tend to run out of ideas and things to post about. Maybe getting out and about can help fire up the imagination. Much of what I blog is based upon things I hear and experience in life. Maybe I should do a little media-centric posts featuring stuff I see on TV and music I listen to, but I do some of that already. Creativity relies upon being open to expressing ones self in different ways and experiencing new things. Maybe I just need more sleep and to stop overthinking things like I do.

It’s Monday Again

Well, It’s Monday again and what more is there to say. I am not feeling it today and I could use a nap…well I suppose coffee would be better because I am at work. Have a swell day everyone, we all have something to do that needs to get done.