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!

Connections

When you follow a fellow blogger here on WordPress is it possible for the connection to be broken without notice? I have followed many bloggers here and they have followed back…then days later they are following again.

If what I am posting is not to ones cup of tea I am fine with that. However if there is another reason I would like to know why?

Thanks to each of you who have been with me since April of this year. I appreciate your friendship.

Productive

Productivity sometimes means digging a whole lot before you strike gold. Everyday is different and productivity is a fluid thing. The one thing you can’t get is discouraged because when you least expect it you will be busting open the flood gates. Life brings challenges that should be met with different approaches on a daily basis.

Some Words For The Day

Have patience in the situation you are in.

Have persistence in the situation you are in.

Have positivity in the situation you are in.

May you have the perception to know when to change.

A Short Ramble On Fear

Fear is a thing that keeps us from moving forward or doing something new. It’s the thing that paralyzes us and keeps us in the status quo. Being afraid of something prevents us from having new experiences and exploring the unknown. As Franklin D. Roosevelt once said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” so lets free ourselves of fear…if we dare.

Comment or Friendship

I fear commenting on stuff a lot of times because I am left-of-center on many issues. Everyone has the right to their opinion but when yours goes against many of your friends it can become a problem. There are times I need to keep silent so that friendships can remain. I don’t know but I don’t have a lot of really tight friendships in this life so sometimes I have to keep silent.

Maybe I don’t fall for the lemming thing and I have chosen to think on my own. Maybe not having a great number of friends has freed me to form independent opinions on things which has informed me about the world in a deeper way. On Facebook and even Twitter there are debates of the day which has raised the volume of rhetoric and venom among people who have been life-long friends. Perhaps I choose to be different and the voice of what is fair, just, inclusive and loving.

So do I comment or choose friendship…that is a tough one.