Lighting Candles of Hope and Wisdom to Journey on More Safely Together Day by Day

Prayers for the spirit of a young child who crossed over recently due to injuries suffered in a car accident and all of the family, friends and people involved. Let's please all take extra care to  practice safety when driving, being careful of intersections, mindful of children and others near roads, seat belt safety and more, even having sunglasses and making sure people are not tired or under in the influence from substances (legal or illegal.) 

Have designated drivers in place (with back ups) if any concerns...and be ready to delay a trip, give extra time to reach a destination, plan for safer times of day to drive (in terms of traffic, sunlight, poor road conditions and fog, etc.) We each have our time to live and our time to die (some getting extra chances to survive close calls or be revived....)

 Every life is precious and our attitudes of playing fair can make a huge difference. So no passing when it's not needed, realizing it's better to get somewhere a few minutes later than cause panic or create hazards for oneself and others (which is fairly common for people who lack control and do not follow speed limits, generally a guy thing so double check if that's the case for you and you just didn't realize it may be related to societal or hormonal programming....) 
Many youth and young adults in general could use more coaching in how to manage stress and 'stay in their lane' in life, communication and other interactions to de-escalate difficulties and danger as well. Of course pregnant women and Moms, Dads and caregivers need and deserve a ton of support to allow their focus to be on those they care for and to practice Self-Care as well. Same goes for all working... it's important to take a deep breath and be mindful about what one is doing with a sense of calm rather than anxiety to fuel one's efforts.

 Everyone Does have a choice and can take time to learn to be aware of what one is doing, whether others are in the car or not. Some feel it's okay if someone is using substances under the influence or even being mean to others in their lives, but that can play out with in dangerous ways for others and the person needlessly getting hurt or worse.

 We need more 'checks and balances' to protect children, animals and women...mostly from men (from teens on up) who do not realize they may be acting out their feelings of fear, envy and so on on others by controlling them or taking more than what they deserve or 'earned or feel they are driven to do due to their hormones, addiction to adrenalin rushes and so on.

 I am not mentioning this to be mean or judgmental but rather to shine a basic light of 'awareness and fairness' on matters that mean a lot to every woman and child... mainly creating a hyper awareness that too many men are unsafe on the roads and in their circles if not their very lives. So why not Change All that By spelling out the basics. 

Plenty of men also live in fear too...and while there are some women who 'give as good at they get' generally that stems from harm early on in life and a lack of trust in being more relaxed, honest about feelings and asking for support. Having control over others is not a compelling desire in most women who can think about how their actions and words affect others in their immediate and wider circles. 

Thankfully more men are tuning into this more positive approach to being team players and holding more men accountable for bullying and excluding others, putting themselves first at all cost (again driving recklessly or under the influence even unintentionally.) 

Let's make this the year of No Excuse for Abuse or Neglect to double check ways we can clarify and promote safety and awareness about standing national, community, local, social and family agreements about relationships, interactions, legal and social matters and activities (from school to faith, civic and social engagements, outings, and efforts.) See more ideas on livfully.org/wordpressblog and livfully.org from over the years. 

We are tuning into the choices we make more and more. Ideally we can use flexible options to take turns at planning safety routes and ways to live amicably for each age group and family in a community to diminish the chances of mishaps with people running errands for one another, cutting down on trips to stores and basically bringing our A-Game to every activity we pursue in public and interaction we have with people to share in supportive efforts.