Unsubscribe. I Will Unsubscribe. But Long Live the Unicorn.

I keep getting added to all these Facebook groups.

Art by whomever.

Wine by whomever.

Diapers by whomever, honestly.

Why can't I be added to a Bunko group?  Sheesh, people!

I have Facebook classes. I add you if you're already a part of my organization, and if I'm having a training.  You don't have to attend.  It's that simple.

Tonight, I was checking my notifications, and I saw a notification for something crazy.

Lips of a Unicorn.  Whattttt?

Here’s the photo.

Now, y’all know I love purple.

And these colors are pretty.  Just not on my lips.  Actually, I’m not sure they’d be pretty on anyone’s lips!

And…I do not know this lady.  I’ve never met her.  I don’t wear Lipsense, and my guess she’s a Lipsense distributor.

Heck.  I don’t even know how she knows me!

How does this stuff even happen?

Control.

Alt.

Delete.

Or, easier than that.

Just plain ol’ “Unfollow”.

The Art of Listening

How well do you listen?  I’m asking myself that question, not necessarily you.  But, hey, if the question fits…

Seriously.

I’m wondering how well I listen.

The other day, I had a call from a professional friend who wanted to “catch up.”

I think he really wanted me to catch up on all that had happened with him.

We met in a restaurant,  greeted each other, and sat down. He asked me one question about my family and me.

And in the middle of my first sentence to answer him (and no, it wasn’t a run-on sentence!), he took off about something that had happened in his family.

And he never shut down.

Never. Until it was time to go to our next appointments.

I was listening to him, nodding my head, and waiting to see if he needed help, advice, or what.

Nope.

Nothing.

I think he just needed to talk.

So, I let him.

Talk.

I listened.

I had nothing to say, no advice, but that’s good, because he didn’t ask for any.  I think he just needed to debrief.

I’m good with that.

It’s a hard oilfield we work in.

Lord, help me to be a good listener, and a good friend. Give me ears to hear.

It's A Small World, After All

You know what I love about the oilfield?

The thing I love the very most?

The fact that you can meet someone for the very first time, and within minutes, find out that you have about twenty mutual friends.

And those mutual friends are good friends, that both of you have known all your lives.

And still, you’ve never met each other, and pretty much, have lived in other states most of your lives.

Talk about 6 degrees from Kevin Bacon.

It’s a small world out there.

And we’re all connected.  And what we do, matters.  

It really does.

Think about that as you go through your day today, wherever you are, and whatever you do.

What you do matters.  So go love on somebody today, will ya?

Sunset at Seminole, Texas - Pumping Unit - Photo by Janie Snelson