LETS TALK: Red Light, Green Light, Real Life

How many of us are familiar with the childhood game "Red light, Green Light?"  My guess is quite a few. But just in case we have a reader who has not played, allow me to give a brief overview (if you don't want game details, please skip to the next paragraph).  The game is played with a group of people (4+) with one person from the group standing on one end of the room, acting as the stoplight, while yelling out the colors green, yellow or red.  The remaining people on the opposite side are to act like cars moving fast when hearing green, moving slow when hearing yellow and to stop completely when hearing red. The objective is to touch or get to the person on the other side of the room first. If you didn't stop on red or slow down on yellow, you were sent back to the start, making you further away from the "stoplight" or objective, and ultimately putting you in last place.
 
Life is like "Red Light, Green Light." There are objectives, goals and visions that we want to accomplish, but if we don't listen to a voice that is bigger than ours, we sometimes may have to start back at the beginning of journey to reach those goals.  It should be noted that in the game, the lights of red, green and yellow never stayed on the same color long, nor were 2 colors ever called at the same time. In life when you need to stop and take a break, do it. If you need to slow down, do it ... and on the flip side, if your life is giving you the okay to continue, Go! Don't procrastinate; you may not have the same opportunity the next time around.


The Moral of the Story: Never Stop on green lights in your life, don't speed through yellow lights and if life gives you a red light, stop, reflect and think. It will turn green again!

If you feel stuck at a red light in your life,

there may be a reason

Come TALK IT OUT with us

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Edited By Kennedy Coopwood, 

Creator at rosegoldandroses.com

LETS TALK: Black Socks

 "Black Socks — they never get dirty. The longer you wear them, the Blacker they get...." This is a familiar chorus song that I, along with other seventh graders, were forced in middle school to learn. Until I realized it related to life, I never paid much attention to how much truth this song about socks held. 

Many people go through a lot of dirt in their lives. This can include but is not limited to pain, hurt, regret, guilt and hopelessness. But instead of dealing with the dirt, we let it blacken in our lives, fester and smell. We often try to deal with the dirt alone and in secret, pretending everything is fresh, clean and okay. 

Our life's dirt is like "Black Socks" —  worn in plain sight and easy to hide.  We naturally avoid water, laundry day and anything that would allow others to see how dirty our socks really are because we don't want to be judged or embarrassed! This causes us to walk around with our woes to a point that even when offered help, we reject it because maybe the dirt or pain is just too deep to attend to. But when we don't seek help, our "Dirty Black Socks" start to irritate our skin, smell, and if we wear them long enough, even mold! These seemingly "harmless" dirty socks can begin to cause real problems such as high stress, irrational anxiety, irritability, isolation and negative thoughts, so washing them is very important.  

The truth is we all have areas in our lives that collect dirt. Just like our black socks, sometimes we need help washing them out. Although this may mean you have to leave your feet (life) vulnerable for a while, you are not alone!

The moral of the story is:  Don't have dirty socks. Let's just TALK IT OUT with soap, water and a little fabric softener.

    

In Need of a Wash Day?

please contact Talk It Out 

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Edited By Kennedy Coopwood, 

Creator at rosegoldandroses.com

TALK|IT|OUT

- lets talk
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Mistakes are Made, Lets Talk

Mistakes 

Are they dirty unclean things

Are they smelly and mud green

Do they make you cry

Do they make you scream

Do they hold you to regret and it’s hard to break free

Do they torment you and cause you to fear

Are you allowing them to control your purpose or the reason you are here

Mistakes

       

Mistakes are made every day by everyone.  We are human, yet we try to be perfect. My goodness, even technology makes mistakes (and they're programmed). The truth is, Mistakes help us grow. In some way, shape or form, they allow us to know ourselves, correct ourselves and grow ourselves. So if a Mistake has you in a place where you feel like there is no redemption, we need to sit down and have a conversation—because that my friend, is not truth.

If a mistake is controlling your life

Come TALK|IT|OUT

Talkitout.connect@gmail.com

Edited By Kennedy Coopwood, 

Creator at rosegoldandroses.com