What to do with Adult Trick or Treaters

This is a good question and one that will be handled good or bad tonight for sure. Our neighborhood is having more and more adult's coming to our door each year. I talked with a neighbor that lives behind us and his solution, he puts a gun ......in their face and tells them they have 5 seconds to get off his porch or they will have their heads blown off!!! WOW, that is really extreme and in my opinion down right WRONG!!! It did show me however, that people are fed up with their neighbors and neighborhoods, crime is up, pay is down and that creates a problem with many people. Just this past week, my family watches a show called in the middle, very funny and many times has a pretty good lesson at the end. Well, this past week was one of those times. The family was considering walking away from their home and moving into an apartment. Their house was falling apart and the roof was leaking everywhere, but in the end, their neighbors all banded together and helped them re-roof their house, each neighbor giving what they had to help. They saw then, that hey they didn't just live in a house, they lived in a neighborhood, with neighboors, who would help them and be there for them when they needed them. So, when that adult shows up tonight, just give them a piece of candy, wish them well and remember, you live in a neighborhood, not just a house, someday you may knock on their door and want something from them and they will remember your kindness and most often return it!!! Make the Change this Halloween!!!

Scott

Spend More Time With Me

We hear it all the time, I need more hours in the day, I just don't have enough time in the day, I wish the days were longer. All of these excuses we use to explain why we don't spend more time with our family, friends and acquaintances. We also use them to comfort ourselves when we know that we should spend more time in other areas. Interestingly enough we find hours to spend watching our favorite TV shows, or our Sports Teams. If something comes up that interests us, we find time. There are people in your life everyday that would love to spend more time with you, kid's who beg you to spend more time with them, spouses that pray for more time together. Will you "Make the Change" in your life and make a decision to turn off that TV, say no to those extracurricular activities that just come up out of the blue and spend more time with those in your life that need you?!!!

Make the Change,
Scott