Filed under: friendship, hello, thoughts | Tags: Answers, Quesions, thoughts
“It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.”
– James Thurber
What do you think? Give me your thoughts and I will give mine.
Filed under: Friends, God, friendship, love, stupidity, thoughts | Tags: spirituality, Thanks
I received a card from the family of Theresa Hummel. I wanted to share it.
Perhaps you sent a lovely card,
Or sat quietly in a chair:
Perhaps you sent beautiful flowers,
If so, we saw them there.
Perhaps you sent or spoke kind words
As any friend could say;
Perhaps you were not there at all
Just thought of us that day.
Whatever you did to console the heart
We thank you so much, whatever the part.
Tribute to Theresa Hummel
November 27, 1932 — August 6, 2009
Filed under: Friends, God, friendship, love, nature, spirituality, thoughts
The mother of a good friend recently passed. She was blessed with good family and friends; and now she is blessed with God’s presence. There were two prayer cards at the funeral. Both are a tribute to her. May she see the light and rest in peace.
Prayer Card
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
May the rains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
Prayer Card
God saw she was getting tired
And a cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around her
And whispered, “Come with Me.”
With tearful eyes we watched her suffer
And saw her fade away.
Although we loved her dearly,
We could not make her stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
Hard working hands to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes the best.
Filed under: friendship, humor, mind, thoughts | Tags: Habits, Mouse, Technology, Touch Pad
Another sign that old habits are hard to break. Sometimes you only do so when forced to. Well, I was forced to the other day. My old computer mouse was forced into retirement. In another words, it broke. I have had a mouse with my PC’s over the 25-30 years I have been computer proficient. When I bought my current laptop I intended to retire my mouse and start using the touch pad. I tried to for a few days and decided I couldn’t do that to my old friend. But now that it has broken, I going to advance a few years and start using the touch pad. Or maybe I am just too cheap to buy another mouse. Regardless, I am using the touch pad today and will continue to do so. It really is not all that bad.
How about you, are old habits hard to break? Do you maintain unless forced to break? Are there more mouse users out there?
What’s on Your Mind?
Filed under: Friends, God, friendship, mind, spirituality, thoughts | Tags: family, Friends, life, spirituality
Over the past few years and decades we have increasing become a society that is based on consumerism and wealth. Success is gauged by the possessions you have. This has led to greed, excesssism, perhaps a decline in morals, values, ethic standards and other evils. Some might say that this bent on consumerism, etc., is partly at fault for our recent economic decline. Though a positive outcome of our current economic woes, is a resurgence and/or escalation of gratitude. This resurgence is one of recognizing, caring more deeply and giving thanks for the simpler things in life. We are seeing a surge in faith, more bonding with God, family and friends. This is true wealth! If you evolve accordingly, you life will more fulfilled, more satisfying and you’ll be happier. What do you think?
Filed under: Friends, animals, friendship, stupidity | Tags: friendship, Memories, Morals. Scandals, thoughts
I grew up in Columbus, Ohio. When I was sixteen I took driver’s education during summer school. There were four students to each car and for five days weeks over a 3 month period we learned to drive. It really was a pleasant experience.
One of the exercises was that we each got to drive to Centerburg, Ohio. Centerberg is a small town with only a population of approximately 2000. It is famous for being the geographical center of Ohio. Centerberg is located about 25 miles North-Northeast of Columbus.
For four days in driver’s ed we each got to drive to Centerberg and back to Columbus. It was the longest drive we each had taken to date, so it was exciting. I have a memory of one of my fellow students going left of center while in Centerberg to avoid hitting a squirrel. Funny the things you remember. Fond memories.
Later in life, I developed a great friendship with an individual who grew up in Centerberg and migrated to Columbus to attend nursing school. She stayed in Columbus after that but often travels back to Centerberg. I have gone back with her a couple of times. Fond memories.
So imagine my dismay when I saw in the national press that Centerberg had to cancel its high school graduation this year. Apparently, a member of the senior class hacked into the high school’s computers and stole some tests and some teacher’s notes. Allegedly, the tests and notes were shared with over 50% of the graduating class. Amid investigations and lawsuits, the School Board decided to cancel the graduation ceremony. I guess now Centerberg is known for more than being geographical center of Ohio.
What a shame. What is happening to our ethics, morals and standards? Are we experiencing a moral decline?
What do you think?
Let’s have some tasty fun today. There are so many ways to make popcorn. Some unusual. How do you make popcorn? What’s the most unusual way you know of?
I’ll start out. Growing up as a kid we had a special “popcorn” pan. It was black from use. We would start with a stick of butter. Let it melt and then add plenty of white popcorn. If we wanted something different we would use bacon grease instead of butter. We cooked it until it was almost black and then doused it with milk to eat. I thought that was the only way to eat popcorn until I was a teenager and started getting kettle cooked popcorn at movie theaters and sporting events.
Can you top this in unusual ways to make popcorn?
I know, recently, I became hung up on quotes. They can just be so thought provoking and most often can’t be said better. Here’s so more and I promise . . . this is it.
To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. Oscar Wilde
Taxes and life insurance are just about the same thing. You pay out the money, and someone else has the fun of spending it. Unknown.
If you don’t say anything, you won’t be called on to repeat it.
Calvin Coolidge
When people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong.
Oscar Wilde
We must adjust to changing times and still hold to the unchanging principles. Jimmy Carter Inaugural Address
Only a life lived for others is the life worth while. Albert Einstein
We are always getting ready to live, but never living. Ralph Waldo Emerson
With God, all things are possible. State Motto of Ohio
Time is the least thing we have of. Ernest Hemingway
Excellence is born of preparation, dedication, focus and tenacity; compromise on any of these and you become average. John Chatterton
Filed under: God, books, friendship, humor, love, mind, spirituality | Tags: life, People, Quotes, Words
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
A. Bronson Alcott
I often use quotes from famous and not so famous individuals in my writings. A question was posed recently on on another blog as to whether the utilization of quotes is symbolic of intelligence and wiseness, or is it a sign of the inability to express your own thoughts in your own words. I suppose this is a valid debate to which there is no end, nor answer. I personally enjoy reading others words, reading about others thoughts and lives. There is so much to learn from others’ experiences and words. Most of the time, I could have not said it better. So, as they say (a quote), why reinvent the wheel. I leave you with a dozen very common quotes used by many regularly in their day-to-day conversations. They are so common, we know their meanings and we don’t question the wisdom they embellish.
-Live and learn.
-Live and let live.
-What’s done is done.
-To each his own.
-The early bird gets the worm.
-Easy come, easy go.
-The end justifies the means.
-Enough is enough.
- Experience is the best teacher.
-God helps those that help themselves.
- Here today, gone tomorrow.
-With God all things are possible.
Can you add any?
What do you think?
