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Like the saying says folks…!  I sorta kinda do it; yes I do.  I do a series of easy exercises when I get up every morning, almost, and have done them for probably about 4 years.  They ain’t that hard; I do 40 reps of one exercise, 10 of another, say my Jericho prayer (i.e. some of you might have to look up what that is) which I have done for about 4 years and will do it until I die, then 20 reps of another, then 20 reps of another, and then 50 reps of another.  None are that hard and the whole process takes me about 5 minutes.  It makes me feel, oh, soooo good! Albeit some mornings I need to force myself to do them.  And I don’t understand that! I’m something else some mornings! 

If you are doing something that your life depends on it, then “good enough” is not good enough (e.g. if you are a mountain climber and if you slip, you are dead; then “good enough” isn’t good enough)! AverageJoe, who is perched pretty high on the pecking order, says—It is soooo easy to be average; that means half of the folks are below you and have are above you (i.e. in our society it doesn’t take much to have a C grade).  Anyone can be average (i.e. basically just show up) but if you want to be good at something, you have to be above average; I mean way above average.  It appears that being average or below average is being rewarded the same by some (i.e. everyone gets a check or a trophy).  WorldClassLarry says--That turns my stomach (i.e. maybe ‘cause I think I should get a check or a trophy toooo, could be).  I have been told that employees are hard to find some places as folks can make more money by not working.  If that is the case, I wonder if that is good.  What do you think? That is what I thought!  Albeit many folks like it!  Some are buying new campers and boats! They are parked all over the place (i.e. just look around); they can’t make them fast enough and folks will pay any amount for them! JoeBlow, who is an Oscar winner, says--Let the good times roll!

I like a person albeit I wonder about him recently.  Yes, I do.  He has been a friend for a lot of years sorta kinda maybe.  I always had some wonders about him (i.e. few things don’t always add up perfectly—sorta kinda a mugrumber at times who sits on the fence and has his mug on one side of the fence and his rump on the other). He says one thing at times but does another at times; he makes me wonder.  Maybe he’s an opportunist as a friend calls some folks.  I’m starting to wonder more; it’s sorta kinda bothering me.  Then the other day, I heard a mutual friend in a conversation say that this person can be “a not soooo nice a person at times.”  I hope this all is wrong but…! Maybe he has a lot of stress in his life right now. Could be! Maybe about money! Could be! I will cut him some slack; I won’t throw him under the bus quite yet! haha

Have you ever been in a situation when you didn’t actually participate in a wrongful act albeit you didn’t try to stop it either; you didn’t try to stop the proceedings by waving your hands and calling for a fair trial. Did your presence there betray your approval. I have to admit that I have on many occasions and I’m not proud of it.  I wonder if that is as bad as pulling the trigger.  Is that what is called being a hypocrite?  Anyway, something like that.  I-AmAlwaysRightJoe, has hands-on experience, says—Not admitting you are wrong a.k.a. not eating crow is even worse than being wrong!  But he never thinks he’s wrong, sooo there! Who what me! Yikes! SlimmySlim asks—Doesn’t everyone have a huge massive ego like me? Paul, anyone can be a Paul, said—For I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. WhoWhatMe! Aren’t we something else sometimes! TomSmart, who is all-in, says--There is more to life than always thinking about yourself folks, a truckload more!

Joesixpack, who stacks the deck at times, says—I’m sorta kinda like my beer drinking buddies! Mr. Jim (i.e. anyone can be a Jim albeit I wonder) says--It is said we become the average of our five closest friends – becoming like those we spend time with most. If we spend time with smart people who challenge us to read and get better educated, we naturally do that. If our friends are athletes, we will become better athletes. If our friends are arrogant, or slobs, we start following their examples. So friendships we establish make a great difference in who we become. CadillacJack says--We will be the same people five years from now except for the books we read and the people we meet. Ok folks, maybe, just maybe, we need to evaluate our lives (i.e. if this stuff is correct).  AverageJoe says--Maybe it’s time to really appreciate our friends or break away from them! LuckieEddie, who once in a life time happens all the time to him, says—Soooo choose wisely!

A friend told me that her adult daughter’s friend told her that she was unhappy with the political power (i.e. perceived by her anyway) of the school her kids attend.  She told her friend—Every school, social group, church etc. are the same; they are all the same! TomSmart says—I suggest that all of us be consistently good, real folks with good hearts.  Dr.J says—Stay ready to keep from getting ready!  Holy cow, what does that mean anyway?  Saturday question—Are we willing to do that?  JoeCommon says—C’mon erv, I’m consistently constant the way I do stuff!  It’s impossible for me to change, I’m sure! I’m actually a bad person but I’m consistent! No question; it’s better than just being a JoePhony who talks one way but acts another like my brother-in-law.  He just tells folks what they want to hear and makes a ton of money off of them let me tell ya!

I called a golf buddy to have breakfast.  I haven’t seen him for a long time and he didn’t show up to play golf with us this year (i.e. he was an avid golfer and spent a lot of time golfing in years past.  I was wondering about him.  He told me he has lost interest in golf and almost everything else.  His wife died maybe 3 years ago, and he seems to be struggling.  Soooo what do you do then—nothing much; read some, watch some TV, don’t care to be around other folks, don’t go to church anymore, don’t exercise anymore, sometimes just sit—that’s not good—it’s good for me! Do you sleep a lot—no, I don’t; in fact, I sleep about 4 hours a night.  I just can’t sleep!  You need a job—I don’t want a job; I’m done working; I have adequate money to live a comfortable life.  Wow! That’s depressing for sure.  He thanked me for listening to him. I didn’t fix anything for him albeit it did motivate me to be active. 

I got to make some friends through another friend.  We asked them how they met (i.e. one was a widower and the other a divorcee).  Well, we each had daughters who were the same age and they wanted to sit by each other in church.  Soooo we let them.  After church I asked her mom if I could buy her a donut!  The rest is history as they say. Bingo! A life changer for sure.  All it took was a donut and a question! Albeit that probably won’t happen sitting at home. MissPerfect, who is a do gooder, says—Soooo shake a leg! Oh, the guy in this marriage told us—I didn’t think it was possible for me to love another woman as much as I did my first wife, but I found out that I could. 

I had a friend/golf buddy tell me something while riding together in the golf cart recently that really surprised me. He told me that he really wasn’t very compatible with a mutual friend we both had.  I always thought they were the best of buds.  They weren’t.  He said—We just weren’t on the same page and didn’t really fit very well.  Huh, interesting!  He told me that he met another guy (i.e. through this mutual friend) who they became much better friends and fit much better together.  We are much more compatible and seem to enjoy each other a lot.  That isn’t uncommon probably; no two guys think alike and some think much different.  AnnieGetYourGuns says—I can get along with many folks quite well if I don’t have to be around them tooooo much!  That is why I divorced my last 4 husbands! AnnieGetYourGuns seems to like guys albeit not the same guy for a very long period of time. I just read that 3 out of 4 folks in a marriage aren’t happy.  I don’t believe that. Do you? SusieQ says—Statics show that at least 1 out of two aren’t happy in a marriage as that is the rate of divorce soooo maybe that 3 out of 4 is accurate!  Could be! 

RickyRick, who is sublime, says--Hurt people hurt people. When someone hurts you, it’s because they’ve been hurt. Unkind people don’t feel kindness themselves. Unloving people feel unloved. When someone is rude, bitter, unkind, sarcastic, mean-spirited, or arrogant, they are shouting with all of their behaviors, ‘I am in pain! I need massive doses of love! I do not feel secure!’ Secure, loved people don’t act that way. The person who feels deeply loved and deeply secure is generous and gracious to other people.”  “A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.” Proverbs 19:11 (NIV) Do you folks believe that?  That is what I thought.  LuckieEddie says—There must not be many folks who feel loved as the world seems to not love each other very much!  GeorgeTheCrook says—I don’t turn my back to many as they will stab me in the back as soooon as they can if they can benefit themselves it seems; maybe I feel that way because I don’t feel loved!  Could be!  

I was heading to the golf course early the other morning to jog and there was this VW Beatle that someone “did over.”  It made me laugh.  Someone customized it to a more modern version.  ANYWAY, it reminded me of a lady I know who I was forced into connection with recently.  I didn’t recognize her.  She had a “do over.”  She always dressed old fashion and looked old fashion but not anymore let me tell ya.  She had modern style clothes on, her hair was stylish and no glasses anymore; a whole different person (i.e. sometimes gals lose 50 pounds also, I don’t think she lost any weight but I didn’t look that close—surely didn’t ask).  Maybe she just had enough of the old look or her mother died, and she inherited the farm.  I don’t think she is “trolling” as she is married but maybe not! Haha!  Many women do that when they are looking for a guy they say (i.e. but that look can sometimes be only temporary). Haha! She maybe is trying to change from a $100 gal to a million-dollar gal!  Holy smokes! Her change caught my attention though! She looked much nicer; her husband should appreciate her or maybe he cusses her for the cost it took to modernize! LookNiceSally says—It costs bucks to look nice!  Don’t kid yourself! Yabut, it’s only money! FinancialWizzFrank says—You better do it now as they predict high inflation is coming (i.e. he read that in the paper soooo it must be right). I talked to MyFriendFromTheEastSide at the gas pump recently and he said—erv, what you read in the paper is mostly bullshit! Wake up! Almost all the stuff we are told is bullshit!  ItchieBitchie says—Half of the stuff we are told isn’t true and the other half I don’t believe! Such is life in Butler County! Yabut WildWillie says—There are suckers born every day albeit most folks don’t think they are one but they might be! Ouchy ouchy!

Dr.J says—"It has been said that difficulties don’t determine who we are. Rather, they reveal who we are. Said another way, the same heat that softens butter can make mud hard as a brick. It all depends on how the thing being heated responds. The same with the human heart. Difficulties can soften one heart and harden another.” AverageJoe, who is one of the good guys, asks—Soooo who or what decides for us how we will react?  Is it my desire for money and fame or is it what I really believe (i.e. my real heart)?  Who or what programs me or is it who or what brainwashes me? Suck it up cupcake and let’s get going; we’re burning daylight! It’s a gut check alright!

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

erv

MyFriendJean said—Never let yesterday use up today.

The tip of the day comes from Morrison, CO just a little SE of The Red Rocks (i.e. the tips come from all over the place).  It’s from a cute little gal who drives a SUV/Minivan with 19 beverage holders in it (i.e. yuppies like them).  Soooo she told me that when she leaves their garage for work, she goes to Starbuck’s app and orders her beverage but doesn’t send it.  She waits until she gets to a certain intersection and then presses send.  When she gets to Starbucks it’s ready and paid for by her Apple Pay.  She walks in and in 30 seconds she is out and running again (i.e. doesn’t wait in the line of 15 cars at the drive-through for their $6 beverage).  That is how yuppies do it in this fast-moving world.  And then of course she uses one of the 19 beverage holders! Such is life!