Your father always wanted you to be a nuclear scientist or a
White House secret document shredder. But you became a truck driver. While
traveling down I-95, your CB crackles into life. “Two-over-One here; do you
have time to solve a problem for me? Over.” “Roger. Just cursin’ at double nickel.
Over.
A friend, who seems to think well, doesn’t believe in
certainty; like it is not certain even though many folks think it is a certainty.
Or we hear folks say something and we are certain they are right, but they are
not we find out later; they just thought they were or were just getting in our
heads. Bingo! Some things aren’t always certain even when we think they are, or
just ‘cause folks say they are; No way Gladys Louise! Whoopsie daisy! It’s not as
certain as they thought it was; for certain (i.e. like the world is flat; who
would ever think it could be round).
I question myself; it seems quite often that I spend toooo much time entertaining myself and not enough time learning.
I like entertainment and it is ok, but I want
to learn more.
Is TV entertainment or do
we learn?
I watch some sports; now that
is entertainment for certain, I think!! I certainly really don’t learn anything
(i.e. and you folks that love the news and can’t get enough of it; what is that).
JoeBlow says—Learning is rocket fuel to life! I like to be around stimulating
folks who like to learn as I learn from them. Those folks are you guys, except
for one of you, and you know who you are.
Thanksamillion. I met a gal here in our park, that checks all the boxes, that likes to read business
magazines and technology magazines; now that is learning; she says she has an
interest in those two things. Wow!
RickyRick wrote--When I bought a birthday card for my granddaughter, I noticed something I’d never seen before in the greeting card section. They now have an entire section that offers birthday cards for the 80th, 85th, 90th, 95th, and even 100th birthdays! Growing up, I didn’t see those kinds of cards, because most people didn’t live that long. But now, life expectancy is much higher. If you’re an older adult, you may think it’s time to hang it up. I’m telling you, it’s time to get it down and dust it off! Do you think God is going to let you live 30 more years just to play golf?
I think this is a certainty--A small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. James 3:4-5 WorldClassLarry, who changes lives, says--Most people are careless with one of their most powerful resources: their words. If I offend any of you in any way I am sorry BUT if the shoe fits, such is life. Missperfect, who is rare air, says--erv, you say you never write about me but I'm sure you are writing about my friends a lot! Make this perfectly clear, I never write anything negative pertaining to any of you; you got that; sooooo don't take any of what I write personal. Why would I want to do that?
There is no certainty that this “It’s Saturday” will make
your life better or easier.
It’s really
a long shot!
A real long shot! Remember,
you get what you pay for!
George Bernard
Shaw said—"A reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the
unreasonable man continues to persist to adapt the world to him, therefore all
progress is made by unreasonable men.” I have three of my neighbors who have
been successful long-time volunteer management of our park.
They all talked to me how to get things done
and progress forward here in the park; there has to be compromise/cooperation
between everyone; there has to be negotiation; some folks don’t seem to
understand that; all parties can’t have it all their way; there must be give
and take and then work together for the best of the park. Now think through
that my friends.
This is a certainty to me and I hope you
have this certainty as well; the certainty is the opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving
with family and friends. I am doing just that with our family in CO.
I am blessed
for sure a.k.a. a certainty to be all together and get along with each other, but
even more to have them as family (i.e. they are good folks with good hearts; my
kind of folks.
Oh by the way--When our kids were young, they thought Dad knew everything BUT now when they are in their 40s, I don't know about that anymore (i.e. not a certainty). Hey, we went hatchet throwing. They didn't throw any at me!
PastorJohn (i.e. anybody can be a John) used the illustration of Satchel Page, a black baseball player that was a rookie at the age of 42 (i.e. because of his race) for the Indians and pitched in the majors until the age of 59. When I was a kid, my Daddy, Chester, took me to a exhibition game in which he pitched a little in Willmar, MN. He wanted me to see him. At the time he didn't mean much to me. ANYWAY, PastorJohn used one of Mr. Page's quotes--Love like you have never been hurt (i.e. and he was hurt bad as well as all of you). SOOOOOOOO LISTEN UP KIDS AND GRANDKIDS--You can't hurt my feelings bad enough for me not to love you; it's impossible. I actually have told quite a number of my friends the same thing. I really mean that. You are that special. “If you pick up a hurting dog and help them, they will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”- -Mark
Twain
OneSmartPerson, who seems to think very well logistically
and who can really make life easier and clearer, asks—Does absence make the
heart grow founder or is out of sight out mind more powerful? JoeTheTruckDriver says--I don’t know
OneSmartPerson, it has to be one or the other for certain; it can’t be both;
which one is it going to be? Test it and
then tell me; make it an experiment.
Then you will make a hypothesis and maybe a theory and then maybe have
accurate proof for making it a fact. At
least for you you know it is a certainty in your heart (i.e. isn’t that all that matters). Happily ever after starts right now. Roger!
Down here in the Valley of the Sun in the “Senior
Communities” there are some folks that can’t see very well, some can’t hear
very well, some that can’t remember very well and some who no one can tell ‘em
anything (i.e. they are always right).
And many of them have a lot of money and at some point in their younger
years they had a lot of power and position. Now maybe that can be a hard group to work with. I
realize that none of you fit into those categories; anyway that you will admit, but surely you have some in your neighborhoods, families, or communities (i.e.
but surely none in our churches). Do you know how hard it is to try to change some
folks? But it is being done all the
time; maybe we just don’t realize it.
Maybe we are sheep just being led to slaughter (i.e. it all depends who
you talk toooooo now doesn’t it). But it could be. I don’t know for sure (i.e.
it’s not a certainty). What do you
think? That is what I thought. It seems like everyone is taking shots at us
older folks, everyone (i.e. it must say on our backs—easy target--sucker). It seems like everyone is trying to scam
us. It seems like we can’t trust many
anymore. And when we get older, we are maybe more vulnerable. We become paranoid. It seems like everyone tries to get in our
pockets. It seems like we can’t be
careful enough. It seems like we can’t trust just anyone anymore. We better
look out for ourselves as many times no one else does. ItchieBitchie says--It
doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out.
Here is a real-life experience I just
had or it is just
erv in your ear!
Here in AZ there is a lot of dust
as it is in a desert.
Dust gets on my
car, deck and even in my house.
I try
not to wear the same shoes in my house as I do outside which helps but my floor
still gets dusty.
I asked a friend how
often I should clean my floor.
She
said—Some do it twice a day, some every day, some every couple of days, some
every week and some hardly ever; it all depend what your personality can
tolerate (i.e. a certainty).
Now she
made me laugh.
Soooo I took my Swiffer
and dusted my floors; it took me all of three minutes; my house isn’t very
big.
Again, very funny to me.
This has to a be a certainty ‘cause
multiple folks have told me the same thing (i.e. it was my first reaction toooo). There is an employee in our park
who is very unhappy with himself, in fact a very bitter person.
He is mad at the world and acts that way
consistently. He doesn’t have a winning attitude.
I wonder if he knows that.
I think it would be terrible to live that
way, my opinion but maybe he likes it.
As
a deceased friend would say to me—
erv, decisions have consequences and guess
who gets to make the decisions. JoeBlow, who runs a great wheel route, says—There are somethings we can’t
control but our attitude is something we can. It's like what Donnie and Peggy Parents say to their child--you have choices and "it's your choice."
Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:
erv
MyFriendJean said—No matter what you say, you’ll never come
out smelling good arguing with a skunk.
The tip of the day comes from a management wizard.
His company will not have a meeting last longer than 40 minutes (i.e. organized
and to the point); after that it is useless; attention span is gone.
ANYWAY, they have all their meetings at least
10 minutes apart soooo everyone has adequate time to get to them (i.e. it’s a
pain to have folks come late).
I have
learned here in the 55+ community that to be on time is sorta kinda 15 minutes
early. haha Also the management wizard says they have all their meetings on one
day which is Tuesday soooo it doesn’t disturb the working days (i.e. get a lot
more done without meetings).
Da! Have
any of you been at meetings that go on forever and nothing new is every said
and nuttin gets done (i.e. many times it a couple of folks that like to hear
themselves talk who have huge massive egos)?
I have for sure.
It’s a waste of
my time (i.e. unless folks are getting paid by the hour; then no one cares;
just drinking coffee and killing time to get to the end of the day). haha
Related story—A executive told me that one of their team came late to a meeting
and the manger told them to leave. They was sorta kinda put off the team and lost their position. Ouchy ouchy! Maybe he or she was pretty cocky coming into the
meeting but left with their tail between their legs. The pic is of one of my
top two brother-in-laws wearing his tee shirt that makes the point.
P.S. Thanksamillion for the tips to clean my tea cup. All the tips were the same--use baking soda!
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