It's Saturday: live up to our billing

No spoofing here folks. Some folks live “up to their billing” as advertised on the advertising slick tacked to the pole! No phoniness or faking, they are the real deal as advertised. What you see is what you get. For me, that is soooo refreshing when folks are who they are. You don’t have to peel back five layers of veneer to get to the real person that they really are. These types of folks are special let me tell ya. My opinion anyway. They ring my bells.

You might not agree with the saying but I do. I guess we all have the freedom to believe what we want. And guess who gets to make that decision? You are right, the person in the mirror! That’s you, the AverageJoes and the average Marys! Here is an idea told by Karen, anybody can be a Karen, as to how to become great--"We allow God’s Spirit to make us into compassionate, kind, humble, meek, patient, forgiving, and loving people." Of course, we all have a decision if we want to believe that or not! And if those are qualities that we think make us great! The world says--Greatness is how much money and power we have! Wow! Now there is a difference in those two!

My opinion, we need to start and then stick with it if we really want to change. Both to start and to stick with it are not always easy. It’s quite often much easier to kick the same can down the same street and call it good! Yikes! I read this while eating my oatmeal with half a banana on it--For a seed to sprout, it must lose its protective covering, break apart, and disintegrate into the earth. Only after this ‘death’ will it grow into a productive plant. A seed that refuses to die will never become a plant. So it is with our lives—death must come before resurrection. We must die to living only for our own desires. Only then can we be born into new life.” Soooo what do you think of that? That is what I thought.

I knew a person some time ago who seemed to be a nice and good person. I then started to wonder about this person as I saw the friends and acquaintances they hung around with. I was quite amazed, and I changed my opinion about them. I shied away from this person. Their friends were not the type of folks I wanted to associate with. Sooooo I asked a friend what they thought and they had the same feeling. Soooo if I think that way and my friend thinks that way than others think that way toooo; we ain’t the only two that are that smart! haha Something stunk, they maybe didn’t live up to the billing that they were trying to show (i.e. maybe fakey). GeorgeTheCrook asks—Is that person called a hypocrite?

I seem to continuously forget what God has done for me. I seem to just forget! How can I do that I ask myself! Just think about the folks who have been part of our lives and helped make us become who we are, amazing, just amazing. Happenstance, na, I don’t think soooo folks. Are we thankful for that? I try to be thankful but forget many times. Gratitude is just soooo important in our lives, my opinion. Gratitude makes a good heart which makes a good person, my opinion. That makes us live up to our life's billing! And it makes life way more fun! ItchieBitchie says—Anytime I feel the urge to complain, I am going to say, “no, instead of doing that, I’m going to practice giving thanks.” Gratitude tastes like a million dollars!

Think about this -- If you live in your own home, are able to eat full meals & drink clean water, have a mobile phone, can surf the internet and went to college, you are in a miniscule percentage of the population and are a highly privileged person this day (This equates to being in the less than 7% category). Amongst 100 persons in the world - only 8 will live or exceed the age of 65! If you are already over 65 years old - be content, grateful and thank God; cherish life, grasp every moment. If you did not leave this world before the age of 64, like the 92 persons who did pass before you, you are truly blessed amongst mankind. Take good care of your own health. Cherish every remaining moment. Soooooo live up to your billing!

There are a lot of billings nailed to the board but the “top billing” gets the most attention. No question about it, If you are the top billing you get the most attention. SusieQ says—Yabut, the more talent you have, the more responsibility you also have to perform. Now think about that. There are some folks that put on a show a.k.a. a great performance but are just that, a performer. DuaneTheWorm is always performing to self-glorifying himself; let me tell you, he’s really good at it! The DuaneTheWorms of the world are usually figured out by others real fast, oh ya! Do ostriches really bury their heads in the sand to “hide” from predators—as if closing their eyes will make them invisible? No—they lay their eggs in the sand and occasionally stick their heads in to check on and rotate the eggs until they hatch. Even ostriches know they can’t hide from reality.

goes the dynamite! SusieQ says--When the camera is turned on, some folks are way different folks; I hardly know that they are the same folks. I decided, yes I decided and did it. I deleted my Facebook account. I'm living up to my internal billing that I have. I have been thinking of doing this for some time and a friend actually influenced me and helped me decide. I like this person's independent thinking a.k.a. confidence about who they are and what they think. WorldClassLarry says--We learn to live within margins and without anxiety (i.e. the disciplines of silence and solitude). Henry Ford said--You can't build a reputation on what your are going to do! Soooo there you go!

Our CO granddaughter, Erin, was in their hs color guard that got 1st in state competition. She was a flag twirler. Next year she is trying out to be a gun twirler. It just amazes me how those gun twirlers can synergize throwing and spinning those guns. This activity seems to have been a good experience for her. It seems like it has matured her poise, independent thinking and her confidence. It would be neat that all kids could have such an experience a.k.a. help develop their internal billing. Doesn't she look like a typical freshman.

The vignette of the day! Sooooo, recently I went for a walk in my 55+ park in AZ one morning and had a long talk with a pb friend’s wife. She told me that when her husband died, she started walking with a neighbor guy whose wife also died (i.e. my friend). He asked me to go to a dinner theater and said it was not a date, but they were just going out as friends. 30 days later he asked me to marry him, and I did (i.e. that might be called engineering the relationship). His kids were not happy with that. They said—Dad, if we would have done that you would not be happy with us. He said—But you aren’t 56 either. That was 20 years ago. Sooooo there you go!

A friend said to me—I was just waiting for the right moment. Oh, just waiting for the right moment to talk and tell others what they wanted to tell. It appears that the right moment is very important when maximizing the effectiveness of what you want to express. Sometimes it just isn’t the right moment, and we force it (i.e. doesn’t seem to work very well). Soooo how do we know when it is just the right moment? Maybe it’s the right moment when others ask you about what you want to talk about. Maybe by hinting around to see if they really want to hear about what you want to say. If they aren’t interested, then don’t talk about it. Now that could be. ShowBoatSally says--But then you don’t get to talk about what you want to talk about! SillyLucy says—Most folks live up to their human billing by wanting to talk about themselves and their stuff instead of about you and your stuff! Oh ya! But flip the pancake, the good ones ask you questions and want to learn about you! MissPerfect says--When both parties talk, then it is a conversation and not a lecture! This friend is very good about thinking about others (i.e. she has great qualities—she is a good one)!