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My nephew-in-law says--I Just found out the company that produces yardsticks won’t be making them any longer. 

When I think of frisky, I think of my horse, Queen back on the farm a mile and quarter south of Roseland, MN as a kid. Queen was excited and spunky and energetic and ready to go. Now I think of another Queen with the same qualities.

This friend buys her microgreens from Whitney at a farmers’ market in a church parking lot who raises them.  My friend is a big green eater and believes they are very good for us (i.e. she is probably right—probably better for us than Big Macs or junk foods from the convenient store). ANYWAY, she has met some new acquaintances and maybe might make new friends by going there to buy her greens.  I think that is really neat to make new friends and increase her horizon with new folks in her life. I believe it makes us way better folks, my opinion. Besides the greens and the new acquaintances makes us frisky in our lives. That is my opinion. She buys many greens that I can’t even pronounce! Today she bought some garlic scapes (i.e. stems that grow out of garlic bulbs in the earth) which might make a person jump like a kangaroo, just maybe! Now they are something new to me! They might make her feel really good or give her diarrhea! I’m guessing it’s about a 50-50 toss up!

I golfed in an old goats outing with a friend. Also in our sixsome was a guy who played basketball on a team I coached in high school like 55 years ago. He is a local farmer who remained a friend all these years. We were looking at a patch of Canadian thistles on the golf course. He said—He and his father had been spraying a patch they have in the pasture for 60 years with all kinds of concoctions of spray and still haven’t exterminated them. They are frisky he said.   Those Canadian thistles just adapt.  I was told that the coyotes are a nuisance in our area.  They have been eating cats and dogs.  They toooo have really learned to adapt.  Just like humans it seems; some animals adapt, and some don’t!  Ya got to be tough in this world now don’t ja! Oh by the way--IA-FarmerJoe from Butler County says--You Canadians can keep your thistles!  But the AZ-Merchants say--We sure like your money you bring down in the winter! Keep it comin'!

I want and plan to live a full, happy, and peaceful life.  That is my goal.  But I have to admit that last year I was ready to live the rest of my life in a funk and coast on out! An event that happened to me really has changed my life; it just fell in my lap; I was in the right spot at the right time; a God sent.  Why was I soooo blessed? I have no idea, but it made my life frisky a.k.a. a life changer. I pray that all of you may have the experience I have had. Soooo don’t give up folks. I really gave up and quit trying to make it happen and then it happened. Go figure. His understanding I cannot fathom! I’m not special but I’m just another bozo on the bus soooo it might happen to you as well. But now I have a different driver of the bus! Sooo folks, give it all you got to the end; you gotta finish strong. Yagottafinish it off! Yagotta keep your foot on the gas peddle! Here is an idea that I have used in my life that you might have an interest in—I pray for opportunities, I pray that I may recognize them and I pray that I might have the courage to act on them.

I read this in the paper soooo it must be right—"A Gallup poll showed that U.S. adults are rating their own mental health the lowest in twenty years. Less than a third consider themselves in excellent mental health.”  I was talking to a person who I really respect, and they told me that the three things that are very important to them: exercise, good diet and helping others.  I toooo believe that they are very important for good mental health. In fact, I think it will make and keep a person frisky! What do you think?  That is what I thought. 

Many of you are very “dynamic,” a.k.a. frisky. Dynamic folks are energetic and productive. It has a kind of life force that leads to change. That describes many of you (i.e. you are confident and humble).  It does. Some days, some weeks, some months, and maybe some years we are more dynamic than others, at least it appears I am. How about you. But we need to keep charging to the end. You hear folks say—I thought I had it in the bag but I let it get away.  I should not have coasted that little bit which resulted in me losing it. Soooo stick to the fight folks. You can do it.

Meditation or being quiet seems to be very useful for many folks. We can meditate about the stock market but I doubt if that will give us much peace of mind, we can meditate about politics but I doubt if that will give us much peace of mind, we can meditate on all our personal issues but I doubt if that will give us much peace of mind.  I find for me that when I meditate on God’s truths, I can find peace of mind. For some of you, you might prefer a couple pieces of chocolate cake instead; that’s an option too! OneSmartPerson says—It might be quite surprising to some of you, but meditation can make us frisky! Not soooo much the chocolate cake!

WorldClassLarry says—You are free to make your own choices, but you are not free to make the consequence of those choices. But choices do help in the probability of the consequences. Da! Soooo choose wisely folks.  It will make your life much friskier.  That is a high probability! Da! erv, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out! Da! Yabut it is hard to make the decision to make the right choices some of the time! Da! JoeBlow says—It is sobering when we make the bad decisions and get the bad consequences.  ItchieBitchie says--What do we expect when we make bad decisions anyway, a Mountain Dew! Da!

Do you believe in miracles?  I know some of you do ‘cause you have told me you have seen and experienced them in your life even though some folks are sorta kinda scared to share them as they don’t want others to think they are goofy!  Shannon wrote this—"One of the things that attracted people to Christ the most was His miracles.  People came from far and wide to see His wonders of healing and transformation.  His miracles can still leave us flabbergasted today!”  I have experienced God’s miracles in my life.  The most recent one is just amazing (i.e. I didn't expect anything and then Jesus came to town). Changed my life; made me frisky! Yes Shannon, I’m flabbergasted and very thankful. It is common for folks to have many new, advanced medical procedures done now a days. They make folks good for another 100,000 miles. My Daddy, Chester, died at age 56 back when they didn’t have these new, medical procedures.  Do we appreciate these miracles or just expect them? What in the world is going on anyway? I have no idea.

I know a person who once shared with me that they believe in miracles. They are not a regular church attender, might not believe in Jesus the same as some of you do (i.e. big on the might), probably don't share their faith in God or their experiences publicly but totally believe in the power of God. They experienced several miracles.  They would go to a certain church in their city and talk to God in asking and also thanking God privately. They shared this with me in a very compelling way. Pretty interesting and powerful to me. This person is a good person with a good heart.  No question.

I had a friend help me reshape me into who “I am” and who “I want to be.”  They didn’t even know they did it, but I did. Actually, it took a little of my friskiness out of me which I think was good a.k.a. humbled me. I felt I was a little overboard with my actions.  I felt I needed to rein my friskiness in a little bit a.k.a. cool the jets a tad.  I was a little out of control I felt! I was a little too excited. Toooo energetic. Tooo enthusiastic. Tooooo ecstatic. Toooo exuberant. Toooo elated.  Okay, there are somethings we can control and somethings about ourselves we can’t.  This life quality I can control but I can’t control such things that are genetic (e.g. my bald head, my feet size, my bone structure etc.) Those things are just what they are genetically. A senior lady from our church told me this week—erv, you are toooo skinny!  At least she didn’t say—erv, you have tooo big of a head!  Now that I could have taken two ways! One way I would have no control of and the other way I do!

TheMI-Engineer/friend says—100 years ago everyone had a horse, and the rich had a car. Now everyone has a car, and the rich have a horse.

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

erv

MyFriendJean said—Enthusiasm is contagious, and so is the lack of it.