frustrated

Disclaimer:  An acquaintance told me that he doesn't read my blog as there isn't anything important in it!  Sooooo take that into consideration before spending time reading it. 

My nephew-in-law says--I sent my hearing aids in for repair 3 weeks ago. I haven’t heard anything since.

Who are you most frustrated with right now?  Could it be your spouse, friend, supervisor, a family member, a politician, your neighbor, yourself, God?  Who is it?  Saturday question—Why are you frustrated with this situation anyway?

I, most often when doing something that I never did before will seek out advice from folks who have done it already or are in the process right now.  I like to get their opinion. Why do I want to do something that doesn’t work and is proven it doesn't work and why wouldn’t I consider something that seems to work for others. I was reading about relationships the other day and the suggestion to keep a relationship lively was we should consider doing something new once in a while a.k.a. shake it up some. That makes sense especially for folks who can be bored by doing everything the same way all the time.  Boring boring! But some of us will never ask for advice; why should some folks as they know everything; if you don’t believe them, just ask them.

Our group was eating our burgers at an ol’ goats golf outing when a friend next to me squirted a blob of ketchup out of his sandwich that launched onto his shorts.  He didn’t have a napkin soooo I went and got him some. He said—My wife will say, what did you spill on yourself now! It seems like I do that a lot! I spilled some grease from my burger at McDonald’s on my shorts and she couldn’t it out; it was permanent—soooo what does that mean—I guess, don’t spill at McDonald’s!

I recently heard a speaker talk who really frustrated me, yes he did.  His first part of this talk and then woven throughout his talk was how great he was. It was a lot about I, I, and I!  I lost any interest in what he said, a great turn off to me.  Most folks don’t like to hear about I (e.g. folks who one-up everyone continuously). CadillacJack says—Yabut a lot of folks like to talk about I and how great I is! I just read the book (i.e. did you catch the I), Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty. One of the chapters was entitled ego. Here are some lines of this chapter:  The biggest obstacle in learning is being a know-it-all; this self-confidence is rooted in the ego—pride is the cause of the most damaging fall of the soul—if you are satisfied with who you are, you don’t need to prove your worth to anyone else—if you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you—practice humility—break away from the ego rage of “I,” “me,” and “mine.”

We live in an unusual time. More and more, people seem unwilling to take responsibility for their decisions and actions (i.e. we have a tendency to blame someone else or something else). Tim Kight says, “Doctors don’t make you healthy. Nutritionists don’t make you slim. Teachers don’t make you smart. Trainers don’t make you fit. They help, but you must take responsibility and do the work.” Bobby, anyone can be a Bobby, says--The fact is, however, much of what happens to us is indeed our responsibility. If we fail or fall short of our goals or aspirations, it is no one’s fault but our own (i.e. for most folks, that’s soooo frustrating to hear). Sooo suck it up cupcake and let’s get going.  Or as a friend says—Let’s get going. we’re burning day light! Or as I say—Throw those chips away and get your butt off the couch!

I was eating my breakfast and reading the paper before my morning bike ride and overheard three senior ladies next to me talking. One came late and they said to her—how come you’re late—was changing the oil in my lawnmower; I sure miss my honey in soooo many ways—they all missed their honeys (i.e. they were frustrated); life just isn’t the same without our honeys; they all wished they could find another honey.  I wanted to say to them—hey gals, recently while golfing in an ol’ goats outing a guy in our sixsome said he hasn’t changed the oil in his golf cart for all the 40 years he has owned it. What! We all said. We change the oil in ours every year.  Another guy said—you don’t have to change oil in those small engines; I don’t change oil in my lawn mower.  You don’t?  No, I just trade every soooo often. It works for me!

You might think I’m the one who is funny and I might be!  Ya gotta remember that I’m just a little ol’ farm boy from a mile and quarter south of Roseland, MN.  In the political ads, politicians take one line out of what their opponent says and hammer on it. It is not the whole concept at all, just one line. Is that frustrating or funny to you?  JoeBlow says—That depends if folks are open minded or radicals. Anyway, it’s much like religious groups, churches, or individuals who take one line out of the Bible and hammer on it and don’t understand the concept.  Is that funny and frustrating to you?  Or take one pet sin and hammer on it but they themselves have many others but they like their sins that they are ok with, I guess. Sooo, do you think I’m funny or just funny? You aren’t laughing! Sooo what does that mean? Or as one of my friends/golf buddies says—I don’t understand politics. I have observed that he is not very opinionated on religion either. He’s pretty open minded. I like that about him.

A friend owns a company called Run Strong.  I bought one of his tee shirts and I wear it proudly.  I really don’t know what he means to Run Strong, but I assume it means to run hard and well.  When I put on the tee shirt, I always tell myself to run my life strong and what does that mean to me?  Well, here is an idea of what I think it means:  Galatians 6:9 says--Let us not become weary a.k.a. frustrated in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Saturday question—I’m curious, what does it mean to you to run your life strong?

One of the deepest statements Einstein ever said to a friend’s widow—We physicists know that the distinction between past, present and future is only an illusion no matter how persistent.  It borders on a spiritual principle. I cannot understand that and probably you can’t either.  The only ones that can understand that are probably folks who think they know everything and that could be some of you. haha

I was talking with a friend about his friend and my acquaintance.  His wife divorced him out of frustration with him he told me. She wanted a life and he was only interested in saving and making money.  She had enough of him. Soooo what do you think of that?  Maybe a generation or two ago a woman would put up with that but not anymore it seems (i.e. no longer will they will put up being pregnant and bare foot on the farm while feeding the chickens). They want a life!

Why did I let myself get into this situation? Why didn’t I figure what was going to happen? What was I thinking? Really, where did I have my head? Why was I soooo self-centered and selfish?  I knew better than this! If I would have only used my head! When we get real frustrated with ourselves we start beating ourselves up.  GeorgeTheCrook says—I deserve it sometimes, yes I do! How ridiculous can I be! I really have to laugh at myself sometimes!  I'm something else!

A friend was telling me that they have a daughter-in-law who seems always frustrated.  She supports a sector of society that always seems like they have a chip on their shoulders, always bitter, always think they are getting the short end, etc. Maybe it’s the folks she is around or maybe she was raised that way or maybe she likes the feeling of constant strive. WorldClassLarry says—It makes a huge massive difference who we spend most of our time with. A person told me that since they spent more time with different folks, their whole life got better (i.e. could be).  Saturday question—Soooo do liberals, conservatives and moderates have different levels of frustrations? ThePersonDownTheStreet says--Maybe there are folks who have no idea how they act or how they are limiting themselves. Could be! Well, sucking sardines!

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

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MyFriendJean said—You don’t get harmony when everyone is singing the same note.

PS  You who have the Cedar Falls utility server, last week's It's Saturday was declined as it said--Message blocked due to spam content.  I didn't think there was any smut in it but they did. Touchy touchy!  Maybe you Cedar Falls folks need special attention. haha!