a over-up job

You might think that this “It’s Saturday” is just a lot of whacky yak from Yakima a.k.a. a cover-up job; if soooo just delete and go clean the bathroom. It’s your decision. Such is life.

Vicki, anybody can be a Vicki, says—How old folks can take charge! #4 Find a (diverse) friend—The older we get the more marginalized we become in this society. Having diverse friends help us to be better allies in the fight against ageism, racism and sexism.”  I have a friend who says we age out at some point (i.e. we just can’t do it anymore). A friend told me—I was ok until I turned 80 and it all fell apart. Maybe he’s ageing out! I do think if we have an open mind, it can really help in having a more quality life.  That is part of having a good attitude, that is my opinion. MulishBetty says--It’s not good when we become a stubborn old…! Now that condition is hard to cover up!

I have an open mind in my thinking, I think anyway. I rode my Yamaha XT 250 over to the Cowiche Recreation Area and hiked down to the bottom of the canyon. On the way I drove through neighborhoods of very nice houses overlooking the Yakima Valley (i.e. both just beautiful). As I hiked, I thought maybe one of you would give me 10 million dollars: I would buy one of those houses for us. BigWashingtonWow says--Are you crazy erv, no one is going to give you 10 million. Hey, I dreamt when hiking in AZ a few years ago that I would find a wife that would fit me perfectly, and I got it!  BUT there is one caveat that I didn’t tell you, I also prayed (i.e. that is a big difference).  This time I didn’t pray as we are very happy with our lifestyle, very! Hey, I think I'm a reasonable guy, I will compromise with you, how about 5 million!

I saw a sticker on the tailgate of a pickup that said—This sticker is a cover up of a scratch I put on my pickup. It was an inexpensive, easy fix compared to maybe a $1,000 repair, just cover it up, no one knows.  Saturday question—Are we content with our life, or do we just put a cover up on it? Who what me! My Mother, Anna, always would say to me—erv, always do what is right then you don’t have to cover anything up! SlimySlick says— Yabut erv, I am pretty slick in covering things up let me tell ya! And no one ever knows! WorldClassLarry says—That is what SlimySlick thinks! Folks know!

There is a sign in Las Vegas that reads—Trust me, you can sing! Signed Alcohol Our inner superhero changes because of many forces. ItchieBitchie says--When we are intoxicated by anything including alcohol or drugs, we aren’t usually our normal self; it’s a cover-up. Saturday question--What else can change our inner superhero that we might be intoxicated by; the toxicant is a cover up of who we really are many times I have been told. Here are some possible other toxicants: money, power, fame, egos, appearance, arrogance, education, position, intelligence, pecking order, gambling, shopping, eating,… FoxyAlice says—It’s a good thing I don’t have any of them! Ya right, FoxyAlice! FoxyAlice, you have one huge massive inner superhero (i.e. the worst kind) and you don’t even know it!

While hiking on the western side of the Cascade Mountains where it is much wetter, we saw a slug (i.e. it could be my first slug I ever saw (i.e. of the bug type anyway). Slugs aren’t very pretty I don’t think, and they move slow soooo maybe that is why we say sometimes that we are sluggish!  I don’t know. I do know some folks who are slugs and some who seem to be sluggish (i.e. for a lot of reasons probably). The Cascade Mountains, I have been told, splits the state pretty much with being wet and being desert, and also politically, urban to more rural, heavy traffic to less traffic etc. You probably get it. It seems that the folks of the two sides don’t always agree with issues, but the western side always wins (i.e. they tell me) as that is where the majority of the population lives (i.e. my Canadian friends say the same thing about Canada). A person on the eastern side of the mountains said to me—We don’t really count in WA! Saturday question—Have you ever felt that you don’t really count? Folks tell us we do but it feels like a cover-up; it feels like we really don’t count at times! Ouchy ouchy! Such is life!

Women quite often put on a cover up when they get out of the pool and ride the elevator to their room, many times there is a cover up when a crime is done, politicians many times try to do a cover up, and probably there are cover ups that we have no idea what they are. A friend told me that many folks who feel unconfident become arrogant to cover up their deficiency (e.g. little folks talk about themselves, big folks ask questions of others).  Big folks can laugh at themselves, and little folks can’t! Why is that do you think? Some folks can complement others and others can’t. Why is that? It could be a cover up!

WorldClassLarry says--In my mind, our path to our success is not as fixed and inflexible as we think. First of all, CharlieBrown, we have to decide what success is; success for sure is different things to different folks. The world might have a different definition than what we have internally (i.e. that sure appears it’s that way to me). Most of you are gems; just plain great folks internally but we struggle with who you want to be by the world’s standards. We are really torn in deciding. I think in my mind, we have to determine what our goal is; then how we can make our gem really shine. If we don’t know where we are going and what we are trying to accomplish it just ain’t going to work very well. I suggest that we all work to be a shining gem with our life. Shine it up!

Does a cover up job usually work very well? Externally it might work for a little while but from the get go, it really doesn’t work very well internally for most folks (i.e. it doesn’t make good folks feel good on the inside). And besides, Abe Lincoln said—You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of time. Especially since we can’t fool ourselves! King David in the Bible committed adultery and then covered it up by having Bathsheba’s husband murdered. How did that go for David? I think first of all David said to himself—What was I thinking; how dumb can a guy get! Those darn emotions!

It's hard to go against the grain. What I mean is if I have done something a certain way for a long time or if I have a certain personality trait that is well established and then I try to change it, it’s tough to do. That is hard. I tried to do things differently the other morning as I was home alone and wanted to slow down. It didn’t go well! I had to fight it. Yikes! The old bird is hard to change. Sooooo maybe I should not expect others to change; they probably aren’t going to change. They are engrained pretty deeply in their ways just like I am. hahaha If something is taught to someone from birth, what is their chance of changing?  Or if someone genetically inherits some personality trait, what is their chance of changing. Or if someone is brainwashed for years, what is their chance of changing? We might cover it up but to change, that is another story! Don’t kid yourself, it might be possible but it ain’t easy! I was told a story by a friend who had a relative who had Asperger’s syndrome probably because of his genetics. He never did change in his life my friend said. I would guess that all of us are somewhere on the spectrum! Like I have said many times--We are all mentally ill but just to different degrees! 

A friend and I have talked several times what it takes for me or anyone to change (i.e. and not all can). We think it takes a special certain event to happen in our lives. We think it is pretty much certain and that this special certain event is up to most folks; it’s our decision (i.e. but not always). But most times it appears it’s up to us. And when folks make that decision, it is quite noticeable to others and many times folks ask what is different about you; folks act differently. I have seen this in folks and have asked them; the answer is always the same.

VelvetElvis says—I realize this is not groundbreaking news, but when we get desperate and realize we cannot keep living this way, then we have to change. We have no other option, which is why we only change when we hit the abyss. Anything else is like window shopping: we may look for a moment or even try it on, but we aren’t taking anything home with us.

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

erv

MyFriendJean said—The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.

PS The-MI-Engineer a.k.a. TheGreatShedlowsky as Mike calls him says--There is no such thing as a grouchy old person.  The truth is that once you get old, you stop being polite and start being honest.