a little bit

This “It’s Saturday” might be the same to some of you as how Jeanne described pickled herring at New Years—It wasn’t bad but not that good!! 

A little bit of the hot sauce on my taco can go a long way for me! Or a little bit of Nelly can go a long way for me as well! A little bit of kindness can also go a long way toooo. Just a little bit. But a little bit of meanness can go a long way as well. How about a little bit of encouragement, does that affect folks?

I joined the wood working club in our 55+ park. I’m not talented in wood working and have only a minimal interest but have found it quite interesting. A little bit of camaraderie is soooo good for folks no matter where we get it. These folks really have a good time putzing around (i.e. many of them at their age are limping around the wood shop as well). They are just enjoying their time on this earth by being around others doing the same. I have been impressed. I have a friend who is my wood working mentor who is really a good woodworker plus talented in other things (i.e. he seems to always have a good attitude). Others in the shop tell me that he is an unbelievably good wood worker and crazily smart! I told him that and his reply was--Only every 3rd day give or take (i.e. that explains why I like him sooooo much! 

CoachB says—"Don’t take advice from someone who isn’t living what they say.” MyPreacherMan friend says—"A little bit of cheerfulness goes a long way; sooo be cheerful to who you are around. No one wants to be around a grumpy, irritable, or depressed spirit. Our mood can lift many hearts during the course of a day.” Our cheerfulness can be a huge massive uplift a.k.a. encouragement to others; no question about that. FlipThePancake—Our unhappiness can be a huge massive discouragement! Saturday question—How can we be cheerful folks? ItchieBitchie who just clicks, says--There are somebodies and nobodies. Sometimes somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebodies just by being an encourager! And guess who makes that decision! I suggest we throw those chips away and get our butts of the couch and be somebodies! 

Have you ever got up on the wrong side of the bed?  Well, then there must be days that we got up on the right side of the bed. Right! Can we tell the difference which side of the bed we got up on? Ouchy ouchy! A little bit of something can make a big difference maybe! Maybe we need to sleep on the other side of the bed! Yikes!

AverageJoe from Oostburg, says—A little bit of advice from some folks can go a long way. Does AverageJoe from Oostburg mean that in a good sense or a bad sense? SusieQ from Roseland asks—At what age do parents quit giving advice to their children (i.e. cut the apron strings)? And at what age do children start giving advice to their parents?

I went and sat in our 55+ park’s hot tub late the other afternoon. One other guy was in it. I know him from years past. I asked him how is doing—just ok, I almost died from blood clots when replacing one of my knees and almost died from blood thinners when they did the other; then I hurt one of my replacement knees fishing last October soooo I have a big problem. I learn from aging folks that they tell the same stories over and over (i.e. and we are all ageing). Da! I also learn that ageing folks like to talk about themselves a lot and a little bit of ourselves and family goes a long way (i.e. and we are all ageing)! My opinion is--no matter here, there or anywhere a little bit too much about me and I is enough!

Jeanne got this bulb from a friend as a friendship gift. It was just a little bity of a  bulb and look at it now. Maybe you and I are just a little bity of a bulb but can produce something big and beautiful. What do you think? That is what I thought. Suck it up cupcake and lets get going!

Friends are good for us! We took some friend to the airport to fly home to help with a family problem (i.e. we really like these folks as we got to know them and trust each other. We attend the same church as well). RickyRick says--"We need others—particularly trusted friends—to walk with us through life. A physical family doesn’t always stay together. They grow up, move away, and, sadly, sometimes even split up. But a spiritual, trusted family a.k.a. friends, are soooo important (i.e. not soooo much when things are going hunky dory but much more when things are burning)." I suggest we try to be a sincere encouraging friend! Good friends punch my ticket; yes they do!

Soooo a little bit sometimes is good sooooo I'm wrapping this "It's Saturday" up with this final thought--Which activities, if doubled, would make our life meaningfully better? Which activities, if halved, would make our life meaningfully better? Or put it this way, if we would change 1% every day (i.e. that's just a little bit) in a year, we would be a different person! Wow!

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

erv

MyDeceasedFriendJean said--If you want to have bread you can't loaf.