Some of you might think I’m just prattling in this “It’s
Saturday.” And you could be right. Remember folks, you get what you pay
for!
We are in CO with all our family on our way to AZ (i.e. a lot of nose and activity). We are in transition! Yes, we ate the turkey. Why do turkeys gobble? Because they have never learned table manners. What happened when a turkey got into a fight? He got the stuffing knocked out of him.
OneSweetLadyJudy says--Offering thanks is a positive experience for all...We are also blessed when a person accepts our “thank you,” because it blesses them...Many people, especially people living in poverty, are not often affirmed and encouraged.
OneSweetLadyJudy says--Offering thanks is a positive experience for all...We are also blessed when a person accepts our “thank you,” because it blesses them...Many people, especially people living in poverty, are not often affirmed and encouraged.
When we look back at our lives,
there are soooo many things that have happened to us that we thought early in
life that were unimaginable unfathomable unobtainable unachievable unreachable
implausible and yet they happened. When
we look forward in our life, I assume we might have that same thought and
probably there will be unimaginable unfathomable unobtainable unachievable
unreachable implausible things will happen.
We are in transition folks, a constant transition.
WorldClassLarry says—Everyone needs a break once in a
while. Some call it vacation, a Sabbath,
time away, a change, a break, a resperate, a get away, a different spin, an
uplift, etc. You get it. I personally get bored easily; I need change
and something different. Sooooo all the
above are the reasons why we are going to AZ for the winter. Much of our simple life will not change but
some things will. It’s a change,
especially for me. Transition isn’t
always easy but the result might be good.
Does any of this make any sense?
Transition for Arlene from home to AZ will be/is challenging. Transition for someone with Alzheimer’s is difficult. Anything different and out of their routine is difficult. I try to be very patient and foresee areas that will be extremely challenging for her and make them easy for her (i.e. just do things and make decisions for her). We both think once we get to AZ, it will be more” life about the same” as we are renting the same house as we had last year. Not a piece of cake but it surely will be easier for her. It won’t be super either place but winter in AZ will give us more options we think. AverageJoe says—Transition is hard on me tooooo and I don’t think I’m impaired!
My Daddy, Chester, would say to me erv—It isn’t the tractor
you are driving but the machine behind it.
Meaning, the machine will go where you pull it with the tractor. Sooooo maybe much of transition is about our
attitude; how we adapt. It’s maybe how
we pull our situation along. It will
follow the tractor. My Daddy also
said—Everyone has problems, it’s just that some folks handle them differently. Many many parts of the equation produces the
end result. Some parts of the equation
we have no control over. We just need to
buck up and adapt and make the most of it.
And yes, the transition ain’t always easy. Such is life.
I must admit that when I was maybe 12 or sooooo, I was
draggin’ using or neighbor, Lawrence Van Den Einde’s B John Deere pulling our 4
section drag when I turned tooooo sharp at the end of the field and got the cable from
the draw bar to the end of the drag up on the tire. Had to get my Daddy, Chester, to come and help me. He was rather nice about it. I was fearful after his advice he always gave
me about driving the machine and not the tractor. That B John Deere had a flywheel which you
had to spin to start the tractor to make it go putt putt (i.e. that is the
noise of 2 cylinder John Deere makes).
Any of you folks remember flywheels? How about opening the petcocks?
I read while eating my oatmeal with a half a banana on
it—Humility, which acts as a fly wheel turning over the engine of a great
person. LuckieEddie says—You either get that or you don’t—If you don’t get
that, you are just a “splasher!” GerogeTheCrook says--Ah fudge nuggets! ItchieBitchie says--Maybe we need
to open our petcocks tooooo!
Before we left for AZ, I signed up for a slot on a prayer vigil. My time I signed up for was 4:45 a.m. When I got there, 4 or 5 folks were in the sanctuary praying in different positions. As I was there, I think one more person might have come and one left. ANYWAY about half way through my prayer time, one of the folks started to pray out loud. It was very annoying to me. I plugged my ears and went on. He did it the rest of the time I was there. Why do you think he did that? Maybe he thought he was a better prayer than the rest of us (i.e. and he might be), to impress us (i.e. if so, he didn't impress me), to get attention (i.e. he did that in a negative way) or maybe he was opening his petcocks. I have no idea. What do you think?
Before we left for AZ, I signed up for a slot on a prayer vigil. My time I signed up for was 4:45 a.m. When I got there, 4 or 5 folks were in the sanctuary praying in different positions. As I was there, I think one more person might have come and one left. ANYWAY about half way through my prayer time, one of the folks started to pray out loud. It was very annoying to me. I plugged my ears and went on. He did it the rest of the time I was there. Why do you think he did that? Maybe he thought he was a better prayer than the rest of us (i.e. and he might be), to impress us (i.e. if so, he didn't impress me), to get attention (i.e. he did that in a negative way) or maybe he was opening his petcocks. I have no idea. What do you think?
Our
niece, Jen, put this on face book. She made me laugh. Not trying to brag but our
Nick (i.e. their son) scored half of the points. Unfortunately we are the guests.
One of our little grand daughters walked with Arlene and I to the Corner Store to get a $2 Denver Post. She told us she had a dollar and some change and wanted to buy something. She bought Tic Tacs and put her money on the counter. The clerk went to the back room and came back with her wallet and was getting some money out; I didn't realize that she didn't have enough money and she was going to pay the difference. The next day I got another paper and the same gal was working. I told her how nice she was to our little grand daughter yesterday. She said--I like to help folks; it makes them happy and makes me happy--You are one nice gal--sooo are you (i.e. she doesn't know me very well!). Yesterday I told one of our little grand sons--You are a nice boy. He said back to me--Sometimes! Such is life.
I read in the paper sooooo it must be right--Data shows that people who report feeling gratitude in their daily lives feel more loving, forgiving and enthusiastic. Gratitude also is linked strongly to well-being and metal and physical health with such benefits as lowered blood pressure and improved immune function. It is not a magic bullet but does round out the edges of difficult times. Soooo what do you think?
Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:
erv
MyFriendJean says--Grateful people are more fun to be around than ungrateful people.
One of our little grand daughters walked with Arlene and I to the Corner Store to get a $2 Denver Post. She told us she had a dollar and some change and wanted to buy something. She bought Tic Tacs and put her money on the counter. The clerk went to the back room and came back with her wallet and was getting some money out; I didn't realize that she didn't have enough money and she was going to pay the difference. The next day I got another paper and the same gal was working. I told her how nice she was to our little grand daughter yesterday. She said--I like to help folks; it makes them happy and makes me happy--You are one nice gal--sooo are you (i.e. she doesn't know me very well!). Yesterday I told one of our little grand sons--You are a nice boy. He said back to me--Sometimes! Such is life.
I read in the paper sooooo it must be right--Data shows that people who report feeling gratitude in their daily lives feel more loving, forgiving and enthusiastic. Gratitude also is linked strongly to well-being and metal and physical health with such benefits as lowered blood pressure and improved immune function. It is not a magic bullet but does round out the edges of difficult times. Soooo what do you think?
Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:
erv
MyFriendJean says--Grateful people are more fun to be around than ungrateful people.
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