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TomSmart, who doesn’t believe the whole parade, says—Why: Where do you even start to answer that simple one-word quandary? BTW, TomSmart is the kind of guy who gives you 4 scoops of ice cream for the price of one. 

WorldClassLarry, who can make a person go to the dentist, says—Are you and I going to continue “to be that person” or are you and I going “to be that person.” I am really trying to evaluate my current self and think about my future self.  Sooooo are you folks going to be “such great folks” or are you going to continue to be “less than what you want to be” type of folks. Would you like to change yourself? If soooo, how do you want to change? Who and what do you want to be in your future? A couple of months or even six month sounds like a long time, or it can sound like a short time; it all depends on what is going on in our life (i.e. you think through that). I hear folks say—where did the last year go and also hear folks say—I didn’t think the last year would ever end. Soooo why do folks have such a difference of opinion?

I’m around some new, very interesting folks.  Some of these folks are very intelligent and some have very interesting habits and beliefs, and some have different life styles, and some have a lot of money and some have different physical builds and some have different personalities and some have different past environments and some are talented differently.  Really, they are not any different than you guys or the folks from Butler County just because they come from different states or countries.  Soooooo which folks do I want to be like?  Or do I want to pick and choose qualities of all of them but some more from some than others? BUT can I change? Can you change?  

Well, I cannot become as intelligent as a couple of folks I have been in contact with.  That intelligence can’t be obtained (i.e. it’s genetic I think).  I got what I got soooo I must accept that (i.e. my point is there are certain things it seems I cannot change).  Sooooo BTW I need to forget about those qualities I cannot change.  Soooo then I need to think about maybe the stuff I can maybe change and want to change. Few of us want to remain where we are without any improvement or increase. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out. But where do we want to grow? I think we have to be careful to focus on what’s really important and within our control, rather than external results we can’t really control. That’s my opinion and your opinion might be different.  Such is life.

A gal was telling me about herself.  She told me a lot. She is quite a gal. ANYWAY, she told me that she had cancer back in her life and she totally believes it was because it was the stress she was in at the time.  I researched it and there is some merit to what she said. Doooo folks, including me, do things that we don’t want to do that are stressful.  Do folks or I try to be like other folks that we really don’t want to be like which creates stress? Do folks, including me, compete with folks or do I elect not to care about comparing myself with them? Is a certain image important to us (i.e. like a certain social level)? I sound confused now don’t I! It ain’t nuttin new folks, we are all that way and folks have always been that way.  Sooooo don’t get stressed out!! haha

BTW, life is good. Mrs.OrangePoolNoodle, who doesn’t seem to have a bounce in her step, response to that statement is—My life aint!  This is a “number fingers answer game."  I’m asking from you to raise the number of fingers with one being the worse and ten being the best as how you rate your life.  WOW! I see ones and tens and some in the middle. An analogy--Some of you are counting how many teeth you have, and some are counting how many teeth you don’t have.  Sooooo does being a snowbird or staying home make much of a difference as to how you evaluate life?  Maybe there is a difference.  It is hard to measure.  Probably not. Different strokes for different folks. If that is the case, then your quality of life is an attitude.  You think soooo?  That is what I thought.

BTW, why do some folks quit some activity in their life and start another (e.g. why does a woman who use to bake all her life and loved it quits and now watches TV instead)? A friend told me that he met a friend who he used to play pb with but he hadn’t seen him for a long time.  He told my friend that he quit playing pb (i.e. and he was a good player toooo yet if that makes a difference).  We can only speculate why he quit.  There might be many many reasons.  You used to have a lake cabin and sold it. Why?  You used to garden and don’t anymore. Why? Why do we change things in our life? Some of you didn’t appreciate life but now you do (i.e. you made a change--why); maybe you figured out you were chasing after the wind before. Why did you figure that out?  ItchieBitchie, who is a home run hitter, says—It’s soooo hard trying to catch that wind and it is soooo tiring and soooo stressful! Soooo I bought a slightly used hiking belt from a gal.  Soooo you aren't going to hike anymore--never did use it as I never hiked much and now I just quit; I always thought they looked impressive; I did lapidary and silversmith for many years but quit them toooo--how come--I got tired of them--sooo now what do you do--sewing and quilting--you probably don't need a hiking belt for those two--no I don't!

I have really learned some stuff here in the Valley that might/will/maybe affect me.  I learned from the church I attend, that seems to be very effective, that it appears that one of the big reasons (i.e. my opinion) is that the atmosphere they produce is that of humility (i.e. from the door greeters to the music folks to the pastors). And that isn’t just by what they say but by their body language; maybe even more by what they don’t say—but it is very much felt it seems by everyone—great worshiping atmosphere). I wonder if this is contagious, if they just happen to be humble folks, or is it taught. Related to that, I learned from an obnoxious, arrogant pickleball player that he isn’t near as bad as I first thought he was. I learned that after he shared his life some with me even though his image that he portrays is that of being obnoxious and arrogant, but others still think he’s that way; others have told me that; that is why I know.  BTW, JoeErverything, who is always running but never arrives, says—When our actions are inconsistent with our words, folks will follow our actions as to who we are.  Don’t kid yourself. I read this while eating my oatmeal with half a banana on it—Humility is one of the things that we easy agree on but have a hard time practicing. Abraham Lincoln said—You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the time but you can’t fool all the people all the time.

You notice first time parents are all excited when their child walks for the first time. After you have the fifth child, it’s probably not as big of a deal.  Or as a friend says—They all do it! I guess we all grow up toooo. For sure physically and hopefully mentally.  Some folks grow up at a different speed it seems.  LuckieEddie asks--Sooo why do some folks when 50 still act like little kids mentally?  And why do some kids at age 12 act like pretty mature adults?  Ya got me!  You talk to some kids, and they talk like an adult, and you talk to some adults, and they talk like kids.  We hear folks say—They need to be more like a kid, and we also hear said—that person needs to grow up! Well folks, I want to grow up more; I really do.  I’m working on it.  Oh BTW, where are you at in your growing up stage? Is that a valid evaluation or is that just what you think?  Someone thought they heard the clerk at the grocery store call you, or was it your sister, a rick bitch, a regular Karen who needs to grow up! Her dad needs to take her behind the woodshed! WhoWhatMe!

Maybe you don’t want to think about this soooo I will make it short, or you might just want to skip this paragraph after I vented in the last paragraph.  ANYWAY, I think I am much more willing to learn and evaluate myself at different times in my life (i.e. and now is one of them). I’m even more prone to read more at certain days, weeks or periods of time and even different types of books.  In fact, I think you folks are different at different times in your life as well (i.e. some of you might have been dinged in the head and it has affected you). WhoWhatMe! Maybe even some you are really cranks in the post-holiday season and some of you are much happier, maybe ‘cause it’s over.  Folks can tell.  A friend had COVID and was worried that she was not getting better and then she did.  I asked her if she was relieved when she started getting better. Her response was--YES! I think she was worried.

I had a sweet, young friend (i.e. I guess she isn’t sooo young anymore (i.e. she’s retired) but still is sweet) tell me about an opportunity she has to shine her light.  She has it together, I think.  ANYWAY, I like full moons; they just make me feel good.  Even little kids know that the moon does not produce light but is just a reflector.  Sooooo, I really think that my sweet friend’s light is a reflection. What do you think her light is reflected from? We all reflect something. Where does it come from? Is it genetic or is it learned or what? She made me think about my light. Yikes!  When I walk in the park, I sometimes walk past this yard ornament next to the street in front of a unit. I always stop and read it.  It makes me wonder if I’m very hospitable. Or am I pretty much all about me?

I like to burn candles. Yes, they can take some work, but I like candles.  They make me feel good.  BUT there are differences in candles; oh ya. Some burn better than others and some smell better than others.  They seem to be just like folks. The candle in the pic is one a friend gave to me. She found it in the garbage. No one wanted it, I guess.  I buy many of my candles at Savers for little of nuttin.  Not a big demand for used candles, I guess (i.e. maybe most candles are for show and not to be burnt).  Someone’s junk is someone else’s treasure they say. Again, just like you folks, a little light by you guys can make a big difference in another person’s life even if you have been used a little before and think you are of little value (i.e. my opinion). Such is life.

I read in the paper, soooo it must be right, that we all have our own rules that we live our lives by.  Soooo where did those rules come from; probably we were taught many of those by someone or by our experiences or our environment I would guess.  For me, the best rule book is the Bible.  BUT, we all seem to interpret parts of it differently but some of it maybe we all agree on, big on the maybe. Folks have been arguing it’s interpretation forever and some folks don’t believe any of it.  I have to admit that I don’t understand all of it very well.  I do understand the verse—His understanding I cannot fathom (i.e. I can understand that).  Now I admit that.

I read while eating my oatmeal with half a banana on it that we should maybe think about taking the path less traveled. Yogi said—When you come to a fork in the road, take it.  Sooooo I read this yard ornament on a “walk in the park” the other day.  I laughed. Hey, I have felt that way already hikin’ up ‘er in ‘em mountains. Oh ya! Actually I was pretty scared one time in CO hiking a 14ner by myself (i.e. not smart). It still scares me when I think about it. It actually was a gal’s fault (i.e. surely not my fault). I was at a saddle. She said I should take this short-cut.  Soooo I did. Big mistake. I figured that out after some time and a lot of energy (i.e. I felt lost).  I back tracked but the sun was getting lower and I didn’t think I was going to get out before dark.  It was the last day the mountain was open for hiking for the year.  I was worried but I made it.  I was scared to death. That will take some cockiness out of a person alright.

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

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MyFriendJean said—The weaker the argument the stronger the words.

P.S. The $64,000 question--Who prophesied this statement that I read in a novel this week--I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Now folks that is a change alright. Holy smokes! And your answer is?