undertone

LuckieEddie says--Look before you leap!  Have your parents ever said that to you? Or if everyone else is jumping off the cliff, it doesn’t mean that you have toooooo.  You might want to put some thought into the consequences.  Just maybe.  What do you think?  That is what I thought.

Some men have a hard time trying to figure out how to say, “I love you, maybe.”  One fellow did a poorer job than most when he told his wife, “You’re just like dandruff darling, because I just can’t get you out of my head, however how hard I try!” MyNeighborDownTheStreet says—That sounds good to me.  Okay, okay, maybe just keeping his mouth shut and giving her flowers might have been better.  Just let the undertone say, “I love you.”

I had the opportunity to go to a granddaughter’s chorus program (i.e. she is in 6^th grade).  All of our grandkids seem to like music and seem to have some talent.  I’m happy for that as I believe it’s good to have a balanced life (i.e. their grandmother, Arlene, would be proud of them).  ANYWAY, her grade has about 1,000+ kids in the district in two buildings.  6^th grade chorus is an elective and there was a total of about 180 kids singing in her building and the same in the other building (i.e. seems like a high percentage to me). It sure seemed like these kids had an undertone for an interest and enjoyment for music (i.e. a great positive and exciting undertone).  When we left after the concert, across the street, there were ball diamonds full of young boys and girls playing ball.  It seemed like there was a lot of kids and folks enjoying it as well, maybe.  Even saw a large group of kids practicing lacrosse. Then driving back to their home, I saw several locations where kids were playing soccer.  A lot of stuff going on. But getting back to the 180andsome kids in 6^th grade singing in her chorus.  What a difference in physical development of those kids.  And it also appeared there was a difference in cultural back grounds.  Just amazing.  This is a public metro school which is probably more conducive to this.  I enjoyed it and think it’s good for 6^th graders, maybe. My opinion. Those of you who home school or have your kids in parochial schools might not agree with that. Saturday question—Are some school districts better than others?

This concert gave a feeling that it was genuine, and the kids, faculty, friends, parents and grandparents really felt it was. That was the undertone that I felt.  Another grandparent said the same to me after the concert.  Sooooo if she thought that and I felt that, then it must be right.  We ain’t that smart to think we are the only ones to feel that.  Abraham Lincoln said—You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the folks all the time but you can’t fool all the fools all the time.  Most folks can seem to feel when a program or service is forced a.k.a. manufactured (i.e. a canned presentation).  They just don’t have the same feeling about them.  The undertone just isn’t the same.  CadillacJack says—It doesn’t take long to smell the rot! But if it is the real deal, it doesn’t take long to smell the sweet aroma either (i.e. like the smell of lilacs on a spring day).  Such is life. Saturday question—For those of who go to church, how does your services smell?

JoeAverage says—Undertones seem to be like déjà vu all over again. Oh fudge! I seem to not enjoy an undertone of phoniness (i.e. when folks aren’t telling the truth but just faking it like sweeping the problem under the rug). To me that just never solves the problem as it just keeps festering and keeps showing up.  It generally lasts for a long time it reappears. It appears to me that ya got to get to the root of the problem.  Coverups and pretending just doesn’t seem to cut the mustard.  It doesn’t erase anything, doesn’t rub the problem off. The undertone is always there.  Many times, folks won’t discuss the problem, but it still exists; it is still felt.  It’s to me very negative.  ItchieBitchie says—You can throw a lot of money at it or paint it over, but an ugly undertone just doesn’t go away by doing those things. My opinion. I read this while eating my oatmeal with half a banana on it which was said by a long-time international businessperson—"Think of it this way:  In a meeting of your colleagues, who is the person you most want to hear from? Is it the person who likes to speak and often does, but not with candor, honesty, or knowledge? Or is it the person you know you can trust, someone you know will speak the truth in kindness?”

Last winter my bike fell against my leg.  I tore a chunk of skin back soooo I just cleaned it, put the skin back over the wound and put a band aid on it.  It’s what an ol’ farm boy does!  Well, it got infected some but finally healed some.  It got a big bump of about a quarter of an inch high and looked bad.  MyFriendTheNurse finally dug into in trying to drain the puss out but there was no puss but she dug out a terrible looking yellow ball of crap.  It scabbed over again and it took about 5 months but it’s about finally getting back to normal.  Probably if I would have gone to urgent care and used my Medicare, they would have fixed it and it would have been fine in a couple of weeks.  I just saved you folks maybe $2,000.  You are welcome! Chester and Anna would have been proud that I used the old farm method that we learned on the farm a mile and fourth south of Roseland, MN. (i.e. put some Watkins salve on it and it will be okay). I have an undertone.

A wise, old person (i.e. if you are old and wise, it could have been you) once said—There are three types of folks.  The first type, after doing a deed of kindness to another, is quick to demand the favor in return. The second type is not so quick to ask for a return of the favor, but privately thinks of the other as their debtor. The third type “does not even know what he they have done.” That is what our undertone is if we like it or not.  Soooo a golf buddy and I were talking on hole 6 about a mutual acquaintance who just died.  He and I made a relationship mainly working on a mission project along with others years ago.  As time went along, he seemed to develop an undertone of being very radical and strange.  We ended our relationship, and he really didn’t care.  He treated me like an old set of worn-out pillars.  Actually, no remorse, feelings, or emotions.  My friend told me that he treated all folks that way.  Life was all about him my golf buddy said (i.e. that was his undertone probably). Sooooo probably not toooo many really cared if he died then I would guess.

Don’t sneak up on me like that! You scare me!  Have you ever been scared by someone or something? Da! I had a person tell me recently that I scared her soooo bad that she almost peed in her pants.  When we were kids, my friend, Jerry, and I along with my kid sister were throwing grasshoppers at cars by our farm on a Sunday afternoon.  One of the cars stopped and a couple of teenage boys starting chasing us across the field.  Of course my kid sister couldn’t keep up soooo they caught us.  They threatened to beat us up and knock the crap out of us.  They finally left after scaring us really bad. My kid sister peed in her pants.  Sooooo do you have a safe haven a.k.a. a fort or safe harbor?  A place you can go and be at peace and feel really safe.  One of my places is my sunporch especially during sunrise or sunset.  It could be your home, a storm shelter in time of bad weather or maybe your place of worship or on the lake or just sitting in your back yard or in your garden or with a friend or with your family.  Many folks have different places that they find their safe haven (i.e. it changes our undertone soooo we don’t have to change our pants).  We all need such a place.  SusieQ, who is just what the doctor ordered, says—I’ll jump on that! I like that!

Some say that we are to forgive and forget.  CommonJoe says--I can forgive but never can I forget. It's impossible.  Especially when a group of folks or a person does something to me that is pre-mediated and viscous.  And then when they don't at some point accept responsibility for their wrong doing.  Why do I want to be around them? It's a terrible underdone.  A friend says--"I can forgive but I'll never forget. BUT I get even!" Saturday question--Have you ever been stabbed in the heart? Have you forgotten it? I have had a couple of friends this week tell me how they were stabbed in their heart and it still hurts which has built a bad undertone that others don't know about. They were not happy campers! I told these friends that it was good that they would share their feelings as sharing helps a lot.  My opinion. 

One day a one smart person visited a tiny village. One man was upset with him and furiously shouted at the one smart person, “You have no right teaching others, you are as stupid as everyone else. You are nothing but a fake!” When the rage was over, the one smart person was still sitting there smiling. This made the man even angrier, “Why are you just sitting there smiling? What do you have to say?” Then the one smart person spoke, “Do you ever have guests at your  house?” “Yes.” “Do you serve them foods and delicacies when they arrive?” “Yes, I do.” Then the one smart person continued, “If they don’t accept them, to whom do those foods belong?” “Well, I suppose if they don’t accept them, those foods are all mine.” “Yes,” said the one smart person. “In the same way, I do not accept your anger and your criticism. It is all yours.”

CoarchB says—We look with our eyes but don’t see with them.  He said he was trying to say is we see with our mind and spirit.  Sooooo we think differently even though we look at the same thing (e.g. makes a big difference when we have a dog in the fight). Makes sense to me. Sooo what you have just read in this “It’s Saturday” is understood way different by each of you.  CoachB suggests that we raise our consciousness of what we see but be careful what we look at.  Again, I say—What we see and understand is really based on our genetics, our past environment and our current environment. My opinion. Sooo, rub some dirt on it and let’s get going! Saturday question--Do you think you understood  a teeny weeny bit of what I was trying to say in this "It's Saturday"?

The next two Saturdays there will be a "It's Saturday" BUT I won't be able to send you an email as I won't probably have connection as I will be traveling out of the country.  Peace and prosperity to you and your family.

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

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MyFriendJean said—Nothing is a waste that makes a memory.