It's Saturday: hot flash

I read this while eating my oatmeal with half a banana on it--"The best deception has an element of truth and an element of a lie. It’s a real dozy when you have that mixture. The real master deceivers weave in a whole lot of truth and a little seed of a lie but that little seed messes us up.” I think that happens all the time intentionally and unintentionally (e.g. advertising, churches, parenting, education, money investing, etc.). I have no idea for sure what is the truth or what is the lie in this “It’s Saturday” soooo be on your toes! Some of it just might hit you like a hot flash but some might have a subliminal undertone that will influence you and you won’t even know it. haha

MissPerfect, who is always on the top of her game, says--Some days maybe you don’t feel like a hot flash especially when you face a detour or a dead end in life. Hey, they are all part of life if we like them or not. They are part of life’s adventure (i.e. it’s not if they will happen but when soooo don’t be soooo surprised when they happen; make them opportunities). A friend would say--Soooo when you must turn around and go another way, smile about it, be thankful you have the energy and gas to do it. I like that attitude. Do you? MagicHerman, who has toughness and resilience, says—If you do it, let me tell ya, you will be a hot flash. A friend and I were at breakfast and when leaving we saw this older guy who was using a walker and can’t see very well anymore. My friend said—He really was the hot shot for years but not soooo much anymore! Huh, interesting.

Do folks say of you—That person is not everyone else (i.e. not a run of the mill), they are different. Do you want to be like everyone else or do you want to be different? I’m talking about being different in a good way! haha

LuckieEddie, who is ridiculously entertaining, funnier that a coot, says—When we’re coming off a crest of victory, we are very vulnerable. Don’t kid yourself folks (i.e. many folks can get pretty cocky after success; just look around). Let’s get this straight! A carnal Christian is a believer who chooses to disobey God and operates in the flesh; a believer on the inside but on the outside, they look just like a nonbeliever because by how they live their life (i.e. as a friend calls them, fakes). AverageJoe says—Very few folks can handle success; it goes to their head and that changes them (i.e. it’s carnal). BUT some can handle success and some of those folks are some of you guys. JoeBlow, who is always in the victory formation, says—When I get cocky, let me tell you, I get humbled! Ding ding!

Friends told me that they finally had no choice but to use tough love with their daughter. It was tough but we had to do it. WorldClassLarry, who is not the standard garden variety, says--A parent’s very nature wants to make things better for their children than they were for them. But it was the rough stuff that made you the super person you are. We want to make things easy for our children. And when we make it easy, they become weak and entitled. And then when a little bit of a breeze hits them, they fall apart. SusieQ says—Yabut that is a tough line to know what is toooo much or not enough. But we all have seen results of both now haven’t we. GeorgeTheCrook, who is bone deep honest, says—Hey listen folks, life is no picnic, we all have disappointments. We all need to learn how to handle them. It doesn’t matter how much stuff we have or how smart we are. BUT we all have good things happen to as well and we need to learn how to handle them too. It just won’t cut the mustard to have mommy and daddy take care of us all the time; there is a time when all of us need to grow up. I have this pic in my back bathroom. It reminds me that my life is like this ship on the rough sea that is tossed and turned just like the way life is. But the storm will pass, it too will pass. Expect it erv and don’t be surprised.

A friend told us about her father who was signed by the Giants. He was doing well in the minors but came home during the winter and threw a snowball and hurt his arm. His baseball carrier was over. His brother signed with the Cardinals and was also doing well in the minors. He had a wife and two children. His wife said he had to decide if he wanted to be a husband and a father or a baseball player. He decided to be a husband and father. His baseball career was over, but his life was very good. Their lives did change now didn’t they. Things always don’t end up as we see them now do they. FlipThePancake. But many times things work out way better than we ever expected or deserved or planned. Oh ya, for sure.

Are you open to possibilities or closed to possibilities. I mean are you a no no person or a yes yes person. Many folks we can just tell by looking at their faces. Some have a no no face and some have a yes yes face (i.e. a negative face or a positive face). I read this story of Thomas Jefferson that depicts what I am saying. Mr. Jefferson was with a group of companions riding horseback cross-country when they came to a swollen river. A wayfarer waited until several of the party had crossed and then hailed President Jefferson and asked if he would carry him across on his horse. Jefferson pulled him up onto the back of his horse and carried him to the opposite bank. “Tell me, “asked one of the men, “why did you select the president to ask this favor of?” “The president?” the man answered. “I didn’t know he was the president. All I know is that on some of the faces is written the answer ‘no’ and on some faces is written the answer ‘yes.’ His was a ‘yes’ face.”

I pray for opportunities and pray that I can recognize them and pray that I have the courage to act on them. I wonder how many opportunities I have missed in my lifetime. Have you missed any do you think? Sometimes we think we are such a hot shot and too good to do something or sometimes we feel we aren’t good enough to do an opportunity. I have felt both but have learned that to just do the opportunity. AND my experience is that I’m just amazed if I take the risk how most times it is a blessing for me and a blessing for the other person. But it is easier to be a chicken. It sure is.

I had a person, who I consider a good friend, ask me at breakfast—erv, how many good friends do you have. Wow! What a question! I really didn’t give him a quantitative answer. I said something like I have had many good friends through the years, but some aren’t soooo present in my life currently. I really didn’t answer the question. I feel, my opinion, I have a lot of good friends. Many of my good friends are you folks. How many? A lot I feel. BUT I wonder if you feel the same way as I do in that we are good friends. I did tell him that I just read that very few folks have more than two or three good friends in their whole life (i.e. friends who you talk to about more than recipes or sports but really meaningful stuff). Soooooo, maybe my evaluation is way out of whack. I really don’t think soooo but it could be (i.e. I’m just a little ol’ farm boy from a mile an quarter south of Roaeland, MN). Sooooo, how many good friends do you have currently, or did you have? SusieQ, I’m not talking about Facebook friends or Google or Sira or your hairdresser or your favorite bartender or cash! haha Sooooo folks, what is a good friend? I’m talking about a good friend like you. SweetLouise asks--And what is meaningful stuff erv?

The other day I was talking to a friend, and she started fanning herself. She said she was having a hot flash. I have never had a hot flash, especially the kind she was experiencing. She said they go away after a while but are not fun. Well, I think we all have hot flashes about many thoughts for different reasons, my opinion. Bill, anybody can be a Bill, says—"It is very hard to maybe impossible to have wholeheartedness in revering God’s name. He thinks that this seems almost unattainable for Americans because of two major traits of ours: affluence and distractedness. We have so much and are pulled in so many directions that a centered, sustained passion for God and his kingdom seems rare." Sooooo HotFlashEnigmaticWanda, start your fanning!

ThePersonNorthOfTown says--erv, and one more thing, for goodness sakes, don't give folks a piece of your mind! Let me tell you, you have none to spare!

My friend, TheYamahaXT250, and I are on our way to AZ via way of Waukee, IA and Morrison, CO. Both pretty good stopping spots for sure. The attractions are really something with a lot of smiles and good feelings.