highly evolved

A friend sent this to me; he also sent it to his business team--Good morning, today is National Milk Day. How many of you knew that? 1%? 2%?  Here are some of his responses he got--Sorry, I didn't read the whole thing...I just skimmed it! I would expect butter of you! I can't churn out dairy jokes all day! I'm in the 0%! Sooooo folks, I would like to hear your responses?

I have been wrong before as you know soooo take that into consideration when reading this “It’s Saturday.”  In fact, I really don’t know if I have ever been right (i.e. maybe once).  Sooooo, don’t take anything I write tooooo seriously.  You folks are highly evolved folks soooooo I’m not trying to influence you but maybe make you think about some stuff as maybe some of you are stiff necked, stubborn and think you know all the answers, everybody knows that!  That is a "maybe" folks, a big maybe! I can't judge if you fit the category for sure! Such is life.

We were hikin’ up ‘er in ‘em mountains and met a senior couple coming down the mountain as we were going up. She was about 30 yards ahead of him and we said hi to her but Nerak, not everybody can be a Nerak, stopped and talked to us. They were highly involved and highly evolved hikers as they have hiked all over the world and all over AZ.  Nerak suggested to us a couple of hiking trails that we have not hiked and some other information. We said—You better get going as your wife is waiting for you about 50 yards down the mountain.  Nerak said—She says that there were many men she could have married, and she had to get a bullshitter! Hey, that's what he said!

Do you know anyone or have you known anyone who was wise beyond their age a.k.a. highly evolved? Soooo what does that being highly evolved mean to you? We probably are all evolve but at different levels and at different times I would guess, hopefully.  LuckieEddie says--Some folks seem to stay stagnant. We went to a dance here in our park the other night.  I was very surprised to see how dancing has evolved; the majority of the dancing was line dancing.  I think that is a big change.  And they loved it!  And by far, most of the line dancers were woman and most of the guys really didn’t care much about it it seemed! 

A friend that I made down here in our 55+ community told us the story that he saved a lot of money in his life by quitting smoking and quitting drinking. BUT the most money he saved was by quitting playing golf! Besides, the most fun I had with golf was when I quit he said! He said about himself—I was given the name of Richard but I have been a Dick all my life.

Another friend told me that he discontinued doing volunteer work using a talent he has (i.e. he is highly talented and trained a.k.a. highly evolved). I asked him if he enjoys it soooo much why did he quit. He said—It seemed like folks didn’t appreciate me or what I did; I became discouraged. This person is a strong and confident person, but it proves that everyone needs encouragement. Soooo let’s not forget that no matter how highly evolved a person is, they still need encouragement. I think, my opinion, is if we love someone, we need to tell them and show them that we do. They need to know it; encourage it. Or else…!

Some older tennis players were telling me that they have “aged out!!  They thought they were good at some age, but they have finally accepted that they are not anymore. BUT it took some years for them to figure that out!  SusieQ says--To accept that is hard for many folks. I will admit that somethings just aren’t as important to me as they were some years ago; I really don’t care soooo much about some things that I did before. BUT there are some things that are much more important to me, and I care a whole lot more about. No question. Bingo! And I think I'm probably happier! Maybe I just finally am evolving! Could be!

Nah, not today!  You ever have that feeling of not wanting to do something today. Some things it seems I want to do and I don’t at the same time.  Some days I just don’t feel like doing something and some days I do. Crazy for sure! I’m not sure why I feel that way but there must be a reason. I’m really something else let me tell ya!  We were walking in our 55+ community recently when we had a fun conversation with an old Iowan friend I made here.  We had a great time. We shared a lot of stuff and laughed a lot together. One thing that he was serious about was he told us that he struggles with his faith in Jesus: he says he sorta kinda waffles on that from day to day.

Vicki, anybody can be a Vicki, who is in our park, has a huge massive motor and she seems to always run it wide open and gets a lot done with her passion of helping mentally challenged folks.  She is really fun to be around to experience all her excitement (i.e. highly evolved and involved). She has done it for14 years I think. She gets emotional about it. She really has her heart in it. I read while eating my oatmeal with half a banana on it--Philosophy is really a way of life, how we choose to act. Oliver Wendell Holmes says--“Some people are so heavenly minded that they are not earthly good.”  Not Vicki! Oh no! A friend told me that it appears that folks bring their same personality here to AZ that they have back home; they really don’t chance.  Now think about that will ya!

We were talking to Leonard from Hutchinson, MN in our park the other day. He told us that he owns an Indian motorcycle that is probably 8 years old and has 108,000 miles on it.  He has driven it all over even to Alaska.  How old are you anyway Leonard—I’m 82. Well, good for you Leonard.  Soooo we go down the street and see an Indian motorcycle parked in a drive. We were looking at it and Julie came home (i.e. her home is in Washington state) and it was her husband’s. She said it is a 2019 and it cost $40,000. What are those little bells hanging from the bottom of the motorcycle—gremlin bells—what are they for—to keep the gremlins away which will give us a safe ride—oh! She invited us to stop at their patio anytime they have a party, everyone is welcome. Such nice folks we get to be around—they are very evolved and involved!

We had the opportunity to go birding with some highly involved and highly evolved and highly renowned birders yesterday. It was a great, new experience let me tell ha! We learned a whole lot and found out that birders are a unique group (i.e. like a fraternity). We were really amazed how much these birders that we were with knew and how they dressed and the equipment they have. But we were also really surprised in that about 130 birds are going to be probably renamed as they are named after people of the Civil War time and now are not politically correct according to some folks! Crazy to us and as well toooooo some birders but not tooooo others. We did feel and see how birding is just a great hobby for sooooo many folks (i.e. really didn't realize that before). Of course the folks we were with were on the extreme high end of the spectrum and we was on the extreme low end of the spectrum!  We really had a great time with some great folks a.k.a. high shelf folks, no question!

We all started out as little babies who cried when we wanted something or someone to change our pants and feed us. We have really evolved now haven’t we. Maybe some folks more than others I would guess. Soooo why is that? Some folks it seems are hardly past being potty trained. It has to be genetics, past environment or current environment. SusieQ says—Some folks seem to get all the breaks by being highly evolved early!

Here is maybe a highly evolved response from a highly evolved friend that I got last week--I appreciated your thoughts on gratitude. I had a friend who put it this way – Just imagine that when you woke up tomorrow the only things you had were the things you thanked God for today.

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

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MyFriendJean said—Don’t let your mind become so busy that your heart can’t respond.