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If I want to make healthy choices, I have to be meek. Now meek doesn’t mean I am weak. The truth is meekness and weakness are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Meekness is nowhere near weakness. In fact, the Greek word for meekness literally means “strength under control.” Is that hard to understand for me; I think soooo; how about for you at times. It’s confusing to me. It's complicated.  At times it seems preposterous to me.

It is many times soooo hard for me to see the big picture. My view it seems is from ground level and not from 10,000 feet. It’s almost embarrassing sometimes (i.e. I see soooo little but think I see sooo much). I was reminded recently of this by another person who told another person that she should look at the big picture and don’t get soooo carried away with a small, maybe overexaggerated part of the picture. Maybe we/I need someone to remind us of this. BUT maybe it’s easier for others to see our big picture than ourselves to see it as we might be toooo close to the situation (i.e. tooooo emotionally involved). We can’t see the forest because of the trees! I say quite often, if I can see it and you can see it in someone else’s life then others can surely seeee it in others as well as we ain’t that smart that only the two of us can see it! MissPerfect says—I still can’t see it! How blind can I be anyway! MissPerfect, someone needs to tell us sometimes, we can be pretty blind!

I sometimes think that if I have more more more it will fix my problem or make my life way better. It always doesn’t work that way. Many times, it makes my life worse. What! It might be a paradox! The world tells me I need more more more. The world tells me that it’s preposterous to think differently. We can never have enough. LuckieEddie says--It’s crazy to think different than that. Sooooo if a few of you think that the attitude of having more more more is hard on our lives, how can we change that or do we even want toooo change it. Saturday question—How can we be content? SusieQ says—I want to be like my neighbors soooo I always want more more more to keep up with the Jones; I’m running behind the way it looks; I’m always in a catch-up mode!  They seem too always have more more more than me; it’s just preposterous!

I was talking to a friend from Butler Co and we were talking about another friend who has had some health treatments as how he is doing. My friend said—If I talk to him he is really doing great and if I talk to his wife he is almost dead!  We had to laugh about those different perspectives!  There is always two sides to every situation depending on who you talk to. Soooo we better be careful who we get our information from, I guess. It’s preposterous how two sides can see the same thing and have such different perspectives about the same situation (i.e. almost black to white—like life is good to life is terrible)! Crazy!

A golf buddy told me that his genealogy shows that his ancestors came over to America on the Mayflower.  He said--It’s either they didn’t like what was going on in the old country, England, or they were horse thieves!

I asked two of my golf buddies who are retired bankers from Canada about the economy. One said factiously, I think—Bankers don’t know and really don’t care! Maybe they just adjust accordingly. I was in the hot tub socking my bad knee the other night and met some really nice folks. One was an engineer who said he was a very diligent employee. He told me he would be happy to take a payout and retire. I would get my early retirement, and I could easily get another job. It would really be a good deal for me. But for the not sooo diligent workers it might be a different story. AverageJoe says--It’s quite often matters what side of the fence we are on! Now ain’t that the truth.

I have had conversations with several friends who told me that they read “It’s Saturday” but many times don’t read the whole thing. They say--I need to move on; I can’t read that much. I become anxious, impatient and can’t focus that long. They say even with an email more than 5 lines it is toooo much for me. Or reading a book, it’s really hard for me; I become jumpy! We do live in a snappy world and are teaching our kids to have no patience; if it’s not done in 5 seconds, they are bored. ItchieBitchie says--We live in a bang bang bang world! We don’t like to wait; we want it instant now don’t we! Huh, interesting.

A floor covering salesperson named Jacob did a very good job, I told him that. His response was—I try my best; that is all I can do. I just really like that response. We had brunch with a senior friend who I have known for a long time from the Midwest. She mentioned to Jeanne about her pronounced hurting of her thinking about her son’s death from an accident (i.e. Jeanne had no knowledge of it). Jeanne and I discussed this and decided that it would be proper for us (i.e. particularly her) to ask her about her son. At brunch Jeanne asked her and she had the opportunity to express her emotions and hurt to us (i.e. the nitty-gritty). Sooooo many times it appears that we don’t let others have that opportunity. Think about that! I think Jeanne gave her a great gift at just the right time!

You might think this paragraph is preposterous!  Well, I think it has some merit. Christy, anybody can be a Christy, says—“Think about those who are far off and those who are near. Listen and learn from our brothers and sisters and consider how we can encourage those in our life who are far and near and those who are far off spiritually.” Saturday question--Soooo what are we going to do to encourage someone who is far or near?

VioletStillwater says that this is preposterous!  We know a lady who we had interaction with recently that is very unhappy, actually real bitter it appears, bitter about everything. RickyRick says—We’re to be selflessness toward her (i.e. it means we think of ourselves a little less often and others a little more often). Hey, RickyRick you haven't met this lady! hahaha We are going to try; we are going to try to put our best foot forward but she is a long ways down the road, let me tell ya! We too are a long ways down the road as we are in FL visiting friends at The Villages (i.e. that lady will be out of sight out of mind for awhile). Surely there aren’t bitter folks at The Villages! “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”--Abraham Lincoln

LandlordMikey, anybody can be a LandlordMikey, told us that he has 6 rentals. He told us that he has made more money off of them than he did his job! ANYWAY, he told us that an old lady developed his interest in rentals and taught him how tooo manage them (i.e. like doing all the repair work himself0 and how to manage renters (e.g. the old lady had a renter that didn’t pay and wouldn’t leave soooo she went over to the house and told them she was going to paint the front door soooo she took off the front door; they left). Preposterous? It worked!

WorldClassLarry says--The Bible teaches that meekness is one of the keys to stress reduction in life. It basically says, in a simple definition, Let go and let God. RickyRick says—"That is the essence of meekness; It’s surrendering, submitting, and agreeing to what God wants to do in our lives. It’s letting God be God in our lives.” That can be hard for me to do at times. I admit it. It can seem just preposterous to some folks.

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

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MyDeceasedFriendJean said—Laughter, love and service to others are truly the best medicine.