fix me

We all want to be fixed when we are broken down, now don’t we all (i.e. soooo we say anyway). It’s like if our car is broken down, we have to get it fixed to make it run. But do we really want to be fixed as a person? It appears to me that there are a lot of folks that don’t like to be told what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and where to do it; in other words they don’t like to be fixed! It appears that we can be very independent and stubborn and stiff-necked.

Betty Assistance says, use the American payment plan, fix now and pay later! We always want an easy fix like a magic pill that has immediate results. We want to buy an easy fix! When I was a kid, I worked as a teenager for Duke, our neighbor, who was a farmer. He milked cows as part of his operation. One day there was a cow that was down and looked like she was going to die, really looked bad. The vet came and took a huge syringe of medicine and stuck into a vein in her neck and immediately the cow got up and seemed perfect. I was just amazed. The vet said it was milking fever, and we have a miracle drug to fix cows when they have it. 

WildWille says--I caught myself barking up the wrong tree the other day. What was I thinkin'! A guy from Europe, who is on the celebrity cam, says—"Highly materialistic individuals tend to report more anxiety, lower self-esteem, and less life satisfaction.” JoeBlow says--Fix me, I have all those symptoms!  The European guy also says—"Being materialistic isn’t about how much we earn or have or how we’re being perceived by others – it’s about how much we care about such things.” JoeBlow, do you really want to be fixed?  I wonder if you really do, JoeBlow. I think maybe you are just blowing smoke when you say--Fix me! Betty Assistance says--Sometimes we just have to grabbing at straws!

“You just can’t understand!” That is what our son told me that is one of the things I told him when he was a kid. I wonder if we do understand things differently when we mature. Do things look different when we mature. ItchieBitchie says—And age doesn’t necessarily make us more mature; I know folks who are old but not mature! Ouchy ouchy! I think I understand some stuff differently as I mature, I think, but I really don’t know for sure. We experienced recently a friend who we haven’t seen for some time and we both agreed that they have matured (i.e. and they’re not a spring chicken anymore either)! We think they are a much better person because of that (i.e. it appears they are finally becoming humble)! Bingo! Betty Assistance says--Sometimes we just have to wait it out!

Fix me please!  Well, Charle Brown, it ain’t what we say but how we live our lives (i.e. ultimately, actions reveal our real us). Your actions will fix you Charlie Brown. I recently was reminded that an acquaintance is not what they say; they talk a lot but don’t act the same as they talk. Ouchy ouchy! Actually, someone called them on it, and they didn’t like it. Their feelings got hurt! They didn’t realize that others saw through them. Like Abraham Lincoln said—You can fool some of people all the time and all the people some of the time but you can’t fool all the people all the time. MissPerfect says—Character has a lot to do if folks are believed; character puts credence into what we say! Ding ding ding!

A good doctor is a very good diagnostician. They have the careful eye of seeing the problem (i.e. the ability to see things). They gotta see things before they can fix us. If we don’t go to the doctor, we can’t be fixed. And it’s just amazing what the medical profession can fix now a days. It’s amazing! Many of you have been cut up, put together, have many replacement parts, take special medications; basically, many of you should of been dead years ago. Do we ever say thank you! Are these miracles or not or do we just think we deserve them?

It’s fixed! When our family was here in Yakima, we were cleaning up after a meal and Jeannie told the family that they had to wash the large dinner plates by hand as they are too large for the dishwasher. James told her that the upper rack is adjustable and can be moved up to make room for them. Two clicks and it was done! She said you mean I have been washing them by hand for the last 7 years and all it took was an easy adjustment to fix it! Betty Assistance says--Sometimes we need to let others help us!

We were walking in the park recently and we met another walker who Jeanne taught with maybe 30 years ago, but they have not seen each other all those years. Jeanne said, I hardly recognized you, you have lost a lot of weight. She told us her story that her husband became blind she thinks from a COVID shot and then he had a stomach ack and went to the hospital and died in a couple of hours. During this same time, she was diagnosed with a type of cancer and was to die in two months. Her pastors came to her house and prayed for her; she said I really didn’t believe it would do any good but at my next doctor’s appointment, the cancer was gone and that was 7 years ago. It was fixed. Betty Assistance says--Some times we have to take a shot in the dark!

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

erv

MyDeceasedFriendJean said--If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

wrong turn

Earlier this year at the Faun-Ardèche Classic bicycle race in France, the leading group of riders went in the wrong direction near the end. Cyclists were sprinting toward victory when they took the wrong turn at a roundabout, allowing Romain Grégoire of France to claim the victory.

A friend and his wife went to visit their daughter who was going to school in Kansas City, Missouri. He got up and went for a run one morning (i.e. he’s a long-distance runner). He ran and ran and crossed a couple bridges and made many turns and decided to turn around and go back. He was lost! He didn’t have his cell phone, no identification, no money, no phone numbers and no address of their daughter’s place. He had to stop a police officer. After they determined he wasn’t a fruitcake and after they quit laughing, they got him back to their daughter’s place. He even ran into a different state. He was in Kansas City, Kansas.

Another friend is a competitive 5K and 10K runner. He was was running in a race and his wife was worried as he usually was one of the winners in his age division, but he didn’t show up at the finish line. Finally, she asked the race organizers if they could help find him. He took a wrong turn and was across town still running!

I told our 17-year old grand daughter that her decisions are just as what I told her when she was a freshmen in high school, her cumulative grade point starts now; you gotta start out thinking that way and not mess around at the beginning. Well, don’t make wrong turns now as they will probably affect you the rest of your life. You don’t get re-dos; they are part of your cumulative life. Most teenagers can’t understand that but when you are 50 years old, 65 years old or 80 years old a person we seem to understand that better.

Here is my customer service voice—Encouragement cost nuttin but can change everything! Our encouragement might keep someone from making the wrong turn. Let you and I try to encourage someone today.

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

erv

MyDeceasedFriendJean said--The sad thing about being a good sport, is you have to lose to prove it.

excited

It is said—Words express our thoughts! 

Excitement can be caused by us being anxious or by us being enthusiastic. Probably in either case it causes our heart to beat faster. Excitement probably can be caused by something joyful or by something uncertain. Probably in both feelings, excitement makes us feel alive. It gets our attention alright!

Fear causes excitement in our mind I think. Sooo what are we fearful of in our lives. I asked a few of you and it sure appears that many are fearful of failure and not being in control (i.e. very open and honest response). Now that’s something to be fearful about I guess. I have failures all the time and I’m surely not in control of very much; It sounds like I have a lot to be fearful about! But I’m not really very fearful; I’m really not ok, maybe sometimes I am! The old saying is-- “Public speaking was just found to be the number one ranked fear for adults. Number two…was death. DEATH came in at NUMBER TWO. That means if you’re at a funeral most people would rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy!!”

I have been told many times by many folks who I have met here in Yakima who know Jeanne that I have hit the jackpot meeting Jeanne. I agree, I have! At our age to meet and share life together is complete excitement for us. We are very grateful for this opportunity. We are very aware of it, and we don’t take it lightly. It doesn’t take away anything of our past but just gives us a new renewed life a.k.a. a new opportunity, excitement!

CoachB says that life is much better and enjoyable when we concentrate on the smooth parts of life and not the rough parts of life. And we all have/had/will have smooth parts and rough parts! Now that doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out. In fact, a friend tells me that every situation might be 90 percent positive and 10 percent negative soooo we can decide what we are going to spend our time thinking about. I guess he is saying that nuttin in this world is 100 percent perfect. Saturday question—Does anyone enjoy being around someone who is always complaining and bitching about something? Do those folks really enjoy their life?

Another friend thinks that many folks have this type of fear and he is probably right (i.e. very honest and open)—"I’m going to come at the fear question from a small, everyday perspective. On a daily basis, the fear of not looking good or feeling smart enough or not having something you have (jealousy) motivates more people during the day than many other things. We all want to fit in.” Now that can get many folks excited for sure! Another friend put it this way--"I think people are primarily motivated by the fear of failure and/or embarrassment due to failure. Our society favors the successful and the fear of appearing anything other than drives people, even go so far as to live outside of their means to uphold an image."

I talked to a 21-year old young man in church recently who is doing an intern as a mechanical engineer.  I asked him how it was going—good, I like it but I find myself not as excited in doing physical activity on weekends that I normally was—how come—I’m tired or I think I’m lazy; I would rather just sit on the couch—well, that’s not good—I know, I am an adventurous person soooo it’s not my nature—soooo how are you changing your attitude—I have scheduled physical activities for my weekends that force me to get after it—wait until you get my age; then you really have to force yourself to throw those chips away and get your butt off the couch! We had a good laugh!

The preacher said something recently that really caught my attention—He said that all of us will encounter God sometime in our life and we have a choice to embrace Him with excitement or completely turn Him away and become hardened. I talked to an old friend who I grew up with from the Roseland area recently. He told me that he just can’t understand why folks don’t believe in God; I just don’t get it; I just don’t understand it.

Miguel, a speedy delivery driver for Prime delivered a package as I was outside the other day. I said—thanksamillion for the delivery—you’re welcome—you excited about your job—oh yes, I am; I get paid $21 an hour and have 4-10 hour days—are you saving any money—oh ya, I’m living with my mom and am saving soooo I can buy a trailer of my own—you seem to be a good person—I try—well keep it up; I wish you the best—you too; thank you sir!

I have many friends who are really happy; they seem to always be happy. Sorry to say, I know folks who always seem to be unhappy (i.e. pretty bitter it seems). One of my friends told me flat out, I am happy; I have been happy for decades! And I think he is and has been! He’s always excited about life. Sooooo why the difference do you think?

A friend said another fear folks have is the fear that folks will find out they are a fraud!  Ouchy ouchy! My friend said many folks will go to great lengths to cover up being a fraud. I guess that could really get some folks excited!  A friend of Jeanne who I have had the opportunity to visit with a couple of times really appears to be the real deal. Jeanne describes her as someone who lives her principals. Paul, not everyone can be a Paul, said--“Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.” And then he summarized that summary by saying, “Let all that you do be done with love.” CoachB says—Learning does not happen until there is a change! Paul also said--"Nothing in the spiritual life has value unless it is accompanied by selfless, others-centered, God like love.” That gets me excited, yes it does.

I have to admit that I was excited and still am. Our children, their spouses, and our grandkids are vacationing in the Great Northwest and were with us for a couple of days. Wow! We really enjoyed them. Great excitement! There is a great line in the Walt Whitman poem “O Me! O Life!”: “The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?  /Answer.  /That you are here—that life exists and identity, / That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.”

 Moses answered them with this strong prediction of God’s rescuing them from their enemies. His answer was simple: “Stand firm and you will see...The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Now that is exciting too! My opinion.

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

erv

MyDeceasedFriendJean said--People who do things that count never stop to count them.