what in the world

A support staff named Sunny at our tax preparer office and us were talking about being rich. She said--When I got married to Rich a family member gave us a toast, may your life always be Rich and Sunny! That was 37 years ago! Hey, I met Jeanne, I dream of Jeanne and I got a dream come true. I caught another break! What in the world! 

We saw at a tattoo shop where there were at least 13 people waiting in line for a tattoo and it was a week day. Wow! Our culture has really changed, we use to wait in line for an ice cream cone! But maybe it was a special day like tattoo Wednesday much like taco Tuesday! What in the world!

This is a full circle saying from being a kid to being a senior person--If your feet smell and your nose is running, you are built up side down. What in the world. My mentor would say that to his young grand kids. 

Ride 'em cowboy! And some believe that the cow jumped over the moon! Sarah, anybody can be a Sarah, writes—“Trouble and distress are woven into the very fabric of this perishing world (i.e. everyone understands that). Only if we trust, wait and hope in Jesus can we become impowered to face this endless flow of problems with good cheer” (i.e. not everyone believes that, but many do and understand it—But I believe in that). Some folks say--What in the world are you thinking erv! So be it!

I herd Brad Underwood, head men's bb coach of IL say in an interview when asked about his success--I have had the opportunity to have a lot really good people surround me (i.e. his environment). Analogy! We noticed when at the ocean beach that the salty air was hard on all metal and wood and even our car (i.e. bad environment for stuff). We noticed that cars that were in this area for a long time, the pant looked terrible and just disappeared. Well, my life does at times get out of whack. I then need to self-evaluate, slow down and get humble. My environment starts to disturb me: ruins my shine. I get out of whack; I need to Be still and…! erv, Be still and...! CoachB says--When we come to a fork in the road, sit quietly for half an hour and think about it and then call two successful people in the the area of our concern and seek their wisdom before making our decision.

Dr. J says--"Spiritual life is not to be found among the spiritually dead." I interpret that to mean to get around good folks.

Ben McCollum, IA men's bb coach said in an interview that when he moved to a new school, he got rid of any previous players who were negative.  Just got rid of them as they could not be part of their team. They just ruin the whole team (e.g. like a bad apple spoils the whole barrel of apples). The team concept is that everyone has to buy into the system and work together).

My big sister, only in age, sent me a note saying—"Several times you have called attention to OBs that you felt were misrepresenting the person that had passed. I saw this OB in the paper and thought you might like.” Here are some of the lines: 

What in the world! Do you and I tell the truth? Maybe we just tell part of the truth or maybe embellish the truth or tell none of the truth at times? My mentor told me—erv, once a person dies, they become a much better person; just read their obituary. My Daddy, Chester, would say to me—erv, if you are good you don’t have to tell anyone, they will know. It has been written many times that once we are dead folks will not remember us by what we write about ourselves but how we made each of them feel, that is the truth as to who we were. MissPerfect says—I don’t know about that, Abraham Lincoln said—"You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time!”

What in the world! I talked to a snowbird in AZ who told me about his father-in-law and mother in-law.  He said—His mother-in-law is a hypochondriac who thinks she is sick all of the time, but it’s all in her head.  It drives my wife and I crazy and she is draining.  My father-in-law has a one-track mind and that is golf.  He didn’t say anything good about either one of them.  Now I wonder what my kids and their spouses say about me. What do you think your kids and spouses say about you? BUT I didn’t get the mother-in-law’s and father-in-law’s side of the story about their son-in-law and daughter! Their story might be way different, maybe! Maybe they think their son-in-law and daughter are way out in left field. There is always two sides to every story! And then there is the right story! What in the world!

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

erv

MyDeceasedFriendJean said--What's good for the goose is good for the gander.