5/26/2025 ?FREEDOM?

        Keeping a fox out of the hen house is an ongoing affair when it comes to chickens. Also the many other predators. You have something good and something is trying to take it away. You have to get creative if you want to hold onto your eggs. As well as determined. Trial and error comes into play.  There's  no quit here. You get the job done.

        Democracy is fragile. Our founders recognized this. When George Washington neared the end of his 8 years as president his suppoters wanted him to stay on. He said What??? After we spent 8 years trying to remove a King. You want to install a new one?  

       Memorial Day is about those guys giving up on their dreams so that future generations could have a better life. Why would they do this? Perhaps it was for an idea that propelled them into action. An idea that would wreck their own dreams. To them they understood what it was to be really free. The word here is empathy. Empathy comes from Greek word pathos. Without empathy, what do you have? Isolation perhaps.

       Today think on what freedom means to you?  And why you like it.

5/22/2025 Say Cheese

        This article is about food. I buy these discount sliced bread loafs for 75 cents at Wallmart. It's like Italian bread. They use to be 69 cents. So I lightly toast it. Then I spread herb basil tomatoes on top from a can. Then I cut the swiss cheese         ( has lower salt than most cheeses) in slices to lay on top. I then put in a 1100 watt microwave  for 20 to 25 secs. Let it cool for a minute and your done. A mini no fuss grilled cheese. Done in less than 5 minutes. I use it for snacks or even a main meal. Also way cheaper than a pizza. Get creative with all aspects in your life. Try new things, experiment. You never know what you'll find unexpectedly.

5/14/2025. Oh...There's a Pill for That

        I have a pill minder. It's roundish with 7 days. I fill it on Sunday. During the week I leave the day filled if I forgot to take them. On Sunday I then can see how may days I missed. Last week I missed 2 days, usually if I miss, it's just 1 day. So not too mindful last week. But that's ok. Today I made 2 hard boiled eggs. As I was bringing a few pieces of shell to the other side to dump them in the garbage can, at the last second I reclosed my hand, they go in the jar for the compost. That was good mindfulness. When you get a handle on the little things it helps you with the bigger issues in your life.

       Different subject,  I had a problematic situation going on. I did the best I could with it. Wasn't always successful. So then I remembered to call on DS with this problem. It helped giving me less grief. I should of did this months ago. From now on no matter what the situation, I'm calling on DS. It's there to help us. So use it.

       So far my car situation is better. This is something I am greatfull for. It took awhile. Sometimes things or situations get handled quickly and sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, don't give up on it. Get even more creative. If you are trying to get others to do what you want, don't push them. Let them be and let them draw their own conclusions. My 3rd problem has been ongoing for 10 days. So far, no resolution. When given a pill that's  hard to swallow, keep trying, it will go down eventually.

5/09/2025 The Invisible Fabric

        I didn't  originate this. My theory is that the fabric is our connection to everything the eye can see and can't see. We are all connected to one another. This so called fabric is part of divine spirit(DS). By calling on DS we activate this fabric. We use our minds & heart when formulating our desires. Thoughts' words and feelings propell our wants into existence. It is how we shape our reality. Say you want to win the lottery. Your focus should be on that. After 6 mos' you still didn't  win. Some get discouraged. Then start to play intermittently. Then eventually stop. If you play thinking your going to win but then say I'm never lucky or I will never win. Well you put out a countering outcome. So you negate it. With strong emotions you can pull what you want into your orbit.

        So there are negatives in our life. It is up to us, how we are to overcome it.  My car has been acting up since the first of the year. First the title was messed up. Took over 2 months to get this situation resolved. Due to the person being sick and them having to show up in person. Then I had to get parts from junk yard to fix some things. To get registration. Next was a lack of money. I use the car. Codes on car indicated a purge valve replacement. I get that done for 230 dollars. The check engine light goes off for 1 day then comes back on. Back to the mechanic. Code pops up,  need a new gas cap. Has to be a Hyundai one. 25 bucks. Doesn't  fix the check engine light. Ask Hyundai how much is their diagnostic. 200 dollars' just for the test. I said no thanks. Then car starts with the cutting off. I can get it started in 10 min. This goes on intermittently during the next several weeks Very annoying. Get back to mechanic one. Says 3 of 4 plugs fouled with oil.  800 bucks to fix. I decided to do it myself. Get the valve cover gasket kit, 38 dollars. My first valve cover gasket job. Well the gasket was ok no breaks but the round cylinders which the spark plugs go down in needed those 4 gaskets. They were hard and needed to be replaced. I did the main gasket and the 4 round gaskets. Got put back together and the check engine light went out.. But it cane back the next day.. during these trials I called on DS to help get it started.. I did my due diligence in squirting starting fluid into the chamber. It didn't  always start but I believe DS helped me in getting car to run. This happened many times the last 2 months. I got it to mechanic 2. I had enough trying to fix it. Turns out it's  a crankshaft position sensor. I went to Hyundai to get it. Out of stock. 4 days later I get part. A 8 inch small wire with a block end. 290 dollars with tax. Probably 3 dollars in materials. Bring it to mechanic. Friend drops me off at home. And 25 min later the service station calls it's done. Walk a mile back to station. It starts right up. Had a 20 dollar coupon gave it to him. Nope only good if they get the part. 218 dollars. But they did the diagnostic which would of cost me 220 dollars at Hyundai with tax. Plus they would of charged extra to put the part in. Initially I thought game over with the car. But something told me to hang in there, in which I'm  glad I did. 

       So you have to push to make things happen. Divine Spirit (DS) waits in the background, giving you that needed assist. With me dealing with first mechanic and getting the car to go after being stuck. DS works with you where you are at. Like me not having enough money. Just keep pushing the envelope to the desired end. It isn't easy by any stretch of the imagination. Bottom line is to persevere.