4/6/2020. A Mirror

   It was a beautifull day in Miami. Up the ramp and I was merging onto the interstate' I got behind an old pickup truck. It had it's tailgate down with something flat laying in it's bed. I didn't think anything of it. I'm cruising around 60 mph. I'm About 75 ft behind him. I'm following him for about10 min. The cargo is thin 4 ft wide6 long it starts to move slowly toward the rear of the truck, before I knew it, it hit the ground in front of me. Shattering into a million pieces of glass. Yep you guessed it, it was a mirror. Big and heavy and loud when it hit the pavement. My tires went over the glass to no ill affect and I kept on going, right behind the old pickup truck. He didn't even know he lost his load.  I bet he was shocked when he got to his destination. Next time I bet when he carries a load his tailgate will be up and/ locked.


     My friend and I entered a diner one afternoon. I noticed a guy sitting off to the left, as we take our seats at the counter, my friend says did you see that? I say, see what?  That guy sitting over there he says. I say yeah, what of it? Well, that quy is arrogant. The guy was sitting in a chair with his foot up on another chair. I told my friend, I didn't see it that way. He says well I do.
   The world is our own mirror. My friend couldn't admit it to himself, but he was the one who was arrogant. By looking at what you say and do, you will learn a heck of alot about yourself. It's hard to admit our own faults. Relationships are one of the best places to learn all about you. What ever problem you have and you are blaming someone else. Stop, and reflect, how am I like that? I fall down on this issue alot. But I get back up.-


   I was having a discussion with this gal about spiritual topics. We have had these talks many times. One day in the course of a talk, she told me my husband is cheap. I tell her she is cheap. She says I'm not cheap, I give to this organization and that one, plus I volunteer for good causes. I tell her it isn't tit for tat. I say you are stingy to the amount of love you give to him. She didn't say one word. The truth was out. It's hard work. Keep an open mind, keep an open heart. Look and listen, you will learn all about yourself.

4/5/2020. Animals know

  It's been noticed that animals act strangely just before an earthquake. They are tipped off. We too can do this also.

  I have a couple stories to tell regarding this. One day I was working at a ladies house, she had two dogs and a cat. One of the dogs was old and blind about 35 pounds. The cat liked to sit in the bay window looking into the great beyond. The blind dog come out of a bedroom gliding along the walls. He turns to the kitchen. The cat jumps down from the window and runs to an open door in the  kitchen, this door led to the basement. The cat positioned itself in the open doorway, as the dog neared, the cat sat back on it's haunches. Using it's front paws it patted the dog The dog entered the kitchen with no mishap. I was blown away. So amazing. The cat looked alfoof but it knew and had comand of it's environment. Empathy from a cat.



  The second story.  I was breaking up with a gal that I was living with. She had a small dog 11 pounds. We were at the side yard,  I said what are you going to do about the dog? This dog was a one person dog, it would always be at her feet when she was sitting down. She said I'm not taking him, as soon as she said that the dog walked over to me, I was standing and sat next to my right foot. Just like that I was the new alpha dog. This totally blew me away. That dog knew which side of the bread his butter was on. I changed his name to boney and had him for another 15 yrs. We got along   great.

  God is in charge.

4/4/2020. Wakeup Call

  People throughout their lives get wakeup calls once in awhile. This country gets wakeup calls also. 9/11, the 2007-2008 meltdown and now covid19 virus. These are all pivot points.  Stay the same go back or go forward. Most of the time it's a prodding to move on. Make a change. I believe wakeup calls are there for our benefit. When it's real important the calls will get closer together. Especially in your own life. For the the US it's 3 times in 20 years. On our currency it says In God We Trust.  Well do it on a daily basis.  Make God a part of your life. How do you do it? Ask  God to help in some aspect of your life. Formulate a question. Keep an open mind. Be a detective in a search for an answer.

  I'll give you an example. Once I began to experience a headache sometime during the day. I did not get headaches, maybe 2 a year. This was new to me. I didn't like it. So I asked God what is going on here? No answer came. About 3 days later I'm going to work. I start up the sidewalk to a house. I see a girl walking toward me on the main sidewalk.  She is wearing a white hoodie. From her right shoulder down to her  waist is a huge Hershey bar, printed on the fabric. I always liked the dark chocolate bar. I would eat 1 in the morning. I always ate them. I took note though.
The next day, I did not eat 1 as same as the next day. I noticed that the headaches disappeared. I was very thankfull. He gave me a sign and I used it. God is there after all. Always has been and always will be. That I know  beyond a shadow of a doubt. This is like having a super friend always on call. The answer will come in time.

4/3/2020. A. Prayer

I just thought of this


Hello God please show me how to be a better me
Thank you

4/3/2020 Mom

  When growing up I had some issues. I did like living. I was outside alot exploring somewhere. I was the oldest and tormented my sisters quite a bit. I was not nice. When it came to introspection, I was deficient.
One day walking back from school I rounded a street corner to my street. Across the street a girl my age who lived down the block said Kennedy got shot. I said you lie you stupid girl!  When I entered the kitchen mom was crying over a big pot of stew. I said to her hey mom this dumb girl said Kennedy got shot. She didn't answer me. She was still crying. I turned away thinking ohoh dumb girl was right.


My world changed that day, a month earlier I just turned 7. Nov22 1963 I will not forget you. I watched the funeral on tv. Bad people out there. Two years later Vietnam started heating up. I watched Huntley Brinkly report Mon thru Fri, pop in his chair me on the floor. Young men going off to war.
In my brain it was what for. The world is nuts. I said to myself I'm not going to kill anybody. What was wierd though I played war games outside with my buddies , I would use a good stick that looked like a gun. When Bob came around the house  I'd say bam got you Bob and he would have to count to 100.


I continued to pick fights with my sisters and mom.

One day I was at the principal's office.  There was an
acquaintance of mine  standing 10 ft from me. He didn't look too happy. One of the saddest person I ever saw. His folks were taking him out of school to go off to the military. I appreciated my folks right then and there.

  Many years later me and mom would have little fights. I would push her buttons and she mine. Then  one day I said to myself it ends today. Early morning she came in room and said something not nice. I said nothing. Got up and left for work
 The next morning she walks into kitchen I immediately say something positive to her. She promptly said something nice to me. Them I went to work. From then on we were best friends. No more fights.

  We are our own worst enemy. Change your words and actions before it's too late for you.
   Change is in the air.

4/2/2020. Words and Thoughts are Powerfull

    Here is a story that happened to me, more than 20 yrs ago.

A relationship that I had with this gal was coming to an end and I wasn't too happy about it. She eventually moved to another state. About 6 months later a  hurricane was heading right where she was living

The weather station was on all the time in my house. For three days the storm was making a bee line toward where she lived. I was happy about that

 The storm was almost there. Then the storm paused, it was just sitting there off the coast for a day. The next day it moved dead north. I said to myself ohoh it"s coming to me. I was going in and out of the house, the tv always on the weather channel. Around the fifth time I pass I hear from tv loud and clear. Carefull what you wish on others it will come back to you.

I got the message and I knew it was going to get me

And it did putting 5 ft of water in my basement. Stopping  1 ft from my main living area.

  I got the message loud and clear. I learned  my lesson. I appreciated that lesson. 

4/1/2020 Two Steps Back

Perspective  is to view an object or someone from differing angles, to get better insight.

Let's take an artist who is painting  a rural scene
After a week of painting she feels that something is  not quite right. She takes a few steps back and says to herself  yes something is off. But I  can't put my finger on it.

She can try 3 things. One ask God(or someone or something that fills her heart with love) for help.
In her mind she hears look to the left of the horse's head. She does and uses some different paint  colors to fix it. Two.... maybe a guy enters the studio at a later time. He comes over to the canvass and says something is wierd to the left of the horse's head. This guy is not a painter. If she doesn't take offense . She can take his critique and address the weak part of the painting. Three.... she can ask to have a dream about her situation.  When she wakes up she recalls that in the dream she was painting to the left of the horse's head.
Each of those steps was from a different perspective.


This column was longer  but my phone ran out of juice. When I got the phone back on  I lost the article . Not a good feeling but I learned a good lesson  moving forward.