5/03/2020 Broom me up Scotty

    I find my self out of state one day. I come upon a guy pushing a broom in the street  He's looking for a handout. I tell him I have none to give. But I said if you're looking to improve your situation, try asking Spirit for some help. If your sincere, you will get the requested help. Spirit will send you people that will open some doors for you. He understood. I didn't have the coin but I had an idea for him. It's like whats better giving someone a fish or teaching him how to fish. People are looking for a way to make themselves safe. It can be a cruel world out there but there is a way to deal with it. I hope that sweeper was able to find himself. The mind may say don't try it's futile, it's stupid. Belief that it can be done, can save the day.

    A gal I knew was a christian, and one day she was moving to a new apartment. One problem was she had little money and no bed. She turned to Jesus and asked him for his help in getting a bed. Twenty minutes later way down the hall, she sees someone moving out. Most of the stuff is gone except the bed. What about the bed someone says, he says he has no use for it. She overheard that and says I have a use for it. Her need led to an ask, her belief in Jesus led to manifestation of said bed. It doesn't have to be Jesus. Whatever gives you peace. 

  My non religious friend found himself in a pickle. He was 100 miles from home and had no phone and his car broke down with no money too boot. He started the long walk home. As he crossed a small stone bridge he decided to peer over the rail, looking down he sees a big turtle laying on it's back in the water. That turtle was a metaphor for his predicament. He slept in the woods. The next morning he's trudging along thinking he's at the end of his rope. He calls out Louie his nickname for me I need help bad. Less than 5 min later, a car stops near him, hey dude want to make some money, I need help moving a bunch of stuff into my house. My friend got in. And eventually got home. His parents weren't much help to him. He basically grew up by himself. Spirit only cares if you want the help, no matter what you believe in. Try it out for yourself. What do you have to lose?

5/02/2020 Making the Cut

    A friend of mine calls me up, hey can you help me with some cove moulding? I tell him I never did it before. But I'll try to help. When doing baseboard its easy with a powered mitre saw. Put the mitred boards together in the corner then caulk the joint. Faster than coping, which is a way harder cut. He onced watched a TV show how to do it. This was before you tube. He didn't remember the TV show too well. Also crown moulding is expensive. We tried small pieces to see about the fit in the cieling corner. The fit was super terrible. Readjusting the mitre saw angle. Try again, no better. We must have done it 25 times. At 3.00 a foot it was way expensive. We went at it half cocked, and had the results to prove it. Eventually he used putty to fix the corners. Just terrible.

    Many years later, I had a short stint with a carpenter, we were putting up crown moulding. He showed me how to do it. You hold the moulding against the fence of the saw, the way it would be put on the wall. The moulding would be protruding away from the fence at a 45 degree angle, then you make the cut. A little caulk and wella, looks great.

    A friend of mine got me a job at a friend of his. It was to put up crown moulding. It's usually a 2 person job, but it was just going to be me. Gave her a price and set to work. Three days later, it all looked great. My first crown moulding by myself, I was happy. Then she wanted kitchen done, gave her price. Too much she said. Six months later my friend says come over to her house, I want to show you something. Ok. Get there and I see new custom cabinetry, solid wood, fitted into position, really nice. My friend found her the cabinet maker. Everything looked good except the finished crown moulding. She did it herself and it looked like the job me and my friend did over 20 yrs ago. I told my friend, it wasn't me, she didn't want to pay. Penny wise, pound foolish.

    Standing on top of others, can help us see better and get a way better result. I thank my friend for letting me see that kitchen. It helped me, see the big picture. Also spirit was behind everything.

 

5/0 1/2020 So Sad

    One thing I know for sure,  God is not looking for perfection. What we do with our lives is up to us. We can flip the switch and use Spirits help or not. Up to us. There are infinite ways that Spirit uses to let you know that it's there waiting for you to take notice. Look and Listen are your tools of the trade.

    Perfection Ehh ...  A friend of mine told me a story about a carpenter who worked on houses. He's no longer a spring chicken. Well he hired a handyman to put up some insulation over the weekend in a room he just built. He comes back Monday and freaks out about the insulation. The insulation was hung right, paper side to the inside of room. This is no bull. The old guy is upset because the makers name John Mansville, is sometimes right side up and other places upside down. Wallboard is then attached to the 2x4s to make the finished wall, hiding the insulation. This dope goes home and kills himself, because it wasn't perfect. That there is wrong thinking. Want perfection hire a robot.

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    Another topic, is don't have a kid just to have a kid. As far as I know it doesn't work out that well. My friend had a father that was a perfectionist. He redid the hardwood cabinets in the kitchen, sanded them down, stain and urethane, took him 6 months. Not a great father. His mother was worse, one day she told him she never wanted him. Imagine that. So sad. Larry had an albatross around his neck for the rest of his life. He spent his life looking for human love, not too successfull there. But he did love his job. And when you love your job you're not really working. He also learned to work with spirit.

    So if life gives you lemons learn to make lemonade. We all get lemons it's what we do with them that determines our character. I saw on TV a guy who got his feelings hurt, when another classmate made fun of his obesity.  He used that cut to motivate himself to be a body builder. He made lemonade. Good for him.

4/29/2020. Something Small

    To me Spirit is like akin to electricity. Can't see it. But to know it's there flip a wall switch and let there be light or if it's a radio, let there be sound. With a TV you get the light and sound. Spirit can give you the effect. It takes action on your part to start the process. First came the idea, then your intent and then you use action to get the ball rolling.

    One day I noticed one of the hubcaps on my touch was missing. I have fancy ones, I looked it up, 125 dollars for one, didn't want it that bad. Checked on a used hubcap guy, he wanted 35 dollars. No I say, I want to pay zero dollars and I want it quick. Driving down the highway a week later, I spot a Chrome hubcap off to the side in grass. Pull over pick it up, yep it's a match. Bang it on with my rubber mallet, right then and there, looks good. Thank you Spirit, says I. Two weeks later it's MIA( missing in action). I say to Spirit same deal ok. Week later different road another hubcap, these are super fancy ones mind you. It's my hubcap. Get my hammer out but this time I notice on my tire rim a small dent in it. But the cap seems to grip it good. Month later it's off again. Probably that little dent. I gave up. From that day forward, I never saw a hubcap like mine again. You know if I would have given it more thought, I should have gotten a different rim. Me big dummy. Spirit helped me 2 times and I couldn't do my part. For the rest of that trucks life, I drove it with 3 hubcaps.

    Spirit did it's part. Got me the cap free of charge, the how was on me. When you ask spirit be specific, how quick you want it or what color or how much you want to spend. Lay it out there. See what you get. Start today, now.

4/28 /2020. A Beat Down

    A mother is now yelling at her kid. The kid is screaming. Before peace and calm, now two unhappy people. The mother started it, so the kid didn't do what you wanted, theres got to be another way. The kid is learning to get what it wants, he has to scream. Day in and day out of this makes for an unhappy future adult.

     I was on a bus in San Francisco many years back, I was in center of bus. A kid near the front was carrying on, the grandmother tried to bribe him to be good, when that didn't work the threats started. I moved up the aisle and sat behind them. Out loud I said God is love. The grandmother started using loving words instead, the boy screamed even louder, because he knew that the grandmother was bullshit. Kids know.

    I was living with a gal, who had a 6 yr old. The kid was wild, acting out, sometimes in the home, sometimes out of the home. One day I had to give her a spanking, it brought her around. I now know I would have done things differently. When she would act out, her mother would put her in her room for 30 min, she would have all her toys there. Didn't fix the problem. One Saturday she lost it again, I guess she was 7 and a half. I put her in time out, my way. She had to stand in corner face to wall and be quiet for 10 min.  She turned and yelled at me. I said 11 min, again she faced wall then turned to me with more yelling. I said 12 min. Now all of sudden this repeats till it's up to 20 min. She turns again but as she's about to yell, she stops herself and faces wall. Twenty minutes is a long time for a kid. I would check on her, she did not slouch once it stayed the full 20 min. Tough kid. She earned my respect.

    Two months later, she was acting up. I said lisa you can either have punishment A or punishment B which was easier or stop what your'e doing and have no punishment . You pick it. She chose no punishment. I gave her love and she knew it. She was done with temper tantrums. She went from a weed to a peony. We were at a party and my sister came to me and said you've done a great job with her. Lisa was a smart loving kid all along

4/28/2020. Early Bird get's the Dandelion

    In the Spring, I usually here the birds start to stir around 5:30 am. If theres time I like to take a long walk in the morning. Now in this neighborhood it's pretty quiet, very agreeable. It starts in April, the first dandelions begin to appear. I like a dandelion now and then but these guys are prolificators. Like rabbits. Get out my Home Depot orange 5 gal bucket and start to exercise. Mostly I'm stalking the seed head of the weed. It's got a dark green tightly bound outer seed cover with a tuft of white at the tip. Ripe for picking, I pick them and any opened seed pods. Up and down good exercise. While I'm at it also pull the weeds, best when ground is wet. If it has a woody stem you grip it good give it a twist and pull, you usually get the root. A friends yard was covered with it. One Spring when I could I went after the dandelion. The next year the population was cut in half. Those are pretty good results. In 2 yrs it was only 10 % of the yard, with no chemicals. You can mantain your yard at a leisurally pace. When you see a bad area of lawn, dig out some soil get good topsoil add some grass seed mix then put it down in shallow area, then tamp and mist , keep from drying out.

    We can do this to ourselves. Weed out things we don't like about ourselves and plant better seed. Gal I knew was trying to do this, she asked me what I thought was wrong with her. I said seriously, she said yes, you r 'e not going to like it. Hit me she says, I told her and I thought she was going to hit me. When you ask that question better be strong enough to handle it. Also have a pen and paper handy. Try asking a friend what he or she thinks of you. If they speak truth you may have a negative reaction, well that person is definetly your friend. It's now time to get to work. ON You. Talk

4/26/2020. Spirits

    Beer. When I was a kid, my job was to help my Pop out in the yard. Pop liked bushes, small trees, ponds, patios, birds and vegetable gardens. His interests later became my interests. Pop was the pruner and I was the bundler. Sticks had to be tied up in 4 ft bundles to be put out to curb. I became an expert bundler in my younger years. Another job was to get Pop a shaffer, which was a beer brand. Pop was not a heavy drinker. The first shaffer I had tasted like crap. Over time I got used to it.


    When I turned 18, my friend took me to a bar. My friend had been there before. We sauntered up to the bar. The bartender looked at me and said get out. I said I'm legal, get out, get out and out the door I went. Beer, gin and tonics, wine and an occasional shot of whiskey. Got sick twice in my life at young age. I learned from it, once on cheap wine and one too many gin and tonics. I was playing pool at a bar, drinking gin and tonics, the bar tender said you better slow it down, I didn't listen, I knew it all. I had about13 tonics and drove to my buddies house, he was in passenger seat. We got home and I said how did I drive, he said perfect. Hour later watching TV got sick for an hour. Didn't make that mistake again. From then on, I knew when to quit. I'd be in a bar and sometimes have a couple shots of whiskey during the night. Then a voice would say that's your last, I'd set the glass down and walk out. I would always listen.

   One day after work, I'm in this go-go bar. The dance floor is in shape of an L and the counter traveled 6' from the dance floor36O.° There was a door 2 ft up from floor with 2 little steps, this was door used by the dancers. I heard voices to my right getting louder. I picked up my glass of beer and started to walk left. The door on my left was 2 ft up and recessed a ft and a half in, leaving a little alcove. I got up in there as my Bud beer bottle goes whizzing by me, crashing into the adjacent wall. Bottle survives with not even a blemish, just missing a guy by inches. The Bud was mine. The jerk to my right threw at his friend. They were grappling as the barmaid dialled 911. Those cops were there in 2 min flat, I couldn't believe it. They dragged them out likety split. I got another beer, and everything continued, like nothing happened. Look around yourself for potential problems and figure out what to do in an emergency.

    One day Spirit gives me a nudge, time to stop drinking. If you want to go further. Spirit can only do so much for you if your brain is fogged. So I gave up gin and tonics, whiskey and wine. Six months later, I get give up drinking, I said I did. No... the beer. I said come on not the beer. I did not want to do this. Eh... another month goes by, give up beer. Damn. So I did, I use to drink a little over a case a week, never in the morning. It was hard to give up. Usually I have a bad smeller but 6 months later I was in a huge room where people were drinking. Someone popped a cap on a beer and I smelt it 25 ft away, boy did I want it bad. Another 6 months goes by, a different arena, someone twists off a beer cap, I could smell it real good, but this time I didn't need it. That was over 30 years ago. I've been a non drinker.

    You either move forward or your moving backward. I choose forward. Plus you do get smarter along the way. Which is a good thing.