6/3/2025 Spinning Wheel

        Well, another fail when it comes to living in the moment. This one was scary. I was in a Panda restraurant parking lot. Phone rings it's  my wife. I say some words and drive off, right over a curb that I parked next to. The curb is 6 inches high. The car bottoms out a top the curb. So this curb surrounds a pit about 3 ft deep with some sorry looking plants at the bottom.  There are 3 pits in this parking lot. Why. I have no idea. There is a mixture of light gray rocks  from two hand held size down to 2 inches in diameter. My car is front wheel drive. And it's the front right tire that turns while in gear. Under that front wheel tire is a foot of air. No traction. Totally stuck. I'm thinking my transmission is finished. See a big plumbing truck nearby ask them if they got a chain or rope. Nope. Call the service station, but they don't have a wrecker. He gives me the service they use. Call him & it's 145 to come get me. I say how about 45. Nope.  Ok, I did what I could do now it's up to you DS,  need some help here. Text my wife's son. He comes out. We hook up binding straps to each car's hitch points. I say it's going to break. He moved me a foot then strap broke. A guy comes over and offers to help. I say thanks. So we try to build up the depression with rocks. Two other Spanish guys come over. We build a small rock road for the tire. The tire keeps spinning, no good. We tried differing ways but tire kept spinning. I dug out the spare donut which is a small tire. We jam it under the front tire. Still spins. After 20 minutes of that. I have my step son go to auto parts store yo get me a tow rope. I go to trunk and get the fabric rug that covers floor in trunk and shove it between the tire and the donut. I press down on fender with the other guy and keep the tire engaged with the fabric. Success.

       The car is ok. My first thought when it happened, was game over. A negative thought. My mind went right to that. But then I regrouped and started to think of ways to fix this. When my ways failed I called on DS. 5 min later the first guy showed up.  Then the other 2 guys. Thank-you guys and DS!  I always believe you help out people stranded on the road.  So I got caught between a curb and a hard place. And through DS I got from under it. The whole process took a little over an hour. So it didn't cost me this time to remedy my problem.

       It's  been a tough past 2 years. Constant problems, seems like 1 right after the other. It gets exhausting, but what are you going to do. Can't  quit. I think on the people of Eastern Ukraine and I say to myself, I can deal with my troubles.

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.

4/25/2025 Make A Sign

        So a month ago. I said to spirit when I see the colors of blue & yellow come together, I will pay attention. Been going through a tuff patch this last year. I've always said that if you ask God for a loaf of bread , does he turn around and hand you a stone. So today doing an errand I see a guy in store parking lot wearing a sweater on front is a guy with yellow shirt and blue pants. He also is holding what appears to be a loaf of bread. So to me this may mean that things will be getting getting  better. I hope. Well will see. You can make your own sign when communicating with DS. You can make a sign for anything like whether you should take a trip or not.  Any decision you can try it for.

       I used to collect postcards. One day a long time ago, I was at a flea market and there were around 100 cards of Nova Scotia. I didn't  have one, so I bought all of them. So I took this as sign to plan a trip to Nova Scotia. And I did. It was one of the best trips I ever took. Many great things happened. And this was due to me collecting postcards. My collection I hardly looked at. It got left behind in the move. So the cards led me to have great memories. Life can be an adventure if you let it. Step out if your comfort zone and push the envelope at least a little bit.

4/18/2025. After the Strife

       Today is Good Friday. On this day he was murdered. On trumped up charges. No due process then. He spoke his truth and reminded people why they are here. And what was expected of them. Some people in high places in the religious life took exception to the message. So they plotted his demise. They succeeded. Evil had their play. But 3 days later, he returned. Why? To show the desciples that what he spoke about was truth. We are not our bodies

 but we are soul. We come to Earth to learn our lessons for the benefit of soul. Not easy. Coming to Earth speeds up the learning process in the evolution of soul.

       The coming strife is here now. Towards the end of this strife, Jesus will return. how that unfolds will be up to him. In the mean time when you feel anxious, turn to divine spirit (DS). It will help you with the situation. I repeat anyone can do this. So in the end.....it is good news to those who love God. Keep your focus on God and you will prevail.