3/18/2021 T Minus 5 T Minus1...Fire!

 

    Once I helped a social cause in town.  I would fix things here and there around the property. The  head volunteer  and I got to talking. His wife awhile  back would go off to these religious  ceremonies  where they would talk in tongues. A nonsensical  language inspired  by divine  spirit.  One night  when she was out doing her thing, he asked God is that what he was really all about ?  While in bed  his feet became  real hot, then it moved up his leg real slow.  The heat became a fire and entered his chest  cavity.  It was agony  he called to God I can't  take  it anymore.  The fire retreated  back down whence it came.  Now he knew that God existed  beyond a shadow  of a doubt. Also God listened to him by getting out  He had doubts  later  but God would reinforce  him. Soon he would get divorced and sell his successful  auto business  and start  doing the lord's work.

    I found this in my drawer today on a small piece of sturdy stock paper.

    "Burn. Thou all-consuming fire,  Till  purest  gold  is wrought, Burn till there comes a daily death.   To every selfish  thought? "

Feb28/2021 Headache Cure Maybe

 

    Headaches can come from many causes.  Usually  I don't  get them.  One headache I got lasted all day. Later I learned it came from eating dark chocolate.  Milk chocolate had no affect.  Everybody's body chemistry  is different.  I noticed recently when I wake up, I can feel a headache coming on. I take a deep breath through my nose and hold it as long as I can. Then blow it out. I do this 3 to 4 times in a row. I have to do this about 4 times a month. It works for me. The beginning  stages of the headache have been stopped.  Works every time.

Feb29/2021 It's Door Time Again

 

    Watching Let's  Make A Deal again.  Big Deal of the Day time. The three doors are waiting.  Today's  deal is worth 26,300 dollars. Usually  it's  about 21,000. Probably a car.  I hit the pause button. Clear my mind and ask ok which door is it. I feel the answer come in from the right into my head and it's  a 3. The door is also on the right.

    The gal before she picked said as she was going out her front door in the morning her boyfriend told her to pick 3 if she had the opportunity  to get to the big deal. She thought about it. She tells the host I feel now that it is 3. Well thats where the car is. It was a big decision  for her. Her boyfriend set the tone in the morning. He was dialed in.

    When we have a  decision  to make. Try sitting down and clearing your mind, once your mind is quiet ask what's  your next move. If the answer is not coming. Stop. Try at another time. Keep trying letting time elapse  between each sit down.

    If you are in a bad sort, don't  make any decisions at that time. You have to be in a good mood to get beneficial  results. Say you do have negative feelings one day. Try to write down on a piece of paper why you think you harbor those thoughts, save this sheet of paper and date it month day year.  You will find your trigger points. If there is something blocking you from doing an action, it's  there for a reason.  You have to find that reason. Almost all the time the problem is at your end. Try to remove  the blockage by seeing  the problem clearly and take responsibility for it. It's  like self gardening. Pull out your weeds ( a metaphor).

Feb7/2021 Time to Pull the Curtain

 

    In the Wizard of Oz, the dog is the one that pulls the curtain  aside revealing the jerk with the big mouth. Our ego is like that so called wizard. Always jumping in with the big mouth.  First things first, when your emotions are worked up , its time to count to 10. A little down time to think things through. Are my future words going to help me in the near future.  It's  hard to do but necessary.  Your life will be a lot smoother. Working on this is the best thing you can do  for yourself. Take a deep breath and ask spirit for help in your upsettment. Spirit can smooth the way.  It will be a little less bumpy for you.  The 10 count is your default  setting. Use it frequently.

    By taking 10 minutes  for yourself  in the morning you help with the future minutes  of your day.  Just try to think of peacefull  thoughts. The mind will jump around, and that's normal and ok. The important thing is to take those 10 minutes. You allow  the ego to take a back seat.  Once you get the  ego into the back seat the trick is not to let it drive.

    Nothing comes to you until you have a thought. All scientific inventions start here. The same with you.  Figure out what you want, think about it, then make it happen. Have faith that it will happen. Do an action everyday to get closer to it. Once you have it. Your confidence  will soar.  Your life  has no where to go but up.  If anyone tells you otherwise, then   in your mind you say it will be done. Your actions today carry you to a better future for you.

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Feb6/2021 Keep on Keeping on

    It's  super  bowl time again. I always hope for a good game. I hope for the future that they can through technology  lessen the risks of concussion to it's players.  This should be their number 1 goal.

    Pierre-Paul who plays for the Buccaneers  overcame big obstacles  to reach top ranks of defensive players. His mantra is put God first and don't  give up.  That's  it in a nut shell. This guy puts his heart into everything he does.  That is the right attitude.

    A friend of mine gave me a card once.. The front of the card had  a picture of a large Huron ( its  a water bird) trying to swallow  a frog. At the last second  the frog reaches down and grabs the huron's neck. The words on the card are never give up.  When  I'm  up against it, I always  think on that card.

     The piano helps 106 yr old  Collette Maze from France to be active. Her music lifts her spirit staying in touch with the life force. She will release her 6th album of piano music.

    These people are tuned in.  They  have selected for themselves the best part of the cake. They are beacons for the rest of us. They shine their light on fertile grounds where others can flourish. Consistency and dedication   and a strong knowing is what is required. 

    Do something in the morning to uplift you and set a positive mood for the day. By doing this day after day, your attitude will rise up, making a better future for yourself. The goal is to enjoy life with less worry. 

Feb02/2021 Door #3 Please

 

    The prize was  in door 3.  Yesterday  caught  Let's  Make  a Deal. The guy won close to 11 grand in high end household appliances.  He did good.  Now it was time for the big deal of the day.  One of the prizes was a new car. They go to the contestant who won the most money wise during the show. The guy says yes. He wants the car.  And gives up his 11 grand appliances.  3 doors,  one is the car and the other doors are material goods worth 3,000 and the other door  around 6 thousand.  So your odds are 1 in 3. Not that good.  Say you have a box  of 100 cookies 67 cookies are sugar and 33 are chocolate chip. You like chocolate chip.  You get 1 pick to draw a chocolate chipper. They're  67 cookies in there blocking your way. This is where a bird in hand is worth more than 2 in the bush. But our hero wants that car. He picks door 1. Camping equipment  about 3 grand, his loss in value is about 8 grand. Car is behind door 3. He tells the host it was his first thought to pick 3, his mind talked him out of it.

    When were presented with a dilemma  try to go with what your mind came up with first. The mind then quickly tries to play the devil advocate.  Then you start  to vacillate.  Your in no man's land now.

    Yesterday I'm  cutting the neck off a plastic bottle with a utility knife. Don't  ask me why. I know to draw the knife away from me. I hold  the bottle near the neck drawing across and down.  Halfway  through I'm  thinking be carefulI  now. My mind says use the scissor.  I'm  98% through just 1 more  draw of the knife. The knife goes up and catches my finger. Get the scissor and finish the cut of the plastic. Go to sink sqeeze out excess blood then wrap tight with paper towel. Then use bandaid.  But it's  an old package. The bandaid doesn't  stick to itself, so I use scotch tape  on top of the bandaid, worked great. See. My mind talked me out of grabbing the scissors. Takes a lot of practice  to go with that first thought. You think you learned it then the next day you forget once again.  Dang!

    Ask spirit for help before you get of bed in the morning. Spend a couple minutes doing it. Help will be at the ready. You come upon a situation. You make  a decision  but it didn't  work out for you. Or maybe it did. Say you didn't  win that motorcycle but maybe spirit saw that you would get into a bad accident with it, so  it took it away. One never knows. But always keep pushing to make your life  better. Be consistent in the morning  with the ask.  Day in and day out. Watch your life then change in increments.

Jan31/2021. BIRD in SNOW

     

    Today is the last day of the month.  It's been 1 crazy month.  In my book just 2 more months of cold weather. Today were suppose to get around 6 inches of snow.  First time this winter I had to top off the bird feeders at 3:30 pm. A little bit of snow in the air  and  the birds know where their fail safe stations are in the neighborhood. They don't  say  thanks but I know they are gratefull.  Tuff being a bird these days unpredictable  weather, loss of habitat  and bad chemicals in the air.  Since 1970 there are now 3 billion  less birds in North America.  No good.  We are definitely not the best stewards  of the land. In our wake there is air pollution, water pollution, land erosion, global warming and plastic pollution. More  and more people, who want more and more stuff.  It sure doesn't  look  good for Mother Earth.  The solution  is to start implementing  God's  plan.  How?  By asking. Where to start?  You start at square 1 . Fix you first.  Good things will begin to follow.  Anything done in fear will fall apart.  You put love into anything you do and you get a fantastic result. Start with a small thing first. Then add on to it.

    One solution  is to make less plastic. Try to use replacement products.  I know they're  working on getting rid of the plastic grocery bag. Thats good, it's  a good start. Plastics break down into micro pl a stics. They enter the food chain of life. It's  a very bad  thing. When a product is created  one should think about it along the lines of cradle to grave. A safe place to put it when done. No matter how difficult  the predicament there is always an answer for it. Be creative. 

    The blue jay is pretty.  Not too smart though. When a hawk pays a visit overhead. He or she has a freak out starts squawking  loudly , jumps up into the air and tries to make a run for it. Sometimes he gets away and sometimes not. The last 15yrs its been mostly Bluejays feathers on the ground not alot of feathers.  I guess the hawk carts it away. Never once have I seen cardinal feathers on the ground. I saw a hawk glide over the ridge of my house and come down over the feeder, birds flew for their lives. What a smart hawk he used the house ridge as a baffle to limit his exposure. They are silent during an attack. And they are in glide mode no flapping wings. When a hawk comes cardinals stay silent and fly horizontal into my hedge of conifer trees.  Now there's  a smart bird. Small birds will head for cover. But they know for the most part that they're  not much of a meal. One day at age 10 I guess I got up  Saturday at dawn. The light was starting to chase the dark away, the sun had not rose yet. Exited the front door and went along the side of my house where there were holly trees. I came across a big owl who had just launched himself into the air.  It was a slow pump of his wings that lifted him up. He was big 6ft wingspan.  The little birds were all around him chirping like crazy. They completely  went all around him. They stayed a foot away. Each finch left a little space between them. They were  above the owl and below him. The owl was laboring to gain flight, yet he paid them no mind. It was a sight I never would forget.  That was a good positive experience with the bird kingdom. Been trying to help them out ever since.

    I like having them around the yard. If you would like the same.  Get a small bird feeder with small perches. The little birds have a better chance against the big birds. Use reg bird feed and add some black oil seeds to it. Black oil is the best for birds. Peanuts not so good health wise. They may like them but it isn't good for them. I store my feed in separate  galvanized garbage cans with the lid. Keeps the animals from chewing through it. Works great.  I put it atop three bricks to cut down on rust of can. Place a squirrel  baffel at a ht of 4.5 ft above ground then mount feeder above it. Make sure there are no overhanging tree branches over feeder. These  squirrels know their stuff. Make sure the seed can is 5 ft away as well. They can use the can as a spring board to get over t he baffle.  With birds you have to be consistent when it comes to feeding them. They will put you on their itinerary.  Which will be good for you. Also use bird baths and suet cages.  Suet is about 5 inx5in?, I then put it in the freezer. From there when I'm  ready its less messy to put the suet into a suet cage. I then hook it to a pole above the squirrel baffle.  Works great.     GOOD LUCK!