3/25/2025 Manna

        From heaven. It was the stuff that fell from the skies and enabled the Israelite to eat while in the desert. In this case it was food. But it can be anything.  To me manna is the connection between you and God. Which I call divine spirit(DS). This connection is your life line, to help regarding your daily life. It takes on many forms. 

       Two weeks ago as I approached a deli, I see Ben Franklin staring up at me in the sunlight. Looks real. Pick it up, paper. Back of bill says  prop money. Oh well.  But once 10 years ago, it was a real a 100 dollar bill I plucked from some store floor. It was needed then. Thank-you DS. Doesn't always happen this way.

       Since January, I've been having car troubles. The tittle I'm trying to put in my name. But at one time she turned it over to a relative who didn't  go forward with the title exchange. Now the title has to be redone. So I have to pay twice for 2 titles. Go in wait in line, then they say, oh she has to be here to do it. I say give me form and I will get her to sign it. No they say. Couldn't bring her because she's  been sick. Call the state about it. There is a way to do it, get an affidavit. Then notarize it. The notary I try is around the block, my bank, so I get it done. So now to get a title and registration, I have to show a safety emission test that the car has to pass. So I go to junk yards and get 2 lights for the car back and front. Now has to pass emission test. It flunks. The code reads purge valve. But the mechanic won't give me a price, station A. I find another station that gives me a price of 230 dollars, Al's. I have him do it. Done in less than a hour. No engine light is on. The next day the light comes back on. Then get 2 tickets no registration and no insurance. Went to court 240 dollars due by June 6th. The car operates fine until 2 weeks ago. It started to cut out. Like 3 times a day it would shut down. Wait 10 min then it would start up. Run good. Next day no shut downs. Pulled a little hose that connects to the air intake manifold, seemed to do the trick but day after started acting up again. A couple times I asked for help from DS and then the car would start on cue. This last time it required 10 minutes. Call on DS again. I see a car with a magnet sign on door Al's  Service. The place I took it for purge valve was called Joes Auto service. But for some reason I call it Al's. So the first station that looked at the car and failed it for safety & emissions, I went to after car started. They can't look at it,  I have to bring it back in 10 days. Then I go to Al's, really Joes. His guys look at it right away. Take the top plastic shroud off the engine and pull the coils. 2 of them soaked in oil. The car is a Hyundai 4 cylinder. The other two are ok. So Joe goes inside to work up estimate. The mechanic says he should be done soon. I say he's probably looking for a bigger calculator. The mechanic had big laugh at that. But I was right 800 bucks. Ouch!  Don't  have the money, so off to Auto-Zone. 160 bucks for parts. I'll get it online for 100 bucks. Also needs a   valve cover gasket. The oil gasket failure led to two soaked coils and 2 spark plugs. So I will be doing it myself.

       So the car that drove by with Al's service was a waking dream for me on what to do next. Not service station A but use service station B ( Al's). It was right.  Got it diagnosed for no money. Where previously at a Hyundai dealership they wanted 200 dollars just for a diagnosis. Due to check engine light. So DS steps in after I ask and points me in the right direction. Thankyou  DS.

3/11/2025 What an A...H....

        I'm on the highway, traveling 55. A guy ( car A ) is ahead of me  600ft and clover leaf is up to the right. A car is accelerating down the ramp trying to get ahead of car A. No yield to this guy. He's  ahead of car A, just barely. Then he starts to fishtail it on dry pavement. The back end is to left then right. This is fast motion. I say this guy is going to roll it. Never seen that before. He gets control of it. What an A...h... I say to myself. Then I say uh oh, I did it again. This is also a lesson for me when traveling  the roadways. Be really careful with my driving and the driving of others.  

       Not long after that, a young gal gets aggressive after completing a left hand turn. She's right on my butt. I quickly pull the car to the side of the road. I give her the road. I keep an eye on the rear view mirror looking for the aggressive driver. Life can be hard  but some people are out to make life even harder for themselves. So for me, it means be especially careful on the roads. These are warnings.

       More on living in the moment. I did it again, got to store and as I walk to the door I feel my back pocket, no wallet. Before,  it was always the phone.  Fixed that problem and now it shifted to the wallet. I did a little better, usually I got my goodies on the checkout belt, then reach for my wallet and find it missing. It's still a work in progress. 

       I try to keep a loose outline on how I want my day to go. Today for the first time in awhile I got most of my to do list done.  It's a good feeling. I give thanks.

3/05/2025 Boston 1770

       The Boston massacre  happened on this date 255years ago.  There was bad blood between the colonists and the redcoats. The redcoats were professionals the Bostinians not so much. On this day the colonists were taunting the redcoats and throwing rocks, sticks and snowballs at them. Captain Preston lost control of his men and they fired into the crowd with their muskets. Maybe he ordered it maybe not. There is a picture of the massacre & it shows the redcoats in line abreast. Once their in this formation, it is the start to a potential fight. They usually wait for any future orders. That order is to fire. So it was one volley and 5 men fell. Crispus Attucks was the first to fall in the crowd of 400. He was a black/ indigenous man. This event was used by the sons of liberty to drum up anti British sentiments in the Boston community. The British pulled their troops out of Boston until 1774. So the embers burned for the next 5 years. Culminating at Breeds Hill June 17th 1775.

       Kent state, May 4th 1970. Ill led national guard troops gunned down 4 kids, who were taunting and throwing rocks at them. They responded with live ammo. A military force shooting into a crowd of fellow Americans.  It was a turning point in the future end of the Vietnam War. These flash points usher in some sort of change in the direction of futurefate. What will become of us?

       The first flash point led to the  creation of this country. The 2nd a morality change.

3/6/2025 The Tire Episode

        It was the end of the day and I was driving back from work. On the highway I was driving 60 mph. No problems. The next day I get in the car and drive 15 ft, something ain't right. Get out... yep ....flat tire. It was bad, bald and steel fibers sticking out. But I remember I just put air in this tire 2 weeks ago and the tire looked alright. It still had tread. Now hardly any. Get the jack out and put the doughnut on. The town 20 min south of me I recall had a  couple used tire stores. First store  had a tire but it was a little narrower and a little higher. 60 bucks. I passed. 2nd shop nearby had the tire but it was new 100 bucks. The whole time in my head I'm thinking 40 bucks. Look at my phone and I find a place back in my own neighborhood. They have the tire, how much..... 50 bucks. Not 40 but close enough. He had it on in 10 minutes. Plus the guy said I needed brakes, 80 bucks for the front. I supply the pads. Good price maybe next month. Divine Spirit I credit for not having a blow out on the highway yesterday. Also the day the flat happened was a nice day. I didn't  get wet sitting on the ground. The next day it rained hard, another blessing. It is good to count your blessings. Being grateful invites more good things for the future. Now negative things do pop up, so be resourceful in your approach to them. Right now I'm dealing with a lot of negative experiences that are going on now. Previously, I thought the car was out of alignment due to hitting too many potholes. The car shook. After replacing the tire, no more shake. Those loose steel belts in tire had an adverse affect on my ride.

3/2/202 A Close Shave

        Last week,  I watched a guy cheat death at the RR crossing. Today I had a close shave in a parking lot. I pulled in front of this guy.  He brakes and I swerved left. No damage. So the RR incident was a wake-up call for  me and the driver who went around the gate. A dual purpose incident. The RR guy and me both had close shaves, mine happening a week later. You can  witness it or someone tells you something out of character. Write it down & reflect on it. In some way it pertains to you. So I see it for more than it appears. These instances are like an arrow pointing at you. You need to pay more attention in this area of your life. As an aside it's better to park facing out of a parking space. Close calls are there for a purpose, to drive home a point.  It's pay attention time. Be grateful for when these events happen. You are becoming an active participant in your reality. I got a warning watching that RR guy. I said what an idiot. I should have reflected on my own driving habits and not about his. So I missed this warning. And I became the idiot.

2/23/2025 Choo Choo

        I crest this small hill while driving, this week. As I'm coming down, I see the car ahead driving around the train crossing gates. The locomotive's horn was ablare. The car made it across 30 secs before the freight train. So stupid. If the car had a problem, well no more driver & car. Just the day before on reddit saw a big box truck get obliterated doing the same thing. I never seen it personally  happen before. This driver put their life on the line for the sake of 7 or 8 minutes. This train was a mile long in the blink of an eye, it can be over. So critical thinking and listening  within can save your future existence. When the trains coming down the track, it's a metaphor for any big thing coming at you say your health. You get warnings. Things are always changing. Think, then use your intuition, your god connection and finally taking action. It's  our choice to see that train a-comin. Or throw caution to the wind & proceed at our own peril. When these trains come,  always go within first before your next move. I find this way is best, in how the future plays out. If I use my will, its never as good as the divine will. A lot of times you have to wait til the time is right to make your move. And that wait time can be real hard to go through as I'm finding out.

2/21/2025 I Can Fix It

        More on living in the now. Snow is on the ground as I go to drop plastic bottles in recycling bin. I have small bags of trash as well. So I drop the 7 bottles into the trash can by mistake. They drop to bottom of 5 ft bin. Me not living in the moment. The recycle bin is at the curb, trash bin is next to the house. I went to curb to put the other bag of recyclables into the bin. Walking up the driveway, I spot a 3/4" 2 ft stick in the snow.  At the end of stick is a  2 in 45 degree  angle stub. Perfect. Reach into trash bin and I put the stub into the capless bottle, lifting them right out. Of course the last bottle has a cap on it. That one took a little longer, I had to squish it with stick against wall of bin and slowly bring it up against the bin. I got the job done.

       So,  by not being mindful, it cost me time. But spirit had a solution. I had to use my brain to recognize it. The tool to fix what I perceived to be a problem. This is minor. But it can come in handy when dealing with larger issues. Say on the road when driving. Not being mindful can cost you in time missed due to injury or court costs.. learn the small lessons. I fail alot with this mindfulness. But I see improvements, like not having to drive back home because I forgot something. Also, getting creative in fixing a problem I created.