Raoul’s Two Cents: September 26, 2025
Adam and Eve After the Fall
ADAM: Well, this is a fine mess you got us into.
EVE: I got us into?
You asked me to bite that apple!
So if I ask you to bite me, you’d bite me? Ouch!!
Yes, I would! (snickers)
You’re not the one I should have married!
Not the one?! Not the one?! I’m the ONLY one! Besides, I came here first! You’re supposed to be helping me!
SUPPOSED to?! SUPPOSED to?! Why? Because I’m a WOMAN?
Henceforth, I want to be a MAN!
You’re kidding, right?
No. I’m dead serious! I believe I am a man so address me as he/they/them.
Whatever for?
I want to assert my independence from your male-dominated world!
My WHAT world?
For years you have been bragging how much stronger you are than me. You go having fun hunting while I stay home and wash the … the … leaves! And you come in the cave with your dirty feet!
We haven’t invented shoes yet!
Well, you need to wash your feet before coming in our cave!
And what? Not bring in dirt on a dirty cave floor?
See?! See what you’re doing? You don’t understand me!
You’re right. I don’t understand you! Why are you always complaining?
(Starts to cry) I’m so unhappy. Our marriage is in shambles. My body’s changing and my stomach’s getting bigger.
Well, you shouldn’t have eaten that mammoth all by yourself.
0h, so now that I’m getting fat, you don’t love me anymore! (Cries buckets)
Aww honey … sweetheart … you know you’re literally the ONLY ONE for me. Fat or thin, man or woman, sad or angry, you’re still my one and only. I love you.
(Sigh!) I love you too. I guess I just needed attention.
C’mon baby, let’s make babies. C’mon honey, let’s make bunnies … let’s pro-cre-ate! (wink! wink!)
(giggles) I think we already have one.
* * * EPILOGUE * * * *
In today’s world full of angry protests, I think we’ve forgotten that we’re on the same expedition of life. Everyone is rushing up the mountain of power and pushing everyone else down. We should know it’s lonely on top of the mountain. Why would we want to go there?
It’s easy to complain and to destroy. It takes maturity to uplift and find solutions. It takes a split second to lash out, a minute to apologize, but takes years to heal. All of us have been hurt. Is it possible we just want to be heard? What if we start listening to each other’s hurt? What if we take a chance and forgive without expecting an apology?
Am I naïve to propose this? What’s your solution?
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Quotes of the Week
“Empathy is a necessary step for truth and reconciliation.” — Simon Baron-Cohen
“The quality of our lives depends not on whether or not we have conflicts, but on how we respond to them.” — Thomas Crum
“Bear with each other and forgive one another; if any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive as the Lord forgave you.” — Colossians 3:13
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” — James 4:6
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Tom
September 26, 2025 at 5:49 pm
Absolutely Classic Issue. This is a brilliant outlook on today’s concerns. THANKS
I WILL forward to many . Tom of Pasadena
Raoul
September 26, 2025 at 5:57 pm
Thanks for the huge approval. And also for sharing.
Been reading posts some people refuse to even discuss issues — as if they fear being proven wrong. I’m at the point where only godly intervention is the only hope. So sad.
I also think that one’s approach is very important. One cannot simply spit out facts arrogantly. If one really wants to win an “enemy’s” heart, one should talk humbly and prayerfully. That’s how I did it w a family member. I never got the satisfaction of saying “see? I was right!” The satisfaction comes in knowing she’s on my side now and I can share posts that used to offend her.
Tgif Tom.
Larry
September 26, 2025 at 5:51 pm
From the very beginning, the roles of the sexes were in dispute. What should a wife be, servant to a master? Partner? Baby making machine.
Not really. The man should be a leader, but a gentleman who has his wife’s interest in his mind and soul.
Eve is often portrayed as the one who brought Adam down into sin. We are all sinners.
Last night at church, this verse spoke to me.
For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
Romans 11:32
I am working on getting better. I believe we all need to improve.
I don’t usually bring scripture into my responses to your emails.
I know there is a light-hearted aspect, but you know me by now.
I am serious when it comes to scripture.
TGIF
Raoul
September 26, 2025 at 5:59 pm
Thx for the serious feedback.
You remind me of Mr Spock sometimes.
The dynamics between the sexes had indeed been pondered by wise men through the centuries. And when they think they’ve figured it out they fail in execution.
Sometimes people are too serious/ rigid / formulaic in their approach to relationships. It’s like dancing. Awful dancers count “1-2-3 forward step, 1-2-3 backward step.” But amazing dancers just glide with the rhythm. They are gifted that way.
The whole point in my article is to demonstrate how reconciliation in any situation may start — through proper conversation … figuring the best solution together and allowing grace to fill in the gaps.
Tgif
Heather
September 26, 2025 at 5:51 pm
All I can say is that men and women are lucky if they pick the right mate. It makes all the difference in the entirety of your life. Amen to that. Heaven
Raoul
September 26, 2025 at 6:00 pm
You are blessed to have a husband. it’s obvious how he brought joy and adventure in your life. The light u shared together continues to light the candles of people you come across with.
Tgif Heather.
Ed
September 26, 2025 at 5:52 pm
A winner with a twist.