MOMENT BY MOMENT
This
TGIF issue is long. Very long. It's got long jokes and long videos. I
think they're interesting and entertaining but they're just long. You
wanna spend the next 2 hours doing nothing else? Then go ahead and read
and watch everything. Otherwise, take a bite at a time. I know some of
you rush through life and take a few stuff here and there and that's perfectly
fine. That's what this email's all about anyway. Relax. Enjoy your time.
Learn something.
Watched
a Robert De Niro movie called "Everyone's
Fine." I cried. Yeah, I know. I'm a push over when it comes to
family relationships. Gets me every time. But that movie hit home
in many ways. I think of retirees who followed the road map that everyone
follows. You know --- the one that says get an education, get a job, work
hard, earn as much as you can for your family, etc.. To their chagrin,
many senior citizens, in their sunset years discover that the road map
also ends. Where do you go from there? After you build your castle, why
isn't anyone there? Many, like De Niro in the movie, realize they never
really knew their kids. Sounds like the song "Cats
in the Cradle," doesn't it? After all their years of labor, they're
left out in the cold --- alone, separated from their children with health
issues that confine them to the prison of their home.
What's
it all about, Alfie? Is it just for the moment we live? Without God
(without that spiritual dimension) life is indeed just for that moment.
How sad.
I
know of an atheist who confided that she wished she had the faith that
I have so life would be more meaningful. Strange but honest wish.
The longest distance in the world? About 9 inches -- the distance between
your heart and your brain.
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Wisdom
from Tom of Pasadena, CA 
If you want to Walk Fast, Walk Alone! But if you
want to Walk Far, Walk Together.
Thanks
to this week's winners:
Tom and Art of Pasadena; Mike of New York; Charlie of New Jersey;
Don of Kelowna; Rick of Chino Hills; Santi of Mandaluyong; and
Amy of Singapore.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal
life.
--- John 3:16
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Comments
Anonymous
Sat, 08/15/2015 - 03:29
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Enlightening End Times
Wow, I haven't started the videos, but had to tell you "End of Times" was very enlightening for me today. I'm going to try to think a second time before charging into a situation.
Also, I cannot wait for Grandchildren to get home from school, so I can ask them to read the one-liners, pretty funny !
Debbie of Moreno Valley, CA
Anonymous
Sat, 08/15/2015 - 03:31
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A Classic
Thanks Raoul,
A real Classic and wonderful to peruse at my leisure.
Tom
Anonymous
Sat, 08/15/2015 - 03:32
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Hot Weekend
Wow, I won!!!
Thank you bro!
The hot weekend is here, keep that A/C pumping.
Rick of Chino Hills, CA
Anonymous
Sat, 08/15/2015 - 03:33
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Liked the Blog
Liked the topic of your blog: "What's it all about?"
We, in our autumn years realize that so well, and Happy to say, that the Lord has been good to us in our autumn years. I've just finished re-reading my favorite author, Rosamunde Pilcher, "The Shell Seekers", and am struck by a phrase: " One of the great gift of parents to their children is their independence. Provide for your old age so you do not have to burden your children with having to take care of you. "
Dette of Mindanao, Philippines
Anonymous
Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:26
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End Times Shocker
Wow, I haven't started the videos, but had to tell you "End of Times" was very enlightening for me today. I'm going to try to think a second time before charging into a situation.
Also, I cannot wait for Grandchildren to get home from school, so I can ask them to read the one-liners, pretty funny !
Debbie of Moreno Valley, CA