🦃🦃🦃🦃 2021 November FROM MY PERSPECTIVE
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no
understanding. The highest form of
knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in
another’s world. It requires profound
purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.” Plato
Everyone has an opinion, but not everyone has empathy, in my experiences
with people.
A while ago, I saw a bumper sticker that said, “I’m a
veterinarian, therefore, I can drive like an animal.” All of a sudden I realized how many
proctologists are on the roads. This is
a segue to an encounter I had with a nasty person. I’ve always tried to tell a person off
politely and remain a lady. This person
was being most irritating and their actions and words were becoming
hurtful. I told them they needed to go
see a proctologist. They snarled,
“Why?” I told them, “Your words and
actions are hemorrhoid-like, and you know where that’s a pain.”
Seeing a picture of a daughter wrapped in a snuggle blanket
sitting on a comfy chair. The picture of
this gal said, “I’m going to Mom’s and let her take care of the kids while I
totally relax like I can’t at home.” It reminded me of one of my own. I have one who will come over and we'll be
talking. I'll look over and they will
be asleep. They've told me, "It's so peaceful and quiet here,
Mom." I've told them I have some
empty beds they can go to and sleep. They reply, "No, I’m staying here
because if I go to one of the beds, you're not next to me." My heart is
full.
GREIGE PRONUNCIATION: (grayzh)
MEANING: noun: 1. A color between gray and beige. (In my definition, it is dull dinge; little
hand/finger prints on the clean walls greige) ETYMOLOGY: For noun,
adj. 1: A blend of gray + beige. Earliest documented use:1927. (Ha!!!
When children put their dirty hands on the walls is the earliest use of that
word.)
From time to time, I read the philosophy of Nietzsche just
to think about his perspective of “To do is to be.” Then, along comes Kant whose philosophy is
“To be is to do.” Finally, while
listening to Frank Sinatra singing, he breaks out with, “Do be do be do.”
Don’t worry about the hater.
They are just angry because the truth you speak contradicts the lie they
live. Truth is hate to those who hate
the truth.
“Ohh, I can smell the pies cooking,” I thought to myself as
I approached Aint Daisy’s front screen door.
I knocked, and she called out, “Y’all come on in. I’m in the kitchen, so come set a spell and
chat.” I pulled out the old, wooden
chair and sat behind the multiple pies which were cooling on the racks on the
table. “I know you love cherry pie, so
grab a plate and cut yerself a piece.
‘Got some fresh lemonade, too.” I
obeyed her words and could hardly wait to eat the pie and sip the
lemonade. The few bites of pie were
wonderful, slightly warm, crispy crust, and sweet, sweet cherries and
filling. I took a drink of the lemonade
and shuddered. “Oh, Aint Daisy, the pie
and lemonade do not taste good together,” I exclaimed. She chuckled telling me, “Chile, that’s sort
of the way it is with some people---they’re sweet alone, but sometimes when you
put another sweet one with them, the combination gets sour. So, be careful who and what you put together
for your enjoyment.” Another lesson from
the Lady of the Holler.
More than ½ of the bones in your body are in your hands and
feet. The strongest muscle in the human
body is the tongue---it can build, or it can tear down in a few quick
movements.
Recent gasoline prices at a station: UNLEADED: LOL 9/10;
PLUS: OMG 9/10; PREMIUM:
WTF 9/10. I couldn’t stop
laughing. For those of you who don’t
know the “computer slang”, here is a translation: LOL=laughing out loud; OMG=oh my god;
WTF=what the f**k. Appropriate pricing,
huh?
Have you ever skipped rocks on the surface of a lake or deep
creek? I have and found it fun and
required a skill of: finding just the
right flat rock, how you hold a rock, and how you throw it. The goal is to have the rock skip more than
twice and then sink. Did you know pumice
is the only rock which floats?
"One isn't necessarily born
with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot
practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful,
generous, or honest." (Maya Angelou) Those of you who have practiced the
virtues of kind, true, merciful, generous, or honesty now know from where they
truly came. Kindness, truthfulness,
mercifulness, generosity, and honesty all have an opposite. It takes courage to continue any of these in
the face of the opposite.
Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love
you want to give, but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers in the corners
of your eyes and run down your cheeks; the lump in your throat that keeps you
from talking; and in the hollow part of your chest that has your name on it.
Grief is just love with no place to go.
ILY/143 Forever.
“Success has many fathers/mothers; failure is an
orphan.” Alsair
News flash: Queen Elizabeth of England doesn’t like the
smell of hamburgers cooking. Well! Right there tells me she could never be an
American.
Clichés: little phrases that help one understand or appreciate a situation they are experiencing. Here are some to think about and my thoughts about each one.
1. There is harmony in disharmony---right, and a
good fight clears the air! 2. Feeling bad is just a new sensation---so,
maybe I don’t like new so well. Remember
how new shoes feel? 3. Tomorrow is another day---of course it is,
Einstein!! 4. There is a light at the
end of the tunnel---and it happens to be the train, for crying out loud! 5.
After the rain comes the rainbow---not really, what about all that mud? 6. Midnight is where the day begins---unless
you live in Northern Alaska. Then, it’s
6 months of daylight at midnight. 7.
Life’s not so bad when you consider the alternative---ohreally? The alternative has
silence, no decisions, no telemarketers, no dirty dishes, no toilets to clean,
no lines of waiting, no road rage, no stress.
8. When in doubt, consult your inner child---I did and we played hide
and seek all day, colored (I stayed in the lines), took a nap, and had cookies
and milk. 9. Beauty is in the eye of the
beholder---and I’ve seen some blind-struck beholders, too. 10.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade---I make lemon pie. Where is Soupy Sales? Actually, a little
vodka in it isn’t so bad, either.
Brenduhh and I went looking for a pumpkin to make desserts with. We arrived at the farmer’s field, looked it over, and started to walk. Me: “Well, there surely are a lot of them. Which one do you think looks good?” Breduhh: “That one over there…as she points in a direction. Me: “Which one?” Brenduhh: “The orange one.” Me thinking: “Great! That narrows is down a bit.”
Peace, smiles, and good thoughts------------Trudy
