I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, but not a whole lot has been happening that’s really worth mentioning. I do find it kind of funny because it seemed before when I didn’t have this blog, a lot of stuff was happening, but now I can’t find anything interesting to talk about. But, hopefully, I will get better at this. So, please bear with me, as I will try to update this more frequently. Thanks.
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The following was taken from the USA Today website under Tuesday Tidbits.
— Otis Williams, the last surviving original Temptations member, paid Taylor Hicks a compliment in a recent interview posted on turkGEEK: “I really like Taylor Hicks,” Williams said when asked about American Idol. “I like his deliverance, and he can sing.”
I got this in an email and wanted to share!
On the first day, God created the dog and said:
‘Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.’
The dog said: ‘That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I’ll give you back the other ten?’
So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the monkey and said:
‘Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I’ll give you a twenty-year life span.’
The monkey said: ‘Monkey tricks for twenty years? That’s a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?’
And God agreed.
On the third day, God created the cow and said:
‘You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer’s family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.’
The cow said: ‘That’s kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years… How about twenty and I’ll give back the other forty?’
And God agreed again.
On the fourth day, God created humans and said:
‘Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I’ll give you twenty years.’
But the human said: ‘Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?”
Okay,’ said God, ‘You asked for it.’
So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.
I receive a daily devotional from the Purpose Driven website. Today’s devotion was on Resisting Disouragement. The key verse was:
“So don’t get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time” (Galatians 6:9 NLT)
In the devotion he says:
Ask yourself these questions:
• How do I handle failure?
• When things don’t go my way, do I get grumpy?
• When things don’t go my way, do I get frustrated?
• When things don’t go my way, do I start complaining?
• Do I finish what I start?
• How would I rate on persistence?
If you’re discouraged, don’t give up without a fight. Nothing worthwhile ever happens without endurance and energy.
I wanted to share this because I know there are many times when I am grumpy, especially first thing in the morning. Either I’ll be running late, I can’t find something, or I’ve forgotten something. So, by the time I get ready to head out the door, I just want to give up and start the day over. Usually, for me, it seems that if I’ve already had a bad morning, it makes for a really bad day.
I also tend to complain or get frustrated easily, which is what happend to me yesterday because I couldn’t get my work done. It was so noisy and I couldn’t concentrate. Finally, when it finally calmed down & I could concentrate on my work, I’d got upset because someone would want to talk or ask me a question. I wasn’t mean or angry with them, but I’m sure they noticed, by the tone of my voice, that I was a little upset and frustrated. I eventually had to take a break so I could calm my nerves.
There have also been many times that I’ve tried starting a specific project and would easily get frustrated when things aren’t going the way I want them to. I’ve wanted to give up many times, but I’ve noticed from past experience that things don’t always go as planned, but as long I don’t give up and keep trying, things will usually work itself out. Sometimes even better than I had first planned.
If you’d like to read the full devotional, I’ve shared the link below.
http://www.purposedriven.com/article.do?method=articlePage&contentId=201822
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