We’re slaves too 💰 because we’re slaves to our own physical existence -as opposed to our own spiritual existence. Our spirits are not even slaves to God -and yet and yet we allow ourselves to be slaves to money, to our selves.

When we think about what people have done to us to hurt us -we get angry at them.

When we begin to think along the lines of what we didn’t do (could, woulda, should…) -our anger begins to turn away from them and possibly towards ourselves moreso.

Some say anger is a normal, healthy emotion. In the Bible, Jesus appears to have gotten angry once or twice (and not because of how He was being treated) which tells me -if our 💕 are in the right place spiritually, most earthly things shouldn’t provoke us nearly as easily as they have in the past (present…).*(**)

Anger like anything else survives off of a source -thoughts usually. “What we focus on -we give power to”.

It’s easier not to exhibit anger -when we are free from anger. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️,

It’s easier to “act” sane -when we “are” sane.

Anger seldom says “come closer”. Maybe though “come closer if you dare”. The ego usually speaks through anger when it can’t get what it wants, or; is in danger of losing what it has.

“Happiness is not getting what you want, it’s wanting what you have”.

“If every day were a 🌞ny day, the trees would die and the flowers would wilt -thank God for the ⛅, the cloudy days which bring rain and much needed relief from the 🌞.” I heard a man say this once at the end of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

Judgement of others is always preceded by an opinion of others -try to avoid opinions of others.

Every time I choose to crack the door ever-so-slightly and peak in on one of my weaknesses, I almost invariably end up “walking through it”.

*Sidenote: A guy once told me, and I even remember where I was lol that’s how big an impression it made, “If you want to know the future -look at the past”.

**Some of us are seemingly addicted to anger -and that can be a hard habit to break.***

***Typically The (bad) habits that linger -tend to be those we hang on to willfully. The one’s we water, and prune, and add “Miracle-gro” to and of course -JUSTIFY.

I can do things and make a woman fall in love with me-but if it’s not me…

I can beat myself-or at least be where I’m at, and probably no woman will fall in love with me.

I think a lot of people struggle with what they want, what they need, what they think they won’t come with a think they need, Being themselves calm up being where they’re at – And accepting the limitations that go along with it.

Is it better to be (your) true (self) to yourself, and be alone – or to be someone else and not be alone?

The thing about this whole process is it can be a very long time to Come into our full selves potentially -a self that in certain respects garners as many of the things we value, and yearn for, and need in life. Most of us get into relationships many many years before we’re able. You say well how are we supposed to learn if we don’t… Well learning should probably start after we’ve learned something about ourselves -not during, not after.

And then there’s that crucial thing where we knowe need to decide if we want to make who who we truly are, who God intended for us to be -a priority versus What we need to do, once again, to get the things out of life we desire and feel we need.

At the end of the day of boils down to this: When we become the person God intended for us to be -we give up some things -and we gain some things. When we become the person we want to be -we give up some things -and we gain some things. When we choose the latter, we tend not to learn things like patience; we tend to gain wisdom and experience, more so through pain and suffering, theough being at odds with others. Let’s face it, we live in a now society – And more often than not, God doesn’t do now’s! God does principles and that’s how we are formed in his image – Just like a piece of coal becoming a diamond. While a crappy knife or sword is fashioned very hastily from a shitty piece of metal.*

Like I have often said:

“When we’re younger; we want to be older; when we’re older we want to be younger. When we’re young; we want to be able to do adult-things. When we’re old; we want to be able to do the things we did when we were young(er)”.**

*Sure, we can cheat by appearing to be something we’re not -as a man, get the girl we want… end up with heartbreak 6 months or 5 years later. People do the same thing with jobs-would ultimately end up cheating the employer and the public.

**When were young we don’t have the money. When we’re middle aged we don’t have the time. When we’re all we don’t have the strength. You see a lot of 60 something’s running around this town driving a Corvette. 😆

Be careful what you share with people-today your lover, tomorrow your enemy.

Man always has to form an opinion of something-that is when hes busy not bothering to form one at all where he should. Sometimes it’s best not to form an opinion-especially when it comes to our fellow human beings.

We put things out of our mind so we don’t have to look at them – But worse still, we put things out of remind so we don’t have to do anything about them – So we don’t have to sacrifice our own… There are a lot of people in this country who are. “Well-off”; and they’re still running around like there are few dollars away from poverty. People like my aunt and Uncle who grew up poor but have a wonderful life today – Still carry those memories of poverty which prevent them from giving of what they’ve been given to those truly in need. I don’t think I’ve ever seen my aunt Uncle roll down their window and offer a homeless person on the corner some change. And these are devout members of our Christian church. That is definitely not the Christian spirit. A lot of christians will do a lot of things but they won’t cut loose of their money.*

*Ypou can throw me in there too except for the part where I do a lot of things besides give my money -I’m ashamed to say I haven’t given much money -and I haven’t done a lot of things either. 😏

Life’s hard enough without us making it harder for each other.

Let me ask you this, how much easier would life be if the people around you gave a damn -are you going to tell me that life is still so hard in this country for everybody -that we have no consideration left for others? BOLLOCKS! The way most people in this country live -the more you make the more you spend. Nobody leaves anything in the tank to help their fellow man with? Not financially. Not morally. Imperial not physically. Not psychologically. Not emotionally.

My father passed away around the HIM now – His brother gives me some idea of what I can look forward to looking like in about 25 years

I guess you have to be gentle at times with people -I think I struggle with that quality. I have a constant beef with humanity… Where I live they keep you on your toes. They have a survivors (you or me) mentality here. Lot of hurt women who gave a beef with men. Makes it hard for me to let down my guard. I guess it’s a bad combination for me with my early childhood experiences-being judged alot, and abused mostly by women. Being stereotyped as able really hurts.

Some people possess the ability to imagine reality -what something will look like from this angle, or after this takes place or a clock ticking away or a measurement with a ruler or tape measure being used (only in their mind), speed/mph/kph…

It’s impossible to look at ourselves and feel animosity towards others which normally comes from outward blame.*

Gratitude is a necessity not a luxury

They say happiness is a choice; but first it must be an ability before it can be an option -as with anything.

*Just as it is impossible to feel anger and gratitude at the same time.