You can’t knit pick somebody to death or you alienate them. Now I realize some of us are more aware of things than others.. But no one was ever more aware of things than Jesus liikely to micromanage anything or anyone. He knew what was important and what wasn’t -as well as the gentle* balance between that and the person He was dealing with.

*While I was in the restroom writing up “what’s wrong with this picture”, a couple of other thoughts came to mind that left me almost as quickly as they came. For the life of being I couldn’t remember what they were -I prayed to God to help me remember. That was right around 40 or 45 minutes ago. The 1st one just came to me “gentle”, while writing this blog (co)incidentally!**

So anyways, the thought that came to mind that had slipped my mind goes like this: Situations, or circumstances which call for gentleness are far more prevalent than we human beings have a tendency to recognize-or be inclined towards.

** And by the way, there are no such thing as co-incidences only God-incidences!

When your mind thinks something is a big deal…

When your mind thinks something is not a big deal….

What’s the difference in your attitude, demeanor, performance?

How does one become aware of something they’re not aware of?

Focus is the only thing.

Many of us don’t realize the powerful message moods themselves send.

Is this the best we can do after several 1000 years as a species?

Thoughts:

•Certain… hmmmm… IGNORANCE, MALICIOUSNESS, BENIGNESS, INDIFFERENCE (THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE -NOT HATE) -THAT WE THINK IS THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES! And not all in equal numbers 🤷‍♂️ Besides, 3 out of the 4 wouldn’t exactly make my hit-list.

Things don’t change because:

•Some people don’t care

•Some people don’t know how to change things

•Some people don’t know there’s anything wrong

•Some people exploit the problems

•There are two forces pulling at us:

-one pushing us up hill

-one pulling us down…

Take a guess which man is more willing to comply with?

The most overused and underused phrase in the human language (“Silly aren’t I(t)?).*

“I LOVE YOU”

*Only (we) humans could manage to do both 🤔

•Title taken from Trix (commercial), an American brand of breakfast cereal made by General Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the North American market and by Cereal Partners (using the Nestlé brand) elsewhere in the world. The cereal consists of fruit-flavored, sweetened, ground-corn pieces [Source:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_(cereal)].

I think sometimes society gets the idea that that they can’t have everything their own way… And what gets lost in the translation is that a lot of the things the that they can and should have -get tossed in (there’s that word ahain “confusion” (ambiguity)). They accept those things because they don’t know know they (we) shouldn’t!

A guy recently commented that cussing is spiritual. That I reserve the right to cuss if I want to -and nobody has the right to judge me for doing so. My personal view:

“If I’m cussing and somebody takes offence I’m probably going to think twice about my behavior. If I’m helping a little lady across the street and an onlooker takes offence – I’ll probably dismiss it. Bottom line -we must constantly be open to changing and improving ourselves as human beings. Our instincts (common-sense), as well as those surrounding us -work in tandem to guide us.

Some people don’t handle power (nor authority) too well. I notice (first hand as well) in the area I live in, certain minorities/ cultures let power go to their head (more than others it seems).

Sexual power, and the individuals who (seem to feel they) possess it -are no exception!

Daisy, it’s quite obvious, not only needs me -she loves me. I picked her out (she picked me) from a litter of 4 or 5 as I recall 🤔 -when she was 2 1/2-3 months. Ray, Ana’s husband (she lives with them and is Vista with me for the week), even commented “Daisy really loves Richard” (I guess from her whimpering when she sees me from the car as they pull up for an occasional visit). SHE NEEDS ME -AND SHE WANTS ME.*(**)

*A very sad but widespread thing is present in our 🌍. Alot of our human relationships are predicated on need -where there is no love (inside as well as outside the home). Many women sought to correct this issue -not by increasing love in their marriage -but by increasing their incomes (so they could leave -some I believe took the importance of their place in the home too lightly -or were treated as such 😔). And alot of relationships have desire, but no passion (love). Love should increase over time not decrease -and there’s a very simple way of accomplishing that.

**I have never really been treated, by my father, friends, women/partners like I was needed -I have often gotten the feeling, thru numerous relationships, that a lot of women feel that if a man has no usefulness… of what good are they?***

Need, desire, and want all play an important role in our relationships. Sex I would say 🤔, let me see, I’m 57 now 😄… I used to say 10%, now I’ll make it 5! Some people make it 30, 40, 50, 80%… and more! Which would be fine -except for the problems that (always) follow later!

You can never make a good decision out of desperation or fear or dependence.

***In our society it’s acceptable for a woman to depend on a man financially but not acceptable for a man to depict depend on a woman financially.. Hes a user if hes doing so. The fact of the matter is both men and women “use”**** one another. And some people don’t! There’s a difference between using people and relying on them. And I think men and women both are capable of either.

**** People use each other all the time! The question is whether it is consensual and whether it is with one’s own knowledge (You can have knowledge, but not consent -but you can’t have consent without knowledge -I suppose).*****

*****It’s amazing to me how so many people know nothing about how they feel about something or someone. It’s important for us to know:

•Where we stand so

•We can let other people know where we stand so

•They can figure out where they stand and

•in turn let us know…

And then of course, this is how people DO OR DO NOT COME TO SOME SORT OF UNDERSTANDING… alot of people, based on fear, embarrassment, or worse… hide their innermost thoughts and feelings.

Anyways, it has been a wonderful few days spent with this lovely little creature who both “wants and needs” me. Thank You Lord… in the midst of this vast and beautiful thing we call “the universe” you took the time to think of me (too) 😪