As far as the all time greatest anything, people tend to forget. But worse yet, [many younger – and older 🤷‍♂️] people don’t even know who the best ever was. So these new lists they compile… 🤷‍♂️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏾‍♂️🤠

People who are terrified of not being on top, not being in charge, not making the rules, are not the people we need running this country. Very few people are -all the more successful- at doing the next right thing [across-the-board -very few under any circumstances in fact] under fear!

Is it better to endure the full brunt of responsibility, of accountability -or to seek a scapegoat? These are not easy questions to answer

One of the essences of spiritual growth is to deny or moderate the body’s demands – However in this country, we are going all out to supply whatever wants and demands it may make.

So often people will choose an inferior reward to a superior one. 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏻‍♀️

It’s unfortunate, but in our world in order to get the best, most of the time you have to bring something very valuable to the table. And most sad of all, this also includes human beings things not just material things. To get the most beautiful woman in the room often times a common man simply will not do.

TWO THINGS I had discussed previously:

1) That infidelity causes so much trouble in our society there should be consequences for. Why isn’t there? And 20 some years later we see the movie shattered with Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, Maria Bello.

2) Similarly, 20 some years ago I discussed I discussed how our our government does not want a citizenry filled with serene individuals. I quipped, imagine a army filled with non angry individuals. Now I run across this article on on the mindset of a soldier in America and how it must be changed if he is to become an effective war/killing machine! Problem is, this anger in our society carries over to all areas [Is this really the price we must/are willing to pay for having good soldiers?] Let me get that link:

https://www.quora.com/Why-were-the-Japanese-fighters-so-ruthless-in-World-War-II

Alcoholism and drug addiction are perhaps two of the supreme examples of how when when we veer away from God’s plan, we also veer away from the positive consequences associated with following that plan. We see how there is a correlation between man making his own way and the protections we have been afforded [in this country] in the past -slowly decaying! Protections other countries have not enjoyed so much.

By manipulating certain facts, WE ALTER THE DIRECTION OF SOCIETY, OF CULTURE [since they themselves tend to be partly fact-based, partly non-fact-based] -AND SINCE THERE IS LOW-PROBABILITY OF THE GENERAL POPULATION VERIFYING THOSE FACTS COUPLED WITH A HIGH-PROBABILITY NOW THAT FACTS ARE BEING MANIPULATED AND FOR AN INCREADING NUMBER OF REASONS… I’LL JUST SAY THESE ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TIMES FOR OUR WORLD 🌎 😪 😔 🙃 💔 🤧 🌎

An online scam comes in 2 forms:

1)undercharging (and never receiving item), and;

2)overcharging -what else?* 🤷‍♂️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏾‍♂️

Man has been given the ability to set the example for nature, and not merely to follow it’s own, often crude example! 🤷‍♂️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷‍♂️

When are more women going to start making values a priority rather than comfort [status in some instances?🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

*Similar to dysfunctional individuals -who generally overshoot or understood or misjudge timing.

Somehow, someway when a human-being is irked, they almost invariably at some point have to do things purely based on self! No matter how wrong it may be, no matter what it may cost -very few people will do everything by the book, to the letter when they are irked, resentful…

How we treat people in life; how we [eventually] grow to feel about them; depends largely upon the things we ourselves value in life!

They say what goes around comes around. We don’t give our all to GOD; but we ask, we expect the 🌎 from HIM! THINK ABOUT IT! 🤷‍♂️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏾‍♂️

WE, DON’T LIKE GETTING BACK WHAT WE PUT OUT OFTEN TIMES. IN FACT, WE OFTEN DESPISE GOD FOR GIVING US [ONLY] THAT WHICH WE OURSELVES HAVE ALLOWED FOR THROUGH OUR OWN CHOICES! THINK ABOUT IT 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷‍♂️ NOW IF GOD WERE STINGY, OR SPITEFUL, [OR EVEN EXACTING] RATHER THAN MERCIFUL AND GIVING… WELL, JUST IMAGINE! 🤔

We must always temper our feelings towards people and towards situations involving people with compassion.

These writings represent many things people have never thought about and many things people have thought about but never told anyone.

Many people in this country absolutely love the idea that they have lots of money in the bank. It just puts a smile on their face from here to Illinois. 😏

Most people I believe, are controlled by their fear. I guess I should preface that by saying that the greater the fear the more they are controlled by it. I know I have been for almost all of my life. Many people are unwilling to face their fears let alone overcome them or control them. What percentage of people go to shrinks? What percentage need a shrink? In most cases people will never be free from their fears unless they get rid of them, bring them down to a manageable size.

There’s a time and a place [and an area] to go beyond your limits and a time and a place to stay within them.

If a person fails at something they’re perfectly capable of succeeding at… Can you think of anything? Me: Is relationships, owning a home… 🤷‍♂️ Then it usually means we’ve made The Choice to fail, or to not succeed.

“… Not because of who we are but because of how we are!” Someone in the 7: A.M. Alcoholics Anonymous meeting this morning.

Regardless of [how good] the act -if your intentions are bad, it’s a sin!

Once you decide you like someone come all that’s left for them to do is be consistent from there on out. I have never been-and it’s cost me every time

You can’t defend the indefensible, SO WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE TRY?

If things haven’t worked out for you most of your life, then start doing them differently – It’s definitely a good place to start. I don’t know of anything that changes if nothing changes 🤷‍♂️

God wants us to learn how to love people in spite of who they are not because of who they are

If JESUS struggled, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT YHE GAME? 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷🏻‍♀️

TWO THINGS [relationships are predicated upon dynamically speaking]:

1) [showing you] WHO I AM;

2) [showing you] HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU!

The world doesn’t have to work a program in order to stay sober -I DO!