Alot of people seem capable of getting a partner -but they just can’t seem to keep them (happy).

2 ways of easing a burden:

•Lighten the load

•Get stronger

I find the latter of particular interest -and especially challenging!

One of the things I regret most about the town I live in is that it has done little to further my social skills and my interactive skills with others -That is an attribute from my childhood that could have been very much improved upon -and I’ve seen, and received very little proper instruction in this area from those around me.

One thing I’ve learned from my relationship with Ana, is that in times of great difficulty or stress, even if you have to fudge the truth a little bit -you must always seek to minimize panic and fear, while fostering a feeling of Hope, safety.. For many years I didn’t do this so well. Sighs 😔

Men who are grossly overweight… I have found that even after many of these men have lost weight, they have a great natural strength to them.

Even if you cannot afford the best brands, always keep in mind that at that very moment 😔 there are people who cannot even afford that. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️

Invent something and then figure out what it can be used for later. Like for instance a bag filled with water, you try to lift it up and the sides push away -they resist. Create a container that when you try to lift it it doesn’t resist like that outwardly. Only downwardly perhaps. If you can solve the issue of the latter too lol

Compressible storage containers (accordion) are probably nothing new at this point but the idea came to me some 20 years ago.

Those of you who are parents, those of you who are fighting to become, or remain the best possible parent you can -in spite of the tremendous obstacles encountered by a parent in modern day America… the next time you should pause to reflect on the great challenge in front of you, and the mighty effort you have put forth thus far -think of God; the God many have chosen to to turn their backs on; the God who has precisely the same feelings for you you have for your own children (because we are created in His image and likeness) X’s infinity*!!!!

* There may be one difference however that leads to a greater understanding of God than perhaps any other -He doesn’t come running to bail us out every time we have a problem.

•He can withstand listening to us moan and cry and even curse Him -in an effort to prompt us to grow more and more in His likeness

•The last thing God wants to do is punish us -which is why He gave us such things as: common sense; brains to think; consequences for our actions Built-in to the fabric of the universe; the ability to feel pain that we might recoil from unpleasant or harmful things (but to also feel many, many wonderous things).

Some people think feelings are a curse. Well I suppose depends on 2 things:

•How we look at things

•How we choose to live

The notion that God has so much and we have so little… the idea that God has so much to offer and we have so little… quite often clouds the thought/interplay/dynamic of “giving and receiving” between “The Almighty” and we who are “mere mortals”. While, as my grandmother so eloquently put it -many times, “We can never outgive God”, this great truth should never preclude, or detour us from another great truth “God has feelings too!” Any of you parents out there who have a child whom you only hear from when they need something….. You know exactly what I’m talking about! Any of you parents out there who have a child whom you only hear from when they need something….. 😔 know exactly what I’m talking about!

Next ⏲ 🤔 let’s try doing it simply to put a smile on God’s face -He, like all of us, can sometimes use a little cheering up!

Who we are is a reflection of that which made us -and if you think about that more deeply than you probably have in the past; you will then come to realize that God has feelings too! AMEN 🙏

Some not-so-great people make great 1st impressions.

Some great people make not-so-great 1st impressions.

So just what does it mean in these two very polarizing axioms?

A lot of not so great people get given a first, 2nd, 3rd chance. Well a lot of great people often don’t.That is why so many men, and women, try so hard to capture the hearts of the object of their desire -because with out this, a person sadly lacking in… stands no chance whatsoever -is destined for a life of loneliness, isolation… This also goes for people who are actually quite decent but lack the necessary requisites -none the less. I hate to say this but it’s true -once you capture a person’s heart and reveal who who you truly are, for better or for worse, many people will have a very difficult time unitaching themselves -especially when the individual across from them is continually badgering them anduring them and manipulating them -even threatening them in some cases. 😔

I really hate to see bad people exploiting good people. I really hate to see good-❤ed people being abused. There are some people who have a knack for bringing out the worst in others (base-model) -while there are others who appear to need little or no provocation whatsoever (fully-loaded).

Some people appear to be perfectly at-ease -in a world where they probably shouldn’t 🤷‍♀️🤔🤷‍♂️