Selfish acts are not just done consciously they’re done subconsciously. We have to retrain ourselves. Put into our minds and into our hearts new scenarios of selflessness replacing those of selfishness.

N.A.A.

Not anger, action!

When you make a mistake, think it through how you might have done it differently. Keep doing this so that you can get into your mind and into your routine how to do something differently in the future.

If a good thought comes to mind it’s probably God reminding you in you to… If a good thought comes to mind it’s probably God reminding you is in you to…

STRANGE 🍇🍉🍊🍋🍌🍍🥭

I have this odd thought -Somebody severely brutalizes an innocent or helpless individual, then gets put in a cell, fed 3-squares, goes to court, then gets sent to another cell, fed 3-squares… seems odd to me (in an unChristian-like sort of way). Thought: 🤔 “No wonder we have so much (violent) crime in this country”.*(**)

*I was told in treatment a long time ago that if an alcoholic suffered a hangover immediately after taking a drink he’d never drink again 🤔

**I’m not naive enough to believe, as some folks do, that all violent offenders are solely, or even primarily (in all cases?) responsible for their (own) actions. There is enough blame to go around for everyone! Besides, if you’re going to use society itself as a baseline -GOOD LUCK THERE BROTHER! 😏

•THERE’S JUST TOO MANY VARIABLES ON BOTH SIDES (regarding society and the individuals themselves).

I’VE GOT A SECRET

“I have a problem with life”.

“Well trust me, you’re far from alone there me Bucko”.

Sidenote: Several years ago I decided to see how long it would take me to do 10,000 writings. It took approximately 2 years, three and a half to four months. 14 a day?

THREE TIMES A LADY!

The worst thing a man can do to a woman is -to crowd her. The 2nd worst thing is -to treat her like she don’t matter.

•Title credited to the song of the same name. “Three Times a Lady” is a 1978 song by American soul group the Commodores for their album Natural High, written by lead singer Lionel Richie. It was produced by James Anthony Carmichael and the Commodores. [Source:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Times_a_Lady].

DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME

Try listening to the same song over and over and see what happens to your brain-waves.*

Try staring @ the same picture…

*During times of great fear, I notice two things:

•I get a song in my head I’m not particularly fond of, and

•It can play in my head, sometimes for a couple of days -I find this sort of pattern especially stressfull**

**They say a man can’t hold 2 thoughts in his head at the same time… There have been times where I can think about something at the same time music is going on in the background in my head and… do something out in the real world -albeit something fairly simple of course. When things are really bad I wake up with a song already playing – as if it’s been going in my sleep.

WHILE YOU WERE AWAY…

During my visit to Wheeling, West Virginia I noticed something very interesting. They had an abundance of water and foliage and and pretty decent weather for a Winter back East. I also noticed the people were very friendly and there were a lot of families about -Children with mothers and fathers who seemed very close. When I would come back home to the state I reside in -a state riddled with crime, poverty, drought, increasing temperatures… The people here are not particularly friendly, and the family unit is broken… I may have a few things confused here but it just seemed to me, as in the Bible – The people who were trying to live by God’s rule were blessed and the people who were not -were not. I may not know wheeling West Virginia all that well but I know the town where I live in pretty well. Domestic violence, incest, crime, infidelity…. blatant disrespect for one another – I don’t know how many times I’ve been flipped off or cut off on the road… Anyways, I guess you can draw your own conclusions.* 🤷‍♂️

*Like I always say-you can argue a man’s opinions but you can’t argue his experiences!

A GREAT TRUTH

Perhaps one of the greatest truths in our known universe -and beyond is that everything has a lifeline! Good and evil. Bad and good… Cancer…

There’s 2 ways to kill something -if it can be killed at all:

•Cut it off from its’ source

•Significantly counter, or overwhelm its’ source (or it).