life changes

here I go again...life is about to change, yet again.
embarking on a trip with good friends at the ripe old age of 43 as my wife tells me...your the old guy...she's right. I am the oldest of the group. So here is the old guy telling you this; life changes as much or as little as you want it to. I want it to change, grow and prosper.
My flight leaves at 6:00AM...i have lived for this type of adventure and yearn for it.
get out and often. couch it no more. see, feel, taste, touch and smell the adventure.
what will i experience, what will i feel.

enjoy the day wherever you are.
live today for today...not tomorrow; for today.
what tomorrow brings...if it should be brought...ahhh then you have another fantastic opportunity.
see you in a week.

Thanks Fred

as mentioned....been a bit stressed , going away and all. lots to do...figure out etc and then the mail came.

In it was a picture of the Grand Tetons and a note from one of my campanions, Bill;

SOON

And God said, "This is very, very good." Come & see My wonders, My creation, see My kindness and my strength. This is for you to enjoy and to see that I care so much for you. See that I am so in control. See that you are part of My creation, but you are my very best!

breathe deep...God loves you...my worries are His.

gone in 60 seconds

looks like i will be out-of-town for the next 7 days...enjoy yourselves.
i will have ZERO internet acccess in the wilds of the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone, i'll be lucky if the cell works.

been a bit stressed....gotta get rest and PACK

eyes open

and the last sentence in the liner notes is....
Mums and Dads of the world be patient with your children.

Question of the Morning

And now for today's early morning question...

Name your all-time favorite flavor of Water Ice.

It Happened

Amazing was right, it didn't happen exactly the way he said, but it was close.

I have not played the guitar for about 8 days and I have picked my guitar up a few times in the last week, but I haven't played for a stretch. I have been itching to play...it feels great when I play and I enjoy learning the craft.

So I got up extra early @ 5:50AM to prepare for a day in NYC at the National Stationary Show, more greeting cards then you would ever want to see. More Blackberries and Treos then you would ever want to see...we do lead a busy life, don't we?

I came home to an empty house. I watered my garden. My favorite daughter came home snuck up behind me whilst I was watering the garden and freaked me out. I ate an apple. I checked and responded to my emails. I looked at the mail. I got changed and I picked up my guitar...it needed tuning and during the tuning process a string broke. I replaced the string and being fully in tune began to play. My daughter was in her room and she was also doing some wash so she would go by me from time to time. As is customary, she ignored my playing. In my daughter's presence, for some strange reason, I play best. I unabashedly play and sing for no fear of criticism. My wife, the beautiful one doesn't critique my playing nor does anyone really, but when my favorite daughter is "in the house" while I play...I play confidently.

I played some Springsteen and another song or two as I leafed thru my song listings and then I came to Heroes. I love to sing this song while I play and I really get into the singing portion of it. I also have the chords down fairly well and when I was just over 1/2 way thru the song my favorites daughter's boyfriend, "Bad News Johnny" walked in....BTW---He isn't really "bad news" we just call him that. I continued to play acknowledging Johnny visually and him me. I could tell he was enjoying the song and the next thing you know...he sat down and listened to me complete the song and was tapping his foot. Thank God for small miracles.

mondays and tuesdays and wednesdays et al

so begins another week as another weekend comes to an end.
what a life we lead.
lets see....friday and saturday----race day in the pine barrens
Sat nite @ Moes!! HOT---HOT---HOT

Sunday----worship God and jump out of my box with a bit of a prayer request---Aub's and Dawn were in town...really, really sweet having them here.

Mon AM drop off two cars at the repair shop....can't wait for that to complete :(

Forgot to add that I stopped at an awesome garden ctr on Sat....got some really cool plants at good prices.

Life is good.

Visitor from corporate today and a trip to NYC tomorrow.
All the while....may Christ shine out from me during all this.

True intentions
What matters
none of this save leading others to know and live for Him who gives life.

I hope and pray that my example reflects that.

in closing----the sky is awesome the temps are sweet and i feel that sometimes I really need to do a reality check.

testing 1 2 4

test___

life is NOT a test of the Emergency Broadcast System so don't be idle...be proactive

enjoy-
love one another
be kind

E. Vedder once said: There are no rights and wrongs only good and bad

Be good.....K?

Love ya!


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