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Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;out of all that

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springs a tiny seed of Hope & Faith it's there - it's always there - it's just up to us to find it.

......Where there is darkness, light; Darkness= lacking light,gloomy,  this could take all sorts of directions, meaning a thousand and one things Rather than talking  philosophy here lets agree ther are two sides to every issue and our choice  usually effects the outcome as to which we feel. 

and where there is sadness, joy. Which would you rather feel?

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much

......Seek to be consoled as to console; CONSOLE = Comfort it' all in the fact of understanding. 

To be understood as to understand UNDERSTAND =  ( sorry folks )  this one is a soap box issue with me.  There is a difference between Sympathy and Empathy. Between saying you understand and realy meaning it. No one - in my opinion can or will will ever UNDERSTAND  anything till they've actually experenced it.  If you haven't- don't say you did! It would be better to say you sympathise - the person will be  more comforted  by you being truthfull.

.....To be loved as to love; LOVE = affection, like, adore, kindness, cherish im sure you could think of a thousand diferent ways to express that word. Especially with Valentines Day comming up soon. Yet think about it.  dosen't giving a friendly and positive responce always feel better than a negative one?

For it is in giving  that we receve;  Try this for one day each.  One day SMILE at every one- i mean EVERYONE!  The next day FROWN at everyone - then compare the two days and decide which made you feel better.

....it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;PARDON = allowance, forgiveness,indulge, releace that's the word I want - to releace, to let go of.........  The pardon or the forgiveness isn't  always for the person or persons who did us wrong. Chances are they may not be aware they said or did somthing wrong, and they feel fine.  Yet the situation is eating us to pieces from the inside out.  Talk it out with them - releace it - so both of you feel better.

.....and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. ETTERNAL = endless, constent, nonstop, timeless  Timeless, that's one way  maybe of saying unforgetable.  Is there someone - friend or familey - that  has so touched  your life that their memory will live on and on - forever in your mind. Do you strive to act like or to think like or be like them in some small way?  Would that not be commiting their life to ETERNITY?

My friend sent me this

........E  OLD  GEEZER  TEST I couldn't stop laughing. Do you remember any of these....?

1. Where did headlight dimmer switches use to be located?

a. on the  floor shift knob

b. on the floor, left of the clutch

c. next to the horn 

The answer is......b. ....on the floor, left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe, took til the 60's to catch on 

2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle has holes in it. For what was it used?

a.  Capture lighting bugs

b. To sprinkle clothes  before ironing

c. Large salt shaker

The answer is.....b....there were no steam irons back then. Todays answer would be - WHO IRONS?  

Piqued your intrest? check out the last 9  blogs before this one.

3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters? 

a.  cows got cold and wouldn't produce

b. ice on the highways forced delivery by dog sled

c. Milkmen left deliveries outside doors and the milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard  bottle cap.

....the answer is c. it was a dickens of a time getting the milk to thaw.  Imagine chunks of milk on your  wheeties.

 4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?

a.  Blackjack

b. Gin

c. Crap. 

Answer a. Blackjack, in my opinion they could have named all gum --- Crap.  I don't like chewing gum

5. What method did women adapt to look as if they were wearing stockings when none was avalable due to rationing during W.W.II?

a. Suntan

b. Leg painting c. wearing slacks 

....Answer is b.

( damm prepend will not allow me to change the colors )  

I remember this - women still did it well after the end of the war - when there was little $$$ to buy stockings.

6. What post war car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell if it was comming or going? 

a. Studebaker

b. Nash Metro 

c. Tucker

.......Answer is  a. the 1946 Studebaker - made right here in South Bend Indiana.  We have a great new  museaum showing off  all the Studebaker cars. 

Also if you turn a Pepsi can on its side you'll also see the Studebaker sign.

7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?

a. Strips of dried peanut butter

b. Chocolate-licorice bars

c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.

 I remember them well. I  couldent get enough of them.

8. How was Butch wax used?

a. to stiffen hair cut into a flattop so it stood up. b. to make floors schiny and prevent scuffing  c.  On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust

"Greease" style. I was taught ( by my mother )that boys that did that were nothing but - hoods.

9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?

a. With clamps, tighened by a skate key

b. Woven straps that crossed the foot

c.  Long pieces of string or twine 

My mothers favorite phrase  - to me was - " you'l break your neck "  soooooo I didn't get skates.  She backed it up with a fact that while going to s school scating party - one of my class mates fell and broke her leg. Mothers comment. - " See I told you so." I think the real reason was we were too poor to afford  skates.

 10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?

a. consider the facts

b. ask mom

c. Eeny-Meeny-Miney-mo

the rest of that little ditty - in todays world would be considered  racist. So I won't include it here.

11. What was the worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex?

a.  A cold

b. VD 

c. Cooties

and I don't mean the plastic ( put together toy ) for us in school it was also applied to any one we didn't like.

12. "I'll be down to get you in a ____, Honey"?

a. SUV 

b. Taxi

c. Streetcar

 the rest of the phrase was - be ready by half-past eight!

13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony?

a. Old Blue

b. Paint

c. Macaroni

I think  because she had one - every kid in the US wanted one.

14. What was a Duck-and-Cover-Drill?

a. Part of the game hide and seek

b. What you did when your mom called you in to do chores

c. Hiding under your desk, covering your head with your arms during a bomb drill.

Yep I remember them well.

15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?

a. Princess Sunnerfallwinterspring

b. Princess Sacajewea

c. Princess Moonshadow

She was one of the  puppets.

16. What did all really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?

a.  immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was beleved to get you " high" 

b. Made paper  airplains to see who could sail theirs out the window

c. Wrote another puples name on the top, to avoid failure 

Wow ! I'm just finding out 53 years later that I was one of the SAVVY  kids? I coulden't help it - it smelled good.

17. Why did your mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?

a. To keep you out of mischief licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum

b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items

c. They were given to kids to be used as stick on tattoos.

Green Stamps Boy o boy do I ever remember Green Stamps.  Mom  went totaly crazy over them.  I remember going along to the redemption centers to get things like toasters , etc.

18. "Praise the Lord, and pas the ...........?"

a. Meatballs

b. Dames

c. Ammunition 

and the rest of the phrase was -  and we'll all be free.  It was a cute phrase - but in our house, we knew we'd all be shot ( by mother ) if we ever used it.   The women had no real sence of humor.

19. What was the name of the group who made the song "Cabdriver" a hit? 

a. The Mills brothers

b. The Supremes

c. The Esquires

I remember the song but had forgotten the name of the group.

20. Who left his heart in San Francisco? 

a. Tony Bennett

b. Xavier Cugat

c. George Gershwin

Now these singers were closer to my time than the ones above. The ones listed for # 19  were in my parents day and age.  My how times change. Even groups such as the rolling stones may be considered - out dated  by todays  standards.

2004 to ............who knows

There is a marvoulus book that came out several years back. Something about three boxes...?  It makes sence. 

First you play and learn ...then you work and learn....then you get to RETIRE and go back to playing and still learn stuff along the way. 

 RETIRE  is not a bad word.  It's just a new beginning along the road way.  A beginning to THE  FUTURE........

See you in the future.

1999 to 2004

"Why me Lord?" Ever ask that question? When you think you've learned all the lessons that you need to learn.

Some times the answer is soooooooo simple. Sometimes "Just Messin Around" as I told ( years ago ) mama, the answer ( that was there all along ) just pop's into view. 

Dyslexic ....you say! 

Attention Defficet.....you say!

Ressless leg Syndrum.... you say!

WOW !  I say this changes a lot.Now I see. I can't go back and change things in the past, but I can and will find new energy for the future.

 When the road is rocky and dificult to travel it sometimes takes two to hold each other up.  Together you need to decide which of those jagged rocks ( past - un truths ) you need to dig up and toss off the path.

Strange the longer you stay on the road - even if you're just setting on a road block - every thing begins to smooth out.  The rough patches begin to melt away like mountans of snow on a warm day. The whole purpose of Peace  becomes clearer and clearer. As if this was all ment to be in the first place.

Sometimes a beginning does not look like a beginning.  Sometimes  the creator of that master plan had this beginning in mind all along.   All that went before was just part of the preperation for NOW.  Answers to prayer come in various shapes and forms.  Also was it my prayer  - or - his - or - both?

1984 to  1989  

My beginning may not be your beginning.  If you have'nt stood in the place where I am - how dare you tell me YOU KNOW......  Parden me but you don't know ...SHIT! Decide which side of your mouth you want to speak from then do me a favor and SHUT UP! Genetics plus invironment will shape anyone's behavior.

Like DUH!  Two shy - introverted - quiet parents  would most likely produce a shy - quiet - introverted child and at the age of eight and losing one of those parents to death - what would you do?

DUH!   You expect him to be upbeat ( with a big cheshire grin) and bouncing off the walls? My progress is not your progress.  Because you can't  or refuse to understand.......DON'T  lable me or my children.