That's How Life is...

 

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Anita Barngrover

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April 15, 2021

 

 

Good morning to one and all. I read this post a few minutes ago and thought how this applies today in America.

 

We are in a New Great Awakening – like the many we have successfully accomplished in the past. This one is Good vs. Evil. America is having trouble coming to grips with what to believe. Who is right and who is wrong? 

 

Dr. Charlie Ward has helped me to refine my moral compass. His guidance to research things yourself. Then you can decide what is right or wrong. It is really that simple. 

 

This journey will have lots of bumps in the road, many challenges, broken hearts, difficult decisions to make. Remember God is inside of you. Have those important talks and together you will fine the correct answer and direction to go forward. 

 

I pray every day to the Lord, I thank him each morning for another day to carry out his will, to do the right things, help others in need, spend time reading and researching what has happened, what is going on and what is to come. To separate the truth from evil.

 

May the good Lord bless and watch over each and every one of you.

Lisa Parry Ward

February 6  · 

 

Every month Martín’s parents took a trip to see Grandma and came home on the same train the next day. 

 

One day the child said to his parents:

 

′′I'm already grown up. 

Can I go to my grandma's alone?"

 

After a brief discussion, his parents accepted.

They stood with him as he waited for the train to exit.

They said goodbye to their son and gave him some tips through the window. 

 

Martin repeated to them:

 

′′I know. I've been told this more than a thousand times."

As the train was about to leave, his father murmured in his ear:

′′Son if you feel bad or insecure, this is for you!"

 

And he put something in his pocket.

 

Now Martin was alone, 

sitting on the train as he had wanted,

without his parents for the first time.

 

He was admiring the landscape out the window. 

Around him some unknowns pushed themselves in. 

They made a lot of noise.

They got in and out of the train car. 

 

The conductor made some comments about him being alone.

 

One person looked at him with eyes of sadness.

Martin was feeling more uneasy with 

every minute that passed. 

And now he was scared.

He felt cornered and alone. 

He put his head down, and

with tears in his eyes,

He remembered his dad had 

Put something in his pocket.

Trembling, he searched for what his father had given him.

 

Upon finding the piece of paper he read it:

 

′′Son, I'm in the last train car!".

 

That's how life is,

We must let our kids go

We must let them try new things. 

 

But we always like to be

In the last car, watching,

in case they are afraid 

or in case they find obstacles and don’t know what to do.

 

We want to be close to them.

as long as we are still alive.

 

(Adapted from Unknown author)

President Trump said …

Terry Orr

February 8, 2021 

President Trump said: "Let's blow up the white house!"

Oh wait, that was Madonna.

 

President Trump said: "Lock a 10-year-old in a cage with child molesters."

Oh wait, that was Peter Fonda about Barren Trump.

 

President Trump said: "We need another John Wilks Booth!"

Oh wait, that was Johnny Depp

 

President Trump said: "I fantasize about standing over Donald Trump Jr.'s dead body!"

Oh wait, that was Tom Arnold

 

President Trump: *Holds up a bloody, decapitated head*

Oh wait, that was Kathy Griffith

 

President Trump: *Shoots a likeness of Snoop Dog in a music video, has him in a body bag on his album cover*

Oh wait, that was Snoop Dog about Trump

 

President Trump said: "I'd like to take Biden behind a barn to beat him."

Oh wait, that was Joe Biden about Trump

 

President Trump said: "I dream of punching him in the face."

Oh wait, that was Corey Booker, US Senator

 

President Trump said: "Harass the staff and supporters in public and refuse to serve them."

Oh wait, that was Maxine Waters, congresswoman

 

But according to the left-wing media/DNC talking points, it's Trump with the hateful rhetoric... all in the name of TOLERANCE.

 

Then! Trump said, "everyone should take note of that, on both levels, that they’re not going to let up, and they should not, and we should not." (Note those last 7 words!)

Ooh my bad... that was Ms. Kamala Harris herself!!

 

Maybe it was when he said, "I just don't even know why there aren't uprisings all over the country. And maybe there will be, when people realize that this is a policy that they defend."

Oh wait.... that was Pelosi - when she wants to push a policy or agenda...

 

 

Sooo... What DID President Trump say about unrest and unlawful destructive protest??

 

"We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence" ~ President Trump 👆🏻

 

"I condemn ALL white supremacy ... I have ALWAYS denounced any form of that!" ~President Trump 👆🏻

 

"Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, Neo-nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans!"~President Trump 👆🏻

 

"We’re going walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women. We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong."

 

"We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." ~President Trump 👆🏻

 

Note..... key words... "PEACEFULLY AND PATRIOTICALLY MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD"

 

But it is the Democrats and those seeking self-gain that say they are all about peace and coming together, right? 🤔

 

Stop believing mainstream media and stop spewing off from emotions and research - seek facts and truth! You have heard the saying right... "The Truth will set you free!"

Stop being chained down by hate!!!

(Copied from a friend on Facebook)

I'M PROUD TO BE A VETERAN!

  

Thank you, 

Bruce for sharing

 

 

 

TO UNDERSTAND A MILITARY VETERAN, YOU MUST KNOW - 

 

We left home as teenagers or in our early twenties for an unknown adventure.

 

We loved our country enough to defend it and protect it with our own lives.

 

We said goodbye to friends and family and everything we knew.

 

We learned the basics and then we scattered in the wind to the far corners of the Earth.

 

We found new friends and new family.

 

We became brothers and sisters regardless of color, race or creed.

 

We had plenty of good times, and plenty of bad times.

 

We didn't get enough sleep.

 

We smoked and drank too much.

 

We picked up both good and bad habits.

 

We worked hard and played harder.

 

We didn't earn a great wage.

 

We experienced the happiness of mail call and the sadness of missing important events.

 

We didn't know when, or even if, we were ever going to see home again.

 

We grew up fast, and yet somehow, we never grew up at all.

 

We fought for our freedom, as well as the freedom of others.

 

Some of us saw actual combat, and some of us didn't.

 

Some of us saw the world, and some of us didn't.

 

Some of us dealt with physical warfare, most of us dealt with psychological warfare.

 

We have seen and experienced and dealt with things that we can't fully describe or explain, as not all of our sacrifices were physical.

 

We participated in time honored ceremonies and rituals with each other, strengthening our bonds and camaraderie.

 

We counted on each other to get our job done and sometimes to survive it at all.

 

We have dealt with victory and tragedy.

 

We have celebrated and mourned.

 

We lost a few along the way.

 

When our adventure was over, some of us went back home, some of us started somewhere new and some of us never came home at all.

 

We have told amazing and hilarious stories of our exploits and adventures.

 

We share an unspoken bond with each other, that most people don't experience, and few will understand.

 

We speak highly of our own branch of service, and poke fun at the other branches.

 

We know however, that, if needed, we will be there for our brothers and sisters and stand together as one, in a heartbeat.

 

Being a Veteran is something that had to be earned, and it can never be taken away.

 

It has no monetary value, but at the same time it is a priceless gift.

 

People see a Veteran and they thank them for their service.

 

When we see each other, we give that little upwards head nod, or a slight smile, knowing that we have shared and experienced things that most people have not.

 

So, from myself to the rest of the veterans out there, I commend and thank you for all that you have done and sacrificed for our country.

 

Try to remember the good times and make peace with the bad times.

 

Share your stories.

 

But most importantly, stand tall and proud, for you have earned the right to be called a VETERAN.

 

I'M PROUD TO BE A VETERAN!

 

Please share with all your Veterans and friends.

 

"There is no Santa Claus?"

 

Tremendous message borrowed from a friend:

 

I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit Grandma on the day my brother dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," he jeered. "Even dummies know that!"

My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight with me. I knew Grandma always told the truth, and I knew that the truth always went down a whole lot easier when swallowed with one of her "world-famous" cinnamon buns.  I knew they were world-famous, because Grandma said so. It had to be true.

Grandma was home, and the buns were still warm. Between bites, I told her everything. She was ready for me. "No Santa Claus?" she snorted, "Ridiculous! Don't believe it. That rumor has been going around for years, and it makes me mad, plain mad!! Now, put on your coat, and let's go."

"Go? Go where, Grandma?" I asked. I hadn't even finished my second world-famous cinnamon bun. "Where" turned out to be Kirby's General Store, the one store in town that had a little bit of just about everything. As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars.  That was a bundle in those days. "Take this money," she said, "and buy something for someone who needs it. I'll wait for you in the car." Then she turned and walked out of Kirby's.

I was only eight years old.  I'd often gone shopping with my mother, but never had I shopped for anything all by myself. The store seemed big and crowded, full of people scrambling to finish their Christmas shopping.

For a few moments I just stood there, confused, clutching that ten-dollar bill, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for.

I thought of everybody I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors, the kids at school, the people who went to my church.

I was just about thought out, when I suddenly thought of Bobby Decker.  He was a kid with bad breath and messy hair, and he sat right behind me in Mrs. Pollock's grade-two class. Bobby Decker didn't have a coat. I knew that because he never went out to recess during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, but all we kids knew that Bobby Decker didn't have a cough; he didn't have a good coat. I fingered the ten-dollar bill with growing excitement. I would buy Bobby Decker a coat! I settled on a red corduroy one that had a hood to it. It looked real warm, and he would like that.

"Is this a Christmas present for someone?" the lady behind the counter asked kindly, as I laid my ten dollars down. "Yes, ma'am," I replied shyly. "It's for Bobby."

The nice lady smiled at me, as I told her about how Bobby really needed a good winter coat. I didn't get any change, but she put the coat in a bag, smiled again, and wished me a Merry Christmas.

That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat (a little tag fell out of the coat, and Grandma tucked it in her Bible) in Christmas paper and ribbons and wrote, "To Bobby, From Santa Claus" on it.

Grandma said that Santa always insisted on secrecy. Then she drove me over to Bobby Decker's house, explaining as we went that I was now and forever officially, one of Santa's helpers.

Grandma parked down the street from Bobby's house, and she and I crept noiselessly and hid in the bushes by his front walk. Then Grandma gave me a nudge. “All right, Santa Claus," she whispered, "get going."

I took a deep breath, dashed for his front door, threw the present down on his step, pounded his door and flew back to the safety of the bushes and Grandma.

Together we waited breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobby.

Fifty years haven't dimmed the thrill of those moments spent shivering, beside my Grandma, in Bobby Decker's bushes. That night, I realized that those awful rumors about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said they were -- ridiculous. Santa was alive and well, and we were on his team.

 

I still have the Bible, with the coat tag tucked inside: $19.95.

 

May you always have LOVE to share,

 

HEALTH to spare and FRIENDS that care...

 

And may you always believe in the magic of Santa Claus!

 

 

Thank you, Nancy Monroe, for sharing this wonderful story.

 

 

A little something to ponder

 Sharing a good Facebook posted by great friend Steve LaFata,  Thank you Steve

A little something to ponder...

 

I asked one of my friends who has crossed 70 & is heading to 80 what sort of changes he is feeling in himself?

 

He sent me the following very interesting lines, which I would like to share with you ....

 

#1 After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children, my friends, now I have started loving myself.

 

#2 I just realized that I am not “Atlas”. The world does not rest on my shoulders.

 

#3 I now stopped bargaining with vegetables & fruits vendors. A few pennies more is not going to burn a hole in my pocket but it might help the poor fellow save for his daughter’s school fees.

 

#4 I pay my waitress a big tip. The extra money might bring a smile to her face. She is toiling much harder for a living than me

 

#5 I stopped telling the elderly that they've already narrated that story many times. The story makes them walk down the memory lane & relive the past.

 

#6 I have learned not to correct people even when I know they are wrong. The onus of making everyone perfect is not on me. Peace is more precious than perfection.

 

#7 I give compliments freely & generously. Compliments are a mood enhancer not only for the recipient, but also for me. And a small tip for the recipient of a compliment, never, NEVER turn it down, just say "Thank You"

 

#8 I have learned not to bother about a crease or a spot on my shirt. Personality speaks louder than appearances.

 

#9 I walk away from people who don't value me. They might not know my worth, but I do.

 

#10 I remain cool when someone plays dirty to outrun me in the rat race. I am not a rat & neither am I in any race.

 

#11 I am learning not to be embarrassed by my emotions. It’s my emotions that make me human.

 

#12 I have learned that it's better to drop the ego than to break a relationship. My ego will keep me aloof, whereas with relationships I will never be alone.

 

#13 I have learned to live each day as if it's the last. After all, it might be the last.

 

#14 I am doing what makes me happy. I am responsible for my happiness, and I owe it to myself. Happiness is a choice. You can be happy at any time, just choose to be!

 

I decided to send this to all my friends. Why do we have to wait to be 70 or 80, why can't we practice this at any stage and age....

 

I stole this, I don't know who to credit it to, but thank you!

 

Good to share

Everything is about to change!

 

I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to captor the words the Pat has written her. She has clearly done a superb job. It is my hope that as many Americans as possible will read this article at least once, before voting. Thank you.

 

 

Patricia Coakley 

October 19, 2020 

Facebook

 

This morning, I realized that everything is about to change. No matter how I vote, no matter what I say, something evil has invaded our nation, and our lives are never going to be the same. I have been confused by the hostility expressed by strangers and acquaintances, even some that I consider friends. I look at people I know, some for years, that are so hate-filled that they agree with opinions they would never express as their own. I think that I may well have entered the Twilight Zone. You can't justify this insanity. We have become a nation that has lost its collective mind.

We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan to us.

Somehow it’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.

People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female Vice President.

Universities that advocate equality, discriminate against one ethnicity - Asian-Americans - in favor of a different ethnicity - African-Americans.

Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.

Criminals are caught-and-released to hurt more people, but stopping them is bad because it's a violation of THEIR rights.

People who have never owned slaves are told they should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.

If a dude pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.

People who have never been to college are told they should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their - often useless - degrees.

Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.

Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate to the US must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang-bangers who jump the southern fence are welcome.

$5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not.

If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you can go to college for free.

And, we are somehow "racists" for pointing out all this hypocrisy?!?

We are considered to be "fascists" if we believe in American exceptionalism and that the principles our republic was founded upon are the best in the world.

Nothing makes sense anymore; values, morals and civility seem to have disappeared and people are dying of a Chinese virus, but it is "racist" to refer to it as Chinese even though it began in China.

We are clearly living in an upside down world where right is wrong and wrong is right, where moral is immoral and immoral is moral, where good is evil and evil is good, where killing murderers is wrong, but killing innocent babies is right.

Wake up America. The great unsinkable ship Titanic America has hit an iceberg, is taking on water, the band is playing on the quarterdeck and the decks are listing greatly.

The choice is yours to make. What will it be? Time is short; make your choice wisely! 

 

Enough with the Victimhood: Millionaire Athletes and Their Lost Cause

 

Sharing a Facebook post thats totaling fitting today - 

Salty Dad 

September 8, 2018 

 

 

If a white person had written this, he or she would immediately be declared a racist and shunned by all.

 

 

Enough with the Victimhood: Millionaire Athletes and Their Lost Cause

by Sylvia Thompson

 

 

I must admit I have never in my life purchased a ticket to a sports event. I am not a sports enthusiast. But I am an American black citizen, and I have had it up to the gills with black people who embrace victimhood. I also highly resent my being expected to do the same in order to affirm my "blackness."

 

Black victims these days, for the most part, are the product of decades of Black Americans being used primarily by white progressive leftists to advance an anti-American agenda.

 

The current brouhaha surrounding the despicable behavior of NFL athletes toward the National Anthem and the American flag is a prime example of what the Left has done to my race.

 

One must assume these players and their guilt-conflicted white coaches and owners (and victimhood-inflicted black coaches) are being manipulated by the Left, because no intelligent, thinking people would deliberately cut themselves off at the knees. Essentially, what these young misguided mostly black men are doing is ensuring the demise of their lucrative paychecks.

 

Further, I would wager that if these teams consisted of all white athletes, none of this idiocy would be allowed. We are witnessing this travesty because the vast majority of players are black and can whine "oppression" if appropriate action is taken against them for their unconscionable behavior.

 

The twisted reasoning that claims these protests are to highlight "injustice" and "police brutality" is a laughable crock. What they do in fact is dishonor valued symbols of this nation's heritage and cover over truth about black crime.

 

Black males bear the brunt of police encounters because black males commit disproportionately more crimes. Police encounters with black men are so often confrontational because so many of these men, especially the young, don't think "compliance" applies to them. They foolishly assume they are above the law and disrespect for police officers is an act of honor.

 

These young blacks, sadly, took much of their direction from racists Obama and Eric Holder during Obama's destructive, eight-year regime and Holder's corruption of the Justice Department. These two men, abusing their federal powers, gave young blacks the impression they need not heed the law, because laws are somehow unjust when they are applied to black Americans. The NFL lot, and any other athletes taking a similar stance, are also influenced by Obama's and Holder's disdain for law and law enforcement.

 

I am not familiar with one case where a black suspect to a crime was not proven legally to have caused the behavior against him, particularly in cases where the police officer involved was exonerated by facts. Michael Brown of "hands up, don't shoot" infamy is one good example. Blatant lies were spread to cloud the truth about Brown's case.

 

Back in the day when I was growing up in the racially segregated South, the opposite prevailed in many cases. There was much injustice particularly toward black men, but not today. Today, too many blacks have been fed the notion that it is now "pay-back" time, and they can flaunt their lawlessness because some whites flaunted theirs during an earlier time in our nation's history.

 

Although Obama and Holder no longer wield power in this country, some of their minions continue on the pernicious path of "paying back" American whites for wrongs, real or imagined. But as the saying goes, there is a new Sheriff in town and he is not guilt-conflicted. He expects fair play under law and tolerating pay-back is not part of his agenda. Black Americans, when they break the law, can no longer claim victim status simply because they are black. Those days are over.

 

American laws and law enforcement personnel will be respected in America, again; our traditions and values will not be impugned in America without consequences, again. Anybody unsettled about this turn of events is welcome to leave this country. I suggest all the black players try a country in Africa, and see how successful they will be at making millions playing games. They will all soon learn what oppression really means.

 

Some self-directed, independent-thinking blacks (and there are many of us) have offered that if these millionaire protestors want to tackle some real problems, they might consider the thousands of black children killed in abortions annually (by the progressive Left), or perhaps the many, many young blacks murdered routinely on inner-city streets by other young blacks (in cities run by progressive, leftist Democrats), or the downright criminal state of education of black inner-city children, orchestrated by the progressive leftist National Education Association (NEA). The NEA's aim is to produce unintelligent pawns to feed the cause of progressivism.

 

I am annoyed by the expressions of "sincerity" gracing the faces of the NFL protestors-as if to convey the "hallowedness" of their cause. In actuality, they provide a picture of grown men allowing themselves to be made fools of by the progressive Left. I don't doubt, however, that some of these men have been coerced into compliance with this lost cause, either through threats of violence or shunning (from coaches and players). Alejandro Villanueva of the Pittsburgh Steelers and former Army ranger is very likely a victim of such threats. He was publicly castigated by his leftist coach for his patriotism. The coach demanded unity behind an ignorant cause.

 

And finally, this issue has nothing to do with First Amendment rights. President Trump's speaking out against the clownish behavior of the athletes, on behalf of the majority of American citizens, does not mean he can or would stop any of these misguided people from making fools of themselves. To restrict them, as a government entity, would indeed be a violation of the First Amendment ... But their employers, if they were to develop even a modicum of testicular fortitude, could and should fire them for doing major damage to the bottom line of the business. The rest of us non-millionaire "Joes" would certainly be pink-slipped by an employer if we dared to be so clueless about the necessity of profits and so disdainful of the sensibilities of customers.

 

I will wait patiently for the true sports enthusiasts to vent their rage by simply boycotting the games. It will be sweet revenge to witness the slain goose cease producing its golden eggs.