Politics and religion
There are two things you never talk about on social media. One is Politics, the other is his religion. I try to never bring up either. But unfortunately, I talked religion on Facebook. Boy, did I learn my lesson.
An atheist asked a very open-ended question on Facebook. She asked, how can there possibly be a god, when there are so many horrible things in the world. AKA, starvation, murder, rape
Etc, etc, etc. I foolishly responded to her. I do believe in God. But I do not feel he interferes with human Affairs. I hate even giving him the pronoun him because the proper pronoun would be it.
Anyways, I should not have responded. I should have known better. There is no saying there is a God with an atheist. Boy, did she give me a mouthful. I know, many people feel that I hallucinated my afterlife experience. And that is okay. I am totally okay with having different beliefs. But don’t be mean and nasty because I have a different View. This is after all, the United States of America. And the first amendment guarantees me the right to any religion. The same goes for you. But let us not be nasty to each other.
Can’t we have a difference of opinion without can’t we have a difference of opinion without being mean and nasty? Apparently, we cannot.
So let me end this blog with this statement. I am a Democrat. I vote party lines. I don’t care if you’re a lesbian or straight or whatever you call yourself. Just be a good person. I certainly don’t care if you believe in God. Just be a good person. Now that I’ve talked about both religion and politics, please remember that neither of these forms of thought matter. All that matters, is that you’re a good person. Today be a good person. And for the love of God, don’t talk about religion or politics.
Ode to you
Never let your king fall over
https://laurelinobrien.com/2019/08/24/2729/ I apologize so much, everyone! I accidentally word pressed this before I edited it. Because I cannot type, I trust my voice application too much. If you reread it now, I promise it makes much more sense LOL
Good yards, make good neighbors.
Good yards, make good neighbors.
An interesting thing happens every spring and summer on upper Main Street in Vestal New York. It is, a male bonding thing that I can never understand. For one, I don’t mow the yard. For two, I am a female.
My neighbor, Chris, is mowing his yard. That means that my husband will soon mow our yard. He will see that Chris’s is nicer than ours, and he will mow his. This creates a domino effect. Once my husband mows his yard, my neighbor, Frank, will mow his yard.
Sometimes my husband, John, mows his yard first. Always followed by Chris and Frank. But no matter who goes first, the others will surely follow the next day or within hours of each other. Men and their yards. It is a very interesting thing to witness. I personally, plant flowers. So do the wives of my neighbors. This harmony between neighbors has probably been going on 4 decades before my existence.
Years ago, before Chris and his family moved in, a family rented the home for a year. The homeowners had terrible troubles with them. They purposely would put their garbage in a shed out back, instead of the weekly garbage pickup, just to be mean! But worst of all, they did not take care of their yard. It was snake friendly, having not been mowed enough, and filled with toddler toys on used. Needless to say, no one minded when they moved out and Chris bought the home.
You can tell a lot about a family from their lawn. Who mows your lawn? How often do you mow it? Do you take pride in your lawn? Or is it just something annoying you have to take care of so the village does not fine you.
No matter what your reason for caring for it, know that good yards make good neighbors.
Never let your king fall over
Never let your king fall over
Paul Brown once said, if you win say nothing. If you lose, say less.
I have found this to be true, with everything in life. The most profound experiences I’ve had, I do not utter a word about. When we are young, we feel obligated to tell everyone everything! As we get older we learn that, sometimes it is best not to say anything at all.
We should have learned this at an early age. When playing a board game with someone, if you win, you don’t brag and show off. If you lose, you do not throw a temper tantrum. Your parents tell you not to be a sore loser. Why do we seem to forget this simple idea later in life? Sometimes in life you lose. You do not throw a temper tantrum. Sometimes in life you win. You don’t always have to share with people how awesome you are for winning.
I have often heard people compare life to the game of chess. I disagree. In chess, whether you win or lose, you shake your opponent’s hand and say, good game. Life is not like that. In chess, when you lose oh, you knock your king over. In life, when you truly have a conviction, nothing will make you knock it over. So life is not like a game of chess. But maybe it should be. Maybe whether you win or lose, you should just say, good games. You should just be grateful for the experience. Win or lose, it is manners and etiquette and the way you deal with the situation that matters.
Win or lose, I have learned that silence is golden. Some things are meant to be left up to that internal dialogue in your head. Leave it there! Remember the simple things you learned when you were a child. As an adult, sometimes we all just need to be quiet. But that does not mean, you should ever knock your king down. Always let your convictions stand strong. But sometimes, don’t be so loud about it.
The final frontier.
The final frontier.
Websites. The final frontier. These are the voyagers of the word press bloggers. Their mission, to seek out new words and new forms of thought. To boldly go where no blogger has gone before.
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