2010 NOV 25 ~ THANKS GIVING~

Happy Thanks Giving.

I ran across this prayer by R. W. Emerson and I added just the top line.

God thank you,
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Amen.

It is short, sweet, and touches all bases of what I am thankful for.
I also wanted to say a prayer for all that are not as fortunate as I am.
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Lord please watch over your children, shelter them from harm, warm and sustain them through cold and hunger. Help them keep faith in these trying times, strengthen their spirits. May your love encompass them and your blessing be with them~Amen

2010 APR 03 ~ VACATION~

I finally took two days off so I would have a four day weekend. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't know what to do with myself. I finally have to admit it ~ tears, sob, tears ~ I am a workaholic. I finally had to admit it because while sitting on the dock looking at fish with nothing to do. Since for the past two days, the two days I took off, I had used that time to wash and detail my car, clean the house, run errands, etc. As I sat there I thought, why not get a part time job. This is the first vacation I have taken in three years, and it was only two days. I have over eighty hours (two weeks) paid vacation time available. It's probably more like a month most likely, and I actually thought it would be great to get a part time job. Shame, shame, shame. I really need to take time to relax. OK, I knew change would be slow. One day at a time, one hour at a time, one minute at a time, hell I sound like an AA meeting. So, here's my prayer. Lord Father, art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thank you for my life and the lives of my family, friends, and all your children that I do not know. Please strengthen my belief and faith, please keep me and my family healthy. May I learn through the experiences you have set before me, and my I learn to relax. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; Amen.

2010 MAR 20 ~ A long, long, way too long time. . .~

(japanese comic[manga]~panel read right to left)

Whoa, blogs are like serious commitments. To tell you the truth I totally forgot about this blog. Hopefully I'll remember it or a least post some stuff sometime. I have been praying everyday thanking God for my life and the lives of everyone around me, asking for strength of belief and faith in God, in myself, and in others. With that I have been trying to be less of an introvert, I tell you it is very hard (I really don't ever want to be a NEET). I mean I like people, I just can't understand them. I find a lot of people real shallow and many are just like fake fruit, a poor artificial substitute for the real thing (a friend or a somewhat normal individual). I wonder why people waste such effort and time with such fakery and lies. I wonder if the people I meet and know really think that what they present really hides everything underneath. Well enough of that.I am trying to live me life, do stuff, go places and just walk around and see and do new things. I want to be like Mr. Takahata's Lucky Charm in Angel Heart (without the heart transplant). Just live for the now, create no regrets. It would be great to have a program like that to wake you up in the moring or to look at to keep you focused.

Have to go eat diner now. Have a good day, and God bless.