Quotes

Ever read a quote and afterwards you just can not get it out of your mind? You know the kind that just spins around and around like the lyrics of a great song from the 60's and 70's. You start sharing it with friends and family and even people you have just met or complete strangers at the local gas station or grocery store. Recently I have that kind of thing going on because of a couple of quotes I read. Yep, I am going to share them with you and try to get them spinning around in your head!

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson

"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it." Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931

Now when the dust settles from your gray matter spinning these around for a few days, let me know your feelings or thoughts. At some point, our common sense has to kick in, our moral compass has to point "right" and our hearts have to signal us to retreat and repent from the ditch we have fallen into. I love my country, America and I love my state, Texas and for the most part I like the people who live here with me. But I have my doubts about some our leaders and what their foundation and core beliefs are all about. Bailouts, handouts, special interest, pork, entitlements, taxes, spending, borrowing from foreign countries. It looks to me like we have a bunch of guys that did not pass "business 101" making critical decisions about our future. I'm thinking term limits for everyone in politics! At least we could change the real goofy ones for not so goofy ones once in awhile.

Go back to the quotes, read them again a few times, let the words sink into your mind, heart and soul, study them. You may be like me, shouting and proclaiming truth and common sense from the front porch, car window, shopping cart, client meeting, coffee group, backyard and soap box! Oh and if you want to read something else that will really get your mind going, it starts with "We the people...".

Spot On

"Sweet spot." Golfers understand the term and so do tennis players. Ever swung a baseball bat or paddled a Ping-Pong ball or tossed a dart that strikes the dead center of the bulls eye? If so, you know the oh- so-nice feel of the sweet spot. Connect with these prime inches of string or iron or wood and kapow! The collective technologies of the universe fire the ball into orbit, leaving you fist-pumping and strutting. Your arm doesn't tingle, and the ball doesn't tink off the bat at some crazy angle. Someone remembers your birthday, the tax refund comes early, and the flight attendant bumps you up to first class, your client picks you up in a limo. Life in the sweet spot rolls like the downhill side of a snowboard pipe. But you don't have to swing a bat or a club to know this. What technology gives sports equipment, The engineer of the universe gave you. A zone, a region, a life address in which you were made to succeed. Tailored curves of your life fit an empty space in this jigsaw puzzle. And life makes sweet sense when you find your spot.

Answers

Farther along we will know all about it, farther along we will understand why. Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine, we will understand it all by and by. Old song with words that speak to patience, perserverance and thought. Today may be the day that I get it, you know the answer to my question from yesterday or the day, month or year before. But I choose to live in the light of today's sun and not graple in the dark of yesterday, because I know there is an answer.

Choice what a great word and concept for freedom. I choose to live in the light, I choose to be patient with myself and those around me, I choose to keep living, working, thinking, planning, gaining, seeing, feeling, playing, singing, dancing, running, sitting still, praying. I think I just got an answer to one of those questions. Guess the song writer was right!