My neighbor's flowers are blessing me now. 96 years old, and she has kept her yard and flowers in beautiful array. 8-4-2019 Perryton, TX
My thought of the day is
beating the odds. I sometimes think I dwell too much on the positive,
and not enough on the possibility. It is a positive fact that I am
within the age where most people are near the end of their life.
Every morning when I wake up I have to wonder why. I cannot do hard
work, or enjoy stressful walks, or travel long distances any more.
For that reason I am thinking I do not need to keep living. My next
door neighbor has made me ashamed of my negativity. She is a widow
living alone at 96 years old. She has had both knees replaced, and I
don't know how many more major operations she has had, but still
walks without a walker. Her yard is greener than a water melon, and
her flowers are more than beautiful. She has no sprinkling system,
nor does she hire any yard help except for mowing her lawn. This past
month has been so scorching hot till most people are not even trying
to keep their yards watered. I'm hoping mine don't catch fire, and
burn my house down. This is the first year I have not kept my yard,
and flowers watered, and weeded out. I have blamed it to the hot
weather, but mostly I have not felt like caring for them. As a result
I am thinking it is about time for me to hang it up. I'm speaking
about all outside work, and most of my house work.
It has been said when God
closes one door He opens another. I am thinging about that old saying
a lot lately. I can retire from my yard, and let my housework go
except for the normal necessities that is well within my capability.
I can be entertained in several ways yet, and I can write my blog. I
can spend hours painting with oil, and I can cook about anything I
want. Why would I even think about the hereafter when I have all
these enjoyable things at my finger tips daily? The one thing I do
best, and enjoy the most, is pray for our country, and the President,
who fights daily to keep it from evil takeover. I truly believe God
hears, and answers my prayers because He has proved it to me many
times. Almost daily I am made aware of a prayer being answered. I
also believe as long as I am using my faith for my God He will keep
me living, yes to 96, and maybe longer. I will be thinking more on
the positive living life, than on the possible dying life. The
friends, and family, and even the tragic victims of evil, that I lose
almost daily, will be more of a positive for my living from now on.
With a new spring, and summer coming, I may even be more able bodied
to wet them down. I truly believe attitude means a lot when it comes
to productivity.
God Bless
Myrtle Jean Sharp
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