Choose to Always and Forever to Generate Peace and Gladness —Monday, October 14, 2024

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I am shy by nature.  So I find it hard to ‘put myself out there’

My Momma, on the other hand, was an extrovert, as was my Daddy

I was probably in the Second Grade when I told Momma it was hard, hard, hard to raise my hand and talk in class

She told me something I have never really forgotten– when someone talks to you and asks a question answering them is showing appreciation to their question.

Of course, I had to learn (often the hard way) that there are stinky questions no one has a right to ask, and we don’t have to answer.

Gradually, I learned that if the question awakens joy in me, then that is a question I can answer, brightening someone else’s day.

A simple, but in reality a very complex thought.

“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”– Eleanor Roosevelt

From my world to your heart,

Linda

26 thoughts on “Choose to Always and Forever to Generate Peace and Gladness —Monday, October 14, 2024”

  2. Looks like you have nice clear low horizons. The comet that is visiting earth now is supposed to be visible just above the horizon around sunrise, and is supposed to be a little higher every morning for a few days. We here are surrounded by trees and have no real horizon. Can you try and take a comet picture for us?

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  3. OMG – YES!! Every exclamation of joy or hope or happiness spoken is a boundless prayer. The more we share or express our joy-hope-happiness the stronger those feelings and inspirations are. x(((Linda)))x <— I ❤ you, little sister

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  4. Java Bean: “Ayyy, there aren’t any human extroverts around here! But there are a few animal ones, namely Chaplin, Oona, and Lulu.”
    Lulu: “It’s a fair cop.”
    Oona: “Oona is not an extrovert. Oona is a ninja. Easy mistake to make.”
    Chaplin: “Charlee may not be an extrovert, but she sure seems to like getting out and about. Look, there’s a picture of her at night on the trail cam.”
    Charlee: “I AM NOT A SKUNK!”

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