July 11, 2022 a thought for today, But' is a fence over which few leap. German Proverb

The first upload for yesterday was “behind someone”. I had a few images that I had shot at church but decided to use this one when I was behind the car ahead of me waiting for a pick up. 

Monday, Monday.....here it is. Things got started the same as all other Mondays. I took care of the virtual visits first thing then got to the weekly bulletin. Since I had all of the information I needed for the bulletin I got it completely done this morning. I want to “proof” read it again in the morning then I will send it to Donna. 

My second upload for yesterday was a pop up challenge we are
doing for the Sudbury Photo Club that I belong to. The assignment was to make a collage of some of the favorite recent photos. 

I need to spend some time working in the kitchen this morning. I also need to tend to some of the vacationing house plants. We had a lot of rain for a couple of days last week but some of the plants seem to have sucked it up pretty quickly or it evaporated in the heat though I think the temperature has been fairly decent the last few days.  I also have a new “baby” fig tree I want to transplant to a larger pot and acclimate it to the “vacationing” spot before it comes back in the house for the colder months. 

I had a third photo yesterday that challenge was called “little re4d contestable” but could be a photo of a car or any of its parts. This one is part of my “new” car.

Tomorrow I have a lady coming to help me with some cleaning. Lowell has given me a gift of a cleaning lady once every couple of months. I want to have a few things picked up before she comes. 

Sue has a list of errands she wants to run so I think we may schedule that for Wednesday. Then to round out the week I have a long overdo eye doctor appointment on Friday. Not only do I need new glasses I hope the doctor can suggest some other tips for helping to relive my dry eye. I use drops on a regular basis but I am hoping for something that is a little more helpful.

Today’s first upload is called “interior”. As I was placing bulletins on Thursday I shot this image. I like the transition of light to darkness. 

The word for today is being.  For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. Saint Teresa of Avila.  I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do, Leonardo da Vinci. Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness, Lucius Annaeus Seneca.  Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin.  All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer,  Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like, Laozi.   Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again, Saint Augustine. A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right, Thomas Paine.  He who stops being better stops being good, Oliver Cromwell.  A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated, Horace Mann.  A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, Henry David Thoreau. 

The Sudbury photo for today is called “shadows”. The shapes and textures add along with the shadows of the pot holders add “life” to the image.

This sounds like an interesting idea and what a way to learn and to spark memories and to understand. The story is about senior citizen and students sharing their life stories. One of the students from Dublin Jerome High School is from India. In one of his conversations with his grandmother he said he could “feel how disconnected” she was from her family members.  Then he began to think how other people in that age group must feel. After some thinking on the subject he decided to try to create a “Teen Buddy” program. At the end of the second year there was an “in-person” gathering of students and senior citizens who had been paired with each other in the past year. One of the pairs talked about in the article was a 17-year-old and an 80-year-old lady. They had communicated with each other in the past year by phone, text, and letters. There were seventeen other pairs of similar ages. The students are from Coffman and Scioto High schools. The senior citizens are from Dublin and other cities like Upper Arlington, Hilliard and other communities. The students from the beginning of this program have graduated. The senior citizen will receive new matches. The students say there is so much to learn. They say it’s not just history but it’s the personal stories about their lives that give meaning and feelings to the pairings. The initial program started in 2019 and has grown. According to the article besides the phone, text and letters other of the first meetings were virtual but this year they have become one on one. 

We are having chili mac for dinner tonight. 

Joy

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