May 7, 2023 a thought for today, While we discuss matters, the opportunity passes by. Latin Proverb

Yesterday was on a bit of a downer side but there were bright spots along the way. 

Yesterday’s uploads included this one with the assignment title “I love...”. I love food and fast food is quick and easy way to get it. 

Today there was early bible study, then a choir rehearsal, then a nice service surrounded by my friendly church family. After the service we had fellowship hour. I had my first bite of a half cut of a bismark donut in three months. That should be, my first bite of any pastry/sweet except for sugar free/low carb ice cream. 

When I left church, I made a stop at Wendy’s for brunch for Bob and me and a quick look for a photo choice. Now, now....I checked my sugar level between the donut and Wendy’s before I took a bite. It was within a good range/ 

The next upload was one of the “my choice” images. This one is from my archives. It was one I took in a photo excursion in some of the local alley’s. 

After an early morning rain the day has brightened, more like spring. For some reason, possibly wet spots in the lawns, there doesn’t seem to be any lawn mower sounds which is unusual for a sunny weekend day in May. 

I am going to spend the rest of the day, this being Sunday, refreshing my soul for the coming week. I got a good beginning at church earlier. 

My first upload for today is “I like to eat...” As I mentioned above I like food and most kinds of foods but one I have a hankering for most often is ice cream sundaes 

The word for today is love.  Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings. Gustave Flaubert.  Love must be as much a light as a flame. Henry David Thoreau.  Love is the poetry of the senses. Honoré de Balzac.  He that truly Loves, dwells not where he lives, but where he Loves, He dwelleth in Love... Edward Hyde.   Absence diminishes small loves and moderate passions, and it increases great ones — as the wind blows out candles but adds fury to fire. François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld.  I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. Vincent Van Gogh.  Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. Voltaire. You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. Robert Louis Stevenson.  Love does not dominate; it cultivates. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Love is the beauty of the soul. Saint Augustine.   The way to know life is to love many things. Vincent Van Gogh. Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. Euripides.  The ear is the avenue to the heart. Voltaire.   The more one judges, the less one loves. Honore de Balzac.  Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. Saint Teresa of Avila.  Only from the heart Can you touch the sky, Rumi.  

The second is another of the “my choice” photos from my collections. This one I took on a stroll through one of the local metro parks. I love the texture and color tones as well as the lines and shapes. 

Here’s more about our city and some Columbusites views. Apparently there was a “poll”, of sorts, on what residents of Columbus thought the “city’s identity should be”. One interview response was  “Welcoming, accepting, enthusiastic, cooperative and kind.” Another said we should be dynamic and diverse. Others say we already have wonderful diverse communities such as Grandview, Clintonville, German Village, the Short North, Upper Arlington and more. One expression was that “true identity” grows from history, geography and experience of its people. Some of the things that were “graded” with the percentage of positive response of about 300 people in this article are: athletics/academics: 36%;  welcoming Midwest city: 27%;  Ohio capital 7; Banking/insurance hub: 2%; Pro sports 1%; Columbus Zoo: 0.96% . One of the people interviewed said “It’s a hard thing to pin down for this reason....The city will grow with you as you enter different phases. There’s a community for you”. One person complained that Columbus is a “city that tears down any building(s) of historical significance/character (i.e. Union Station)!” Another opinion is “home is a feeling. A feeling of safety and security and neighborliness and people helping other people.” The article mentioned that people outside of Columbus don’t know how diverse we have become”.  That statement was inclusive of Italians, Irish, Germans in the earlier times in the city now we have grown to much more diversity as we show “enveloped (of) the world”.  Many people think we should “focus on art”. An artists/writer here in Columbus wrote that “As cities go, you are how you treat the least of your citizens.” 

Some kind of take out is for dinner tonight or something from the freezer.

Joy 

                      one of the signs of attention needed