March 23, 2025 a thought for today, Don't judge with the eyes— use the heart instead. Native American Cheyenne Proverb
The first upload for yesterday was “stillness”. My plant offer stillness for me. That is why I have gad house plants and cared for them most of my life. This is my fig tree. (I have used it in another upload...both taken on different days).
Life today. We had a birthday party yesterday. It was an hours drive where I enjoyed the countryside and the cloud laden sky even though they were mostly gray clouds but also gorgeous giant formations. The Makers art work. The yard was full of adventures for the younger visitors. My grandson had made a zip line for them to enjoy, with a ramp-like form for mounting the zip line, objects on the trees to make climbing more enticing and adventurous, a backyard climbing dome, and a swing. Probably more that didn’t see. All of the youngsters seemed to be in a dream land. Food was excellent, company was excellent.
Thank goodness it’s Sunday again. A day of rest and restoration. A day to remember our blessings of family, church family and life in general.
The part of this Sunday service that stood out for me in the message today was in the Prayer of Confession. In part “help us to discover the gifts of power, talent, and energy which You give us so that we might (help) bring healing into a broken world”. I also liked the congregational responses, Lord have mercy, to strategic parts of her Prayers of the People. The lady minister who gave this message is very precise and knowledgeable in her subjects and the presentations are not ones where there might be nodding heads here and there in the congregation.
After the service we had our annual report where we as a congregation may observe the happenings of the church for the past year. Each of the church committees and offices give a summary of their responsible activities so that everyone has a chance to know what we as a church are accomplishing other than the Word that we are there for each Sunday. It is an addition and part of what is submitted annually to our governing office by our session secretary. This is the hard copy of the report that I have been working on for the past couple of weeks.
Now I am going to relax and regenerate and renew now.
The word today is true. The true art of memory is the art of attention. Samuel Johnson. There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. Thomas Aquinas. One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. Lucius Annaeus Seneca. The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. William Morris. True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. Charles Caleb Colton. To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. William Shakespeare. This is the spirit of the Order, indeed the true spirit of Mercy flowing on us. Catherine McAuley. Knowledge is true opinion. Plato. Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. Ralph Waldo Emerson. True humility is contentment. Henri Frederic Amiel. The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples. Amos Bronson Alcott. Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease. Hippocrates. Silence is true wisdom's best reply. Euripides. Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power. Horace Mann.. Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. George Herbert. The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before. Saint Augustine. True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. Joseph Addison. True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment. James Russell Lowell. A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding. Isaac Newton.
The last upload for today is “healthy”. It was hard for me to generate an image of he feeling and word
“healthy”. I chose to use my container of jello as something healthy. By the way the jello is sugar free and the cool whip is low in sugar.
Article: I like history about Ohio so here is a story about an Ohio legend. This article title is “Apples, History, And A Whole Lot of Folklore: Inside the Johnny Appleseed Museum”. These is a museum in Urbana, Ohio that has memerobilia of Johnny Appleseed. His given name is John Chapman and his life became a legend. At the museum there are trees still gowning that he “planted”. It is said that when they bloom in the spring it is a sight to behold. There is a children’s garden for picnicking and playing. At the museum there is a place the honor the American publisher, Fancis Bailey, who writing influenced Johnny Appleseed. Mr. Bailey has also “printed materials for the Continental Congress”. While Johnny was famous for the appleseeds he was also a “skilled nurseryman, businessman, and conservationist”. One of his characteristics was to give away seedlings to settlers to start their orchards. They say he was spiritual and lived that kind of life. The article said that he “lived simply, often walking barefoot, and was beloved for his kindness and humility”. The end of the article mentions that a visit to the museum would be worthwhile and an adventure. It is can be a “fun, educational, and totally unique way to experience a slice of Ohio’s history”.
Chili sounds good for dinner.
Joy
still visible (almost)
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