September 19, 2025 a thought for the day, No one gets into trouble without his own help. Danish Proverb

The first upload for yesterday was “a mirror”.  This is one of the many mirror that can be found at our church.

The next upload is “unexpected”. I often find the carts that have been left in
parking lots. 

The last upload for yesterday was one of the “my choice” and one of my series of “partials”. 

Life today. This is a good day and Friday to boot. The first thing of the day, after checking all of my digital  news and messages, I opened three projects at a time to start the day. I opened a special project I am initiating, I opened this letter, and I opened the church newsletter. I surprisingly got a bit done on each of them. I made progress while I was comfortable in moving from one focus to another. There are no immediate deadlines. I got one of the projects completely done.  The other will be done shortly. I may still have some time to work on the newsletter. It isn’t due for over a week but next week is a busy week with little time to format six sheets of the newsletter so whatever I can get done will be welcome. 

In all of that I took a break to make Sweet Peas dinners for the next ten days and wash some dishes that we used since I ran the dish washer yesterday. 

The first upload for today is “a street sign”. This image is from my archives. It was taken town down on one of the nights that I was leaving some classes at the community college.

Brian finally after four days of finding excuses, actually not responding each day, came to start getting the driveway ready for resurfacing. I moved the car so it was clear for him. I knew I would have to leave it on the street for two or more days. Well, he got about a third of the weeds cleared, no calking yet, stopped to go get his lunch, came here and ate it then decided he was done for the day. I will move the car back into the driveway shortly. He came in several times asking me to come see what was done so far. I don’t think professionals would do that every fifteen minutes. At one point he said since he works on his own he can work any time he wants. I think I have complained enough for today. 

I have to put in my order this afternoon for grocery pick up tomorrow.  Next, do the photo uploads and cataloging. Then I think I can start slowing down. 

The next upload is “transportation”. I was thinking out of the box when I decided to use this image of my son’s boots. They were the simplest forms of transportation.

The word today is go.   Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. Oscar Wilde.  Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. Saint Augustine.  Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau.  The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. Thucydides.  There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again. Rumi.  No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience. John Locke.  Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. Napoleon Bonaparte.  Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide. Marcus Tullius Cicero.  Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. Robert Louis Stevenson.  Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther. Thomas Carlyle.  Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 

The last challenge upload for today is “my choice” and is another of my series of “partials”. It is one of the large commercial fans we use at church. 

Article: The articles that I pick many times are of scientific and artistic subject matter. Many of the stories on this sight are based on questions from children and answered by scientist and professors of all degrees. This article was written in response to a child’s question. “why do we dream?” At the start of the article the author wrote that “dreams are difficult to study scientifically”. First of all many people don’t remember their dreams. I learned that in some “ancient cultures” like Egyptians, Greeks and Romans dreams were thought to be messages of the gods. In all of the years of studying dreams it seems there a “disagreement” in how to study and determine their meanings. Sigmund Freud is a well known psychologist who talked about dreams and their meanings. His particular interpretation is dreams are brought on by wishes. He worked on helping people decide what they could have meant. He also felt they helped people stay asleep. In the 1970s scientists began questioning Freud’s ideas. Some said dreams “don’t do anything important” and are part of chemical processes.  Other scientists believe dreams are based on something that happened to you recently. Some believe that dreams may have a “significant” effect on us when we wake up. Many also believe that dreams may help us “process” things or give us ideas to use in our lives. One thing brought up in the article is that past dreams may help us survive threats. The article related at the end of the story that that’s what make scientists lives “exciting.....learning new things”.

It’s my DoorDash/GrubHub night for dinner, my choose something here in the frig. 

Joy