March 4, 2026, a thought for today, There is no good in preaching to the hungry. German Proverb

Photos in my life yesterday

The first challenge was “a building”. Though this is more than one building I like the line and the sculptures and their juxtaposition.

This challenge is “broken” it was Sue’s plaster sculpture of a
pineapple. Our former lawn maintenance person accidently knocked it over. It is difficult to put it back together. 

The last upload for yesterday “something old”. This book was printed in 1864. That fits the challenge.

Life today. Well, my thoughts about the newest visiting pastor have been of an “off again, on again” nature. I had never heard of her even though some say she had preached here before (I have been at that church since 1957). Our correspondence since I needed to reach out to get the needed information has been several emails for each of us. It has been interesting as well as educational on my part in more than one area. I researched some of the organizations and studies in her bio that gave me pause for thought. I am eager to experience her message and delivery of same. That will be the deciding factor or a beginning of such for me.

I spent the earlier part of the morning searching for  photos I want to add to the annual report. There is one in particular that I know I took and have in my “cloud” but I am having one heck of a time trying to find it. I realized I was spending too much time this morning on it so I put in aside until tomorrow or tonight when I am in the lounge chair for the evening. I can look for it in the “cloud” via my smart phone rather than being at the desk and computer.  

The bulletin is done and ready for printing tomorrow. I am also going to test a theory of mine for printing the up coming annual report and face my anxiety about the computers slowness. I am going to try to print from my tablet instead of the computer. We’ll see how that works.

In regard to updates on Bobbi, my kitten, I bought her a window “cloth hammock”. She looked at me like “are you nuts?”, turned her nose up and didn’t go near it....until yesterday. The trash truck was picking up the cans. She was so interested in seeing what all the noise was about that she stepped onto the “hammock”. Here ‘s the neat part, she laid down on it after the trash truck left and stayed there for over three hours. That was yesterday. Today .... turned up nose at least for now, maybe ‘til the trash truck comes again next week????

Finally spring is sneaking in like putting a toe in the pool before entering. It is overcast today with the temps more or less inviting at 48 degrees. 

The word today is seldom. People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. Soren Kierkegaard. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. Benjamin Disraeli. Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One. Benjamin Franklin. The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence. Ann Radcliffe. Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. Confucius. The cautious seldom err. Confucius. An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. Pliny the Younger.  A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied. Irish Proverb. He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. Benjamin Franklin. True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom appreciated until it is lost. Charles Caleb Colton. Things are often spoke and seldom meant. William Shakespeare. Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt. Samuel Johnson. It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. David Hume. If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted. Francis Quarles. Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present - which seldom happens to us. Jean De La Bruyere. Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. Ralph Waldo Emerson. The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. Thomas Jefferson. A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself. Samuel Johnson. The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales. Aesop. How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves. Thomas a Kempis. It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity. Quintilian. 

Article summary. I am looking at yet another study on emotions. This article involves being kind to yourself. I haven’t read it through as I start this missive but I feel it will touch on how feelings for and about yourself ultimately touch on how you feel and act towards others. The article title is Can’t keep your New Year’s resolutions? Try being kind to yourself. Kristin Neff, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin. At theconversation.com. As a lead in it is mentioned that people make resolutions and soon give up on them. It says that the problem with that “is how we treat ourselves when we fail”. In the article we see that the author feels that we need to work on a way to deal with “failures”. We may look at our failure with “kindness or hash self-judgement”. How we ultimately deal with it can be to build “resilience” and self compassion. The suggestions on addressing this problem is looking toward “self-kindness, common humanity and mindfulness”. While working on caring for and about ourselves with kindness, we should realize that all humans are “imperfect”. While considering that as part of the formula to being kind to ourselves helps in being aware of the “pain” in our feeling of failure. The article appears to me to lead to a conclusion that once we can control feelings about failure we develop better coping practices and a happier outlook. The term self motivation is said in large part to working on a feeling of personal potential. Once a feeling of self compassion is accomplished failures that may occur are more readily accepted. In trying to develop self compassion we should set goals, work on positive habits and a positive outlook on life. A finding in a study that was preformed on this subject showed that being kind to yourself when you fail or make mistakes leads to emotional support on a personal level. It is my belief that being kind to ourselves on this level not only leads to our own happiness and well-being it translates to our relationships. 

We are having a late lunch/early dinner with Lowell and Rebecca at York Steakhouse.

Photos in my life today

This first upload for today is “daffodil”. This one is from my archives since there are none blooming quite this early in my home town. 

The next one is “sparkling”. I didn’t have much on hand for this one so I chose my blouse with sequins on it. 

This last one for now is “a cloud”. This also is from the archive since we are having a overcast day. 

Joy

                    a little ahead of the season