That for Which I am Thankful

Daily writing prompt
What are you most proud of in your life?

I am thankful for a family that provided for me and guidance in my early life. I am thankful for the Marines, which taught me many things that I have needed throughout my life. I am very grateful to be an American, where, at least for now, I have more rights and protection than any nation that ever existed.

Proud is a word I use very reluctantly. First, I have very little to be proud of. Secondly, it sorta gets in the way when I want to make a real self evaluation.

By the way, I do have a very extensive list of things I am truly thankful for. Certainly right at the top, is my salvation, which Jesus provided me, before I asked for it and totally without my help. I assure you, pride only delayed it, as at one time I believed I could do it on my own.

Work Stoppage

Daily writing prompt
What have you been working on?

As some of you are well aware, I have been working on the weeds in my back yard. They got out of hand when the China virus took hold of me, twice. Now, as I have the finish line in sight, I’m sick again, likely with the same stuff.

Why isn’t that so-called scientists, Fauci, in an orange jump suit and behind high walls? At the least, that cancel culture needs to cancel him.

Interesting Prompt

Daily writing prompt
What’s something most people don’t know about you?

If it is something most people don’t know, just maybe it is something I would just as soon most people don’t know. Sounds very much like an encouragement to get me to say or do something I rarely would want to do.

If anyone wants to know most of my history and beliefs, my posts will tell most of what I am or want to be. It’s better that I not repeat it here.

Good Fences

Daily writing prompt
What makes a good neighbor?

By the way, also, good window shades and maybe a good garage with a good door.

Actually, I shouldn’t make such rash generalized statements. I’ve mostly had good neighbors. Mostly I have not had any problems and they have actually helped a few times. In fact, if it weren’t for my neighbors, the two women ambulance attendants would have never gotten me in the ambulance when I broke my ankle. There is no way they would have been able to lift my 280 pound frame. And, incidentally, it didn’t help my confidence in them that they were busy reading instructions on how to install the air brace and pump it up.

One of my neighbors let us have their 60 pound dog, which helped scare the armed burglar away. I do miss the old dog but she was getting old and had a big bleeding tumor on her shoulder. One of her favorite things was crossing her paws on the arm of the chair and putting her chin on them.

I’ve lived here since the year Elvis died and I have seen a number of neighbors come and go. One night I heard a woman screaming. Once I realized she was out in the street, I went to see what was wrong. It turned out she just lost her, I guess about 7 mo baby. He died in the crib. They had just moved in a few weeks earlier. I never saw the couple again. They moved out a few days later.

I really wish I could have done something for them. I guess they did do something for me. I realized just how thankful I am that my two boys had so few problems, for which I will ever be grateful to the Lord.

The day after the 100 mph winds came through and toppled a couple of trees, keeping me from going to work, the teen next door came over to help and that was really great, considering I was still on crutches from my broken ankle. He didn’t ask if he could help. He just did it. I guess that is the sort of thing that makes a good neighbor too. I did make to work, though I was very late. It was spooky driving home though. No street lights or traffic lights. Really dark, even with the headlights.

Still, that good fence comes in pretty handy from time to time, especially when I can keep my dog from jumping it.

Right and Wrong

Daily writing prompt
What principles define how you live?

Though I frequently fail, I try to do what is wright and avoid doing that which is wrong. It is almost always that the easier, more desirable is wrong. If I realize I have done something wrong, I try to admit it, first to myself and then to others.

On the other hand, our president seems to have it backward. After doing what he knows is wrong, he refuses to admit, certainly not to himself.

Yard Work

Daily writing prompt
What have you been putting off doing? Why?

I was keeping up with it till this stupid virus. I got it, got over it and got it again. Took me a long time to build up my strength again. Truth be told, I am still not completely recovered. I don’t know if I ever will.

I managed to keep up with the front, more or less, but the weeds got almost 6 feet high in back. I work on it about an hour a day, as the heat permits. At 73, I just can’t stand up to the heat as I did.

Oddly my electric trimmer does most of the work but I do all the sweating. After an hour, I retreat inside and it takes well over an hour to recover. I huff and puff and drink the ice water.

About one more week, I will have the weeds under control, but there will be no grass till spring. Too late this year. Now, mostly dirt.

It’s the problem with weeds. They don’t care about reasons or excuses. You give them a chance…

Let’s Take a Quick Look in a Mirror

Daily writing prompt
What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail.

In my mind, I changed the title of this post at least half a dozen times.  I may yet change it another 6 or 7 times.  In theory, the title should tell the reader something about the subject.  Yet it should not drive away the readers, which puts me in something of a quandary.  I guess, in a way I will have to resort to a little deceit, though I don’t really like doing that.  However, I really do want it to get to as many as possible if it will have the very success of The Daily Prompt’s mission to succeed.

More than most times, I feel the encouragement by God to write this.  However, don’t get me wrong.  I still have no claim to being a prophet, if only I were.  I would like to speak on this subject as if I had the authority of God.  Yet it is all common sense, or at least the most of us who have a conscience.

A little less than a week ago, I turned the radio on and found out that Hamas has again attacked Israel.  How terrible this is, I thought.  More senseless killing.  However, as time unfolded, I realized that things were worse, much worse.  It seems they were killing babies.  They were burning them, beheading them, right before their parents.

How horrible, I thought.  How can a people do such things to another people?  It did not gain them anything in their war effort.  It was simply because, well, I won’t go there.  As I said before.  I don’t know how people can do such things, and yet, if the reports are true, then they are.

Throughout history, people have been killing other people in war.  It is a horrible thing and, for sure, I would like to put a stop to it.  However, recently things have gotten worse.  A socialist, that is the communist bunch out of the Soviet Union and China have killed, seemingly just to kill.  Even more, year by year, the Israelites have become more targeted, apparently just because they live.  Certainly the Nazis were not the first nor were they the worst

If you want proof of the existence of God, here it is.  Why else would the world try to do away with the one people who must remain in order for the prophecies of the final days to be fulfilled?  I mean, does the Bible not speak of the Jews in the last book of the Bible.  How can these prophecies come true unless there are Jews?  So, in order to keep them from being fulfilled, Satan is putting every effort into killing Jews.

Some believe man actually thought of it.  Nope.  It was Satan.  And those trying to kill Jews are doing the will of Satan.

Nonetheless, let me return to the atrocity spoken of recently on the news.  You know, where the Hamas men were chopping off the heads of babies.  It does sound bad to just almost everyone.

How-some-ever, let me remind one and all.  We have people; highly respected people have done and will continue to do this in this very country.  And guess what, they get paid for it.  The dems call them doctor and have high regard for them and they are highly protected murderers.

They cut and chop babies into little pieces.  Needles-to-say, I would like to put a stop to that.  It is the one major thing I would like stop right now.  I would really like to be assured of my success.

But, alas, I am doomed to failure.  People listen not to my cry for the babies, nor to the speeches of others.

You see, it is about money; it is about convenience; it is about power for the dems.  Never is it about the baby.

However, before we get so all high and mighty about what the Hamas do, let’s get a mirror and glance at ourselves for a while.  They have killed their hundreds.  Our so-called healers have killed their millions, and it continues, mostly to black babies.