Life can overwhelm you when challenges pile up relentlessly. While navigating difficult times isn’t simple, unexpected opportunities sometimes emerge from setbacks. The journey may feel frustrating, and success isn’t guaranteed. Drawing from personal experience, I understand the complexity of such moments. Despite the uncertainty, resilience can help you move forward, one step at a time.

However, it does help to know that God knows our problems before they become problems. He will be with His children as He promised.

From my experience, I’ve discovered that procrastination narrows your problem-solving options. Addressing challenges promptly not only provides more potential solutions but also alleviates associated stress and anxiety. Taking immediate action transforms obstacles into opportunities for resolution and personal growth.

In the face of challenges, finding strength comes from a supportive network of compassionate friends, heartfelt prayers, and a grateful heart that recognizes even the smallest acts of kindness.

Daily writing prompt

What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?

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Not everyone likes tattoos.

Daily writing prompt

What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?

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Naturally, it does somewhat depend on the news. However, I can still make a guess, maybe something of a dream too. I could sell the house, buy a motorhome, and go on a long sightseeing tour.

Well, there is another possibility. Maybe go on a perpetual cruise. Considering my allergies, finding a place without pollen would be wonderful. I mean unobstructed breathing is nice. I know. There have been a few times I’ve experienced that.

However, I know better. It’s no more than a dream, little more than a thought. That kind of good news is rarer than hen’s teeth.

Daily writing prompt

You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?

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I guess it was about twenty or so years ago when I bought a storage shed. It seems we never have enough storage space in the house. I was still working at the time, and it seems I remember spending at least four weekends putting it together.

It would not have taken so long, but I found the instructions confusing. Several times, I had to undo things before doing them right. Some aspects I found irritating.

Nonetheless, I did finish the little 10-by-12 steel building, and I must say it did turn out well. However, I only had the use of it for a little over a year and a half.

During an ice storm, I heard a horrible sound. When I went to check the cause, I saw two large branches from a pine tree had fallen. They did not flatten the building, but they did render it unusable.

Ever since, the disassembly of the building has been on the to-do list. The problem, of course, is that other things keep coming up with other higher-priority projects.

Besides, I need somewhere to move the contents. I have thought about renting a storage unit, but I have no idea about the cost.

Then again, if I actually decided to make the right decision, I would sell the house and anything else I can. Then I would buy a 35-foot motor home and concentrate on getting away from Memphis, going a long way away.

It has been some time since I have accessed my storage shed and attic. While I may need to repurchase a few items, I have found myself in a position where my possessions have become a burden rather than an asset. A more streamlined approach to managing my belongings may be beneficial.

Furthermore, I would not have to address the task of dismantling the shed. I am reaching an age where such physical labor is becoming increasingly challenging.

Does anyone know of a good motor home for sale?

Daily writing prompt

Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done.

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I’m sure many will disagree, but I’m thankful for the invention of those little things, even though they don’t directly affect my existence.

Allowing patients to carry oxygen bottles was a significant advancement. Now, concentrators have made bottles seem outdated.

The concentrators are smaller, lighter, and safer, making them a convenient option. Without them, some people might be constrained to their home.

It will be nice to have something like that for heart patients. Alternatively, maybe they will come up with something that will make both unnecessary.

Daily writing prompt

The most important invention in your lifetime is…

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That was decades ago. It had a whole 5K of RAM expandable to 32K. You might find this difficult to believe, but I did write a few useful programs with it. Oddly, however, where I found it most useful was as a super calculator.

It had what they called an immediate mode. I could type print 4+5 and press enter and the computer would display 9. In that day, scientific calculators were very expensive and the little Vic-20 could not only handle the most complex calculations, it was simpler and faster.

My first “PC compatible” type of computer was a little better. It had a 16 MHz 80286 processor, one MB memory and forty MB harddisk. I originally ran MS DOS 4.1, eventually 6.2. The system barely ran Windows 3.1 so I mostly ran stayed in DOS.

Truth is, the little 286 ran about as fast as the new machines, the way they have the new machines all loaded down with all that new stuff. They’ve put a lot of new stuff on them to make them easier and more powerful.

As for me, I would just as soon have a 486 with Windows 3.1 with but one more thing, USB interface. It’s one thing they did right. The rest is far more difficult and complex. It was intended you know. It takes the control out of our hands. Something goes wrong and a phone won’t suffice for help. It could get expensive in a hurry. I speak from experience.

Oh, and by the way, things are far more apt to go wrong. I’m guessing in my case it’ll cost me a couple hundred.

Hint, keep all your data files on external storage. You can keep copies on the main disk but, if you’re smart, you’ll keep the working files separate from the system.

Daily writing prompt

Write about your first computer.

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If things keep going as they are, I just may drop all three of those.

Daily writing prompt

In what ways do you communicate online?

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Never before given it any thought. Blue is my favorite color, especially royal blue. That would go good with silver, if possible. Yellow might not be the best color but it is bright, eye catching. It does kind of make a statement. But what to pair it with? With white it wouldn’t show up well. Not too keen on looking liking like a bunch of bees in black and yellow.

As for mascot, I would like the regal eagle but that has already been taken. How about raging wolves? I think I like that and I don’t think anyone has yet chosen it, though I might be wrong,.

Do you suppose they would let me get away with black and white stripes? Maybe not? Still I wonder if there is a rule against it.

Well, it is my dream world, right? I want Regal Eagles and red, white and blue. If anyone complains, too bad.

Daily writing prompt

If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be?

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Maybe this isn’t a proper reply. I guess I am pretty well traveled. I have been about all over southern California, including much of Camp Pendleton, mostly while afoot and and running.

I have been almost totally from one end of I-40 to the other. I have also been along much of Route 66 before I-40 was half done. Speaking of visiting cities, there must have been at least 30 cities along 66 just in California alone. Seemed every time we got up to speed, we had to slow for another town.

I have flown most of the various aircraft, including, C-117, & C-130. And I have flown into & out of Los Angeles, Dallas, Sydney, Da Nang, Ft. Smith…. You get the idea.

Getting back to the question, my thought is a little different. I’d sort of like to see all the US cities… with an RV… about 30 feet. I’d visit the northern ones in the summer and the southern ones in the winter. It has been a life long dream.

Now, I know. That’s not going to happen. I have a wife and 2 sons instead.

Daily writing prompt

What cities do you want to visit?

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