Deer Hunting

I was over at the daughter's house the other day.  It is Fall and the kids are just now starting to have to stay indoors more often.  A hard transition from Summer to Winter.  Boredom was setting in on the girls and the six year old ran into the room and asked her dad if he could take them deer hunting.  Deer hunting??  Here is the explanation:


There is an open field across the street from the daughter's house.  Deer have been spotted there.  One night my son-in-law loaded up the little girls in his truck and they drove across the street, over the curb and into the field.  He shut off the engine and kept the head lights on.  They counted fourteen deer in the field eating.  The girls were amazed.  That was deer hunting.

Grand Daughter and the phone call

I was talking to my five year old grand daughter on the phone. We were going through the routine of saying our goodbyes: the I love yous and the see you tomorrows and how much we loved each other and who loves whom more. You know the routine! Then, as only a child of the 21st century, on a cell phone, would say, "Okay Nanna, I'm going to push the button now, bye!"

Me and God have this mutual admiration thing going on

I know, quite a topic.  I take a rather simplistic view of God.  I always have.  I was brought up in the Lutheran church.  I have spent most of my life seeking God in all the wrong places. Different churches, different religions and it all boiled down to to one thing....Love.  You see, I have found God everywhere I want to be.  Everywhere I need to be.  Everywhere.

It took all of my life to finally understand that God is really Love and that is pretty much it.  No need to not do this or not do that.  No need to memorize and quote endlessly.  All I need to do is to love every single day of my life.  Jesus said it all. 

Love the Earth and take care of her.  Love the Lord and be so very thankful.  Love people.  Love to help. Love to love. 

I'm pretty sure God does not care about a lot of stuff that people think He cares about.  I'm thinking He wants us to take care of each other.  Make life easier for each other.  To love one another in the process. 

I'm also pretty sure he's not real fond of people blaming Him for everything.  Come on, seriously, like He made a tornado to wipe out a town?  Tornadoes are a result of the laws of nature and physics.  So are earthquakes and hurricanes. So are meteorites and comets.  How do people get off saying stuff like that? 

I think a lot about all the people who have said one must believe "their way" or you will go to hell.  Excuse me.....hell????  Hell is sickness and starvation.  Hell is war and fighting.  Hell is not taking care of each other.

On the other hand, Heaven is getting along.  Heaven is tending to the needs of others to make their lives a bit nicer and easier.  Love.  Get it.  Can you imagine if love was the basis behind every decision a leader of a country made?  Or if love was the basis of every decision a corporation made?  We would have life a whole lot easier than it is right now. 

I get a kick out of people who say their God is not the same God I pray to.  That's like saying the air I breathe is not the same air they breathe.  Same God, different way of going about it.  Some people feel comfortable in all the trappings and teachings of a religion.  Rote words and actions to be done daily. I myself prefer spontaneous prayer and thanksgiving.  I want my heart and soul open to the love around me.  That's it. 

I like to read a variety of spiritual books.  I get something out of each of them. There are many religions because there are many types of people.  I would be that free spirited soul who people roll their eyes at.  But remember......the same God and it's all about the love.

Pi Day...3.14

My niece is a high school math teacher.  God bless her.  Really, like who loved math and all its derivatives?  Not many of us.  Thus, not many really good math teachers.  She loves Pi Day.  March 14.  Get it????

In honor of Pi Day make a pie for a math lover in your life.  Be it a teacher, student, engineer, carpenter, or anyone who can balance a checkbook.  Everyone loves pie!

The Three Monkeys

You know those three monkeys: See, Speak, and Hear no evil.  They are rather funny and cute.  Anything to do with monkeys is funny.  Those three monkey tenets are what we should be doing on a daily basis.

Three things to remember is way better than ten things to remember.  Ten Commandments versus the Three Monkeys.  A no brainer. Not that there is anything wrong with the Ten Commandments! 

See no evil.  I like that one.  It covers a lot of area.  Evil is a broad encompassing term.  I'm petty sure evil is stuff that should be off limits to humans.  Here is my list of some of the things I find quite evil: murder, cruelty, hate, abuse, neglect, greed, hunger, filth.  I'm pretty sure the monkeys think we should always make sure that evil things do not happen, that way we won't have to look at it. According to the monkey, one should have no evil to see.

Speak no evil.  Another good one.  Evil words have started wars.  Evil words destroy.  Kind words teach and build.  There is power in speaking.  We speak with our hearts and with our mouths.  I'm thinking we should all probably pay more attention to what we are saying.  Speak is a pretty smart monkey.

Hear no evil.  This one got me thinking.  What does evil sound like?  I think it sounds like hate.  I think it sounds like lies.  I think it sounds like gossip.  The monkeys are wanting us to not sit around and listen to evil stuff.  Sit, as in to do nothing.  We are to stop the sounds of hate.

Without saying a word, those three monkeys have pretty much said it all.