Life Is A Theatre

Life is a theatre. Invite your audience carefully. Not everyone is spiritual or emotionally healthly enough to have a Front row seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that are best loved from a Distance.

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go, or at least minimize, your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships/friendships.

Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention. Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which one encourage and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are going downhill? When you leave certain people, do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama, or don't really understand, know or appreciate you?

The more you seek quality, respect, growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you, the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the Front Row and who should be moved to the balcony of Your Life. You cannot change the people around you, but you can Change the people you are around.

--Author Unknown

The people we hang with will have an impact on our lives, so we must be careful to choose the right people we hang out with; as well as the information with which we feed our minds. We should not share our dreams or thoughts with negative people.

It's your choice and your life; but it is up to you who and what you let in it!

Ask God for wisdom, and seek His Face to help you choose the right people who sit in the front row of your life. Let your Haters be your motivators (but let them do it from afar).

LIFE IS A THEATRE, INVITE YOUR AUDIENCE CAREFULLY!!!

Curve Balls

Life ever throw you a curve ball?
The curveball is a breaking pitch in baseball thrown with a grip and hand movement that imparts down and/or sideways spin to the ball. The movement of a curveball is to deceive the batter. Ideally, a curveball will have its greatest break just as it reaches the plate and cause the batter to swing above it.

Curveball is a manual for people who face life-altering challenges,and is also proof that one need not fight such battles alone. Life throws curve balls at you all the time, which seem to be coming from all angles. When life throws you a curveball hold your ground and keep your eye on the ball!

When life throws you a curve ball something happens that you would never have expected. It may be that it is not the curveball itself that surprises us,but it is the disappointment from our expectations not being fulfilled. I guess that is the whole point of calling the "unexpected" a curve ball.

There are countless moments in everyday life when our thoughts are infused with the energy of fear or failure, shame, catastrophe, which makes it hard for us to be our selves. We face the possibility of our own personal "hanging curveball."

Our bodies respond to fearful thoughts the same way as if the events were actually taking place in the moment. The stress response further muddles our actions. We want to be prepared for any of those curveballs life might throw.

I guarantee you will remember the tale of the Wooden Bowl tomorrow, a week from now, a month from now, a year from now.

The Wooden Bowl

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth.

The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess
"We must do something about father," said the son. "I've had enough of his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor." So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There, Grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner. Since Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl. When the family glanced in Grandfather's direction, sometimes he had a tear in his eye as he sat alone. Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitions when he dropped a fork or spilled food.

The four-year-old watched it all in silence. One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, "What are you making?" Just as sweetly, the boy responded, "Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mama to eat your food in when I grow up. " The four-year-old smiled and went back to work.

The words so struck the parents so that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done.
That evening the husband took Grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table. For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled.

On a positive note, I've learned that, no matter what happens, how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles four things:
a rainy day, the elderly, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

I've learned that, regardless of your relationship with your parents,
you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life.."I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back
I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But, if you focus on your family, your friends, the needs of others, your work and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you. I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
I've learned that every day, you should reach out and touch someone.
People love that human touch -- holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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This is to all of you who mean something to me,
I pray for your happiness.
The Gift Of Love, Hope & Friendship
May God richly bless you!

Wile-E-Coyote

Decisions, decisions. Sometimes you feel as though you are running around in circles, which way to go, or which way to turn. Frustrated, confused, unexpected happenings, your mind is a boogle, the world is like a merry-go-round that never stops; IF only time would stop so you could catch your breath, and refresh your memory, maybe we wouldn't make such quick decisions, and we would look at things in a different point of view. There is so much too do, and so little time to do it. There isn't enough hours in the day to get everything done, but it is always there in the morning when you wake up. Sometimes I feel like Wile-E-Coyote, but I have God to turn to, the world doesn't take the time to turn to God or give Him their problems.

As Paul Harvey would say, Good Day!

Southern Security System

How To Install A Home Security System In The South


1. Go to a second-hand store and buy a pair of men's used size
14-16 work boots.

2. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns
and Ammo Magazine.

3. Put a few giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines.

4. Leave a note on your door that reads:

Hey Bubba, Me, Big Jim, Duke and Slim went for more ammunition.
Back in an hour. Don't mess with the pit bulls - they attacked
the mailman this morning and messed him up real bad. I don't
think Killer took part in it but it was hard to tell from all
the blood. Anyway, I locked all four of 'em in the house.
Better wait outside.

"Cooter"

Performance Mufflers

Where does the sound come from? Performance mufflers: Flowmaster, Flow-tech, Magnaflow, Dynomax, Glass-pack mufflers, and Cherrybombs, just a few to name.

Cherrybomb Oval Turbo muffler--Reduces back-pressure for more power and acceleration... plus a distintive sound.

Glas-pack muffler--The original performance; legendary deep and mellow.

Mufflers cancel out most of the engines noise. Sometimes we are like an old muffler with holes all through us. The little holes are flaws, mistakes, and areas in need of improvement. You'll never close them all, but you can work to close as many as possible. The process begins with pin-pointing where you need to improve. Mufflers rust from the inside out; visible rust indicates holes are developing in you muffler.

Growing up as a young teenager, my brother and I ran our cars with rather loud mufflers for more power and a better performance with the deep mellow sound flowing out. My brother's car had an exhaust leak, which meant that the exhaust had came loose from the manifold; which made the car very, very loud. Some of the elderly neighbors complained that it was too loud, along with a few of the local policemen. My brother was away at boot camp, (my transmission was out), so I drove his car, and I was in no hurry to get it fixed. The sound of loud mufflers just gets under you skin, it is considered a beautiful sound or music to the ears to anyone that loves fast and loud cars. My Grandmother always knew when we topped that old hill that we were coming home, because she could hear the cars.

Sin and the cares of the world is like an old loud muffler that never gets fixed. Sin finally takes its toll upon the soul. Gall, wormwood, poison, all of these words are words used in the Bible as synonyms for Bitterness. They all effectively conjure an image of an emotion that sours, pollutes, blinds and destroys a person from the inside out. Bitterness finds its root and its festering place: deep in the soul. Bitterness is the arch-enemy of hope, the ultimate corruptor of faith.

Another loud muffler sin is the Spirit of Jezebel, which is a controlling spirit working through the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. It has two aims:

1) To gain identity, glory, recognition, power, and satisfy the need for the "praises of men." The desire for love and self-worth focussed on
SELF.
2) The Jezebel spirit is a hater of all men and seeks to emasculate all men, and divest them of their authority and power over others. It fosters a distrust and hatred of men in general. The "Jezebel spirit" is in a constant agitation, terribly aggressive, very determined callous, controlling, selfish, power-hungry, manipulative, unrepentant, deceitful spirit, an overwhelming evil spirit. This spirit has indeed taken over the world, and can be definitely named "Satan's woman."

Jezebels are frequently "super achievers," which sadly is admired in church and the business world. He/she is a master in hindering others to achieve anything; doing everything they can to prevent others achieving their set goals, for then to criticise them for not having achieved these aims.

When we make up our minds to turn away from sin, and go back to that old altar of repentance with a desire and a determination in our hearts, God hears us top that old hill in prayer, and knows we are coming back to Him.