Thankful For, "Now"..................................

On this Thanks-

giving Day I thought we ought to spend some time and think of something specific we are "Thankful" for. My idea was that today we would put a small box together with a hole in the top to put in our thoughts on a piece of paper and then into the box. As I blog this the box is being put together and decorated by the "Grand Kids". Into the box each of us will put as many as 5 specific things listed on a sheet of paper for each person here and each of us will put in the list in the box. We will then read those things and have the opportunity to share each others blessings.

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A month or two ago I saw a movie about a man who went to Heaven and the 5 people he met their. On of the ones he met was his wife who had gone before. She came to him looking young like she had looked the day he married her. He danced with her and they talked. He had met a few people before he met her and understood where he was and that what he was seeing was changing and could change quickly. As he danced with his wife he asked her if she could look like she had when she left and then she changed into the body of the older women he had known in their later years. His expression seemed to deepen as to how he felt about her. It seemed to me that he really saw her the same as when she was younger and if anything he seemed to loved her more for the years of time they had shared that was best reflected in how she had looked in her later years of life.

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It seems to me that for this man he loved her most for what she was, now, or in his case the time closest to it.

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Thankful For, "Now".

Thankful for who we are, "Now".

Thankful for the days together.

Thankful for the family shared.

The true meaning of life is that it takes a lot of hats to get through it

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I have a collection of pictures from doing this blog for the last couple of years + so some pop up and repeat. I like to look back through them and think about the days and weeks past and then what is going on "right now". I just checked out a "favorite blog" and found 10 things that my "favorite daughter" likes to do, "right now". The world would be a better place if more of those favorites were shared around the world by more folks. Of course maybe the world really is a better place than we think. Over the years my collection of pictures and thoughts and even opinions about whether the world is getting better change a lot.............

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I used to love positive thinking books. I now see how enjoyable people

are when they just are not negative.

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I use to wonder how I would ever pick one favorite color. I now see how the color of the sky and the mountains and all that grows is enough.

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I used to look for who was right and who was wrong when elections come. I now just hope to see who is willing to ask what is right and what is wrong.

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I used to wonder why anyone would spend so much time looking for their ancestors. I now hope that those ancestors might look for me.

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I used to think that accomplishment was necessary to just validate my efforts. I now hope that those I care for will in their accomplishments look for right and wrong and what is positive.

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I used to hope for more blessings. I now can't count all that I have had.

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I used to try to say more when more needed saying. I now hope I can say less.

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I used to hope to know and learn more. I still do, but I now hope to remember what I already know.

Don Q, or for that matter those that look always found what he was looking for, yep.

Lyceum. is an educational institution often a school of secondary education, or a public hall used for cultural events like concerts. Don Q on his journeys may well have learned more on the trip itself than in the "public hall".

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Cicero declared that "He who does not know history is destined to remain a child." The ideas of Voltaire (in Candide), Cervantes (in Don Quixote), and William Shakespeare (in Hamlet) illustrate how men remain children because of their ignorance or denial of the history of mankind, which is a history of corruption, greed, violence, and deceit. As long as an individual lives in ignorance of the past, he will see every experience as utterly new and will deal with that experience in the same way as a child who lives with no storehouse of knowledge or wisdom which would allow him to avoid past mistakes. The message of Voltaire's Candide is that the world in which we live is populated with people who live primarily in order to get what they want, using whatever means necessary, and always looking for innocent victims of whom they can take advantage.

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It seems to me that both Quixote and Voltaire often attacked religious and philosophical optimism. Both authors might find those in today's world who "picket and protest" to "get what they want" at the expense of society worthy of a story or two.........................

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Don Q. said.............and be not dazed

when thou findest thyself exposed to

the light of that sun

of beauty thou art going to seek.

Bookshelf, Sitting Bull, Monday in November 2008

Looking back over my shoulder at the scene in this picture beats the picture in my opinion. Each item on top of this shelf has an interesting story. Course that might be why I like to look at them.
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Today I went to the used bookstore to see if I could sell some books. I was surprised to find that only a few were wanted. I figured I would just use the funds to buy another book or two. As it turned out I just got one book? "Sitting Bull". This Indian Chief was described at "The greatest Indian enigma of his time, perhaps of all time." I have not read a book like this before so maybe that is enough to qualify it as a next read?
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Tiger got to hunt,Bird got to fly;Man got to sit and wonder,
"Why, why, why?"Tiger got to sleep,Bird got to land;Man got to tell himself
he understand.
-- A verse from the Books of Bokonon,
The Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut

Ribbons, runs, and mile markers for the big picture

ok this post is breaking new ground. It has some pictures from my run today and of course I am not the one in the family that is best at taking nature shots. The air is cooler today but it is a great day for a run. "We" did a small walk first then the run followed. I suppose I will have to ponder what to really say about the ribbon for while so I will return to this post later. Needless to say it has something to do with a ribbon cutting event.