It's a beautiful morning in Oklahoma. The breeze is blowing, the sun is shining and it is too early for the extreme heat that is predicted for today. The hummingbirds continue to deplete their supply of sugar water in the feeder we put up last Saturday. They are fun to watch and so tiny and cute but why do they have to fight when there are four flowers to share? We will put up at least one or two more for them to enjoy.
One of my favorite things to do in the mornings is read together. I usually read aloud a portion of a book to Warren. We enjoy this time because we can stop and ask questions, discuss issues, or affirm that portion we read with a personal example. We also get the book read at the same time so we have that common interest for future discussions.
The book we are reading now is called "Writing in the Sand - Jesus and the Soul of the Gospels" by Thomas Moore. We have read three chapters so far and find it very interesting. Moore brings a deeper meaning to the parables of the gospels with the purpose of creating a happier and more meaningful life. To quote a sentence from the book jacket:
"In his examination of the original Greek texts, Moore draws upon his background of studying theology, world religions, art history, depth psychology, and world mythology. He dismisses the cautionary voice of earlier interpretations and instead explores the deeper significance of language, stressing the origins of words and their many levels of meaning in an effort to discover what we can truly learn from the Gospels' most significant stories." This book is making us think and go deeper than the more common preaching of the gospels. Whether or not I will be agreeing with everything in the book is yet to be seen but I am reading with an open mind. I will "eat the grapes and spit out the seeds!"
This weekend we have a big day planned at Lake Keystone. Karla & Rick will bring their boat and all of the family plus many other friends will come and enjoy all the fun they can tolerate on a 100+ day. Boating, swimming, skiing, tubing and jumping off cliffs....lots of fun!!!
You know there are still some really good people around. Larry just told me that he got into his SUV which was parked outside in his own driveway overnight, went to work and then looked out the window and noticed someone had spray painted some very offensive words on the side of it in red paint. He was shocked. It was suggested that he take it to a body shop so he went immediately to the place he has used before and had recommended to me and they are reasonable and very nice. They took it in, fixed it as good as new in just a few minutes and then said he didn't owe him anything! How often do you find businesses like that these days? That business will get (and probably already is getting) many referrals from his good will. For the local people, the shop is called
W&J Auto Service. Larry said he was 1/2 the price of other quotes for some hail damage he had repaired so we see the pattern of his goodwill. He truly knows the pay-it-forward deal. Thank you Terry!!!!
I have many projects to tackle in the coming weeks, one being to find all my loose photographs and put in albums. This includes not only recent ones but those from my Mom's box that go back to when I was a baby so that is going to be a huge task. I also have the website business bookkeeping to catch up on and in the background of my mind I am thinking of taking out the quilt pieces to put together another quilt top. Also, one of these days I will return to my project of converting cassettes to CDs. It isn't a hard task but you have to pay attention when the cassette ends so I can't be multi-tasking very easily. So I do have enough to keep me busy for quite awhile and I'm sure I will think of other projects as well.
"The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are." Thomas Dreier Author
Have a blessed day.
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