Oh the things I let go
One of the joys old guys will share with you is what you have to look forward to when you're old. Be prepared...
As you get older, one of the things you are subject to at a doctor's visit is the "Digital Rectal Exam"; it's uncomfortable for the patient and for the doctor and I guess you have to have a sense of humor about these things. I have a sense of humor and I'm gonna get into that in just a bit. Apparently the doctor I saw today deals with it by making small talk. He asked me "how tall are you?"
I missed out on the most priceless answer in the history of come-backs which should have been
"An inch taller than I was when I walked in here!"
Sometimes you have to have a chuckle at difficult circumstances.
The squoze called today to let me know her friend is better. Each of us has friends in the hospital but for much different reasons. My friend is doing better and her friend is going to be OK. She needs lots of therapy, but she'll be OK.
She told me yesterday that I'm confused.
If I were still looking for clues, I would be. I'm not. I do know that my prayers have been answered and things are being set right. I don't know what that looks like, but I can tell because of an inward change in me. I was taking a nap and just felt this warm peace flow over me.
Before the nap, a package arrived for Miss June that contained a card for the ex from her sister in Indiana. She must not have believed the part about the ex ignoring us. Before I took a nap, I was looking at the free stuff classified ads on KSL where I saw an ad for free wedding/engagement photography from Ogden 84403. (Gee that sounds familiar). The poster is named Wendy and I looked at the phone number.....
Yup. THAT Wendy.
I can't go anywhere.
Even when I mind my own business, it's right there in front of me.
You might infer that I think something means something of these things by what I said about answered prayers. I don't. Maybe it's God trying to tell me something. Most likely, it was just something I was supposed to see. I'm not even convinced I should try to tell Wendy about her greeting card. She won't even come up to get stuff that already belongs to her. If you come across her, you might mention it to her, though.
I'm just telling a story.
I really am at peace. A lot of it comes from knowing that had I not gone through all this stuff; had not God taken from me things that really matter, I never would have become the man I am today. I'm still a smart-ass at heart, but I've learned to let things go. I would like to know just what God has in store for me and in His time, I suppose I will. In the mean time, I'm gonna see things. I'm gonna notice things. And I'm just going along with the knowledge that it's all playing itself out the way God has planned.
I know what matters and in some odd circumstances, God uses me. I had an appointment at the VA today and I was blessed to carpool. My friend is in the VA hospital and needed his shaving kit, so I was also able to see him this morning and help with that need. No accidents. God is amazing in how he uses circumstances.
I'm so blessed and right now I gotta run or I'm late for work.
As you get older, one of the things you are subject to at a doctor's visit is the "Digital Rectal Exam"; it's uncomfortable for the patient and for the doctor and I guess you have to have a sense of humor about these things. I have a sense of humor and I'm gonna get into that in just a bit. Apparently the doctor I saw today deals with it by making small talk. He asked me "how tall are you?"
I missed out on the most priceless answer in the history of come-backs which should have been
"An inch taller than I was when I walked in here!"
Sometimes you have to have a chuckle at difficult circumstances.
The squoze called today to let me know her friend is better. Each of us has friends in the hospital but for much different reasons. My friend is doing better and her friend is going to be OK. She needs lots of therapy, but she'll be OK.
She told me yesterday that I'm confused.
If I were still looking for clues, I would be. I'm not. I do know that my prayers have been answered and things are being set right. I don't know what that looks like, but I can tell because of an inward change in me. I was taking a nap and just felt this warm peace flow over me.
Before the nap, a package arrived for Miss June that contained a card for the ex from her sister in Indiana. She must not have believed the part about the ex ignoring us. Before I took a nap, I was looking at the free stuff classified ads on KSL where I saw an ad for free wedding/engagement photography from Ogden 84403. (Gee that sounds familiar). The poster is named Wendy and I looked at the phone number.....
Yup. THAT Wendy.
I can't go anywhere.
Even when I mind my own business, it's right there in front of me.
You might infer that I think something means something of these things by what I said about answered prayers. I don't. Maybe it's God trying to tell me something. Most likely, it was just something I was supposed to see. I'm not even convinced I should try to tell Wendy about her greeting card. She won't even come up to get stuff that already belongs to her. If you come across her, you might mention it to her, though.
I'm just telling a story.
I really am at peace. A lot of it comes from knowing that had I not gone through all this stuff; had not God taken from me things that really matter, I never would have become the man I am today. I'm still a smart-ass at heart, but I've learned to let things go. I would like to know just what God has in store for me and in His time, I suppose I will. In the mean time, I'm gonna see things. I'm gonna notice things. And I'm just going along with the knowledge that it's all playing itself out the way God has planned.
I know what matters and in some odd circumstances, God uses me. I had an appointment at the VA today and I was blessed to carpool. My friend is in the VA hospital and needed his shaving kit, so I was also able to see him this morning and help with that need. No accidents. God is amazing in how he uses circumstances.
I'm so blessed and right now I gotta run or I'm late for work.
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