Merry Christine

I have printed all kinds of quotes and put them up on my various collages around my office through the years, and for some reason lately I have had quite a few more come into my space so I thought I would share some of them here……………

I have this one etched in brass over the entry door of my home;

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon immagination. Imagination is more important that knowledge. Kowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world”

That is from Albert Einstein. It moved me so much, for the paternal side of my family has been extremely judgemental of me due to the fact that I never went to college, or finished high school. Forget about the fact of what I have done in my life. Just the simple fact that I was not a “student” I am a failure and low life in all of thier eyes. Except my late Grandmother. Funny thing is, it no longer bothers me, for I see now what that is all about. HOLLAaaaa!………We are all forever students in life!

Okay, so here are some more:

“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.” That’s from Picasso. I have that pinned underneath a picture of Big Daddy T. Freeman on one of my boards…

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”..Ghandi

“Once there is seeing, there must be acting, otherwise what is the point of seeing?” Can’t remember who that was, but he was lecturing on, ahem, yes I listen to NPR…

“God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot shoot, courage to shoot the people I can, and the wisdom to know the difference…” Can’t remember what that was from, but it is up on one of my boards. Obviously around the time some punks took my car out of my garage in the middle of the night…..

“Don’t mix imagination with fear. It is a deadly cocktail………” FOR REAL, YEA?

“Never hate your enemy’s, it affects your judgement.” Micheal Corleone, Godfather III

Here are a few from one of my favorite writers, Kahlil Gibran:

“We must not forget that there are still cave dwellers; the caves are in our hearts.”

“Some seek pleasure in pain, and some cannot cleanse themselves except in filth.”

“He brings disaster upon his nation who never sows a seed, or lays a brick, or weaves a garment, but makes poitics his occupation.”

“As ones gifts increase, his friends decrease”………………

“Hard is life for him who desires death but lives on for the sake of his beloved ones.”

“If you wish to see the valleys, climb to the mountain top, if you desire to see the mountain top, rise into the cloud, but if you seek to understand the cloud, close your eyes and think.”

“Would it not be more economical for the governments to build asylums for the sane instead of the demented?”

“There is no convenience in our present-day situation that does not cause discomfort.” (Keep in mind, this guy was around from 1883 to 1931)

“Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self -confidence and your self-doubt.”

“Most men with delicate feelings hasten to hurt your feelings lest you precede them and hurt theirs.”

“How distant I am from the people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.”

“The reality of music is in that vibration that remains in the ear after the singer finishes his song and the player no longer plucks the strings.”

“My enemy said to me,”Love your enemy.” And I obeyed him and loved myself.”

“What shall I say about him who borrows from me the money to buy a sword with which to attack me?”

“Some people do not publicly thank me in order to express their gratitude but to make public their perception of my talent in order to be admired themselves.”

“The last steps of the slaughtered bird are painful, involuntary and unknowing, but those who witness that grisly dance know what caused it.”

And I will end it with this…..”The writer who draws his material from a book is like one who borrows money only to lend it”………………….OUCH….

You can pick up any of this guys books and be moved. I wanted to share some of his many quotes that really moved me. I am sharing all of this, for when I am sitting here working in complete solitude, it is nice to look up and read these. I will end this b-l-a-w-g…with this poem I have had for YEARS, always in the room I work in, but for the main reason that I think about it every morning I run with my darling dawgs, Lucy and Lola on some of the most beautiful and clean land mother nature has given us..

Take Time To See:

It seems so hard to understand

As I look out across the land

That all I view belongs to me.

I ought to take more time to see!

The distant hills and mountains high,

The rolling clouds and bright blue sky,

No one can take these views from me

As long as I have eyes to see.

A timid deer with haunting look

Who stands refreshed by younder brook

Knows not that he belongs to me,

Oh, what a thrilling sight to see!

The song of birds so gay and clear

That fill the morning air with cheer,

And fragrant flowers of every hue,

That stand erect bedecked with dew,

All these and more belong to me

If I but use my eyes to see.

When evening shadows gather nigh

And twinkling stars light up the sky

I hear My Master say to me

“I made it all for you to see.”

My heart grows warm with faith and pride

To know that He is by my side.

Ray F. Zaner

I hope that some of this put some warmness in your hearts. It is the only reason I wish to share this with you.

Have a great week, and keep training, stay healthy!

First thing I would like to say is HORRAY SLY STALONE for his interview on the Today Show yesterday morning. When they asked him about his bust for GH in Australia, he gave a complete description of what it actually is and because it was so honest and harmless, Matt Lauer left it at that. Like what the f………… is the hooplah all about?? My respect goes out to the man. And I must note that I myself have tried the stuff, and the result was I am better without it. I personally do not need the stuff. At least not yet. However, I do understand it and am baffled at the negative press around it. I just wanted to jump into the tv and kiss him!

Okay move on. I have to express this while it is in my head since I deal with a lot of extremely fit women, and then find myself around a lot of clueless women when I am in health clubs. My darling, beautiful, late Grandmother gave me this book years ago, EAT and REDUCE!, buy Victor H. Lindlahr. Okay, so, this book was published in 1939. It was a paperback and I have kept it in my nutrition bookshelf wrapped in a rubberband, for there is nothing left of the binding or cover. My Grandmother was aware of nutrition and weight loss way back then for her husband always gave her grief if she was off her slender weight by as little as one pound,,,,,,,,,in his eye………lets not go there. So, in this book there is a chapter called “The Liverwurst Ladies”. It is written about his experience having lunch at a soda fountain counter in a department store one day. He says he is sitting at the counter when these three ladies “Swooped” in, and he says that because between the three of them they must have totalled 675 lbs. Anyway to make a long story “sort of” short he was evesdropping, listening to them order their lunch. One of the orders was for liverwurst sandwich with pickle relish on white bread with no lettuce and NO BUTTER!, and a large glass of soda. After the ladies ate thier lunch they justified the chocolate cake desert because they were so good with the actual lunch. His observation was how clueless these women were, or just in complete denial.

So yesterday I am at my health club and I overheard this woman (muffin top, older woman, lots of loose skin) say to another (extremely fat) that she was so frustrated for she comes into the gym and trains every day and is very careful about her food and she gained 2 lbs! Just couldn’t understand it. Somewhere in this conversation she chuckles and says “but I did go to taco time” and with a big smile talked about her jumbo taco order. THAT honestly is all I have to say about this… I am just baffled, that’s all.

Now I have to express my love for firearms. This past summer, some ass hole punk crawled through my dog door on my garage while I was sleeping upstairs with my PIT BULLS, and got into my car hit the garage door opener and took my car for a joy ride. He left it about 1/8 of a mile up the road when he was done with it. Threw my cd case and some other stuff in the ditch right next to the car and then stole two pairs of cherished sunglasses totalling $1300.00 between the two pairs. MTHRFCKR. I say he because I am 99% sure I know who it is.

All of that being said I got my concealed weapons permit, and a very dear friend of mine turned me onto a friend of his that is a firearms GENIUS. 6 months later I am a junkie. The first thing I learned, because I so wanted to, was the million reason why you don’t want to kill someone. Understood and respected. Then it was off to learn everything I could about firearms. I now own an awful lot of weapons and shoot once a week at least five hundred rounds from various weapons and absolutely love it. I start out shooting a hundred rounds from my CZ .22 rifle. Then I move on and shoot the bigger guns, only up to .45s. I don’t have anything bigger,,,,,,,,,yet. Then I will go back to my .22 rifle and shoot another hundred rounds. Like warm up and cool down. I just got a Biathlon rifle, in fact it is waiting for me at the dealer right now, so I am squirming in my seat for I have to wait till they call me to go get it.

The reason I was bringing this up is I found a wonderful way to meditate, focus, and get stress out. What was brought on due to anger and frustration has become such a wonderful way to focus. I cannot express how much fun it is to aim at a target 100 feet away and with the naked eye hit that target. It is so sad that all of this law passing crap to take away our 2nd ammendment is affecting the law abiding citizens that do NOT abuse the privilege, and the DUMB FKS that are the reason for panic will STILL have guns when all is said and done, therefore after the ignorant people get the 2nd ammendment taken away they will STILL have guns on the street killing innocent people. I just don’t get it. I don’t want to get political, really, but please take your damn diapers off and grow up! For crying out loud, does that honestly make sense to you? I wish they would take a census and check to see how many murderers, robbers, gangsters, are registered weapons carriers. How many people that carry a concealed weapons permit get arrested for any of the above offenses?

I’m done for now. Have to get on my suits……………..xoxo