Month: December 2018

Looking for the peace within or the peace around……..

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” Glory to God in the highest and on Earth peace”

***Luke 2:14***

Hope for today

We could never do for ourselves as God has done for us, when we give complete control to God, you fill us up with your peace, then you let us be an instrument of that peace, to a broken and hurting World.

When you step outside of the cities you can clearly see all the peace around us, this peace helps us to heal from the stress within the cities, as the peace of God is within us all, as we truly feel the warmth within our hearts and souls. which is God’s love giving us that peace, to move forward better and stronger throughout this journey of life.

As we walk through this journey and at the beginning, we truly believe and have faith in God with his son Jesus Christ, this is what helps us grow healthy and become a productive part of Society, but as we walk further we then drift away from God and his son, then leaving us open to all the ugliness and hatred that comes with a Society. We then later learn that Jesus Christ has never left us, just that we lost the control which God uses to guide us safely. The peace of God is always within us, we just have to acknowledge it, to truly feel it, which gives us the warmth of his peace that flows through our hearts and souls, bringing out the love of Jesus Christ for us all to be happy, as we then share it completely with each other.

All the hatred and the ugliness that is around us, only comes to us because not only have we lost the control that God uses but we have also lost the faith, which then gives us plenty of hope, for all we do as we walk our paths through this journey of life. Jesus doesn’t pick and chose who he loves, as he totally loves each one of us equally, no matter of who you are. Now as we lose the control and the faith, we then ignore Jesus Christ, as he would never ignore us. Now we may think that Jesus will never forgive us for the error of our ways, but he will always forgive us no matter of who we are, or what we have done? When we don’t truly forgive ourselves, then we don’t give Jesus a chance to forgive us and that is when the faith becomes lost, leaving us spinning out of control and further away from God and his son Jesus.

It is very easy to believe and have faith in Jesus, the hard part comes when each of us wander away from him, as we then let the greed, the ugliness and the hatred control us, instead of us having complete control for Jesus, as he then guides us to the true path of righteousness. Jesus will forever love us, as his love will never wander away from us, it is only us that don’t acknowledge his love, which then leaves us cold inside and open to all the hatred and the ugliness that is around us, throughout this journey of life.

” The love of Jesus Christ will never fail us, it is we who fail ourselves”

” May the peace of Christ always be with you, so we can heal from all our troubles and pain”

” The peace within is Jesus filling us with the warmth of his love, the peace around is the beauty we see of Mother nature and all it’s tranquility”

With a new Year around the corner……..

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It is just sad that each and every year no matter what the year, we bring the same hatred and ugliness with us. Instead of each of us digging deep within ourselves, getting truly in touch with who we are, feeling the love of Jesus deep within our hearts and souls, then bringing this love out to share with each other, so when each new year comes we than can, bring peace and joy instead of hatred and ugliness to all who are around us. Instead of going out and partying the new year in, stay home and take stock in your life, do a self inventory of where you are, where you came from and where you want to go. Look at the new year as real change and this change truly starts with each of us and not with just chatter, but our true actions, which speaks a lot louder than any words.

Don’t look to our so called leaders within our Governments, these Individuals will forever let us down as they can’t even see eye to eye with each other. They say they are there for us, but each time they promise something………………….. Well let’s just say they live with a lot of broken promises in their lives. The real change comes from you and I, us the people who walk a path through this journey of life. Our so called leaders may say things like ” we the people don’t want this kind of change”, but who are they really speaking for? When they put words in our mouths we never said. There is change all around us, some being small and easy, while some may bring great pain? None the less all change when accepted and done correctly, is the most beautiful thing we will ever do, especially when we change from all the the hatred and ugliness, to peace and joy and truly be, who we truly are.

With each passing year, yes every January 1st. comes a bright new year, instead of chatting about changing something in your life, then never following through on the chatter, just be quiet and let your actions speak, especially when those actions comes from within, like showing more empathy and love for one another, if each and every one of us do this, then the real change will come to us and all this hatred and ugliness will go away. There is way too much crap around us and we are killing ourselves everyday, as we do nothing too stop the crap. There are a few coming into a country Illegally and doing great harm to those within the country like the most recent one. A Police Officer in California who he himself came to this country as an Immigrant, but an Immigrant that did it the correct way, has worked for the Police for many years and raising a family, has been gunned down by an Illegal Immigrant, which now his family has to try to move forward without him? It’s stories like this that grab the strings of your heart, but our so called leaders turn their backs, say nothing and try to make it like it’s no big deal? The time is now for each of us to hold these leaders accountable and if they don’t want to help bring real change, then it is time to change these so called leaders, to leaders that will actually bring the change we all want, so we can all move forward in peace and happiness, along our paths of this journey through life.

There is plenty of beauty all around us, we just have to look deeply into what we see, dig deeply within ourselves and retrieve truly of who we are, dig deeper into ourselves and get back in touch with our true feelings, truly feel the warmth of Jesus Christ and his love, that is within all our hearts and souls, then share that love with each other, so we all can move forward not backwards along our paths of this journey, just maybe we all need to get out within Nature and see all it’s true beauty, instead of getting tangled within the streets of the city. We all enter and exit this journey the same, for some the journey may not be as long as others, so instead of leaving this journey with regrets, let’s all walk this journey in peace and happiness, while we end the hatred and ugliness, for peace and joy and truly walk this journey as Jesus did. The right way full of love for all that is around us, so we all can be at peace, to enjoy all the true beauty at every turn, throughout this journey of life.

” Change is everywhere time we accept it and move forward better and stronger”

” A new year may be a new number, so let’s truly make that number as beautiful as we can, through real change”

” Illegal is just that, you are doing something wrong and need to change what you are doing”

” Hatred and ugliness are learned and easy, as love and empathy may be within us, but is hard to take from within and share them”

Happy New Year???

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This quote by little eight year old Martin Richard, who we lost so tragically at the Boston marathon bombings, will forever stand the test of time throughout all the new Year’s, as the best quote ever.

With this being the last week of 2018 and the new 2019 right around the corner, is this really going to be a new year, or just much of the same? Seems like we spend more time on partying in the new year, than doing anything in truly making it a new year. We all take too much for granted of the leader’s we put in place to bring real change to us, when all we need to do is, each and every one of us, with our actions, are the ones that can bring real change around us. Real change starts with us, we first need to get off our fannies, put in the work, instead of partying at every turn, so not just we ourselves can be at peace, but all those around us can be at peace as well.

We all set these resolutions of which we never follow through on? We only never follow through because talk is cheap and actions speak louder. A resolution is meaningless unless you follow through on what you say and not speak, just to heat up the air with hot air from your mouth around you. If you know you are not going to follow through on your resolution, then say nothing and just let your actions say what you really want to say. Resolutions are useless anyways, only because it’s the lazy way out of a conversation, instead of confidently speaking in a conversation and truly making the change you want to make.

Why do we call it a ” New Year”, if we still do all the same things, except the fact that the year itself has changed. Whether it is domestic or abroad, we never really have any real change, we have a lot of hot air talking of change, but the true change we never receive. Some may change the approach of the change, then say they made change, but the same old same old still comes back to us, as the change disappears. True change comes from deep within each of us, we first have to be on the same page and not resist any change, whether it’s from ourselves or another. As we the people look toward our so called leaders for the change, how can they truly bring real change to us, if they themselves can not even see eye to eye, without the bickering and the arguing between each other? If someone comes forth with real change, it gets immediately shot down, cause it didn’t come from they themselves, which in the long run, has us all stay within ourselves, instead of working towards bringing real change to us all, so we than can move forward on our paths, of this journey through life, in the peace and happiness we all so deserve.

Happy New Year is truly each one of us coming together in peace and happiness, while we bring real change to each other, that will help us all be stronger and better than the year prior. Happy New Year is not about just changing a year, then we all continue all the hatred and ugliness of each other. We all may think that real change starts at the top? On the contrary…….. It starts with each one of us, whether your on the top, the bottom or the middle, working together in harmony and helping to bring real change to us all, moving forward throughout this journey of life.

We can still celebrate the coming of a new year, but there is a big difference between a celebration and just partying in the new year. You celebrate cause you are working at the true change, to bring into the new year and share with all around you. You party in the new year, only to wake up not feeling good or remembering anything of the night before. Somewhere in the translation of Happy New Year, we have lost the true message of bringing real change around us, which is why we have to look back, not to dwell in the past, but to see where we went wrong, fix what we need to fix, so we than can move forward along our paths of this journey through life, better and stronger, as the proper and real change comes to us and we all can be at, the true peace and happiness always.

” Happy New Year is not just the changing of a few numbers on the calendar, it is the bringing of true change to us all always”

” A true Happy new Year should bring us all peace and happiness always”

” ” No more hurting people peace” this should be more than a quote and help us all bring real change to each other”

” A celebration is happy and peaceful, as a party is something a lot of times we do not remember”

A Jolly old Fellow………

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Twas the night before Christmas and throughout the house not a peep was heard, for we all wait on the arrival of this joyful guy in the bright red suit. Santa Claus goes about his business as quiet as a church mouse, within the walls of the church, as come the rise of the morning sun, this Jolly old Fellow disappears for yet another year.

This merry old gentleman really does not have to disappear for another, as all his traits lives within us all, so we can share them with each other. Santa Claus loves to give and share, which are two of the traits that is within all of us. now as Santa comes along as we sleep, we all can totally give and share, as all we have to do is, totally feel the warmth of the love within each of us so then just like Santa, we as well can quietly spread our love within, with each other and not just one time a year, but everyday of every year, as we walk our paths through this journey of life.

Twas the night before Christmas, before all the children get tucked in to bed, they work on their letter to Santa and leave him some snacks on the table with the letter, then as they lay to sleep, they dream of Santa leaving all on their list, underneath the big Christmas tree for them to wake up to. Santa loves reading all the notes by the little children, almost more than enough of him eating all the plates put together by the children, as his tummy might give away.

Santa Claus…..Saint Nick……The Big Guy……. There are many names for the guy who brings us all much joy, a guy for which gives us all so much and never asks for anything in return. Some may say he is not real, but how can that be, when a big piece of him is deep within the hearts and souls of us all. Oh! Santa……. How though art though, you big jolly fellow, who brings smiles too many, even if they are a sleep when you show up.

Twas the night before Christmas, not a peep was stirring, not even the dog nipping into the chilly air, one of the quietest nights of the year, as we leave midnight mass, for the journey home, to get all tucked in, for the big jolly guy, to come spreading his love and sharing ways with us all. For a big guy, he sure does move around quietly, softly and without a peep himself.

” Oh Holy night, the best Christmas song that best describes………… Twas the night before Christmas”

” Silent night of the night before Christmas, even for all as we wait for the joyful Christmas day”

” Merry Christmas to all as we all bring the joy and peace of Christmas, to all the days of the year, each and every year during this magical time of year”

Twas the night before Christmas

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Slide 2 of 21: Founded in 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth, the company’s first stores in Utica, New York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania sold general merchandise and were called “five-and-dime’s” because everything sold for 10 cents or less. The chain grew quickly, and by 1905, Woolworth invited rival retailer chains (two were owned by his relatives!) to merge with him. By 1929, there were 2,250 stores. The company purchased other chains over the years, including Footlocker, though Woolworth variety stores closed in 1997. RELATED: 10 Things You Should Never, Ever Pass Up at Antique Shops

Twas the night before Christmas, back in a time for which we have totally taken for granted. A time when we walked together and were not worried of what may happen at our local department store? These small little department stores back then, where actually part of the community, unlike the big chain stores of today, where your just a number and they could care less of you, as they just want your hard earned money in their pockets, not yours. The department store like this of Woolworth’s, would actually take the time to get to know you and recognize you as their customer, they had counter space there, where you could grab a burger either for lunch, or maybe a day spent shopping, as you became Hungary for a quick bite. The day of the local department store may be a thing of the past, as the bigger store not just pushes them out, but pushes us to the side, as they proceed in taking our hard money, to line the lining of their pockets.

Back in that magical era of yesteryear, these small community department stores were the place to go and if you couldn’t add change in your head, Oh Well!!!!! Then the pennies didn’t add up at the end of the day. Now this didn’t really bother the Owner of the store too much, as he always kept the customer happy, for it is this type of Business smarts, that developed the ” Loyal consumer”, where now with the big store chains, the Loyalty has flown the coup within this Society. Just imagine walking into the store and totally forgetting what you went in there for? This would happen all the time back then, as you and the Owner became friends and would chat each time you went into the store.

As a Youngster we all remember going to these small community department stores with our Mom’s, getting fitted with back to school clothes, or the Sunday best clothes, now as we are all grown, both you and Mom, how times change where now we are the ones bringing Mom shopping, except for the fact that, the small community stores, are now replaced by the big chain non personal store. Times change, people change, things change, everything around us changes and if we don’t learn to accept or adapt, then we will be left in the dust of the change, forever trying to catch up against all odds.

Twas the night before Christmas and even back in a time, of the small community department store, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, as all were waiting for the arrival, of that big jolly of a man, in a red suit, that brought us great Christmas joy and a smile to all of our faces. We were all frozen under the blankets, afraid to move, for we did not want to make it onto the naughty list? In a way I do miss these stores, as for a short time, we were actually treated as someone and not treated as just a number, plus with no customer loyalty, the days of brand loyalty are gone as well, as now it has become basically the flavor of the month club.

” Twas the night before Christmas and the stillness is deafening, as we all get ready for a jolly soul”

” Woolworth’s not much in the name, within the community though, it’s worth was like a pot of gold, with personality and integrity”

” Pennies from heaven, a youngster at heart, the community stores will never leave us, with nostalgia at every turn”

” Loyalty was the key to their success, with the bigger chain, there is no more loyalty, leaving us all out to dry”

Knowing what you want is easy, the hard part is to go out and get it………..

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” The road of this journey is not always paved and not as green as you may think

***BowlingChef***

Those of this new generation of today, life wasn’t all full of a rose pedal path and as easy as simply jumping into a car and pressing a button to start it. Cell phones…………. These gadgets didn’t exist back in a time where, people didn’t even know you existed, unless you made the long journey into town, either by horseback or you walked which took most of the day to get to your destination, then you had to stay over night in the local boarding house and continue back home in the morning, all just to pick up a few needed supplies for where you lived.

Work you ask? You probably just stayed home to work your farming land so you can have a great crop to pick, as this was like gold to you, because it’s the crop that put the food on your table, with the extra used to barter for more supplies you may need. Barter you ask? This was a way to exchange things with others, with no money passing hands, but in order to barter, you had to have something of value for the person that had something of value for you. It was a whole different World back then, one that the new generation of today and especially when the schools of today do not even teach classes that will teach them of the times where you worked hard, before you even thought about playing hard, or even taking a vacation.

The Technology of today in a lot of ways has made us all weak and lazy. Like right now with the Christmas season upon us, We are all full of anxiety and stress because we get ourselves so worked up, because we can’t find what we want at the store, or when we find that something we literally fight with another as they to grab for that same something? Only we ourselves have to blame for letting the World of today, get as ugly and full of hatred as it has come to. Life way back when it may of seemed to be hard to us today, only because we have let technology control of who we are today. Those who walked this journey back in that time were actually smarter than we are today, they built their homes to stand strong through the test of time and what ever Mother Nature had to throw at it, they built their tools to last for many years, instead of breaking forcing you to go buy more tools, Today in this technology world, it’s all about the money, so the Techy companies can get richer with you and I becoming poorer and poorer.

Power and control is where this journey of life has moved into, with we the people the reason for this power and control. All the corporate companies are not the problem, simply because it takes a team of director’s to rule the company, for the CEO to run the day to day portion of the company, but the bottom line is, the company is a fictitious thing, that is run by people that make the decisions to run the company. Back within the time of yesteryear and the time that you worked hard even before you had your morning breakfast, just may seem too hard for those of today, only because they have let the technology control them, life back then was hard yes, but it was more of a simpler time, with less red tape and hoops to jump through.

The era of yesteryear is gone and is now replaced by the technology era, which makes for us the people to be able to accept and adapt, so we can move forward in a simple life, like those of yesteryear did. To be able to accept and adapt properly you first need to be better and understand what is around you, so your decisions are much more informed, instead of guessing, then making your decision become cloudy with no meaning. We have become so consumed within the corporate world, we have totally forgotten of what the simple life is all about. We all want to be better and advance higher as we move forward in our lives, but if we do not truly understand of what was, then how can we make the what is to become, better for us all moving forward? We the people all have our own brains and mind, to keep them well oiled and working properly, we must forever keep learning and not let the technology do this for us, I get that we want the latest and greatest piece of technology, but at what cost to us and the journey we walk, do we really want the latest and greatest in our hands? With the way technology is going, then pretty soon we the people will be the Dinosaurs of the world and the technology will take over, leaving us all as just the tumbleweeds of the desert, to blow in the wind along the floor of the desert, within this journey through life.

” Technology is good when you adapt and accept, to better understand moving forward”

” From generation to generation we are suppose to be better, not step back without moving forward”

” We all want the power and control, but at what cost will we go to get it?”

” The era of yesteryear is gone, making it more important to move forward properly, to be better and stronger”

The True Christmas Spirit

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           Just as this little tree is growing within this old tree stump, the True Christmas Spirit, grows deep within each of us, so we can become healthy, while we share the love of the Spirit with each other, moving forward throughout this journey of life. 

            The Christmas season is a lot more than just going to a store, fighting off the masses, just so we can buy the perfect gift, is there really a perfect gift? The only gift that should matter during this special time of year is, the gift of ourselves towards one another, especially those who are closest to us and are our Family, for whom we have a special bond, that we built a strong family foundation, that truly lasts the test of time. When you truly feel the warmth of the love of Jesus deep within your soul, then your heart will always be filled with this same warmth, especially when you truly have the faith in Jesus, as when he came to us, walked his journey truly showing us all that this love really exists. Jesus walked his journey with nothing but the faith of his father, the God that created us all, so we can walk our paths of this journey. With God our father, Jesus is our brother, teaching us that with faith, good will always win out over evil, leaving us all within peace and happiness always, throughout this journey we all walk. 

                  Now that we all decorate our tree’s, string the lights and get within the Christmas Spirit, Let us all truly feel the love deep within ourselves and not only share this love, but truly extend this love to last all year………….Every year. Through the love and faith in Jesus Christ, we all can walk in the peace and happiness always. The true Christmas Spirit doesn’t have to be just part of a season, as it can be very much a part of the journey we all walk, the Spirit lives within each of us, just we have to truly feel it, with complete faith in Jesus as well as ourselves. If we can beautifully decorate the Christmas tree within our homes, then we should easily, decorate the tree of love within us and feel it’s warmth every day of every year, throughout all our paths of this journey through life. 

                     Christmas is not that time of year to be spending within a store and waiting for inspiration to strike for the perfect gift. The perfect gift is already within us, maybe let the inspiration strike with a special hand crafted, made by yourself gift, that will Trump any gift, within any store. Inspiration can come from anywhere and when it does, plus when we just let the inspiration mix with the love within us, then we can create anything, that will totally help with spreading this Christmas cheer, not just throughout us all, but throughout all our paths, of this journey through life. 

” The true Christmas Spirit lives within us all and all we have to do is, truly feel it” 

” May we all truly feel the true Christmas Spirit and spread it totally throughout our paths of this journey through life” 

Twas the night before Christmas and not a creature was stirring, as we all wait for that special person to visit us all” 

” Santa Claus lives within us all, as we truly feel the warmth of love and unleash it to all for who is around us” 

I am Offended!!! Time to grow up.

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” What is offended? Someone who is hurt, annoyed and disgusted. Your feelings become hurt by something, so you then become offended by anything that reminds you of that”. 

” Like the movement of the #meto, this movements had great intentions at the beginning, but when someone in the movement is offended by anything having to do with sex, but then goes to a rap concert, that sings about Gang Rape? Then what really offends you”? 

                                                                                  ***BowlingChef*** 

                    Seriously…………. We of this Society are so screwed up and become so easily offended by anything, time for us all to simply grow up, fix what we need to fix, so we all can move forward better and stronger along this journey of life. Just because something or someone has come across your path and disrupted your journey, doesn’t mean you should disrupt the journey of everybody else? We all have feelings, we all react  differently to the same things, but we should never let these reactions, have an affect on all those around us. 

                    We all have been hurt by something or someone throughout this journey of life, there is no one exempt from this. The problem then lies with each of us and what we do with this hurt? What is the proper way to end our pain? Do we bury it like nothing happened? Or do we take corrective action to be better and stronger moving forward? I think the latter is better, so we can fix what is needed to continue moving forward throughout the journey. True that if only we fix our own issues, than just maybe? Whatever that has come to you and reminded you of a past traumatic event, now that same event won’t effect others around you, as you now become offended of everything, instead of fixing one thing, which is a lot easier to fix one thing, than to multi task at many things all at once. 

                     Now I don’t know about you, but almost all the time when all this stuff we are offended of comes to light is, right around one time of year and that is the Christmas season. This is suppose to be the most magical, the most loved, but yet we are so troubled during this time of year? You think it is time we all take stock in our lives, do sort of an inventory of ourselves, to not just clean out the old, but fix and repair ourselves, so we can move forward better, move forward without anymore hidden hurt, bringing us much pain. It is pretty sad that something from one generation, which was all good, now suddenly offends the new generation, which now has us all changing what was, to what is, so we can not offend who is around us. 

                       Love…………………Love is the answer to all the questions, especially the questions of us being offended by whatever crosses our paths through this journey of life. When we love each other instead of hating on one another, then there is no talk of being offended by anything that may cross our paths, when we become hurt and feel real pain of anything, then through the love we take a step back, fix what we need to fix, so we then do not suppress anything deep within, which will most definitely rear it’s ugly head once again later on at some point of this journey. We all need to be more sincere of this word love, this is a special word with a special feeling deep within us all, it is not a word to be thrown around loosely, like it is a word without meaning. We throw this word around so much and at everything we see, that this word has totally lost the true meaning it once had.   

                        You think these people that are talked about in this picture, are worried about being offended? Exactly right, these people were too busy working hard, to build themselves as well as their community, so they all can move forward better and stronger, throughout this journey called life. When you become to focused on offending someone, you are now stopped, you are no longer moving forward and life is passing you by. A big part of this offended era is, Social Media. Now there are many and I do mean many Social media platforms out there, each one will have you believe that they are the best one? But what they won’t tell you is, they are all the best ones for not only creating much drama in our lives, they are also responsible for making us offended by everything, other than the platform for who they are. Everything was so much simpler before the time of this Technology explosion, which brought us all the Social media platforms, We all worked hard walking our path, so this journey could be more of peace and happiness, for ourselves as well as those around us.  When things went wrong back then, we took the time and responsibility to see where we went wrong, fixed what needed to be fixed, to move forward better, in today’s Society and within our social platforms, we have become so lazy, that it is easier to suppress, than to work at anything that is well worth the work. 

” We need never suppress our true feelings, as they will always come back later and disrupt us even more the second time” 

” Love is always the answer as hate will only compound any situation of this journey through life” 

” Social media like everything else started out with the best of intentions, but we have turned these intentions into a negative and against everything good it once was” 

The Grass may not be greener elsewhere

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Migrants, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, walk towards the U.S. Consulate during a demonstration in Tijuana, Mexico, December 11, 2018.
” Immigration done the correct way can be a beautiful thing, but to force yourself upon others, only breeds ugliness and hatred ‘.                                                                                 *** BowlingChef ***                  I totally get the fact that some of the legit Immigrants are looking for a place better than their current residence, as some of the smaller countries either just can’t handle taking care of their people, or just quite simply…….. Are taking complete advantage of them, to the point that they are just a pawn on the chess board of their country. Now with that said, we all here on this planet called Earth, walk our paths through this journey of life. With this journey comes struggles and their is no one exempt from these struggles, just that we as an Individual, have to figure out for ourselves  how to over come the struggles, so we can move forward better and stronger and to do this, we simply can not force ourselves on others and then expect them to foot the bill of our struggles.                   When we work hard and really achieve good things in our lives, it is not about these things we have, as it is all about the work and just how good we feel deep inside ourselves, when we achieve all that we have. That special feeling deep within, when we achieve success, really means a lot more to us, the problem is that, we within this Society have taken on this me against the World attitude and have lost all the feelings that are deep within ourselves.                     We all start out and end this journey the same way, even though some may think they are more special than another? The only thing that differs along this journey is the path we each take, sometimes we get led down a path and sometimes we blaze our own path, either way we are suppose to make the path we choose, as simple as we can and as beautiful as we can, so we can make this journey enjoyable and full of peace and happiness. Now the peace and the happiness may be our goal, but there is this thing called ” Life Events” that will if we let them, control totally of who we truly are. These life events may come to us from our actions as we walk our paths, but for the most part, these events come to us from those around us. The facts are the facts and there are some that, will go out of their way to control all those around them, just so they can seem to all as the most powerful of us all.                       Not everybody can achieve top positions within the company that they work, but we all can achieve greatness throughout this journey of life. just by how we walk our paths with our actions, walk our paths with much respect, love and dignity of each other, as we honor each other always. Life is funny in the way that, we get back for what we put into it, like if we don’t put in anything, then we get back nothing, leaving us to struggle, when we try to be very controlling of all that is around us, then all we get is, never to be satisfied of anything, with zero substance of anything in our lives, we are never truly satisfied with our non actions, as this breeds great inactivity, even if we think our actions are second to none, with no care for those around us.                        Now a lot of these Immigrants that are trying to come to America just might be legit, but a good majority just want to come here to sponge off of us Americans, to bring great chaos, hatred and ugliness and do not care of who they hurt with real pain? There are some of these Refugee’s that, just want to come here to disrupt, they do not want to be better moving forward and you have them becoming lazy, while they do nothing but bring the hurt of real pain, to all those around them.  ” The green grass of the pasture, just might be green where you are, but not as green where you want to be”  ” This journey of life may be all the same to us all, it is our paths that differ with none being greater than the other”  ”  ” There is a big difference between “ILLEGAL” Immigration and Immigration done the correct way” 

The Patriots got “Played” at Hard Rock Stadium

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” Superman has the Kryptonite, as the Patriots have Miami stadium” 

                                                                                         *** Bowlingchef ***

 


             This season of the NFL, is one with many flops and turns  by each team. The team mostly in question here are the New England Patriots, as this is my home team and one that I have seen much worse from, than the last few years. I remember this team losing more then they won and the favorite quote year after year was, ” wait til next year”. Now this quote was used by all the Boston team fans, but look at the city now, as they are known for the many titles as “Titletown”, with the Patriots and the Red Sox leading the way. 

      

               Yesterday’s Patriots game…………. True it was a heart breaker, but with all seriousness, it was one of those plays that does and will rear it’s ugly head, on to any playing field, of any sport. Today within all the Sports medias, they are all going to be the ” Monday Quarterbacks”, they are all going to be chatting as if they are the experts and all else are second to them, what I say to them is, it is you and your drama that all the sports can do without, so let the players play, keep the drama to yourselves. 

                  Tom Brady is one of those Athletes that does not come along very often, so instead of trying to predict of his retirement, by being overly critical of each play, simply just sit back and enjoy the ride, for the ride will not last forever. It has been twenty years and counting, that Tom Brady has brought the New England Patriots from a team of, not even mentioned in the sports world, to a team of ” Champions”. Tom Brady and Bill Belichek are Winners and when one makes a mistake of calling for the wrong play, OMG!!! The World is going to end? They are human like you and I, they are going to make mistakes like you and I, it is when we correct our mistakes, that has us grow better and stronger moving forward on our path through this journey of life, with Bill and Tom making fewer mistakes over those twenty years, that has us all in the denial part of admitting to the seasons of New England Patriot football before the Belichek and Brady era. 

                    Sports is no different than any other aspect of our lives, there is no such thing as perfection, there will be mistakes made, the difference between the Patriots over the years, compared to other NFL teams, they knew how to correct their mistakes quickly, so they wouldn’t get in the way of their winning seasons. Those that are very successful in life, they to make mistakes as we do, just that they are the Belichek and the Brady’s of the real world, they quickly correct their mistakes, so they can move forward better and stronger, everyday throughout the journey of life. With this last mistake of guarding against the hail Mary and putting Gronk out there on Defense, yes I can see the theory of having someone with good hands and being tall to deflect and knock down the ball, they did this with success when Randy Moss was on the team, but with this changing NFL, you as well need to adapt and change with it, or become the Patriots of old, when the “L’s” would outweigh the “W’s”. To be a Champion in anything, you need to adapt and change, as the New England Patriots, under Bill Belichek, did this better than anybody, which is why they have five Superbowl victories out of eight trips, Tom Brady with five rings, going one beyond his Idol Joe Montana. Instead of hating on this team so quickly and bringing more unwanted drama too us, lets remember on key thing, ” In Bill and Tom we trust”. 

” Football is a team sport that is a chess match between the coaches, with the players and their talents, helping the coach make all the right moves, with an occasional over looked play, becoming the miracle play”

”   We all have that something that gets in the way, it gets frustrating, by staying true to who you are, we can overcome that something”