Tag: dailyprompt

Maybe I’m just overthinking things, but didn’t we just answer a prompt about having collections? Perhaps I’m confused here, but I would consider a collection to be a personal belonging.

I’m fairly certain that as a child, I considered my easy bake oven to be a personal belonging that I held very dear, and the same could be said throughout the years, regarding my collectible horses, tea cups, and books.

Honestly, all these questions are doing for me personally, is reminding me of all the belongings, keepsakes, and memories destroyed when the Government shut the country down, due to Covid. It’s rather painful for me, as I remember all the photo albums, baby treasures, and belongings that we had to abandon when the Sheriffs department escorted us off the property we’d nearly finished purchasing.

In an effort to forgive, let go of, and move on from such a tragically painful part of my journey, I’m choosing not to further answer these types of prompts, as they are difficult for me to do with a positive attitude… not WordPress’s fault, not your fault, and not worth reminding myself that it wasn’t my fault either!

It’s Thursday, God is so Good, and I am blessed to walk these roads I walk…

Here, have a cookie…

I hope you all appreciate how far back I had to travel down memory lane, in order to pull up the answer for this daily prompt.

I do hold memories of my favorite childhood collections, such as pretend babies, Barbie dolls and ceramic horses. Eventually, I grew out of those, moving on to amassing stacks of Louis Lamour novels, among a large list of other favorite authors.

With adulthood came actual babies to replace the pretend ones of childhood. Babies brought a large amount of stuff, pushing my collection of books into boxes, and later to the donation bins.

Changing up collection categories from the childhood versions to the adult form, resulted in a rather large collection of Ceramic Tea cups. At one point I had a lovely Oak China Hutch, filled with the cups, along with other special keepsakes that I’d added over time. When Seattle had the earthquake some years ago, the hutch was thrown forward and most of what was inside came crashing down.

While I tried to hang on to whatever was still in tact, it ended up looking like a rather pitiful example of any sort of collection. I finally gave up, as my wild lifestyle always seems to wreak havoc on anything I own.

Oh well, or as the French say, Ce La Vie. Where I’m going, my room is already decorated and fully furnished, so there’s no need to try taking anything.

Rather than looking back over my collections of useless trinkets, now lost in the past, I practice a lifestyle of investing in my future. I am storing up treasures in heaven, the kind that are worth keeping… these are the gifts that my heavenly father has bestowed upon me, such as Joy, Grace, Hope, Mercy, Forgiveness and absolutely unconditional and eternal LOVE and Fellowship!

So, in answer to the prompt, I’ve no collections to focus on, as I’m now into future investments, and SIR’s or Spiritual Investment Rates.

As it says in Matthew 6:19-21, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

I’m really hoping that my room comes with horses, just sayin…

Here, have a cookie…

For whatever reason, when I saw the prompt question this morning, the book Where’s Waldo? popped into my head. You’d think that one could spot him a mile away, what with the bright red and white stripes on his shirt. Throughout all the books pages, the environment and all the people are different, but Waldo hides in the middle of them, unchanged… still wearing his silly hat and brightly colored shirt. No matter how hard we try, Waldo just vanishes into the crowd. Once we locate him, it seems as if he sticks out like a sore thumb, as they say.

Why is that?

In the real world, some folks will try to be new and different, in order to boldly change the world! Other folks make active daily efforts to disappear into the woodwork, going unnoticed and/or unbothered by the world around them. The question we often ask ourselves is, do we want to be Waldo or the crowd that hides that silly red and white shirt.

As a human being, I strive to do good and make a difference in the world around me, but as a Christian I’m also compelled to become more like Christ and less than myself. What if Waldo was like Jesus, and the crowd surrounding him were like the world, or US?

Anyway, I know that might seem a strange way to explain how I feel about leaving a legacy behind. If I wish to leave anything behind, it would be a reflection of Christ within me, looking back at you from my eyes. I desire to have the fragrance of His love assault your senses, as I pass you by. I hope that the sounds of God’s truths would be ever escaping my lips, and His eternal hope might flow from my fingertips, as I write.

I don’t wish to leave my legacy at all, but instead let my life leave only evidence, of the one who chose me first… the one who calls me His own!

Here, have a cookie…

What are the feelings produced by cold weather?

First come the shivers, then comes a cold nose, and cold fingers and toes are soon to follow suit.

Externally, my body has some pretty basic responses to cold weather. Internally, I suppose different folks experience a range of feelings, as no human is alike. Personally, I enjoy putting cocoa and marshmallows into coffee that already has French Vanilla creamer swirling around in the cup.

Seasons come and go with some regularity, fluctuating in both duration and climate. Some winters are quite cold, while some summers feel like the Sahara Desert. Some years we feel like Spring and Fall are nearly non-existent. While I do enjoy the summer heat, my river walking tends to go better in the colder climates.

That’s all I got for how I feel in cold weather.

Here, have a cookie…

Who hasn’t? At one time or another, dinner tables across the country, possibly even the world, have had eager hands reaching to snap that ole Wish Bone!

This prompt doesn’t really give me a lot to work with today, as no one really wants to know about each others injuries, unless you’re a doctor. In honesty, knowing about someone’s past injuries doesn’t really draw my interest, no offense. The odds are also very high, my bone history won’t be filling your day with oodles of insight, either.

Even if I take the prompt seriously, putting forth my best effort in answering with sincerity, all I got for you is YES. The prompt didn’t ask for any of the pertinent information needed for a complete answer. We weren’t given a when, where, how, or why to the daily query… just “Have you?”

Since I’ve answered the question, thereby fulfilling my commitment in offering a response to each daily prompt, I’m out!

Here, have a cookie…

In order to balance my work and home life, I simply moved into my office! Now I don’t have to commute, which leaves me free to just roll out of bed, requiring only a few steps to reach my desk.

When you want a thing bad enough, you’re willing to make sacrifices and allowances that will offer opportunity to accomplish a thing.

For my life and career, I desire to do a thing that needs doing, even if I have to do it in an RV with no working toilet. I don’t need to sit in daily traffic or pay the upkeep and expenses of said commute, nor do I need to waste valuable money on clothing, make-up and meals.

Everything in life is a juggling act, of one sort or another, especially balancing work and home. All we can do is face one day at a time, doing the best we can with what we have… even if it’s an old beat up RV. Will it always be this way? No… but for now, it’s working so I’ll keep at it!

Here, have a cookie…

It’s Friday, it’s beautiful out, and this question is depressing! The park and nearby river sound much more appealing, if I’m being completely honest.

Therefore, I’m opting out of today’s prompt question! God Bless!

Here, have some cookies…

Setting aside the fact that the word prompt question is grammatically off the reservation, I do have a quick answer that fits the bill.

I’m wearing my mothers ring!

You’re welcome!

Here, have a cookie…

To be a leader or a follower

That is the question…

If one is to be a good leader

one must follow a good leader!

Following the leader’s example

by being a good leader,

is learning how to lead

by following the leader…

The leader teaches how to lead others,

by following the leaders example

Thereby, what the leader teaches

the follower does

in order to lead others…

My favorite dessert is a summer parfait with fruit, vanilla pudding and an angel food cake, cut into small cubes. I generally make it during the summertime, usually on or near a very widely celebrated holiday!

If I’m to enjoy a drink, it will be a very tropical one, with music playing in the background of an island theme!

What follows are pictures of fruit, used in one form or another, in one or both of the above mentioned items.

Which five fruits do you think are my favorites, based on the pictures shown, and the description given?

Ready, Set, Go!!!

Oh yeah, don’t forget to grab a cookie…