I could say Sweet Tarts, or Starburst, or colorful Jujubes …
I could say Sweet Tarts, or Starburst, or colorful Jujubes …
But what about Kisses, and Milk Duds and the little Reece’s?
There’s those cute little fluffy Marshmallow Pink Peeps…
But we can’t forget to mention those Boston Baked Beans.
I love caramel and chocolate and Rice Crispy Treats…
While satisfying my cravings, these candies are hard to beat.
One candy and one candy alone, puts all the rest to shame…
Twizzler Pull a Part Licorice that’s Cherry Flavored, is my Main Candy Game!
Sometimes, all that a break does… is slow you down!
This tortoise is going to win the race… by sheer steady determination!
Oh sure, there are days that feel like I’m falling behind, sometimes even rolling backwards.
Other days may even leave me confused as to whether I am the tortoise or the hare… maybe there’s a bit of both in me, at times.
Whoever came up with the saying, slow and steady wins the race, had to have been in a similar race as mine! They most certainly had to have experienced much, if not more, of some of my own obstacles and roadblocks!
The point is… if I keep going slow and steady, I won’t be needing a break!
This tortoise has an enormous dish of carrots and apples waiting at the finish line… and I am hungry!
My friend the hare ran too fast for too long, having to stop and take several breaks, so he will be along shortly! I’ll just set some of my goodies aside for him, once he gets here… I simply love to share my things with others, as a turtle can only eat so much lettuce and carrots, anyway!
Here, have a cookie….
In honesty, Google can have this prompt question as far as I’m concerned!
I still hold to my commitment to being forthright and non flippant in my answers to the daily prompt questions, therefore, I wholeheartedly suggest you search Google for the answer to what is considered the most important invention in my life.
Besides, I’m not dead yet so there is still time for something bigger or better to come… don’t blame me, blame the prompt for asking such an open ended question!
As I write to everyone on a daily basis, offering to share who I am to any who wish to take the time to get close with me, I highly doubt that my explanation about an important invention will be of any personal value to anyone.
Therefore, I give to thee…
These cookies three…
All have been invented…
By the imagination of me…
Right now, it’s not even a hypothetical answer, considering that we are still surviving with only one working water line that only gets cold water to one faucet… no toilet plumbing, nor a working shower!
Now that you have a better understanding of why I am answering the prompt with a picture of an empty bathtub, I will tell you, in truth, what my ideal day would look like…
Every perfect day starts out with a cup of piping hot coffee, mixed to perfection with my favorite French Vanilla creamer…
As I sip my most favorite beverage in the quiet early morning hour, I study and rest on Gods promises, given to me within His word.
After several hours of reading, writing, and corresponding with those in the WordPress community, I am rewarded with a glorious walk along the river, continuing on into the park, where my favorite squirrels all live and play.
All that walking used up a great deal of energy.
Upon my return from the above mentioned walking adventure, I would then climb into a luxuriously hot and soap filled bathtub… you know those really lovely bathtubs with the clawed feet that sit on the surface of the floor… ya, that kind! I would just lay there soaking away all the aches and pains, worries and woes, and whatever else I’ve been carrying around.
All this pampering and relaxation, might lead you to think that it would be time for a nap… nope! There is still yet to be done in the hours left, so let the refueling begin…
Once refueled and re-energized, I would then spend several hours of uninterrupted quiet, continuing on in the writing of my upcoming novel. I may be close to halfway finished, so that’s an encouragement!
I would spend the remaining hours of the evening with my husband, sharing our day with one another and enjoying a quiet dinner together.
In truth, I already do most all of the above mentioned things… apart from having hot water, or a bathtub!
Don’t worry… I wash my hands before making your cookies…
Changes in ones perspective comes from the changes in each season of our lives…
Birth to Death
Infancy to Infirmity
Immaturity to Adulthood
Ignorance to Wisdom
Love to Hate
Joys to Sorrows
Violence to Peace
Past to Future
Perspectives flux an flow
Perspective can change everything…
Back in the day I was a professional list maker… ask any of my kids. White boards, Poster Boards, notes in lunch boxes, you name it… I listed it!
I was always making grocery lists, laundry lists, homework lists and even vacation lists… I classed myself an expert!
Gone are those days… and gone are any lists… anywhere! I have a white board Calendar that never displays anything more than the days of the month that I rewrite each time the months change… that is as far as that goes.
At some point, things just became a long line of polls being knocked out from underneath my boardwalk, eventually leading to now… where most days find me adrift, on a piece of broken plank I’d been standing on when all the supports gave way!
When you go into what I refer to as “Survival Mode”, there is no need of any lists… just wait for the next wave and hold on!
There are days that I truly wish I could write a list and then “Poof” things would just begin to fall into place like a puzzle, creating something beautiful and lovely to gaze upon… but believe you me, I tried that and it was fruitless!
There is freedom in surrender! I choose to take one day at a time, praying that my father continue to guide my path, as He faithfully does. Living this way causes the need for making lists obsolete!
I do not need a list to guide my path, as I have already found the light and He guides me fully, in all things!
Here, have a cookie…
I am pretty well versed in the kitchen, in both cooking and baking, but my sweet side always wins out with baking as my forte!
I can knock out a cheesecake that will leave you breathless, produce a Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter cookie that proves how long I successfully used MY Easy Bake Oven, and bake a Strawberry Cream Cheese Cake that will never reveal how many calories are in its delectable depths… but…
I will stand by my secret Banana Bread recipe, as my favorite go to!
It needs to have just the right amount of moisture, so as not to be to cloggy…
Just the perfect inclusion and coating of brown sugar, to make even the crust melt in your mouth…
I like to wait for the bananas to be just at the right place of ripening, that way there is no tart or bitter after bite, but rather a sweet banana flavor that lingers in the mouth for a time… even if you drink milk or coffee with it!
The presenting of the bread for consumption, is just as vital to its success as the mixing and baking, ensuring that there is a fine layer of pure REAL butter spread across its brown sugary coated surface… sublime is the operative word, so I’ve been told…
If you want cookies today, you will need to go find my regular Friday post, because now that I’ve gone and told you about my banana bread, no cookie will work in here…
Here, have some Banana Bread… but mine is for sure better…
Oddly, I have no recollection what the first computer was that I owned… but I remember the waiting for systems to load, before the screen would even look at my eager face.
I also distinctly remember the sound of dial up, as we had to listen to it at any and every attempt at getting online. Everything went through the phones.
Memories of everyone in the house vying for a spot on the smart box, transitioning into needing cheese to go with all the whining that went on within the ranks of the peasants out in the laundry fields!
There is a great amount of humor, in considering how fast our current generation would fold like a deck of cards, if we handed them an actual old PHONE to do anything with, in trade for their shiny new SMART one. How small are those things gonna get, anyway?!
I will openly admit that even I have to check my Smart phone to confirm my own cell number. Notice how I keep writing we and I, instead of You… it’s all for one in the truth department! It seems like the smarter our technology gets through advancement, the lazier we become!
Todays society seems to be so forward thinking, that we forgot all the effort spent pulling technology into that FORWARD. I wonder if we treat things like people or history, as we do our older and more obsolete forms of technology… out of sight out of mind… just sayin!
Here, have a cookie…
I grew up on the streets living in fear…
Now fear just makes me mad!
I learned from a very early age, being scared of something only made me rise to the challenge out of defiance!
I became a kind of dare devil, whenever I came upon a situation that scared me, many times skirting very close to disaster… I guess I simply don’t like being scared anymore!
Age, wisdom, fortitude and just plain tenacity pulled me through life’s ups and downs…
But once I learned to walk by faith, the fear that fueled me to become scared of an obstacle or roadblock I was facing… simply evaporated!
I am human and therefore, not immune to fear of something… but when I am faced with something that scares me, my faith in God brings me round rather quickly!
I can do all things through Christ who is in me… there is nothing our God cannot do!
Stick that in your little AI Prompt hat!
Here, have a cookie, but be warned!!! These cookies are pretty scary looking…
Remember this one… Everybody hates me, Nobody likes me… but let’s face it, most of us draw the line at eating worms…
The most difficult things for me to overcome, which I still struggle with occasionally, is N words! Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch… I am referring to words of Negativity, words about Nobody loving me enough, or Nobody knowing how sad, bad, or downright ugly my life can be at times! These are the real Nasty words that the enemy uses to keep us Not in a good place…
I am attempting to undo this Negative way of thinking by turning Nothing, Nobody and Never into their positive state… let’s face it we will Never get these words out of the dictionary. Point in fact, the words themselves are available for use in both good and bad forms, as are all the other words we need for communicating thoughts and actions.
My new practice in being a better WordSmith has brought out these new phrases to call up whenever I find myself using them in an unhealthy way…
How about saying, Nothing can separate me from the love of God, or Nothing can remove me from the palm of Gods hand, or better yet, absolutely NOTHING can undo the Seal of God’s Holy Spirit, that has been placed upon and within this vessel? These are a great start!
Let’s move on to the next Negative Nancy Word, Nobody is one of the more commonly used words in my vocabulary that must be overturned!!! It is much more difficult for me to turn this into a positive, as it is used quite often in its negative form by a vast majority. I still believe that it is possible to bring it round from the dark side, if you get my meaning. Saying that Nobody knows how another might feel, or understand what that person is experiencing, should be seen in a positive light because it opens the door to discovery. In a way, it can be seen as a “get out of Jail free card” because God might be showing us that we can NOT do what He CAN… and we need His help in understanding one another.
Nobody left behind, Nobody forgotten, Nobody rejected by God… these are all positive and true! If there is any negative to be associated with the word Nobody, it’s not done by God, but rather by us when we leave Him behind, when we forget about Him, or the ouchie one… when we reject God! God has given us all that we need, but we have to choose to accept it for good… our choice, or in this case, my choice… hence, the rewriting of these Naughty words!
Never say never… that’s an impossibility! If I am going to find this word popping up in my verbage, then I am choosing to do a back atcha whenever I catch it at the doorstep of my lips! When I find myself thinking or saying anything like “things are never going to change” or “I will never trust that person again”, or my favorite, “I will never be enough, never get things right”… things like that… I must counter them with Gods truths. I find that the Bible says it best,
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:35-39
If this doesn’t have enough really positively used N words, I don’t know what else would. It has become the next section of scripture to be memorized, as I tend to fall back on the negative N’s too easily sometimes. So, my thinking is… out with the bad and in with the good. There is NO time like the present, and I see NOTHING stopping me from making a positive change. NOBODY will ever say that I NEVER tried to improve my mindset, NOR will I ever be forgotten nor forsaken!
NEITHER WILL YOU!
Here, have some Nutty cookies…
Journey With Me! 