DON'T WHINE ON THE YACHT

It must be a most humbling experience to find oneself in the presence of a tornado.
Kind of like hearing a shotgun being locked and loaded…
Or staring down the line of site with a police canine who is not too sure of you…

I thought of these situations whilst ruminating over seeing and hearing customers at a favorite store of mine berate sales staff over the most trifling of issues…
It makes you wonder what has been going on in their days…or indeed, in their lives.
It does not take much courage to berate a salesperson in a retail establishment.

And it must really help the sales staff get through the day.

Loss of civility…lots of losses going on these days.

Our new priest reminds us each Sunday that life is short; that we should do our utmost to take advantage of the opportunities for good that come our ways…

Life is short…

We are replaceable.

We sell our house. New folks will eventually move in. We hope sooner rather than later, in this case.

We retire. We are replaced distressingly soon.

We don’t go here or there. Often no one notices.

Thoughts of tornadoes and shotguns and police dogs can remind us of lots of realities.

As someone said recently, I think on one of the talk shoes I listen to, “Quit whining on the yacht….” Or “I think this champagne is a little flat.”

On days when pressures build and you are not sure how things are going to turn out, it is good to remember that while winning is important, how you play the game is also an important part of the dynamic.

It has been raining a lot here this month.

Part of our deck has changed color.
This does not make Dear Wife happy.

I remind her of our trip in ’08 to Alaska when a very attractive naturalist informed us that in Alaska heavy rain is sometimes called “liquid sunshine.”

Lots of folks are in harm's way these days.

Well, probably lots of folks are always in harm's way.

Only right now the msm is telling us about quite a few of them who are not half way around the world.

This is the day the Lord hast made.
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

And think about doing what you can to help someone out, even if just a little bit.