Consider Your Own Memories

Spring brings some holidays — and holidays bring memories.  

To get you into the mood, the stores have been selling toys, cards, and decor weeks ahead, so you’ll part with some money, but smile as you shop.

Families celebrate spring holidays in different ways.  How far back can you recall the fun, as well as moments of solemnity of such days as Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Passover.  How did celebrations change as the children grew up?

Have you taken time to jot down some of your treasured memories from springtime in your household? You will enjoy doing it, and others will enjoy reading it.  Just one hour will give you a grand start to such a good project. 

THE ADVENTURE of LIFE : Advantages, Adjustments, Advances, Adversities, Advisories

Life is an adventure — like baking a yummy cake,  like an exercise program, like a          pair of glasses, the bank statement, the dishwasher, a hammer, and more. 

        Here’s some considerations for YOU, the thoughtful reader: 

What is Hope?

        How is Hope different from "wishful thinking"? See if you agree. . .

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Some people declare that Hope is not logical, and the intelligent thinker will abandon such a childish concept and plunge ahead in their search for the ultimate desire:  success,  recognition,  ample finances,  etc.

This was the outlook of a guy named James.  He wasn’t completely egocentric, but he was very observant.  He saw who got interviewed on the TV programs and the newspapers.  He found news reports on the Internet.  None of these people were shy about talking about themselves and their achievements.  Even someone who had a spectacular failure was right back on the stations, smiling and assuring everyone that there were so many new possibilities, now that he’d taken those first steps of exploration.

James didn’t want to get to old age with some worthwhile achievement not even attempted.  Of course, he’d like his family to be proud of him, but even without their backing him he really wanted to prove himself to himself. 

One day after work, unwinding in the local coffee house James spoke up and found some great conversation when he asked for their opinions of the idea of Hope.