There is much to be said about where our attitude leads us. We’ve all faced situations we thought could bury us. The loss of a loved one, a sickness, an injury, the loss of a job, someone walks out on us. Running a business has certainly had its ups and downs. Landing jobs, losing jobs, gaining customers, losing customers, employees come and employees go. If I believed every negative change would have buried me I would have been out of business decades ago.
When the going gets tough the tough gets going. If we think positive, some of our toughest times made us resilient, more committed, it helped to make us who we are today. If we get bitter and lose our enthusiasm we will allow the difficulties of life to bury us, they can keep us from our God given destiny.
Find the positive message in every event instead of always seeing the negative. Shake off the dirt and step up. The difference between being buried or being planted is like the magic in a seed. A seed can sit comfortably on a shelf for years and never reach its full potential. If you were able to ask the seed what it would prefer, it would probably choose to be left alone, I’m fine here on the shelf. But when the seed is planted, covered with dirt, in that dark and lonely place, it begins to germinate. The pressure of all that heavy dirt doesn’t stop that seed from growing. It pushes itself out of the ground and starts producing beautiful flowers or fruit. Notice when you plant a seed it doesn’t come up and just give you another seed. It doesn’t come up equal. It grows into a beautiful producing plant. Much like a plant, a person, with all of the pressures of life, blossoms into just what God had meant us to be. The pressures of life are not an end, but are a beginning.
I heard this story of a farmer who had an old mule that had fallen into an empty well, the well was about 40 or 50 feet deep. The farmer was so disappointed he really loved that old mule. When he surveyed the situation he realized it was almost impossible to rescue him. The well was very narrow and the mule was crammed at the bottom. He figured the mule was probably already seriously injured.
As much as he didn’t want to he decided the mule nor the well was worth saving so he was just going to fill the well in with dirt and bury the old mule. He called some friends to help and they began to shovel the dirt in, one shovel at a time.
When that old mule felt that dirt hit his back he realized what they were doing. Instead of wallowing in self pity, thinking to bad for me, the mule decided every time he felt the dirt hit his back he would shake it off and step up, shake it off and step up. Time after time no matter how he felt, no matter how tired he got he’d shake it off and step up, shake it off and step up. Finally after hours of doing this he was able to step over the wall of the well and walk out triumphantly to freedom.
What’s interesting is the dirt that was meant to bury him actually saved his life. So when you feel the dirt hit your back, when life treats you unfair, when you go through disappointment, don’t let it bury you, shake it off and step up. The same dirt that’s trying to bury you can be the very dirt God will use to promote you. Your attitude should be I may be down but I’m not staying down. This difficulty may have been meant to destroy me, it may have been meant to harm me but I know better, God’s going to use it to my advantage. He’s going to use it to increase me.
Know the only difference between a hard rock of carbon and a priceless diamond is the amount of pressure that it’s endured. How we handle adversity can make or break us. Keep pressing forward with a smile on your face. You know that God is in complete control. So do the right thing even though the wrong thing is happening. Instead of complaining declare a victory. This problem didn’t come to stay it came to pass. I have all the strength for everything I need. When you do that the seed of victory will begin to release and you will blossom into the fullness of what God made you to be.
Wow, James, very insightful. What does not kill us makes us stronger.
25 years ago when my business was only in its 5th year, one of my clients hired an evil person to run the practice. This woman was awful. After having to deal with her for 2 months I made the decision to fire the client even though it cost me 14K per month in revenue. The lead physician begged me to keep working with them, but I explained that my stress level was not worth the money, and good luck with her moving forward. He also rented two small offices to two neuropsychologists who I also worked for. The moved out of the practice around the same time I terminated my contract. I asked the younger psychologist what she thought of the new hire and she claimed that she was a paranoid schizophrenic and should be on medication. When I asked the same question of the older more seasoned psychologist, she said, I just think she is a bitch! Either way, I learned that my health was more important than money. I have continued to fire any clients who create too much stress.
Deanna, I once went through a conference for corporate training; essentially, how to train staff, run and market your business.
The biggest take away I had was a group study on just how much a bad hire can cost your company. It was 10 times more than I initially thought, once we put it into a spreadsheet. Wow, toxic employees create more than stress, they create financial loss as well...
I agree. Over the years not only have I gotten better at not signing potential problem clients, I have become very good at helping clients get rid of toxic employees and thieves. You cannot imagine how many medical practice staff steal from the practice. Front desk, back office and office managers. Imagine getting paid to steal. Wow, it is mind boggling. Since 1999 I have caught over 10 thieves. One stole over 200K. Even more mind boggling, none of them ever got prosecuted.
I had a sales rep, worked for me for 30 years total, had a "bonus" that was supposed to be paid to him for about 18 months. Bookkeeper left and new bookkeeper did not know what that payroll line item was, until I questioned it one day. She went back and discovered he had been overpaid $30,000.00, as that "bonus" did not have a termination date. I didn't make him pay it back, but my trust with him was gone forever. He knew he was getting it, and in his mind, probably thought he somehow deserved it.
I think of that verse every time I start to despair over the Great Genetic FAFO humanity has undergone. It will play out beyond my own lifetime; it gives me hope.
My recent fave: "...where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
After the second surgery, I’m doing better, and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. 🙂
It was rough as a corn cob, but God brought me through it. Times like this gives me an opportunity to reflect more on God and his grace—sometimes life situations clouds my view of his sovereignty and desire to love me unconditionally, and provide for all our needs. So down time is “The Bright Side.”
I shared your post with friends and family, who appreciators it because they needed encouragement. Thanks James!
I’m glad to hear you’ve rounded the corner and recovery is closer. Staying positive is important. I was thinking of you when I wrote my post hoping you would “shake off the dirt and keep stepping up”!! 😊😊😊 it sounds like this is happening and I’m glad. Hang in there, God is watching over You.
Once again, the deed lives within the story and the story brings forth the deed for all of us, if we are receptive. You plant beautiful seeds here James.
Wow, James! What an incredible message today! My favorite of yours ever! The seed, the donkey & of course, the diamond! Utterly inspiring! We just need to keep going on no matter what, huh? Trusting God is SO key! It's always amazing how everything just "seems" to work out.. virtually BETTER than originally thought of! Have experienced this too many times to count! I ask God for help even with what I consider the silliest, tiniest things. Am beyond grateful that He doesn't see them as too "silly" or "tiny" for Him! In fact, I believe He rather enjoys the "ask". Amen! Have a blessed Sunday!
Thanks for all your inspirational words. My father taught me to box, when I was about ten, even though I was a girl. What he said to me was "No matter how many times you get knocked down, always coming up with swinging." I have been knocked down and gone through many dire circumstances in life, but I never gave up.. My mantra in high school was Rudyard Kipling's poem, IF. It was inspirational, too..
Thank you for your words of encouragement! I was feeling overwhelmed and ready to stop trying to educate people with the truth that they simply can’t see. It’s a huge job and almost feels like we’re losing the battle. It boggles my mind why people refuse to look past MSM. This is just what I needed today.
Flock the Government! Best laugh in weeks! Lindsey cartoons are creating the view that her actions were criminal and not mental derangement caused by a combination of PPD and use of SSRI's.
Toxic masculinity is a supposed issue, maybe a manufactured one, but to me a guy guilty of toxic masculinity is just a masculine guy who’s a jerk. He should stop being a jerk, but not stop being masculine. (Why is there not a crisis of toxic femininity? Inquiring minds want to know.) One wonders if the problem is that masculine traits just aren't useful to the ruling class, until they are.
Why don't we all just go back to being men and women? Masculinity is just what you get with normal boys and men, it's the way they are constructed. The toxic masculinity thing implies that normal masculinity is not normal but is an aberration, using the term just naturally implies that that masculinity itself is bad, a sort of word game to confuse normalcy with bad behavior, thereby besmirching normal male behavior.
Femininity is likewise just what you get with normal girls and women. It's not called toxic, but there does seem to be a war against it as well since women are made to feel abnormal just for wanting to act like normal women.. They must go into the workplace like men and Prove Themselves. (One wonders if a major reason for the feminist movement was just to increase the amount of income tax collected, and maybe to destroy the family as an institution.)
That's a excellent point about toxic femininity! That's the real crisis and has been since the sexual revolution. And everything about their "feminity" is actually contrary to a truly feminine woman. I consider the mother of Christ the example of the most feminine woman to walk the planet.
In spite of being an elderly old maid school teacher prude, that come hither look in those you-know-you-want-me eyes of that Italian stud posing as a dog had me breathing hard! Yikes!
It’s possible that the Lindsay Clancy murders are really an indictment of our prescription drug culture & the way we practice medicine today. And this mindblowing tragedy is an opportunity to focus some attention on that process, so if it was causative it need not happen again. I say this based on personal experience. I had a major deadline to meet & I was overwhelmingly fatigued with Q Fever. I asked my long-standing wholistic MD if he could drug me so I could stay with it. He gave me a minimal starter dose of a common stimulant. After taking it for 2 days, it occurred to me how nifty it would be to drive off a high bridge at 70mph. I stopped the drug before it got nifty enough to die for. Took 3 days to detox. I understand that this woman who killed her babies was on multiple drugs over time. Let me say that I’m the most un-suicidal person you’ll ever meet, & were I on the jury I’d want to know if it were she or the drugs that killed her children. And if it was the drugs, then our medical industry - I say “industry” rather than “practice” because that’s what it’s become - then our medical industry needs to be indicted.
When I read about how many drugs she was prescribed, I had the same thought. This reminds me of the school shooters who were on antipsychotic meds. When are we going to hold Pharma responsible for their drug pushing? When are we going to get doctors educated? As for the last question, the answer is probably they'll get educated when Pharma stops being the main funder of medical schools.
Well said! Well said, indeed! Grateful you're here & not at the bottom of said "high bridge". I know what even one drug can do.. I can't imagine what multiple drugs combined can create within the system as yet more drugs! I hope the jury thinks on this.. & others on the outside of this trial. I believe if she receives the death penalty, she would be more than willing to go ahead of those awaiting their sentence to be carried out. She's already in prison within her mind. And, those maniacal chick's in pink have no clue as to their own depravity. Have mentioned before on this platform that I believe they are linked with Big Pharma to be the main distraction, like BLM & Antifa were distractions to the snakes really to blame.
There is no information about Clancy's use of prescription and recreational drugs either before she had her youngest child, and the suspicious addition of the "voice" after she had already been arrested makes me very skeptical that about the defense claims. She planned the deaths and asked her husband to leave, then strangled the children, one at a time. I have known a woman with post-partum psychosis, but for it to persist for 8 months with the natural moderation of estrogen after delivery to this level sounds like she just does not want to accept any consequences for her planned actions.
That is a very valid point as well! Also progesterone evens out as well. Ironically, one to two high progesterone shots usually resolved postpartum depression but only naprotechnology physicians do that.
I recently played in a Republican fundraiser golf tournament with other fellow republicans. One democrat lady made a snarky comment about the tournament. I responded with, we all have our opinions but I do not like losing friends to political discussions. She then said, well I hate war. I replied, who doesn't. Too bad democrats funded the Iranians, now it has to be dealt with.
Ana, Possibly your son is a real comedian, just jokin' around - reconsider his comment in light of today's meme of Tom Cruise at the bar: That was a joke! We used to tell jokes...before everyone started getting upset about everything... Ha ha?
The democrats are planning impeachments, while supporting Democratic Socialists AND Islamist Jihadist—listen carefully to what these Islamists are saying, and you will agree they are Jihadists on American soil.
NEVER FORGET—WE FOFGOT!
9/11 supposedly United America. We went to war, flags were on cars, bridges, etc., and people supposedly flocked to churches, but once the “fear” was gone, they left church, took down their flags down, and Bush brought in millions of Islamists, and the flow has not stopped.
Dearborn Michigan is 54% Muslim with mosques blasting their hideous call to prayer five times a day OVER non-Muslims. The Mayor and City Council laughed at a pastor who asked them to deny Sharia Law—they refused. This is not a one-off, the Islamic invasion is real and happening all over America, even in small country towns that you would never think they would plant a mosque, because of “Christian” influence, but there they are, to subvert our nation’s Republic, destroy Christianity, and enslave Americans under their political ideology dressed up as a religion.
Wherever Islam is, people and cultures decline—their own nations produce nothing but misery for their own people and neighbors—and they are here multiplying rapidly.
Congress and States need to step up and protect us from the DSA and Islamic invasion—some states are passing anti-Sharia laws, that ban Sharia courts which undermine State laws and the Constitution.
Be as wise as serpents, but gentle as doves—most of all—do something.
I've never been convinced 9/11 was not an inside job. There's too many questions that have never been answered, too many inconsistencies that haven't been addressed, too many scientists and engineers who disputed (and still dispute) the official investigation results.
That's exactly what I thought as I was scrolling through them! The time it took to curate this list.
My favorite is the Rubio meme. Ironically, his wife was a Miami Dolphins cheerleader and every time I see the Miami Dolphins at home I think of my sister's father-in-law John who died of a turbo cancer after getting the shots. His beautiful wife Irene followed a few years later of a turbo cancer (brain).
And the Remy TX video is haaaa-larious as a Texan. The only part Remy got wrong is all the Californians that have moved to Austin have turned it into a mini Cali. Never cared for Austin since the people were so arrogant. Now it's 1000 times worse because they are mean, arrogant and run a nanny state deep 🔵 city. 🤦♀️
And I don't know if anyone gets this in Michigan for instance because they went to U of M, but the people that go to UT Austin act like they are at Cal or Stanford. I automatically got in to both UT and A@M due for being in the 3 per cent of my graduating high school class (now that's not bragging that's telling you the public high school I went to was abominable). I never considered myself that smart and then I got to a competitive liberal arts college and thought ... WOW I'm REALLY not that smart. 😅
Point being ...UT Austin Alum.....your school sucks. It's just the low tuition that makes it so popular. If someone from U of M wants to brag, I take no issue with that.
Actually our beloved gov has induced 2 more west coast businesses to move to the Austin area. He has single handedly turned the I35 corridor from solid red in '16 to purple going on blue today. And now he is worried about muslim influence here with no clue how that has come about.
I mostly like him but he should have stopped with all that Tech wooing years ago. I know it is (perhaps) good for jobs though. He is being exposed for his Muslim influence, and lack of Sharia Law foresight. He has banned a couple things but we need codified into law. You, Michael, and I were sure hoping Chip Roy would become our next Attorney General (sad face) . I somehow got on the list for Paxton's Patriots who asked me to do door knocking (yikes) but I am compelled to help somehow. Im hoping many Texans will feel compelled to get out and volunteer and actually do it (me hoping I will actually do it!) kenpaxton.com (starts off with asking for donation of course.
MrsMc- I have given too many donations to Paxton and I asked the last caller how I volunteer and he just blew me off. So if I go to his website it will actually give me information on volunteering?
And yes Abbott's 2 largest donors are Pakistani immigrant doctors so he's playing both sides of the fence. Election is coming up so he wrote that letter to SOT Duffy to investigate IAH and DFW for their ablution facilities/mini mosques on federal property (airports).
Yes, x out of the donation beg, and the website appears with tabs. Click on the tab that says "Paxton's Patriots" fill out the little form. There is very nice state volunteer coordinator who will call you or email you. He is trying to find a coordinator here in Austin - for door knocking, phone calling and event attendance checking people in, all he talked to me about was knocking on doors. I told him i never answer my door, I would try but I will not go alone.
Apologies. I didn't get enough sleep and I'm trying to multitask. 🤣
Also, Paramount studios is moving to TX via Abbott as is Eli Lilly and Bayer to Houston. Both are beginning to build multi million dollar manufacturing facilities here. I have always been surprised that more pharmas didn't do business in Houston since they like to place their HQ near shipping channels/water.
I've noticed. It's scary. Dallas is first. There are now more mosques in Houston than Protestant Churches. I'm Catholic and we still have way more Catholic parishes. But they won't stop. A qtr of these mosques are run by terrorist imams.
I see women in full Muslim garb everywhere. I pray for the end of the Islamification of the United States daily. I put this at Biden's feet. A Dearborn pastor just called out city council in Dearborn at a meeting. It was beautiful.
Even though you have Hillsdale graduates on the Dearborn City council who won't denounce sharia law. All of these people backing the Muslims don't realize they will eventually be killed or converted eventually.
They make their political career a false idol or god and accept the money the Muslims are throwing at them for their Islamic agenda...well eventually that rabid dog is going to bite them. It's so short sited on their part.
🤔 1) last I looked it was 1, ONE, Hillsdale graduate on the DCC;
2) DCC ≠ Hillsdale College;
3) I remember mentioning Hillsdale College, no recollection of referencing the DCC.
Ya’know, I bet you’d have a much more satisfying life if you kept your vitriol contained and stopped trying to smear one institution with another.
Since you can’t seem to distinguish between a lone member and many, I’m gonna have to assume you’re equally cognitively impaired as to what occurred in the event you’re referencing. Personally I don’t know all the particulars outside of a local pastor chastising the council members over a situation that does not yet exist - sharia law being in place. Now it could be the DCC has a policy about not delving into religious matters, I don’t know, but it’s clear you don’t know either.
I could agree with you but we would both wrong. You sympathize with Muslim invaders that want to impose their religion and culture on the rest of us. So the IQ you have is the low IQ that all woke leftists have.
You probably don't even know what sharia law is and it is NOT compatible with the constitution. Since you don't know US history, Jefferson fought off the Babary pirates (Muslims) twice in 2 wars and won.
Mr Miller you don't the law or the constitution even though you say you're an attorney which is worth nothing. So are Bammy and Biden. No go zones and sharia law directly defy the constitution and Michigan has no go zones just like London. Both MN and Michigan blare the call to prayer 5 times a day. You probably hate this country but normal Americans don't.
Second, it's absolutely the legal responsibility for the DCC or any city council to separate Church and State. You cannot favor one religion over the other like Islam. You and your red/green alliance is doing just that.
Airports are federal property. They cannot have ablution stations and mini mosques on their property at DFW, IAH, O'Hare, JFK and La Quardia.
That's not vitriol it's FACTS. You welcome the invasion just like an open border and rationalize it with your puerile mind.
Try studying Islam before you speak. You won't sound so dumb. Better for you to remain silent.
And yes Texas is being so overrun that in April Muslims tried to get the TX school curriculum to changed to say Muslims helped found this country and the Alamo was inspired by Islamic architecture. Conservatived won and the curriculum with TX and US history remained as taught remained factual. Liars gotta lie and you gotta defend them. You're pathetic. You probably support El Sayed who said we deserved 9/11. Tell that to the people who jumped out of windows so they wouldn't burn to death Mr Miller (even your name is trite and shallow). 😂
So yes my "vitriol" is squarely aimed and you and your Muslim invaders. Sign me up for a good ole Crusade. The European Catholics got it right. That's why it took until the past 3 decades for the EU to fall.
So stop the transferrance you miserable idiotic SOB.
And sadly you're a lawyer (who isn't) and you still don't know the law. I think Dante put you guys in one of the inner circles of hell in the Inferno.
Another example of no good deed goes unpunished. Attempting to pull a Malone-ian out of a 💩 💩 pile of their own making - I didn’t realize I was dealing some clearly in the midst of a psychotic break. B, if you’d been on your meds, taken the time to explore my comments from before, you’d be ashamed of the rant you’ve unleashed .
I’ll repeat what I said in another thread: never ever stop taking your meds, regardless of how clearly you think you’re viewing the world - it’s not helping. You’re obviously in over your head following comments. Further, you have my apology - had I known you were unwell I might have tempered my comments. And used smaller words 😉
I will say the academic rigor at U of M is impressive. So Texas A@M has more breadth of academic programs than UT. UT Austin only got a medical school a few years back and it's kinda of a joke. They have no vet school like A@M, A@M's med school was started in 89 and it's legit and even when you go to UT's website they only offer basic majors like English, Chemistry etc. At U of M and Texas A@M you can major in biomedical sciences or microbiology.
The school is just like the city... arrogant as heck for no justifiable reason.
The first year my nephew was there he created a LinkedIn profile and his opening statement was ridiculous. It was a mission statement for everything woke including the queer community even tho he's hetero. He learned once he graduated that crap wasn't gonna fly in the business world and changed everything.
The academic mind as found in much of academia is subject to the seductive appeal of utopian fantasies. After all, if only they, the hyper intelligent, were in charge they could make all of those nasty little difficulties of life go away. And who better than them? They looked around and didn't see anyone better; and their arrogance allows them to dismiss the ideas and petty concerns of others. Oh well, pride cometh before a fall. Its' not as much of an issue with those engaged in serious academic work, designing bridges or performing surgery for instance, but mostly with those who essentially debate for a living, with maybe a little teaching thrown in.
The ivory tower full of marxists always telling us they are going to solve society's problems, only to train marxist mini mes to go out into the world and suck the life out of everyone.
They aren't UT Austin. My sisters got accepted to UT Houston (now McGovern) and interviewed at the rest.
There are 5 total but only one with UT Austin, to which I was referring Michael.
UT Houston, San Antonio, Galveston, UT Dallas (Southwestern) and finally Austin added a baby school.
And no UTMB Galveston has never been considered the best. In the 90s they called it Galvetraz and were thinking of closing it down it was so bad. It has since resurrected it's reputation but it has NEVER been considered to be anywhere close to Southwestern. UT Houston (McGovern) is usually second to Southwestern.
Sheila, before you hang yourself on that line, do yourself a favor and read the entire passage about "…killing all the lawyers…" it doesn’t mean what you think it means. You’re not alone - until I had the ignominious distinction of earning my own personal J.D., I, too, thought it meant something it didn’t. Unfortunately, I don’t think the majority of today’s academics would merit Shakespear’s acclaim.
Don't apologize to that man. He's a miserable school marm. He pretends to be conservative but his demeanor is full blown nanny state leftist. That's why he barks constantly.
Shiela, I DON’T understand; how does corrupting what Shakespeare wrote, misleading others not as wise or well read as us, "fit the mood?" Equating the lawyers/barristers of merry olde England, who were there preventing the fall of England into tyranny, with academics who in their piety would suffer tyranny in their quest for their Eden is bad reasoning and bad faith.
If you do indeed know the passage and what Shakespeare was conveying, you should be ashamed.
SR, sorry to have upset you. If it makes you feel better I stand “ashamed”. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I will be certain in the future to run my comments thru the Ministry of Truth. Can we drop it now?
Shiela, you didn’t upset me, I’m more concerned that you don’t fall into the same mire pit that befalls much of society - taking a passage out of context and trying to twist it into something it doesn’t creates two problems: it misleads the ignorant reader into believing something untrue and in doing so, when/if the ignorant reader becomes wiser they will think back to whom it was that led them down a false road. Whether it’s Shakespeare or Scripture or (may I ever be so humble) my own writings.
Tell me, how does what you just did, corrupting Shakespeare’s well crafted passage into something it didn’t say or intend, any different than what you implying about academics?
Belloc, do yourself and the world a favor, never ever, under any circumstance, go off your meds again. Stop listening to the voices in your head. Nobody says what the voices in your head are telling you; and when you’re back on your meds you’ll realize it didn’t even make sense.
For a. Moment I thought you were a troll, now I realize you’re just not well.
I'm sorry, I can't put all the blame on Pharma, there has to also be a deep dark heart of pure evil behind a anyone that is willing to kill innocent children, no matter what the chemical influence might be.
The Bright Side
There is much to be said about where our attitude leads us. We’ve all faced situations we thought could bury us. The loss of a loved one, a sickness, an injury, the loss of a job, someone walks out on us. Running a business has certainly had its ups and downs. Landing jobs, losing jobs, gaining customers, losing customers, employees come and employees go. If I believed every negative change would have buried me I would have been out of business decades ago.
When the going gets tough the tough gets going. If we think positive, some of our toughest times made us resilient, more committed, it helped to make us who we are today. If we get bitter and lose our enthusiasm we will allow the difficulties of life to bury us, they can keep us from our God given destiny.
Find the positive message in every event instead of always seeing the negative. Shake off the dirt and step up. The difference between being buried or being planted is like the magic in a seed. A seed can sit comfortably on a shelf for years and never reach its full potential. If you were able to ask the seed what it would prefer, it would probably choose to be left alone, I’m fine here on the shelf. But when the seed is planted, covered with dirt, in that dark and lonely place, it begins to germinate. The pressure of all that heavy dirt doesn’t stop that seed from growing. It pushes itself out of the ground and starts producing beautiful flowers or fruit. Notice when you plant a seed it doesn’t come up and just give you another seed. It doesn’t come up equal. It grows into a beautiful producing plant. Much like a plant, a person, with all of the pressures of life, blossoms into just what God had meant us to be. The pressures of life are not an end, but are a beginning.
I heard this story of a farmer who had an old mule that had fallen into an empty well, the well was about 40 or 50 feet deep. The farmer was so disappointed he really loved that old mule. When he surveyed the situation he realized it was almost impossible to rescue him. The well was very narrow and the mule was crammed at the bottom. He figured the mule was probably already seriously injured.
As much as he didn’t want to he decided the mule nor the well was worth saving so he was just going to fill the well in with dirt and bury the old mule. He called some friends to help and they began to shovel the dirt in, one shovel at a time.
When that old mule felt that dirt hit his back he realized what they were doing. Instead of wallowing in self pity, thinking to bad for me, the mule decided every time he felt the dirt hit his back he would shake it off and step up, shake it off and step up. Time after time no matter how he felt, no matter how tired he got he’d shake it off and step up, shake it off and step up. Finally after hours of doing this he was able to step over the wall of the well and walk out triumphantly to freedom.
What’s interesting is the dirt that was meant to bury him actually saved his life. So when you feel the dirt hit your back, when life treats you unfair, when you go through disappointment, don’t let it bury you, shake it off and step up. The same dirt that’s trying to bury you can be the very dirt God will use to promote you. Your attitude should be I may be down but I’m not staying down. This difficulty may have been meant to destroy me, it may have been meant to harm me but I know better, God’s going to use it to my advantage. He’s going to use it to increase me.
Know the only difference between a hard rock of carbon and a priceless diamond is the amount of pressure that it’s endured. How we handle adversity can make or break us. Keep pressing forward with a smile on your face. You know that God is in complete control. So do the right thing even though the wrong thing is happening. Instead of complaining declare a victory. This problem didn’t come to stay it came to pass. I have all the strength for everything I need. When you do that the seed of victory will begin to release and you will blossom into the fullness of what God made you to be.
Happy Sunday Everyone!
J.Goodrich
Wow, James, very insightful. What does not kill us makes us stronger.
25 years ago when my business was only in its 5th year, one of my clients hired an evil person to run the practice. This woman was awful. After having to deal with her for 2 months I made the decision to fire the client even though it cost me 14K per month in revenue. The lead physician begged me to keep working with them, but I explained that my stress level was not worth the money, and good luck with her moving forward. He also rented two small offices to two neuropsychologists who I also worked for. The moved out of the practice around the same time I terminated my contract. I asked the younger psychologist what she thought of the new hire and she claimed that she was a paranoid schizophrenic and should be on medication. When I asked the same question of the older more seasoned psychologist, she said, I just think she is a bitch! Either way, I learned that my health was more important than money. I have continued to fire any clients who create too much stress.
Very interesting. So 3 people had the same take, makes you wonder what the doctor that hired her saw.
Her boobs?
It wasn't boobs, but I often wondered if she had something on him from a previous job. His entire staff skedaddled.
Wow. You're probably right. I have seen that many times in the pharmaceutical industry.
Hahahhaha, I'll admit that as a factor, if the hire is in a client's exposure...
Some doctors have horrible EQs and are clueless when it comes to people but I'm just as likely to go with Sonia's take. 🤣
Sounds like she was demonic. With some ppl, it's hard to separate them from their demons.. they get so intertwined
LOVE the "older more seasoned psychologists" response! 😅
Me too!
Deanna, I once went through a conference for corporate training; essentially, how to train staff, run and market your business.
The biggest take away I had was a group study on just how much a bad hire can cost your company. It was 10 times more than I initially thought, once we put it into a spreadsheet. Wow, toxic employees create more than stress, they create financial loss as well...
I agree. Over the years not only have I gotten better at not signing potential problem clients, I have become very good at helping clients get rid of toxic employees and thieves. You cannot imagine how many medical practice staff steal from the practice. Front desk, back office and office managers. Imagine getting paid to steal. Wow, it is mind boggling. Since 1999 I have caught over 10 thieves. One stole over 200K. Even more mind boggling, none of them ever got prosecuted.
I had a sales rep, worked for me for 30 years total, had a "bonus" that was supposed to be paid to him for about 18 months. Bookkeeper left and new bookkeeper did not know what that payroll line item was, until I questioned it one day. She went back and discovered he had been overpaid $30,000.00, as that "bonus" did not have a termination date. I didn't make him pay it back, but my trust with him was gone forever. He knew he was getting it, and in his mind, probably thought he somehow deserved it.
Wasn’t that Joseph’s message? ‘You meant it for evil, God meant it for good’. Love the parable.
I think of that verse every time I start to despair over the Great Genetic FAFO humanity has undergone. It will play out beyond my own lifetime; it gives me hope.
That's beautiful. I'm rusty with my text and verses. I don't remember that one.
Yes, James, the fire tempers the steel and purifies the gold.
Great pics, Great Comments.
My recent fave: "...where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Indeed James!
HAPPY SUNDAY!
Happy Sunday CQL, hoping things are going well with You!
After the second surgery, I’m doing better, and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. 🙂
It was rough as a corn cob, but God brought me through it. Times like this gives me an opportunity to reflect more on God and his grace—sometimes life situations clouds my view of his sovereignty and desire to love me unconditionally, and provide for all our needs. So down time is “The Bright Side.”
I shared your post with friends and family, who appreciators it because they needed encouragement. Thanks James!
I’m glad to hear you’ve rounded the corner and recovery is closer. Staying positive is important. I was thinking of you when I wrote my post hoping you would “shake off the dirt and keep stepping up”!! 😊😊😊 it sounds like this is happening and I’m glad. Hang in there, God is watching over You.
Thanks for thinking of me, and yes, your post was an encouragement. 🤗
James, you do great honor to your surname.
You're GOOD & RICH‼️🙏
Thank You Ana hope things are well with you and your family!!
Once again, the deed lives within the story and the story brings forth the deed for all of us, if we are receptive. You plant beautiful seeds here James.
Thank You LB!!
Wow, James! What an incredible message today! My favorite of yours ever! The seed, the donkey & of course, the diamond! Utterly inspiring! We just need to keep going on no matter what, huh? Trusting God is SO key! It's always amazing how everything just "seems" to work out.. virtually BETTER than originally thought of! Have experienced this too many times to count! I ask God for help even with what I consider the silliest, tiniest things. Am beyond grateful that He doesn't see them as too "silly" or "tiny" for Him! In fact, I believe He rather enjoys the "ask". Amen! Have a blessed Sunday!
Love your wise words, James. Thank you.
James, bless you for sharing this lovely story. It is one of your best.
Thanks for all your inspirational words. My father taught me to box, when I was about ten, even though I was a girl. What he said to me was "No matter how many times you get knocked down, always coming up with swinging." I have been knocked down and gone through many dire circumstances in life, but I never gave up.. My mantra in high school was Rudyard Kipling's poem, IF. It was inspirational, too..
You, like I, don't merely survive, you prevail and I too have drawn affirmation from Kipling's poem.
Thanks James for this wonderful message! God is so good and knowing Him makes all the difference! ✝️💟✝️💟
Bravo!
Thank you, Mr. Goodrich! Happy Sunday!! 🙌🏻 and tired of winning over here. The dirt has certainly become the mountaintop.
There's a great message on the rewards of the Overcomer, you may enjoy.. https://www.youtube.com/live/1zybei2gI9U?is=pMvpLPhiaBV3HuS1
James, you did it again! Such words of wisdom for us to ponder!
Bravo for a beautiful Sunday morning, wise, inspirational post. Thank you.
Thank you for your words of encouragement! I was feeling overwhelmed and ready to stop trying to educate people with the truth that they simply can’t see. It’s a huge job and almost feels like we’re losing the battle. It boggles my mind why people refuse to look past MSM. This is just what I needed today.
I’m glad Lynn!!
Sorta liked the,trans hammerhead one and how it emphasizes the phonyness of the movement
The Romance Novel Dog headline should be: "I don't always eat bones, but when I do I make sure they are genuine beef." :)
That's definitely a sexy looking dog! 😉
And I'm a cat person.
Hear! Hear!
Flock the Government! Best laugh in weeks! Lindsey cartoons are creating the view that her actions were criminal and not mental derangement caused by a combination of PPD and use of SSRI's.
Toxic masculinity is a supposed issue, maybe a manufactured one, but to me a guy guilty of toxic masculinity is just a masculine guy who’s a jerk. He should stop being a jerk, but not stop being masculine. (Why is there not a crisis of toxic femininity? Inquiring minds want to know.) One wonders if the problem is that masculine traits just aren't useful to the ruling class, until they are.
Why don't we all just go back to being men and women? Masculinity is just what you get with normal boys and men, it's the way they are constructed. The toxic masculinity thing implies that normal masculinity is not normal but is an aberration, using the term just naturally implies that that masculinity itself is bad, a sort of word game to confuse normalcy with bad behavior, thereby besmirching normal male behavior.
Femininity is likewise just what you get with normal girls and women. It's not called toxic, but there does seem to be a war against it as well since women are made to feel abnormal just for wanting to act like normal women.. They must go into the workplace like men and Prove Themselves. (One wonders if a major reason for the feminist movement was just to increase the amount of income tax collected, and maybe to destroy the family as an institution.)
https://drp314.substack.com/p/copy-masculinity-dont-leave-home
Well, when SCOTUS cannot define what is a woman, what is a guy to do?
Charge he/she/it with toxic masculinity.
David, Define "normal."
That's a excellent point about toxic femininity! That's the real crisis and has been since the sexual revolution. And everything about their "feminity" is actually contrary to a truly feminine woman. I consider the mother of Christ the example of the most feminine woman to walk the planet.
If dogs had romance novels, he'd be on the cover.
He was bred for it. His name is Fabio. He barks with an Italian accent. Drives'em wild.
In spite of being an elderly old maid school teacher prude, that come hither look in those you-know-you-want-me eyes of that Italian stud posing as a dog had me breathing hard! Yikes!
Barbara, you are not elderly. You are seasoned and wise. Lol
It’s possible that the Lindsay Clancy murders are really an indictment of our prescription drug culture & the way we practice medicine today. And this mindblowing tragedy is an opportunity to focus some attention on that process, so if it was causative it need not happen again. I say this based on personal experience. I had a major deadline to meet & I was overwhelmingly fatigued with Q Fever. I asked my long-standing wholistic MD if he could drug me so I could stay with it. He gave me a minimal starter dose of a common stimulant. After taking it for 2 days, it occurred to me how nifty it would be to drive off a high bridge at 70mph. I stopped the drug before it got nifty enough to die for. Took 3 days to detox. I understand that this woman who killed her babies was on multiple drugs over time. Let me say that I’m the most un-suicidal person you’ll ever meet, & were I on the jury I’d want to know if it were she or the drugs that killed her children. And if it was the drugs, then our medical industry - I say “industry” rather than “practice” because that’s what it’s become - then our medical industry needs to be indicted.
When I read about how many drugs she was prescribed, I had the same thought. This reminds me of the school shooters who were on antipsychotic meds. When are we going to hold Pharma responsible for their drug pushing? When are we going to get doctors educated? As for the last question, the answer is probably they'll get educated when Pharma stops being the main funder of medical schools.
Well said! Well said, indeed! Grateful you're here & not at the bottom of said "high bridge". I know what even one drug can do.. I can't imagine what multiple drugs combined can create within the system as yet more drugs! I hope the jury thinks on this.. & others on the outside of this trial. I believe if she receives the death penalty, she would be more than willing to go ahead of those awaiting their sentence to be carried out. She's already in prison within her mind. And, those maniacal chick's in pink have no clue as to their own depravity. Have mentioned before on this platform that I believe they are linked with Big Pharma to be the main distraction, like BLM & Antifa were distractions to the snakes really to blame.
There is no information about Clancy's use of prescription and recreational drugs either before she had her youngest child, and the suspicious addition of the "voice" after she had already been arrested makes me very skeptical that about the defense claims. She planned the deaths and asked her husband to leave, then strangled the children, one at a time. I have known a woman with post-partum psychosis, but for it to persist for 8 months with the natural moderation of estrogen after delivery to this level sounds like she just does not want to accept any consequences for her planned actions.
That is a very valid point as well! Also progesterone evens out as well. Ironically, one to two high progesterone shots usually resolved postpartum depression but only naprotechnology physicians do that.
That meme about racism being alive when people realize that you support 45/47, really resonated.
I've been called a white supremacist by my own son‼️‼️
Now that's a pain that won't go away‼️
😭😢😭
I recently played in a Republican fundraiser golf tournament with other fellow republicans. One democrat lady made a snarky comment about the tournament. I responded with, we all have our opinions but I do not like losing friends to political discussions. She then said, well I hate war. I replied, who doesn't. Too bad democrats funded the Iranians, now it has to be dealt with.
Ana, been there. Still there. 😢
I'm sad 😔 for you as well‼️
That's crazy Ana!!!! Hopefully he will grow up. 🤦♀️
Thank 😊 you.
Ana, Possibly your son is a real comedian, just jokin' around - reconsider his comment in light of today's meme of Tom Cruise at the bar: That was a joke! We used to tell jokes...before everyone started getting upset about everything... Ha ha?
I think that is Brad Pitt at the bar.
Leo, sadly 😥 it is no joke. He left Texas and went to Berkeley. He has chosen to reside in Commifornia. The brainwashing is complete.
My favorite one today is the ungrateful dead, with the dry comment, well shit!
enjoyed your comments re the Moderna grift. You are a rare beacon of factual writing plus confidence in your readers to understand
So the news just said that a FLOCK camera helped track down and car jacking in Florida..
right. what happened to good old detective work.. ? NO I am always against Flock
All of these are great! I once upon a time read romance novels and yep, that handsome dog would definitely be on the cover!😂😂
THE ENEMIES WITHIN
The democrats are planning impeachments, while supporting Democratic Socialists AND Islamist Jihadist—listen carefully to what these Islamists are saying, and you will agree they are Jihadists on American soil.
NEVER FORGET—WE FOFGOT!
9/11 supposedly United America. We went to war, flags were on cars, bridges, etc., and people supposedly flocked to churches, but once the “fear” was gone, they left church, took down their flags down, and Bush brought in millions of Islamists, and the flow has not stopped.
Dearborn Michigan is 54% Muslim with mosques blasting their hideous call to prayer five times a day OVER non-Muslims. The Mayor and City Council laughed at a pastor who asked them to deny Sharia Law—they refused. This is not a one-off, the Islamic invasion is real and happening all over America, even in small country towns that you would never think they would plant a mosque, because of “Christian” influence, but there they are, to subvert our nation’s Republic, destroy Christianity, and enslave Americans under their political ideology dressed up as a religion.
Wherever Islam is, people and cultures decline—their own nations produce nothing but misery for their own people and neighbors—and they are here multiplying rapidly.
Congress and States need to step up and protect us from the DSA and Islamic invasion—some states are passing anti-Sharia laws, that ban Sharia courts which undermine State laws and the Constitution.
Be as wise as serpents, but gentle as doves—most of all—do something.
I've never been convinced 9/11 was not an inside job. There's too many questions that have never been answered, too many inconsistencies that haven't been addressed, too many scientists and engineers who disputed (and still dispute) the official investigation results.
Being funny takes us a fair about of work!
That's exactly what I thought as I was scrolling through them! The time it took to curate this list.
My favorite is the Rubio meme. Ironically, his wife was a Miami Dolphins cheerleader and every time I see the Miami Dolphins at home I think of my sister's father-in-law John who died of a turbo cancer after getting the shots. His beautiful wife Irene followed a few years later of a turbo cancer (brain).
And the Remy TX video is haaaa-larious as a Texan. The only part Remy got wrong is all the Californians that have moved to Austin have turned it into a mini Cali. Never cared for Austin since the people were so arrogant. Now it's 1000 times worse because they are mean, arrogant and run a nanny state deep 🔵 city. 🤦♀️
And I don't know if anyone gets this in Michigan for instance because they went to U of M, but the people that go to UT Austin act like they are at Cal or Stanford. I automatically got in to both UT and A@M due for being in the 3 per cent of my graduating high school class (now that's not bragging that's telling you the public high school I went to was abominable). I never considered myself that smart and then I got to a competitive liberal arts college and thought ... WOW I'm REALLY not that smart. 😅
Point being ...UT Austin Alum.....your school sucks. It's just the low tuition that makes it so popular. If someone from U of M wants to brag, I take no issue with that.
Actually our beloved gov has induced 2 more west coast businesses to move to the Austin area. He has single handedly turned the I35 corridor from solid red in '16 to purple going on blue today. And now he is worried about muslim influence here with no clue how that has come about.
I mostly like him but he should have stopped with all that Tech wooing years ago. I know it is (perhaps) good for jobs though. He is being exposed for his Muslim influence, and lack of Sharia Law foresight. He has banned a couple things but we need codified into law. You, Michael, and I were sure hoping Chip Roy would become our next Attorney General (sad face) . I somehow got on the list for Paxton's Patriots who asked me to do door knocking (yikes) but I am compelled to help somehow. Im hoping many Texans will feel compelled to get out and volunteer and actually do it (me hoping I will actually do it!) kenpaxton.com (starts off with asking for donation of course.
MrsMc- I have given too many donations to Paxton and I asked the last caller how I volunteer and he just blew me off. So if I go to his website it will actually give me information on volunteering?
And yes Abbott's 2 largest donors are Pakistani immigrant doctors so he's playing both sides of the fence. Election is coming up so he wrote that letter to SOT Duffy to investigate IAH and DFW for their ablution facilities/mini mosques on federal property (airports).
Has also appointed 5 born, raised and trained in India to our State Med. Board...the board that censured Dr. Bowden and got fined a bunchfor doing so.
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ Shocker (not).
Yes, x out of the donation beg, and the website appears with tabs. Click on the tab that says "Paxton's Patriots" fill out the little form. There is very nice state volunteer coordinator who will call you or email you. He is trying to find a coordinator here in Austin - for door knocking, phone calling and event attendance checking people in, all he talked to me about was knocking on doors. I told him i never answer my door, I would try but I will not go alone.
the only conservative friends I have moved out of Austin to smaller towns.
Yes Gov Newsome...the other oh so devout "Catholic" related to Nancy Pelosi. He and his grifting wife make me 🤢.
BUT Besent did an excellent job of humiliating him if that's possible.
https://youtu.be/Jce4aLmUz2Y?is=Og6tqcN8YoZ3obRn
Was referring to the gov of Texas.
Apologies. I didn't get enough sleep and I'm trying to multitask. 🤣
Also, Paramount studios is moving to TX via Abbott as is Eli Lilly and Bayer to Houston. Both are beginning to build multi million dollar manufacturing facilities here. I have always been surprised that more pharmas didn't do business in Houston since they like to place their HQ near shipping channels/water.
Houston now the largest or 2nd largest muslim population in Texas. Wonder how that affects business interests?
I've noticed. It's scary. Dallas is first. There are now more mosques in Houston than Protestant Churches. I'm Catholic and we still have way more Catholic parishes. But they won't stop. A qtr of these mosques are run by terrorist imams.
I see women in full Muslim garb everywhere. I pray for the end of the Islamification of the United States daily. I put this at Biden's feet. A Dearborn pastor just called out city council in Dearborn at a meeting. It was beautiful.
You're in Austin area!?
About 50 miles from
Ah, okay, got excited there for a moment about the possibility of meeting real people. I'll probably be out there in March.
If you and MrsC want to door knock for Paxton, I'll drive to Austin one weekend. 😀
Actually, I've knocked quite a few doors in the past! But, not planning to be out there until March, at which point I will have somewhere to stay.
I’m a U of M grad, as are my 2 sons, and I’m sick of what the liberals have done to that university.
But not all is lost - you still have Hillsdale
Even though you have Hillsdale graduates on the Dearborn City council who won't denounce sharia law. All of these people backing the Muslims don't realize they will eventually be killed or converted eventually.
They make their political career a false idol or god and accept the money the Muslims are throwing at them for their Islamic agenda...well eventually that rabid dog is going to bite them. It's so short sited on their part.
🤔 1) last I looked it was 1, ONE, Hillsdale graduate on the DCC;
2) DCC ≠ Hillsdale College;
3) I remember mentioning Hillsdale College, no recollection of referencing the DCC.
Ya’know, I bet you’d have a much more satisfying life if you kept your vitriol contained and stopped trying to smear one institution with another.
Since you can’t seem to distinguish between a lone member and many, I’m gonna have to assume you’re equally cognitively impaired as to what occurred in the event you’re referencing. Personally I don’t know all the particulars outside of a local pastor chastising the council members over a situation that does not yet exist - sharia law being in place. Now it could be the DCC has a policy about not delving into religious matters, I don’t know, but it’s clear you don’t know either.
So first:
I could agree with you but we would both wrong. You sympathize with Muslim invaders that want to impose their religion and culture on the rest of us. So the IQ you have is the low IQ that all woke leftists have.
You probably don't even know what sharia law is and it is NOT compatible with the constitution. Since you don't know US history, Jefferson fought off the Babary pirates (Muslims) twice in 2 wars and won.
Mr Miller you don't the law or the constitution even though you say you're an attorney which is worth nothing. So are Bammy and Biden. No go zones and sharia law directly defy the constitution and Michigan has no go zones just like London. Both MN and Michigan blare the call to prayer 5 times a day. You probably hate this country but normal Americans don't.
Second, it's absolutely the legal responsibility for the DCC or any city council to separate Church and State. You cannot favor one religion over the other like Islam. You and your red/green alliance is doing just that.
Airports are federal property. They cannot have ablution stations and mini mosques on their property at DFW, IAH, O'Hare, JFK and La Quardia.
That's not vitriol it's FACTS. You welcome the invasion just like an open border and rationalize it with your puerile mind.
Try studying Islam before you speak. You won't sound so dumb. Better for you to remain silent.
And yes Texas is being so overrun that in April Muslims tried to get the TX school curriculum to changed to say Muslims helped found this country and the Alamo was inspired by Islamic architecture. Conservatived won and the curriculum with TX and US history remained as taught remained factual. Liars gotta lie and you gotta defend them. You're pathetic. You probably support El Sayed who said we deserved 9/11. Tell that to the people who jumped out of windows so they wouldn't burn to death Mr Miller (even your name is trite and shallow). 😂
So yes my "vitriol" is squarely aimed and you and your Muslim invaders. Sign me up for a good ole Crusade. The European Catholics got it right. That's why it took until the past 3 decades for the EU to fall.
So stop the transferrance you miserable idiotic SOB.
And sadly you're a lawyer (who isn't) and you still don't know the law. I think Dante put you guys in one of the inner circles of hell in the Inferno.
Another example of no good deed goes unpunished. Attempting to pull a Malone-ian out of a 💩 💩 pile of their own making - I didn’t realize I was dealing some clearly in the midst of a psychotic break. B, if you’d been on your meds, taken the time to explore my comments from before, you’d be ashamed of the rant you’ve unleashed .
I’ll repeat what I said in another thread: never ever stop taking your meds, regardless of how clearly you think you’re viewing the world - it’s not helping. You’re obviously in over your head following comments. Further, you have my apology - had I known you were unwell I might have tempered my comments. And used smaller words 😉
I will say the academic rigor at U of M is impressive. So Texas A@M has more breadth of academic programs than UT. UT Austin only got a medical school a few years back and it's kinda of a joke. They have no vet school like A@M, A@M's med school was started in 89 and it's legit and even when you go to UT's website they only offer basic majors like English, Chemistry etc. At U of M and Texas A@M you can major in biomedical sciences or microbiology.
The school is just like the city... arrogant as heck for no justifiable reason.
The first year my nephew was there he created a LinkedIn profile and his opening statement was ridiculous. It was a mission statement for everything woke including the queer community even tho he's hetero. He learned once he graduated that crap wasn't gonna fly in the business world and changed everything.
The academic mind as found in much of academia is subject to the seductive appeal of utopian fantasies. After all, if only they, the hyper intelligent, were in charge they could make all of those nasty little difficulties of life go away. And who better than them? They looked around and didn't see anyone better; and their arrogance allows them to dismiss the ideas and petty concerns of others. Oh well, pride cometh before a fall. Its' not as much of an issue with those engaged in serious academic work, designing bridges or performing surgery for instance, but mostly with those who essentially debate for a living, with maybe a little teaching thrown in.
Well said David! Well said. 👏👏👏
The ivory tower full of marxists always telling us they are going to solve society's problems, only to train marxist mini mes to go out into the world and suck the life out of everyone.
UT has about 1/2 dozen med schools..the ones in Galveston and Dallas the oldest and,were the best
They aren't UT Austin. My sisters got accepted to UT Houston (now McGovern) and interviewed at the rest.
There are 5 total but only one with UT Austin, to which I was referring Michael.
UT Houston, San Antonio, Galveston, UT Dallas (Southwestern) and finally Austin added a baby school.
And no UTMB Galveston has never been considered the best. In the 90s they called it Galvetraz and were thinking of closing it down it was so bad. It has since resurrected it's reputation but it has NEVER been considered to be anywhere close to Southwestern. UT Houston (McGovern) is usually second to Southwestern.
Suspect I go back a,bit further than you. When I moved here only 3 med schools in the state Baylor UT SW and U T Galveston.
Yup. I have a friend who is PhD in Neuroscience and used to be on faculty at UT Austin. She called it baby medical school and confirmed it was a joke.
U of H now has a medical school and Sam Houston State has a DO school.
UT Med School of Galveston hopefully is still great. I love seeing a UT Medical School Galveston diploma.
Forget the lawyers, as in the Shakespearean line, ‘k*ll all the academics’
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Touche.
Sheila, before you hang yourself on that line, do yourself a favor and read the entire passage about "…killing all the lawyers…" it doesn’t mean what you think it means. You’re not alone - until I had the ignominious distinction of earning my own personal J.D., I, too, thought it meant something it didn’t. Unfortunately, I don’t think the majority of today’s academics would merit Shakespear’s acclaim.
Actually I did know that - that it doesn’t mean what you would think, but, as you implied, it fits the mood.
Don't apologize to that man. He's a miserable school marm. He pretends to be conservative but his demeanor is full blown nanny state leftist. That's why he barks constantly.
Shiela, I DON’T understand; how does corrupting what Shakespeare wrote, misleading others not as wise or well read as us, "fit the mood?" Equating the lawyers/barristers of merry olde England, who were there preventing the fall of England into tyranny, with academics who in their piety would suffer tyranny in their quest for their Eden is bad reasoning and bad faith.
If you do indeed know the passage and what Shakespeare was conveying, you should be ashamed.
SR, sorry to have upset you. If it makes you feel better I stand “ashamed”. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I will be certain in the future to run my comments thru the Ministry of Truth. Can we drop it now?
Shiela, you didn’t upset me, I’m more concerned that you don’t fall into the same mire pit that befalls much of society - taking a passage out of context and trying to twist it into something it doesn’t creates two problems: it misleads the ignorant reader into believing something untrue and in doing so, when/if the ignorant reader becomes wiser they will think back to whom it was that led them down a false road. Whether it’s Shakespeare or Scripture or (may I ever be so humble) my own writings.
Tell me, how does what you just did, corrupting Shakespeare’s well crafted passage into something it didn’t say or intend, any different than what you implying about academics?
You know what they say when you're pre-med, A = MD, C = JD. And your profession is mired with miserable idiots. 😂
Belloc, do yourself and the world a favor, never ever, under any circumstance, go off your meds again. Stop listening to the voices in your head. Nobody says what the voices in your head are telling you; and when you’re back on your meds you’ll realize it didn’t even make sense.
For a. Moment I thought you were a troll, now I realize you’re just not well.
You have my sympathy, it’s a terrible burden.
Pharma is the number one suspect with mass shootings, and mothers killing their children.
Remember, innocent until proven guilty.
There's been no verdict, yet.
Although, the puppet masters have infiltrated the medical system, and the judicial branch.
Time to opt out of the matrix.
I'm sorry, I can't put all the blame on Pharma, there has to also be a deep dark heart of pure evil behind a anyone that is willing to kill innocent children, no matter what the chemical influence might be.
That would include pharma