Happy Sunday! I do like the early edition.,, Thanks!!
We should all do our best to invest in others, looking for ways to bring out the best in them. None of us can reach our highest potential by ourselves, we need each other. You could be the one that tips the scales in someone else’s life.
My wife came home from work the other day tired and beat up from a long day in the OR. She told me towards the end of the day she went in to relieve a nurse extra early and the nurse acknowledged it by saying “no one does this, are you sure”. This is a nurse that hasn’t always been nice to my wife. My wife said “yes you’ve worked really hard today, go relax for a bit”. There was almost an hour left in the day, there were no new cases starting, so after a long day this nurse got a nice break while my wife would have to work right to the end of her shift.
I can’t tell you how hard my wife works, beside a surgeon for hours on end, operating on children. How many times she comes home and tells me she worked with someone she trained years ago when they first started out as a new nurse or resident. And that she was patient with them, set them up to succeed by knowing what the surgeon would need ahead of time and letting the new hire hand them the correct instruments. It makes for a very positive initial experience, one that she rarely got.
I decided to do something I’ve never done, it hasn’t had a conclusion yet, so I’ll have to fill you in later on how it goes. Anyways I wrote a note complimenting my wife, acknowledging some of the wonderful things she does for me, our family and the people she works with. I complimented her on her talent for teaching people, her patience, her helping not hindering people and how she always goes to work early, sets up the rooms before her co workers get there, makes life better for the people around her especially me. How over all these years, week after week she shows up, she provides our health benefits, it’s her consistency and work ethic, she’s perfectly dependable. I slipped the note into her pocket book and zipped it closed.
You know the incredible thing, there are people around us that have never been told all the good things they do. All of their talents that go basically unnoticed because people don’t tell them. All it would take is a simple compliment, a simple note to someone, it could make such a difference in someone’s life. It costs us nothing but to be thoughtful and a minute or two of your time. We all need someone that believes in us more than we may believe in ourselves. I’m not preaching, I’ve been with my wife for over 34 years and leaving a note complimenting her is a first, we’ll see how it goes when she finally finds it!
There was a young lady who as teenager was almost 6 feet tall but weighed less than 100 lbs., she was anorexic. Everyday she wouldn’t eat but a couple hundred calories. She was so depressed and so disillusioned with life she had basically cut herself off from her friends and her family. She figured one day she would probably starve to death and that was fine with her, she didn’t feel any sense of purpose.
One day a friend from school called her and asked if she would help her with her math homework, the young lady agreed. Her friend came over to her house looking for help. Well the girl with anorexia explained the math in such a way that made her friend understand in a very simple patient manner. When her friend was leaving just in passing she said “man you are so smart, you would make a great math teacher one day”. All of a sudden a light turned on in that young lady. She began to feel a sense of purpose. She realized that she had a talent, there was something she was good at, that one small compliment changed her perspective.
That was over 20 years ago, today that young lady is an award winning math teacher. She works with underachieving children. Not only that but she is happily married and has 3 children of her own. She credits it all to that one statement that one friend had made years ago recognizing her gift and took the time to plant that small seed of hope. Just a simple affirmation.
What a difference it makes when we bless people with our words. When we look for their gifts, we look for their talents and we speak faith into them. One of our goals should be not to get people to think more highly of ourselves, but to get people to think more highly of themselves. It doesn’t have to be something big, just a kind word, a simple compliment. Maybe drop somebody a note in the mail telling them what you like about them, how much you appreciate them. Find a way to invest in others, you never know what a difference it can make. J.Goodrich
The small town I moved to in 1977 had a True Value hardware store owned by someone who owned 2 others in 2 nearby towns. Sometime in the 80's He was selling them and they were sold separately.
One of the 3 young men working there bought it and what a business man he turned out to be!
Always supporting the community . He built a new store in 1994 and expanded.
About 18 years ago the small grocery store closed leaving nothing for locals less than 15 miles away. Some of the towns people asked Bill if there was anything he could do to help get another store going.
Well he rearranged an area in the hardware store and started carrying a lot of staples like milk, bread coffee and more. His daughter by then an adult wanted to come back to town from her job and run the grocery aspect if they could put on an addition. They did and it has been such a success for our town. He is an excellent employer with little turnover and hires a lot of students part time too. Now we even have a deli with choices of hot lunch items every week day.
Covid brought a lot of problems but Bill and his family worked hard to get us thru.
So one day about a year or so ago I was at the counter buying something and it was Bill himself. I almost choked up getting a little emotional, but I was able to tell this man what a difference he has made for this little town and it wasn't taken for granted by me and I am sure so many others.
I have tears in my eyes writing this because you are so right James Goodrich.
Saying it at a funeral never gets heard by that person like saying it to their face,
and inspiring them to keep doing what they are doing.
Thank You Bill, great job!! My wish is that people act on the message of what you did. I remember a post not long ago about a funeral I had gone to. The friend of mine was only 58 years old, had gone through a tough divorce, got an apartment and not long after died there. There were all beautiful flowers at the wake and I thought if someone including myself had sent her flowers when she was still alive, if they had taken a few minutes out of their day and called Sue up maybe things would have turned out differently. Thanks for speaking up Bill!!
So true !!!!! Many years ago (like 30) I had a client send a lovely note to the Dept of Prof Regulation I had operated on his dog and he was happy with the results. The owner was an engineer and told me most folks just send complaints to the DPR and he wanted me to have a nice letter in my file. I never forgot it and maybe it helped me try just a bit harder with the many tough clients and cases down the road.
Thanks for inspiring me to do the same! I've done this a couple of times in my life, putting notes in my two sons lunchboxes. Three of my grandchildren live in Texas. I'm in CA. I'm going to send them letters (which no one does anymore). Hopefully, something I say will help them find their purpose.
You and your wife are absolute treasures, to yourselves and to others. Thank you, King James, for sharing these stories.
We try to praise our spouse every day, to catch others "doing good," and to thank them all. It's easy to tear people down. Shoring them up takes more effort, but it's so good for you and those you bolster.
As you stated so eloquently, those compliments can inspire a person to go from mediocrity and sadness to greatness and contentment. We never know when our efforts to brighten someone's day will totally change their trajectory.
Also, if a public official or bureaucrat does something good, be sure to send him or her (and the boss) a complimentary letter or email. These folks receive so many complaints (sometimes well deserved); kind words sincerely meant could inspire them to do better for all taxpayers. Also, make every effort to speak with them in person. Get to know them. Let them get to know you. State your case, but don't be confrontational. Crack a few self-deprecating jokes. Our experience is that a human-to-human connection makes all the difference.
Any time I get particularly good service from a vendor or clerk, I always request a transfer to a supervisor and wax eloquently including recommendation for raise and promotion.
Because we homeschooled our children then I became sick, my wife has always been a homemaker, except for one year of our marriage.
Her daily love and care for us out weighed any amount of money she could have brought into the home, and I see those benefits in our children. She’s now sitting on the sofa quietly reading and studying God’s Word. She reminds me of the virtuous woman in Proverbs 31. I am truly blessed.
All of this is said, not to paint an idealistic world that we lived in, because it was rough as a corn cob at times, but it’s to emphasize the godly character qualities in her, my children, and myself, and the victory that comes at the end of our struggles if we don’t give up. “Be not weary in doing good, for in due season you will reap, if you don’t give up.” (Paraphrased a bit)
Hi CQL Thank You, Happy Sunday!! It’s funny I’m traveling today and was thinking of you. I was hoping you are OK and just then your LIKE came through on my phone, just like that I got a smile on my face. Thanks my friend!!
James, such a thoughtful thing to do for your wife! I always used to slip little notes into my husband’s lunch sack. I’d send him cards when I was at a conference so he’d get them before I got home. He’d go on a trip and I’d slip cards or notes under his underwear in his suitcase. That way, even if he didn’t change his shirt everyday I knew he’d change his underwear and see them. It became a game after many years to see where I could place my notes or cards. I did that until he passed away, after 55 years of a delightful marriage. You have started something with your wife. Keep it up. I guarantee you’ll both benefit from it!
I’m sorry Barbara for the loss of your husband. She hasn’t found the note yet. I’m hoping it’s a little happiness waiting to be found. Maybe she’ll find it at a down time and it will pick her up. I’m sure I will do this again. Your husband was lucky he had you all those years!
Hi James. Happy, Wonderous Sunday. You know, it would be great if all who are reading your words, or can pass them forward could choose a day - you know, like every day now has a theme - Black Cow Day, Grow a Flower Day... Maybe each of us could pick a day here soon and spend it investing in each person we meet and talk to. Grocery checker, barber, auto mechanic, neighbor, friends, loved ones. Even finding a place for a kind word towards the off putting newscaster or the corrupt politician on the news or podcast. No, they won't hear it, but it could go a long way towards strength in our own hearts. Like your wife is practicing when doing a kind deed regardless of the kindness of the other.
We really need, must have an awakening to "Do Unto Others" as a positive mission...
PS: I've said it before, but meant to again. Thank you for being You, James.
In the days since Renee Good tried to run over an ICE agent in Minneapolis and was shot and killed by an ICE officer, the liberal media has found yet another offensive word to whinge over.
“The far-right has coined a new derogatory term for white women, which has gained traction following the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, in Minneapolis earlier this month,” reports The Independent.
The objectionable term is the acronym AWFUL, which stands for Affluent White Female Urban Liberal. Another variant is AWFL.
Liberal white woman LOSES HER MIND over duck hunters..
I know these AWFULs from reading Nextdoor posts. This one's shrieking sounded like some kind of screeching bird sound. I hear that same sound listening to videos of Minnesota rioters. It hurts my ears even turned down low.
John, thanks for posting this! So, crazy - why on earth any media, of any political stripe, would object to categorizing a woman, (no matter what color, place of residence, or income level) as AWFUL is simply beyond reason.
My favorite aphorism: Gratitude draws God’s blessings.
This is unfailingly true. The more you express gratitude to everyone around you for anything and everything, the more you begin to experience the magic and it is contagious like a virus it spreads blessings to those around you. If they catch the “bug” it transforms their lives too. ! Thanks James for all these gems!
Thank You Mike! Your much too kind! Honestly I’m just another subscriber/commenter on the Malones wonderful Sub Stack. They do all the hard work! But Thank You!! I just hope I’m a positive not a negative?
This is good advice James, and I think your wife must be wonderful. I love nurses. When my husband was in hospice we had several good nurses, one stood out because of her gentle ways. My husband loved her, me too. The CNA, the one we saw most often was an amazing woman, she worked hard, helped in so many ways, way above and beyond the call of duty. She joked with Mac, made him laugh, she laughed at his jokes. I haven't seen her since his funeral over a year ago, but she slips me texts from time to time.. A few heart emojies, I do the same with her. she knows how I feel about her, I have written excellent reviews etc. I need to start doing what you suggest with my own family and people who I see everyday whom I don't always agree with ... slip them a handwritten note from time to time let them know I respect their hearts if not their politics.. see if that makes a difference in our current poor communications and "vibe"
I have to because if I hint anything political I get verbally attacked. I've recently decided to just stop throwing my pearls before swine. However, Im thinking there may be a time soon that some will start asking me questions. Others might as well be in Minnesota right now, maybe they are alraedy.
James Goodrich-you said it perfectly. If we know an old person who has led a good life and done a lot to help others by just cheering up their spirits and outlook we should let them know that we thought highly of them. Tell them because being old is not good for many who live with pain.and other problems so tell them before they die. Old people often feel purposeless especially those who live alone.
I remember two veterans - one was an Army infantryman who nearly froze to death in Belgium December 944 and another was a sailor who survived on a ship caught in a typhoon in the Philippine Sea December 1944.
I watched CNN in a hotel lobby yesterday and was stunned that they were reporting that Trump "accomplished nothing" this last year. Mental illness is strong in their newsroom.
Loved the Dilbert tribute where Scott Adams meets the Big Boss!!! 🤣💝🙏 I saw another great one where Dilbert was led to his forever cubicle in the sky by St Peter!!!
I hadn’t seen Beaker in a long time. Jim Henson was liberal in his views but can’t fault a man who just wanted to educate and entertain kids. The Muppets are completely American and it’s criminal what they have done to his legacy.
Love the memes. Many good ones. Ayn Rand’s comment about businessmen making mistakes vs bureaucrats is so true. Thanks for starting my Sunday with a smile and chuckle.
Sadly, poor Beethoven is rolling in his grave over that rendition of Ode to Joy, but ya gotta love the old-fashioned metronome (we use our newfangled iPAD metronome app for daily music practice).
For those wanting a more harmonious rendition, check out Ode to Joy - Beethoven Symphony No9 - Royal Scottish National Orchestra (04:21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUGU3Son8D8
Or, this spectacular Flash Mob - Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 from Jul 6, 2012 (05:40), which always gives us chills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJcQYVtZMo
Thank you for those links. It brought back memories of my young self in 1965 as a junior high school flutist who simply could not understand why anyone would lose their minds over the Beetles when there was Beethoven!! Still true! Not even the Muppets can tarnish that sound for me.
"My job is to make you think the views of the 10% of the country are actually the views of 80% of the country (and sometimes the people to whom we sold our journalistic integrity are the very same ones paying the 10% to hit the streets and create chaos)."
Feminists with their nose rings. They live that delusional nightmare that some crazed MAGA militant will break into their 2-minutes Hate Convention with a pair of needle-nose pliers, and start mass-pulling. But there's polling everywhere that shows upwards of 80% of conservatives believe in a woman's right to septum choice. They really do think the worst of us.
In seriousness, I sometimes think the psy-war has hit girls and young women the hardest. All the piercings, tattoos, and dyes look like self-harm to me.
Hair dyes have already been proven as cancerous. Tattoos are now coming to light in that way also. Life is choices and choices can hold danger.
Beyond that I have to respectfully say, I think young people do nothing less than any other generation has done when it comes to visual features. These newer generations have taken their rebellious outward markings to a new extreme, to be sure, but it still appears to me as a search of self discovery more than a form of self harm. We've all gone thru doing this, thinking we were so unique, but not.
Both my sons have numerous tattoos - full sleeves, in fact. My youngest son's girlfriend has those + nose rings. A young, very industrious, kind and helpful man worked as a delivery driver in my library district, yep, tattoos, rings, the whole shebang. He was a favorite of mine. One time, long ago, my family (youngsters in tow) got stranded in the mountains. The only car to stop to help was full of tattooed, ringed, long haired, grimy dressed young men and women.
How someone looks should not be a criteria for judgment. I look old to people younger than myself who then act toward me as if I am decrepit? I'm not decrepit.
What matters is, as James G said above, that which comes from within. If it is light, the outside is just temporary decoration. The light someone shows from within glows brighter than any other trappings.
My feelings too, Nothing about that improves looks. There is one with a half a dozen things in her lips and nose that works in the CVS pharmacy I go to.
It makes me wonder, if you make decisions like that with your own body what ones would you make in your job?
My wife has needed a lot of healthcare in the last year and had 4 hospital stays.
The majority of the staff have tattoos.. Some entire sleeves as they call it when they cover their arms.
No it wouldn't. My dad got a tattoo in the Navy. Impetuous and his immediate family horrified at the time. It got wrinkled with age. His grandsons saw the look... now sport the look. No deterrent.
Got the funnies early this morning! So many of them are truths I wish were not so. When I think about Virginia politics it saddens me to realize the Dems now control all the levers of state government. We will likely see a new amendment to the constitution to ensure we lose 4 of our 5 seats to the Dems. This leaves us with only 1 seat in DC. This will make Va. a deep blue state when 50% or more of the people are conservatives, they just don’t get out and vote like the opposition does. That’s Democracy Folks!
Conservatives / Republicans don't show up at the ballot box. Leftists / Democrats show up in droves (including those who have no right to be there). We should expect the same old same old -- and worse -- if we don't show up.
Those on the conservative spectrum must run better candidates and get out the vote. Good ideas aren't enough. People must VOTE for them, and then hold candidates accountable after they achieve office. Otherwise, we get what we DON'T vote for, as Virginia and so many other states are seeing.
Giving up and saying votes don't matter are all too common. So give up and stay home are what we do. That's no way to save our country.
Thank you for the funnies! I really need them after a week of commenting on Bills being pushed by our progressive democrats in Washington state--like taking away farmland for "green" energy, making it more difficult to put citizen initiatives on the ballot, and making it a crime to complain about such Bills.
Gayle, Yes! Gates is gobbling up farmland so he can control the food supply - and, as the Social Credit System/Digital $$ kicks in, he can control the people who like to eat.
I saw another sad comment on the news today. A more seasoned white Female woman wearing a red baseball hat saying "Make America Go Away"! Wow. Troubling, troubling times.
Greetings from the Thumb Coast of Michigan, where it is cold, cold, cold! Today's "Phunnies" hit the mark time after time. Thank you for the chortles and chuckles. The conversations below warm heart and soul. Thank you all and stay well, my friends! Slainte!
The taxation meme got me going. I used to refuse to pay taxes on my tips, they were a gift for good service. It has irked me forever that my taxes go for "services" that I don't agree with and sometimes vehemently oppose. At the end of my career when I took cash and my clients knew why, and supported me; I still paid taxes, just more proportionately for services I support.
Happy Sunday! I do like the early edition.,, Thanks!!
We should all do our best to invest in others, looking for ways to bring out the best in them. None of us can reach our highest potential by ourselves, we need each other. You could be the one that tips the scales in someone else’s life.
My wife came home from work the other day tired and beat up from a long day in the OR. She told me towards the end of the day she went in to relieve a nurse extra early and the nurse acknowledged it by saying “no one does this, are you sure”. This is a nurse that hasn’t always been nice to my wife. My wife said “yes you’ve worked really hard today, go relax for a bit”. There was almost an hour left in the day, there were no new cases starting, so after a long day this nurse got a nice break while my wife would have to work right to the end of her shift.
I can’t tell you how hard my wife works, beside a surgeon for hours on end, operating on children. How many times she comes home and tells me she worked with someone she trained years ago when they first started out as a new nurse or resident. And that she was patient with them, set them up to succeed by knowing what the surgeon would need ahead of time and letting the new hire hand them the correct instruments. It makes for a very positive initial experience, one that she rarely got.
I decided to do something I’ve never done, it hasn’t had a conclusion yet, so I’ll have to fill you in later on how it goes. Anyways I wrote a note complimenting my wife, acknowledging some of the wonderful things she does for me, our family and the people she works with. I complimented her on her talent for teaching people, her patience, her helping not hindering people and how she always goes to work early, sets up the rooms before her co workers get there, makes life better for the people around her especially me. How over all these years, week after week she shows up, she provides our health benefits, it’s her consistency and work ethic, she’s perfectly dependable. I slipped the note into her pocket book and zipped it closed.
You know the incredible thing, there are people around us that have never been told all the good things they do. All of their talents that go basically unnoticed because people don’t tell them. All it would take is a simple compliment, a simple note to someone, it could make such a difference in someone’s life. It costs us nothing but to be thoughtful and a minute or two of your time. We all need someone that believes in us more than we may believe in ourselves. I’m not preaching, I’ve been with my wife for over 34 years and leaving a note complimenting her is a first, we’ll see how it goes when she finally finds it!
There was a young lady who as teenager was almost 6 feet tall but weighed less than 100 lbs., she was anorexic. Everyday she wouldn’t eat but a couple hundred calories. She was so depressed and so disillusioned with life she had basically cut herself off from her friends and her family. She figured one day she would probably starve to death and that was fine with her, she didn’t feel any sense of purpose.
One day a friend from school called her and asked if she would help her with her math homework, the young lady agreed. Her friend came over to her house looking for help. Well the girl with anorexia explained the math in such a way that made her friend understand in a very simple patient manner. When her friend was leaving just in passing she said “man you are so smart, you would make a great math teacher one day”. All of a sudden a light turned on in that young lady. She began to feel a sense of purpose. She realized that she had a talent, there was something she was good at, that one small compliment changed her perspective.
That was over 20 years ago, today that young lady is an award winning math teacher. She works with underachieving children. Not only that but she is happily married and has 3 children of her own. She credits it all to that one statement that one friend had made years ago recognizing her gift and took the time to plant that small seed of hope. Just a simple affirmation.
What a difference it makes when we bless people with our words. When we look for their gifts, we look for their talents and we speak faith into them. One of our goals should be not to get people to think more highly of ourselves, but to get people to think more highly of themselves. It doesn’t have to be something big, just a kind word, a simple compliment. Maybe drop somebody a note in the mail telling them what you like about them, how much you appreciate them. Find a way to invest in others, you never know what a difference it can make. J.Goodrich
The small town I moved to in 1977 had a True Value hardware store owned by someone who owned 2 others in 2 nearby towns. Sometime in the 80's He was selling them and they were sold separately.
One of the 3 young men working there bought it and what a business man he turned out to be!
Always supporting the community . He built a new store in 1994 and expanded.
About 18 years ago the small grocery store closed leaving nothing for locals less than 15 miles away. Some of the towns people asked Bill if there was anything he could do to help get another store going.
Well he rearranged an area in the hardware store and started carrying a lot of staples like milk, bread coffee and more. His daughter by then an adult wanted to come back to town from her job and run the grocery aspect if they could put on an addition. They did and it has been such a success for our town. He is an excellent employer with little turnover and hires a lot of students part time too. Now we even have a deli with choices of hot lunch items every week day.
Covid brought a lot of problems but Bill and his family worked hard to get us thru.
So one day about a year or so ago I was at the counter buying something and it was Bill himself. I almost choked up getting a little emotional, but I was able to tell this man what a difference he has made for this little town and it wasn't taken for granted by me and I am sure so many others.
I have tears in my eyes writing this because you are so right James Goodrich.
Saying it at a funeral never gets heard by that person like saying it to their face,
and inspiring them to keep doing what they are doing.
Thank you James,
Bill
Thank You Bill, great job!! My wish is that people act on the message of what you did. I remember a post not long ago about a funeral I had gone to. The friend of mine was only 58 years old, had gone through a tough divorce, got an apartment and not long after died there. There were all beautiful flowers at the wake and I thought if someone including myself had sent her flowers when she was still alive, if they had taken a few minutes out of their day and called Sue up maybe things would have turned out differently. Thanks for speaking up Bill!!
This goes on all the time in our modern world.
“Saying it at a funeral never gets heard by that person like saying it to their face”
Excellent point and advice!
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To William: maybe some day we will get back to a simpler way of life as some of us lived in the 50s-60s.
So true !!!!! Many years ago (like 30) I had a client send a lovely note to the Dept of Prof Regulation I had operated on his dog and he was happy with the results. The owner was an engineer and told me most folks just send complaints to the DPR and he wanted me to have a nice letter in my file. I never forgot it and maybe it helped me try just a bit harder with the many tough clients and cases down the road.
Thanks for inspiring me to do the same! I've done this a couple of times in my life, putting notes in my two sons lunchboxes. Three of my grandchildren live in Texas. I'm in CA. I'm going to send them letters (which no one does anymore). Hopefully, something I say will help them find their purpose.
Thanks dcollins17 I’m so glad you’re sending those letters. Your post makes writing worth it!
Hopefully they have been taught to read cursive?
Haha, no. But I'll write in cursive anyway and make them figure it out!
Bring back cursive.
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You and your wife are absolute treasures, to yourselves and to others. Thank you, King James, for sharing these stories.
We try to praise our spouse every day, to catch others "doing good," and to thank them all. It's easy to tear people down. Shoring them up takes more effort, but it's so good for you and those you bolster.
Thanks Big E, I hope more people try to sew an act of kindness, compliment or acknowledge someone’s talents, it makes a better life!! Thank You!!
As you stated so eloquently, those compliments can inspire a person to go from mediocrity and sadness to greatness and contentment. We never know when our efforts to brighten someone's day will totally change their trajectory.
Also, if a public official or bureaucrat does something good, be sure to send him or her (and the boss) a complimentary letter or email. These folks receive so many complaints (sometimes well deserved); kind words sincerely meant could inspire them to do better for all taxpayers. Also, make every effort to speak with them in person. Get to know them. Let them get to know you. State your case, but don't be confrontational. Crack a few self-deprecating jokes. Our experience is that a human-to-human connection makes all the difference.
With luck, you will reap what you sow.
Keep up the great work and works!
Any time I get particularly good service from a vendor or clerk, I always request a transfer to a supervisor and wax eloquently including recommendation for raise and promotion.
Because we homeschooled our children then I became sick, my wife has always been a homemaker, except for one year of our marriage.
Her daily love and care for us out weighed any amount of money she could have brought into the home, and I see those benefits in our children. She’s now sitting on the sofa quietly reading and studying God’s Word. She reminds me of the virtuous woman in Proverbs 31. I am truly blessed.
All of this is said, not to paint an idealistic world that we lived in, because it was rough as a corn cob at times, but it’s to emphasize the godly character qualities in her, my children, and myself, and the victory that comes at the end of our struggles if we don’t give up. “Be not weary in doing good, for in due season you will reap, if you don’t give up.” (Paraphrased a bit)
HAPPY SUNDAY JAMES!
Hi CQL Thank You, Happy Sunday!! It’s funny I’m traveling today and was thinking of you. I was hoping you are OK and just then your LIKE came through on my phone, just like that I got a smile on my face. Thanks my friend!!
I’m getting over a cold. It wasn’t the Wuhan flu, just a regular cold or seasonal flu that kept me down for 5 days.
Whenever I open up the comment section, you normally pop up on top. If not, I go searching for you. 🤩
Thanks again for your posts!
I’m glad your feeling better, take care of yourself!
Thank you. Your words are true and a good reminder to us all.
James, such a thoughtful thing to do for your wife! I always used to slip little notes into my husband’s lunch sack. I’d send him cards when I was at a conference so he’d get them before I got home. He’d go on a trip and I’d slip cards or notes under his underwear in his suitcase. That way, even if he didn’t change his shirt everyday I knew he’d change his underwear and see them. It became a game after many years to see where I could place my notes or cards. I did that until he passed away, after 55 years of a delightful marriage. You have started something with your wife. Keep it up. I guarantee you’ll both benefit from it!
I’m sorry Barbara for the loss of your husband. She hasn’t found the note yet. I’m hoping it’s a little happiness waiting to be found. Maybe she’ll find it at a down time and it will pick her up. I’m sure I will do this again. Your husband was lucky he had you all those years!
As I was to have him! We made a great couple!
"I've got a good feeling about this"!......
Oh wait.... There I go, thinking and talking to myself again.....
Making room for more improvements.
Thoughts become things.
Choose the good ones.
Greetings from the Thumb Coat of Michigan: Truth, wrapped in kindness, is the best gift! Slainte, JG!
Thank you Sarah, hope you and your family are doing well!!
It's very cold - but we are safe and warm. Slainte!
Hi James. Happy, Wonderous Sunday. You know, it would be great if all who are reading your words, or can pass them forward could choose a day - you know, like every day now has a theme - Black Cow Day, Grow a Flower Day... Maybe each of us could pick a day here soon and spend it investing in each person we meet and talk to. Grocery checker, barber, auto mechanic, neighbor, friends, loved ones. Even finding a place for a kind word towards the off putting newscaster or the corrupt politician on the news or podcast. No, they won't hear it, but it could go a long way towards strength in our own hearts. Like your wife is practicing when doing a kind deed regardless of the kindness of the other.
We really need, must have an awakening to "Do Unto Others" as a positive mission...
PS: I've said it before, but meant to again. Thank you for being You, James.
PSS: Let's call it "Invest in One Another Day"!!!
In the days since Renee Good tried to run over an ICE agent in Minneapolis and was shot and killed by an ICE officer, the liberal media has found yet another offensive word to whinge over.
“The far-right has coined a new derogatory term for white women, which has gained traction following the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, in Minneapolis earlier this month,” reports The Independent.
The objectionable term is the acronym AWFUL, which stands for Affluent White Female Urban Liberal. Another variant is AWFL.
Liberal white woman LOSES HER MIND over duck hunters..
https://x.com/iAnonPatriot/status/2011850294510920088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2011850294510920088%7Ctwgr%5E9e77f7d8881107492510890e0c6d853fc083b107%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Fposts%2Fmsm-melting-down-over-new-term-for-liberal-white-women
I know these AWFULs from reading Nextdoor posts. This one's shrieking sounded like some kind of screeching bird sound. I hear that same sound listening to videos of Minnesota rioters. It hurts my ears even turned down low.
John, thanks for posting this! So, crazy - why on earth any media, of any political stripe, would object to categorizing a woman, (no matter what color, place of residence, or income level) as AWFUL is simply beyond reason.
My favorite aphorism: Gratitude draws God’s blessings.
This is unfailingly true. The more you express gratitude to everyone around you for anything and everything, the more you begin to experience the magic and it is contagious like a virus it spreads blessings to those around you. If they catch the “bug” it transforms their lives too. ! Thanks James for all these gems!
Thank You Barbara Lee!!
Hey J. Goodrich, You’re the cherry on top of the Malone’s posts😊
Thank You Mike! Your much too kind! Honestly I’m just another subscriber/commenter on the Malones wonderful Sub Stack. They do all the hard work! But Thank You!! I just hope I’m a positive not a negative?
This is good advice James, and I think your wife must be wonderful. I love nurses. When my husband was in hospice we had several good nurses, one stood out because of her gentle ways. My husband loved her, me too. The CNA, the one we saw most often was an amazing woman, she worked hard, helped in so many ways, way above and beyond the call of duty. She joked with Mac, made him laugh, she laughed at his jokes. I haven't seen her since his funeral over a year ago, but she slips me texts from time to time.. A few heart emojies, I do the same with her. she knows how I feel about her, I have written excellent reviews etc. I need to start doing what you suggest with my own family and people who I see everyday whom I don't always agree with ... slip them a handwritten note from time to time let them know I respect their hearts if not their politics.. see if that makes a difference in our current poor communications and "vibe"
I think that’s a great idea MrsMc, and I like your idea of looking beyond politics.
I have to because if I hint anything political I get verbally attacked. I've recently decided to just stop throwing my pearls before swine. However, Im thinking there may be a time soon that some will start asking me questions. Others might as well be in Minnesota right now, maybe they are alraedy.
James Goodrich-you said it perfectly. If we know an old person who has led a good life and done a lot to help others by just cheering up their spirits and outlook we should let them know that we thought highly of them. Tell them because being old is not good for many who live with pain.and other problems so tell them before they die. Old people often feel purposeless especially those who live alone.
I remember two veterans - one was an Army infantryman who nearly froze to death in Belgium December 944 and another was a sailor who survived on a ship caught in a typhoon in the Philippine Sea December 1944.
That’s a great idea Dennis. I had veterans in my immediate family, they are both gone now.
Another great bunch. Have to say partial to the one about MSM convincing us that 10% opinion really 80%. Been suspecting same a long time now
I watched CNN in a hotel lobby yesterday and was stunned that they were reporting that Trump "accomplished nothing" this last year. Mental illness is strong in their newsroom.
Telling as to what they think "something" is.
Exactly.
Indeed! I believe that is today's internet winning meme.
Post the meme please!
The man who died of Covid might have died three or four times if he hadn't been fully vaccinated.
Not to mention all of the other grand parents he most surely would have killed.
Loved the Dilbert tribute where Scott Adams meets the Big Boss!!! 🤣💝🙏 I saw another great one where Dilbert was led to his forever cubicle in the sky by St Peter!!!
Whenever a bug would hit the windshield, while driving with my Dad as a child, he would say, "that bug will never have the guts to do that again."
THAT is a classic dad joke
First time reply to me, Dr. Malone, thanks you made my day and I miss my Dad. A WW2, B24 Bomber Pilot, Captain of the 10 man crew.
I hadn’t seen Beaker in a long time. Jim Henson was liberal in his views but can’t fault a man who just wanted to educate and entertain kids. The Muppets are completely American and it’s criminal what they have done to his legacy.
Love the memes. Many good ones. Ayn Rand’s comment about businessmen making mistakes vs bureaucrats is so true. Thanks for starting my Sunday with a smile and chuckle.
Yes! The Ayn Rand quote is a favorite! Loved her!
Great funnies -- so many good ones.
Sadly, poor Beethoven is rolling in his grave over that rendition of Ode to Joy, but ya gotta love the old-fashioned metronome (we use our newfangled iPAD metronome app for daily music practice).
For those wanting a more harmonious rendition, check out Ode to Joy - Beethoven Symphony No9 - Royal Scottish National Orchestra (04:21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUGU3Son8D8
Or, this spectacular Flash Mob - Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 from Jul 6, 2012 (05:40), which always gives us chills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJcQYVtZMo
Thank you for those links. It brought back memories of my young self in 1965 as a junior high school flutist who simply could not understand why anyone would lose their minds over the Beetles when there was Beethoven!! Still true! Not even the Muppets can tarnish that sound for me.
"My job is to make you think the views of the 10% of the country are actually the views of 80% of the country (and sometimes the people to whom we sold our journalistic integrity are the very same ones paying the 10% to hit the streets and create chaos)."
Feminists with their nose rings. They live that delusional nightmare that some crazed MAGA militant will break into their 2-minutes Hate Convention with a pair of needle-nose pliers, and start mass-pulling. But there's polling everywhere that shows upwards of 80% of conservatives believe in a woman's right to septum choice. They really do think the worst of us.
As a dog person my first thought, Is that where I snap the leash?
Especially the ones in the middle like a bull would have.
In seriousness, I sometimes think the psy-war has hit girls and young women the hardest. All the piercings, tattoos, and dyes look like self-harm to me.
Hair dyes have already been proven as cancerous. Tattoos are now coming to light in that way also. Life is choices and choices can hold danger.
Beyond that I have to respectfully say, I think young people do nothing less than any other generation has done when it comes to visual features. These newer generations have taken their rebellious outward markings to a new extreme, to be sure, but it still appears to me as a search of self discovery more than a form of self harm. We've all gone thru doing this, thinking we were so unique, but not.
Both my sons have numerous tattoos - full sleeves, in fact. My youngest son's girlfriend has those + nose rings. A young, very industrious, kind and helpful man worked as a delivery driver in my library district, yep, tattoos, rings, the whole shebang. He was a favorite of mine. One time, long ago, my family (youngsters in tow) got stranded in the mountains. The only car to stop to help was full of tattooed, ringed, long haired, grimy dressed young men and women.
How someone looks should not be a criteria for judgment. I look old to people younger than myself who then act toward me as if I am decrepit? I'm not decrepit.
Young/old, black/red/yellow/white, bearded/not, tattoos/not, purple hair/not, gay/not.
What matters is, as James G said above, that which comes from within. If it is light, the outside is just temporary decoration. The light someone shows from within glows brighter than any other trappings.
LB - I see what you did there...good on you! Fashion is generational.
Agreed. I see the anti-makeup and am reminded of a South Sea cannibal pitching harpoons into Moby Dick from a whaleboat off of Ahab’s Pequod.
And it’s perpetrated or at least condoned by women whether it’s inflaming negative emotion/self-hatred in the West or clitorectomies in Islam.
Females engagement in fertility suppression is common in all primates.
Brother Goodrich above shows the way out.
Its possible the Celts of Brittannia had tattoos. And as for women and recent tattooing.
https://www.cloakanddaggerlondon.co.uk/beauty-marks-a-brief-history-of-women-and-tattoos/
PS: I have none.
That’s an interstate point about fashions changing over time. My guess is they weren’t markers of resignation, hopelessness, and nihilism.
My feelings too, Nothing about that improves looks. There is one with a half a dozen things in her lips and nose that works in the CVS pharmacy I go to.
It makes me wonder, if you make decisions like that with your own body what ones would you make in your job?
My wife has needed a lot of healthcare in the last year and had 4 hospital stays.
The majority of the staff have tattoos.. Some entire sleeves as they call it when they cover their arms.
If only we required tattoo shops to display how those tats will look on 80 year old skin!
Would eliminate 90% of people from getting them.
Now, I’m seeing fresh tats on people in their 60s and 70s to fit in with their self image of being younger than they actually are.
I got mine at 70ish knowing it would look better as I age, a lizard looks better wrinkly.
No it wouldn't. My dad got a tattoo in the Navy. Impetuous and his immediate family horrified at the time. It got wrinkled with age. His grandsons saw the look... now sport the look. No deterrent.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To each his own...and other long-lasting memes of similar perspective.
Got the funnies early this morning! So many of them are truths I wish were not so. When I think about Virginia politics it saddens me to realize the Dems now control all the levers of state government. We will likely see a new amendment to the constitution to ensure we lose 4 of our 5 seats to the Dems. This leaves us with only 1 seat in DC. This will make Va. a deep blue state when 50% or more of the people are conservatives, they just don’t get out and vote like the opposition does. That’s Democracy Folks!
Well said, GMoody.
Conservatives / Republicans don't show up at the ballot box. Leftists / Democrats show up in droves (including those who have no right to be there). We should expect the same old same old -- and worse -- if we don't show up.
Those on the conservative spectrum must run better candidates and get out the vote. Good ideas aren't enough. People must VOTE for them, and then hold candidates accountable after they achieve office. Otherwise, we get what we DON'T vote for, as Virginia and so many other states are seeing.
Giving up and saying votes don't matter are all too common. So give up and stay home are what we do. That's no way to save our country.
Dead conservatives do not vote. May be the difference
Sadly, neither do many live ones.
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So true, Big E.
Thank you for the funnies! I really need them after a week of commenting on Bills being pushed by our progressive democrats in Washington state--like taking away farmland for "green" energy, making it more difficult to put citizen initiatives on the ballot, and making it a crime to complain about such Bills.
Gayle, Yes! Gates is gobbling up farmland so he can control the food supply - and, as the Social Credit System/Digital $$ kicks in, he can control the people who like to eat.
I saw another sad comment on the news today. A more seasoned white Female woman wearing a red baseball hat saying "Make America Go Away"! Wow. Troubling, troubling times.
Wearing a nose ring always reminds me of farmers who use nose rings for bulls and pigs to control them. It always makes me smile
Greetings from the Thumb Coast of Michigan, where it is cold, cold, cold! Today's "Phunnies" hit the mark time after time. Thank you for the chortles and chuckles. The conversations below warm heart and soul. Thank you all and stay well, my friends! Slainte!
The taxation meme got me going. I used to refuse to pay taxes on my tips, they were a gift for good service. It has irked me forever that my taxes go for "services" that I don't agree with and sometimes vehemently oppose. At the end of my career when I took cash and my clients knew why, and supported me; I still paid taxes, just more proportionately for services I support.