“The only guy asking what the hell is going on” brought tears to my eyes! There are many millions of us asking that question but the “Left” manages to drown us out. I hope and pray Trump can finish what he started- for America and all of us! I believe our voices ARE getting louder, but then one of our loudest is taken out. Thank you, Charlie. For all you did while you were on earth and all you continue to do from Heaven.
Thank you also, Drs Malone for continuing to lead us.
We are on the right track. More people opening their eyes since 2020 and subsequent debacles. Significant numbers leaving the "Democrat" party. More independent news sources than ever before as MSM's audience shrinks.
My sentiments exactly. Thanks to Dr. Malone, President Trump and RFK, Jr...They are a strong team...and I know that they have our Omnipotent Creator backing them. Multitudes world wide are watching what is going on in America... their prayers are with us. Thank you, Charlie Kirk, for opening the minds of so many through your faith.
These three institutions have more similarities and common origin than you might expect. Schools, Courts, Churches and the Cult of Saturn...An short interesting video. Black Cubes.
This was a good explanation of the occult. The best way that I have found is to avoid taking any oaths of any kind for any reason. As oaths-taking is a form of lying, which in turn, becomes evil. By staying away from evil, a man can improve his life.
UFO wise, some U.S. Navy fighter pilots reported seeing - up pretty close - what looked like CUBES - semi transparent with some unintelligible dark shape inside.
""Once you begin to see how words, terms, and symbols are used, you realize that the powers that be in this world have set up a world of symbols, emblems, terms, and catchphrases. Once you understand how this system works, the world opens up to you. All of it is right in front of you. But if you don't understand what the words are and what they mean, you'll never figure out how this stuff works.
There's a very sinister, frightening, and interesting symbolism that has been imposed upon this country, and the people have no idea what's going on. And I will guarantee you, no matter how educated you might think you are, you have no idea how the world actually works.
You need to understand that even on your check, when you're writing a check, look at the line where you put your name. Get a magnifying glass and you will find that it's not a solid line. It's a typed, written sentence that's been honed down to microscopic size. Get a magnifying glass and read on a check what is written where you sign your name." - Jordan Maxwell
"The signature line on a check appears as a solid line to the naked eye, but when magnified, it reveals tiny text or patterns known as microprinting. This microprinting is a security feature designed to prevent counterfeiting and fraud. Common words include "AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE" and "MICROPRINT SECURITY," which are printed close together and are difficult to reproduce accurately with standard photocopying or scanning technology. "
Right you are, John! But even viewed with a Jewelers loupe - the actual text is unintelligible; and, as a "security feature to prevent counterfeiting and fraud" doesn't seem to be sinister.
HOWEVER, the complete presentation via youtube (link above) though startling ( I had read something similar some years ago) - there are some unexplained gaps - especially in 'modern' times - via the Democrat President - Woodrow Wilson's administration that in 1913 codified the so-called Federal Reserve ( neither federal, nor a real reserve - but a group of PRIVATE banks in 12 regional states and cities that the Wilson CONGRESS
granted a MONOPOLY to PRINT PAPER MONEY); and also instituted the Internal Revenue Service and INDIVIDUAL income tax (supposedly to "tax the rich" )- with individual income tax rate starting at a tiny 1/10th of 1% - which was the FLOOR that during the FDR Administration in 1933 increased - on individuals- up to 90%.
Also, it is hard to believe that multi-generations of "bankers" from the ancient times of the Druids - literally many millinnea (THOUSANDS) of years
along with black-robed "judges" could maintain de facto OWNERSHIP of human beings - for as long as they lived - to be used as commercial slaves - LONG before the Queen of England even lived.
But it is one hell of a story with WAY too many coincidences - that WAY too few human beings will take the time to watch - let alone act upon!
ANS: "The WALL STREET TRILOGY" by Antony Sutton - ( Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution; Wall Street and FDR; and Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler ), traces the ignominy of the AMERICAN financiers and bankers along with other INTERNATIONALISTS - INCLUDING the so-called Federal Reserve! ALL of whom had NO qualms about the slaughter of multi-millions of children, women and men - so long as they profited via war!
Many years ago I decided to buy a motorcycle. Before I even bought it I signed up for a riding safety course. One thing the instructor taught us was when you focus on something that’s on the road you will inevitably drive into it. This is a lot like life. Our life it seems will go towards the way we think. If we focus on negative things, you will find those negative things. Your own wrong thinking can keep you at mediocrity. God meets us at the level of our expectations. We all should raise our level of expectations.
The opposite is also true, when we expect positive things to happen, positive things will come our way. Every morning when we wake we should think something good is going to happen to me today.
Your expectations are your faith at work. When you expect good things to happen, you are releasing your faith and that’s what allows God to bring it to pass. If you get up in the morning expecting to have a lousy day you’re going to draw that in. If we always think things are not going to work, I won’t get that job, these people won’t like me, this won’t work, your faith is working, your just using it in the wrong direction. Jesus said in Mathew 9:29 “according to your faith, be it done into you. Another translation is, have what your faith expects. So depending on what we expect, big things, little things or nothing at all is what we will end up recieving. It’s easy to expect the worst but if you can just switch over into faith starting to expect to excel, start expecting to accomplish your dreams you will begin to see God’s miraculous works.
You may have had a lot of disappointments in the past but try to move past that negative frame of mind. Try expecting God to turn things around. You may not always feel it but you should go out into each day excited about the day, expecting things to go in your favor. Don’t go through life trying to protect yourself from a disappointment by not expecting anything good. It’s not enough to just not expect anything bad. You cannot leave your thoughts in neutral and have Gods best. Are you aggressively expecting something good? Do you go out expecting Gods blessings? Are you expecting your dreams to come true? Are you expecting this year to be better than last? Don’t think if you try and it doesn’t work, then what? What if you try it and it does work.
I know nothing will happen if we don’t first believe. If we’re not disciplined in our thoughts, in our expectations, our mind, we will just fall back into expecting the worst, expecting failure. We have to train our mind to not put our faith in the negative. I’m expecting Gods goodness. God said no weapon formed against us is ever going to prosper. Even if the worst happens I’m not going to fall apart, get all upset, no, stay in faith and expect God to turn it around.
I can’t tell you how many times things seem like it’s not going well for me, my finances are getting low, I know the bills keep coming. I’ve learned to stay positive. Something good will come. Soon enough a job comes in, a contract is signed, a check comes, things suddenly brighten. I’ve learned to let go of the worry. David said “what would have become of me had I not believed to see the goodness in God”. What he was saying is where would I be if I had not believed in Gods blessings in favor?
In psalms it says “in goodness and mercy will follow us all the days of our lives”. We’ve all had disappointments, setbacks have followed us around, we need to let go of everything that didn’t work out. Let go of every person that hurt us. We need to start expecting goodness and mercy. Start expecting greater things for your own life. Gods longing to be good to you. He’s looking out over the heavens waiting for your expectations of goodness to come into your life. It all begins with your faith, your positive expectations. This is not a 3 day trial period, it should be a lifetime of positive expectations. Try to always find the good, be positive and raise your expectations. Happy Sunday Everyone!! J.Goodrich
When I pray in the morning and evening I make sure to give thanks for all of my blessings, by the end of my list, I realize how wonderful the Lord is and I have so much to be happy and positive about. Letting go and giving all of my cares to God makes life even more enjoyable. I'm thankful
Making a habit of gratitude is one of the keys to being happy. I try to remind myself of that when I'm feeling irritated at my husband. In my defense he has a lifetime habit of focusing on the negative.
Father, please help Shel’s husband to make a u-turn, to believe You and walk in faith. You did it for my husband. I ask for You to do it for him. So, I thank You for giving before Shel has received. Blessings to this home.
There is truth to what you focus on will happen, but mostly in the smaller realm. I read once and have seen it at work many times that if you tell someone not to do something then they almost can't help but do it. It's best to frame things in a positive of do this rather than get them obsessively thinking about the thing you told them not to do. That said what I've noticed is if you make conscious decisions and don't make stupid decisions then good things are more populace in your life than bad things. Spend time around people who are constantly in trouble, notice the decisions they make and keep making, suggest a better path and see how they react to your suggestion. The truth is they keep making bad decisions that have put them where they are and they are very dedicated to continuing to make the same bad decisions over and over. They often have delusional thinking as well. I try to limit my contact with these people, but I have known a few and it is always the same pattern.
Randall you hit the nail on the head. You are supposed to focus farther down the road for just what you said!! I still have that motorcycle but very rarely ride. With cell phones these days people are very dangerous when you’re on a bike.
Thank you James, your post was a difference-maker for this soul today. Have had the hardest time trying to connect with a neighboring house, no reply to a simple 'hello' or wave but was in backyard when one of them was mowing, your words started ringing in my head, went over to the fence, pulled back the ivy, waved, they quit mowing, and we at least broke the ice with a few words. Am old, they're young. Your words a reminder one can choose to be the thermostat and not the thermometer as saying goes. Thanks!
Thanks paws!! I’m thrilled you spoke to your neighbor!! This morning I started my day saying something good is going to happen to me today. I have really tried to help people whenever I can. People sometimes think I’m doing them a favor, but they are actually doing me a favor. It doesn’t have to be a big thing either. A neighbor in NH had to get rid of an old window AC. The husband had hurt his back and I said I can get it. My wife talked to them and they said no we don’t want to impose on you, not a big deal at all. I looked over and they had gone out but the AC was in their shed. When I left to go to the transfer station my wife said just forget it and go. I couldn’t, it was a small thing, but it was my one chance to help someone! So I drove over, grabbed it, and got rid of it. Really no big deal but it helped me do a small act of kindness for a friend.
Thought to add that I probably only had the gosh darn gumption to take initiative to break the ice because I was woodworking at that time. I say that to you in particular as you’re a craftsman of high order appears to me. Am a former engineer, love to use my mid, but working with my hands does something different bodily, alters anchors my person in another way. The most meaningful memories/hours want to live over again are the hands-on ones. I don’t read all the comments here but over time yours James keeps catching my attention, thank you for all you contribute.
Thank you, James! I always enjoy and often learn from your stories, thoughts, and observations, and in this case you and I share a very similar outlook. I purposefully work to maintain a positive outlook - not in a ‘Pollyanna’ way, but to “coach” myself - i.e. “I can handle this”, and to act in accordance with what I understand God would want, so that I can benefit from any help I receive from Him. It does seem to me that I receive help in one form or another, even tiny gifts, on a daily basis! Then at the end of the day, rather than focusing on what went wrong or what I didn’t get done I recount to myself what did get done, what went well, and what I learned from my mistakes. “We do our best, and God does the rest!”.
Your message is golden. For me it also includes an insight. Have spent my lifetime bloodied and battered everything I tried bicycling. Always watching dangers ahead in horror. Needed your instructors advice.
Thank You Karen, I appreciate your reply and glad you liked it. I just read it again myself. Sometimes I need to remind myself and say “something good is going to happen to me today” as I wake up!!
James, You are a natural philosopher! "Letting go" is hard to do and must be continually affirmed (to) our cognitive (conscious) mind - which sometimes seems almost impossible to control. The dichotomy of the "positive" vs the "negative" is never ending....but that is the way the Almighty God made everything that ever was, is now and ever WILL be. WHY is a question "we" will never know.
There apparently is NO way for mere human beings to transcend the plus/minus, ying/yang, good/evil aspects of "living" that have existed since Cain and Able.
Like the "SHADOW" of AM radio days use to say: "No One Knows the Evil that Lurks In the Hearts of Men". Sage words, indeed. ( Or was it "Minds of Men"?) Maybe its BOTH!
Thank You Tom!! I struggle daily trying to look at the positive in life. Sometimes in these crazy times I can’t help but be negative. I do try my best though.
Those lions got me LOL. As to Kimmel, before he got fired I had never heard of him. I have no TV and watch only what I want to see, and he is not one that.
At least I know his name and how he looks like. But never saw his show, either. Have not had TV for 17 years or so, and only got to watch a few times at friend's houses.
Virginia politics. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D, VA-11) passed away in May of this year, about 6 months after announcing his diagnosis with esophageal cancer. Now former Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D, VA-10) was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare, terminal, neurological disorder (progressive supranuclear palsy). She stepped down after finishing her term in January of this year.
And as far as I can tell, still, no Democrat will even breathe a word of curiosity about the jabs and the proliferation of turbo cancers and neurological disorders.
"Did parents really let their kids roam the neighborhood...."
Yes! I was thinking about this recently. I spent a big chunk of my 6-12 years living in a small coastal English village while my dad was stationed in the U.S. military as a navigator during the Cold War 1950s. We didn't have a phone, and my dad drove 30 miles to the AF base leaving my mom at home with no transportation. Sometimes he would be gone on weeklong or more missions and we wouldn't hear from him until he got back to the house. I would go meet my various friends in different parts of town and we would roam all over that little town, going here and there to play, sometimes we'd go horseback riding all on our own, and do all sorts of fun things. My mother might not see me for 5 or 6 hours at a time and she had no way to check up on me or know what I was doing. I suppose she might have worried a bit, but not overmuch actually because she kept letting me do that. I can't express how wonderful that degree of freedom was as a child. Perhaps I was fortunate to never get into any trouble or bad situations...the worst thing that happened was falling off a horse and breaking my wrist!
I got my morning guffaw quite a few times! A mixture of hilarious and truth bombs, picked by our favorite astute scientists, farmers, horse lovers, bakers and candle stick makers!
You don't know how much I look forward to the Funnies on F and S! And I'm always impressed with the quality! Thanks for giving us a giggle and sense of community.
Why I was growing up, everyone was expected to go to school unless they had a fever or were throwing up. People got colds and went to school. No one died. Are people allowed to go to school with a cold these days?
Showed that lion panel to my big boy, a 20+ pound hybrid Siberian. He gave me such a glare, I’m thinking I should lock the bedroom door tonight. Ya’see, my biggest boy gets a "lion trim" start of summer every year - it’s possible he may now expect a bit of ink with the trim. 😉
Yes, moms did say don't come back till dark....and even then there was a fine line between coming back after dark and heaven help you if mom came looking for you because you weren't paying attention to it actually getting dark. Why? We were having fun. Doing what? Oh, dunno, things like "doge ball." Not the normal kind though. Since there very few, if any, street lights, this gave the creative mind options. So, you have a "pitcher." Everyone runs around...in the subdivision street....randomly until the "pitcher" throws the tennis ball up in the air. It disappears into darkness...and everyone stops where they are...waiting for the ball to drop. On you, or right next to you....the suspense was electric. We did that for hours. And then was "bat baiting." I'll save that one for another time. 😊
I also was allowed to walk a mile by myself to the local movie theater on Saturday mornings to pay my 20 cents to get to sit and watch a cowboy sequel, cartoons and a feature film. I had a quarter so that left me with a nickle to buy a box of jujubes candy. I was nine. NINE!
We didn’t have streetlights, so we just stayed out until the moms started shouting across the neighborhood for us. We used to walk 3.5 miles through the woods to a friend’s house. We walked a mile along a road with little shoulder and no sidewalk to go to the Farm Store for candy (and sometimes a pack of cigarettes for the parents). AND IT WASN’T WEIRD!
Yes we did go outside and play in the afternoon after school and all day in the summer. At night we played games in the street under the street light. Rode our bikes all over town. Went swimming naked in the river. Got in fights, fell down, got up. Did all kind of dumb things like trying to climb DOWN the vertical side of an old abandoned rock quarry. Great childhood memories. And no one was ever late getting home for dinner. What kind of memories are today’s kids going to have? Car polls and video games.
I laugh thinking about a meme I saw once - kid hanging upside down on a jungle gym. Caption - I died once when I was five. My mother told me to walk it off.
From what I've seen the new "safe" play equipment is more dangerous than the plain jungle gyms we played on. In making it "safe" they make it unusable which leads to creative and often dangerous work arounds by the kids.
Yes well their "playground safety" got a local kid killed by hanging. It still haunts me. And looking at the equipment and the stupidity of it I can see exactly how and why it happened.
Are you saying its not now? That would still be my advice. You know the bully wanting your lunch money. You give it to him and you'll never eat lunch again. That story I still use
My mom always said to kick them in the balls. I actually had to do that once in high school. He was obnoxious and tried to push me in the boys bathroom, or make threats in the cafeteria. I warned him a few times, until I finally had to do it. Kicked him right where it counts! That completely ended his bullying! Full stop. 😂 Let me add that he is now a FB friend and a completely different person! People can and do change! He actually friend requested me. lol
At our high school, it was called the smoking lounge. Also, if you were cool enough, you could be on the smoking lounge committee. Ahh, the good old days.
In my husband's day they smoked out on the front lawn of the school and no one said anything. His parents gave them chew in their Christmas stockings. Thanks mom and dad. That was a tough addiction to kick, but he did it.
Yes. Nasty habit. His own tendency towards anxiety and catastrophizing actually helped him to quit. So there you go I came up with a positive for catastrophizing.
“The only guy asking what the hell is going on” brought tears to my eyes! There are many millions of us asking that question but the “Left” manages to drown us out. I hope and pray Trump can finish what he started- for America and all of us! I believe our voices ARE getting louder, but then one of our loudest is taken out. Thank you, Charlie. For all you did while you were on earth and all you continue to do from Heaven.
Thank you also, Drs Malone for continuing to lead us.
We are on the right track. More people opening their eyes since 2020 and subsequent debacles. Significant numbers leaving the "Democrat" party. More independent news sources than ever before as MSM's audience shrinks.
Our work is faith, prayer, courage, and action.
My sentiments exactly. Thanks to Dr. Malone, President Trump and RFK, Jr...They are a strong team...and I know that they have our Omnipotent Creator backing them. Multitudes world wide are watching what is going on in America... their prayers are with us. Thank you, Charlie Kirk, for opening the minds of so many through your faith.
These three institutions have more similarities and common origin than you might expect. Schools, Courts, Churches and the Cult of Saturn...An short interesting video. Black Cubes.
This was a good explanation of the occult. The best way that I have found is to avoid taking any oaths of any kind for any reason. As oaths-taking is a form of lying, which in turn, becomes evil. By staying away from evil, a man can improve his life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKslDa1YZsY
UFO wise, some U.S. Navy fighter pilots reported seeing - up pretty close - what looked like CUBES - semi transparent with some unintelligible dark shape inside.
"The World Is Not What You Think" Jordan Maxwell
""Once you begin to see how words, terms, and symbols are used, you realize that the powers that be in this world have set up a world of symbols, emblems, terms, and catchphrases. Once you understand how this system works, the world opens up to you. All of it is right in front of you. But if you don't understand what the words are and what they mean, you'll never figure out how this stuff works.
There's a very sinister, frightening, and interesting symbolism that has been imposed upon this country, and the people have no idea what's going on. And I will guarantee you, no matter how educated you might think you are, you have no idea how the world actually works.
You need to understand that even on your check, when you're writing a check, look at the line where you put your name. Get a magnifying glass and you will find that it's not a solid line. It's a typed, written sentence that's been honed down to microscopic size. Get a magnifying glass and read on a check what is written where you sign your name." - Jordan Maxwell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ0Kfc1sXDw
"The signature line on a check appears as a solid line to the naked eye, but when magnified, it reveals tiny text or patterns known as microprinting. This microprinting is a security feature designed to prevent counterfeiting and fraud. Common words include "AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE" and "MICROPRINT SECURITY," which are printed close together and are difficult to reproduce accurately with standard photocopying or scanning technology. "
Right you are, John! But even viewed with a Jewelers loupe - the actual text is unintelligible; and, as a "security feature to prevent counterfeiting and fraud" doesn't seem to be sinister.
HOWEVER, the complete presentation via youtube (link above) though startling ( I had read something similar some years ago) - there are some unexplained gaps - especially in 'modern' times - via the Democrat President - Woodrow Wilson's administration that in 1913 codified the so-called Federal Reserve ( neither federal, nor a real reserve - but a group of PRIVATE banks in 12 regional states and cities that the Wilson CONGRESS
granted a MONOPOLY to PRINT PAPER MONEY); and also instituted the Internal Revenue Service and INDIVIDUAL income tax (supposedly to "tax the rich" )- with individual income tax rate starting at a tiny 1/10th of 1% - which was the FLOOR that during the FDR Administration in 1933 increased - on individuals- up to 90%.
Also, it is hard to believe that multi-generations of "bankers" from the ancient times of the Druids - literally many millinnea (THOUSANDS) of years
along with black-robed "judges" could maintain de facto OWNERSHIP of human beings - for as long as they lived - to be used as commercial slaves - LONG before the Queen of England even lived.
But it is one hell of a story with WAY too many coincidences - that WAY too few human beings will take the time to watch - let alone act upon!
You will find this and interest talk....
Richard Werner Exposes the Evils of the Fed & the Link Between Banking, War, and the CIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StTKHskg5Tg
Minute mark for subjects:
Chapters: 0:00 How Werner Predicted the Japanese Financial Crisis
14:16 How Banks Create Money From Nothing
24:09 You’re Being Lied to About the Bank’s Role in Economics
33:59 The Evils of the Federal Reserve
38:51 Why Are Banks Allowed to Create Money?
57:12 Was Leaving the Gold Standard a Mistake?
1:09:30 The Difference Between Banks and Central Banks
1:24:26 How Society and Culture Are Impacted by Banks
1:33:11 Did the US Purposely Destroy the Japanese Economy?
1:35:42 The Central Bank’s Attempt to Blacklist Werner
1:39:03 The CIA’s Threat to Werner
1:47:24 Why Werner’s Research on Credit Creation Scared the Central Banks.
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2:03:55 The Link Between Central Banks and Warfare.
2:18:02 Where Is the US Economy Headed?
2:29:49 The World Bank’s Debt Trap to Exploit Developing Countries
2:35:34 The Dark Truth About Central Bank Digital Currency
2:40:19 Where Can People Learn More About This?
ANS: "The WALL STREET TRILOGY" by Antony Sutton - ( Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution; Wall Street and FDR; and Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler ), traces the ignominy of the AMERICAN financiers and bankers along with other INTERNATIONALISTS - INCLUDING the so-called Federal Reserve! ALL of whom had NO qualms about the slaughter of multi-millions of children, women and men - so long as they profited via war!
Correct, you have a good understanding of the real history.
Interesting, have any links?
Here are some:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=24&v=OU3NhulGnDk&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fbrobible.com%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fbrobible.com&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjg2NjY&themeRefresh=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CHMQDqxFRY
It’s The Borg! Giant ‘Black Cube UFO’ Is Seen Near The Sun
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/its-the-borg-giant-black-cube-ufo-is-seen-near-082319082.html
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/local/article/Multiple-witnesses-report-seeing-black-cube-UFO-6372803.php
Thank you for this post. My sentiments exactly!
A positive note.
Many years ago I decided to buy a motorcycle. Before I even bought it I signed up for a riding safety course. One thing the instructor taught us was when you focus on something that’s on the road you will inevitably drive into it. This is a lot like life. Our life it seems will go towards the way we think. If we focus on negative things, you will find those negative things. Your own wrong thinking can keep you at mediocrity. God meets us at the level of our expectations. We all should raise our level of expectations.
The opposite is also true, when we expect positive things to happen, positive things will come our way. Every morning when we wake we should think something good is going to happen to me today.
Your expectations are your faith at work. When you expect good things to happen, you are releasing your faith and that’s what allows God to bring it to pass. If you get up in the morning expecting to have a lousy day you’re going to draw that in. If we always think things are not going to work, I won’t get that job, these people won’t like me, this won’t work, your faith is working, your just using it in the wrong direction. Jesus said in Mathew 9:29 “according to your faith, be it done into you. Another translation is, have what your faith expects. So depending on what we expect, big things, little things or nothing at all is what we will end up recieving. It’s easy to expect the worst but if you can just switch over into faith starting to expect to excel, start expecting to accomplish your dreams you will begin to see God’s miraculous works.
You may have had a lot of disappointments in the past but try to move past that negative frame of mind. Try expecting God to turn things around. You may not always feel it but you should go out into each day excited about the day, expecting things to go in your favor. Don’t go through life trying to protect yourself from a disappointment by not expecting anything good. It’s not enough to just not expect anything bad. You cannot leave your thoughts in neutral and have Gods best. Are you aggressively expecting something good? Do you go out expecting Gods blessings? Are you expecting your dreams to come true? Are you expecting this year to be better than last? Don’t think if you try and it doesn’t work, then what? What if you try it and it does work.
I know nothing will happen if we don’t first believe. If we’re not disciplined in our thoughts, in our expectations, our mind, we will just fall back into expecting the worst, expecting failure. We have to train our mind to not put our faith in the negative. I’m expecting Gods goodness. God said no weapon formed against us is ever going to prosper. Even if the worst happens I’m not going to fall apart, get all upset, no, stay in faith and expect God to turn it around.
I can’t tell you how many times things seem like it’s not going well for me, my finances are getting low, I know the bills keep coming. I’ve learned to stay positive. Something good will come. Soon enough a job comes in, a contract is signed, a check comes, things suddenly brighten. I’ve learned to let go of the worry. David said “what would have become of me had I not believed to see the goodness in God”. What he was saying is where would I be if I had not believed in Gods blessings in favor?
In psalms it says “in goodness and mercy will follow us all the days of our lives”. We’ve all had disappointments, setbacks have followed us around, we need to let go of everything that didn’t work out. Let go of every person that hurt us. We need to start expecting goodness and mercy. Start expecting greater things for your own life. Gods longing to be good to you. He’s looking out over the heavens waiting for your expectations of goodness to come into your life. It all begins with your faith, your positive expectations. This is not a 3 day trial period, it should be a lifetime of positive expectations. Try to always find the good, be positive and raise your expectations. Happy Sunday Everyone!! J.Goodrich
Your Sunday reflections never disappoint, James!
Thank You DD!!
Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes.
"“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right." --- Henry Ford
Thank you! So well said!
When I pray in the morning and evening I make sure to give thanks for all of my blessings, by the end of my list, I realize how wonderful the Lord is and I have so much to be happy and positive about. Letting go and giving all of my cares to God makes life even more enjoyable. I'm thankful
Making a habit of gratitude is one of the keys to being happy. I try to remind myself of that when I'm feeling irritated at my husband. In my defense he has a lifetime habit of focusing on the negative.
Father, please help Shel’s husband to make a u-turn, to believe You and walk in faith. You did it for my husband. I ask for You to do it for him. So, I thank You for giving before Shel has received. Blessings to this home.
YIKES!
Thank you James! I feel like I just heard a beautiful sermon on this wonderful Sunday!🙏🙏
It was a beautiful day Tracy, Thank You!!
You are very welcome!
There is truth to what you focus on will happen, but mostly in the smaller realm. I read once and have seen it at work many times that if you tell someone not to do something then they almost can't help but do it. It's best to frame things in a positive of do this rather than get them obsessively thinking about the thing you told them not to do. That said what I've noticed is if you make conscious decisions and don't make stupid decisions then good things are more populace in your life than bad things. Spend time around people who are constantly in trouble, notice the decisions they make and keep making, suggest a better path and see how they react to your suggestion. The truth is they keep making bad decisions that have put them where they are and they are very dedicated to continuing to make the same bad decisions over and over. They often have delusional thinking as well. I try to limit my contact with these people, but I have known a few and it is always the same pattern.
That's why most advanced courses for large and small vehicle transportation,
Espouse that following best advice ever suggested while operating them.
"AIM HIGH IN STEERING"!!
When doing so, you see a lot farther up the road to avoid velocity risk problems faster.
This is also the ideal advice for the well lived life!
It's also an art you must employ round every bend!
Hahaha so do some Wheeelies! Just not on corners....
Randall you hit the nail on the head. You are supposed to focus farther down the road for just what you said!! I still have that motorcycle but very rarely ride. With cell phones these days people are very dangerous when you’re on a bike.
It's such a crazy world now, If and when the very last motorcycle is ever built,
As in some bizzaro mandate they must be electric and no one will buy them,
It will no doubt be the most expensive outlandish beautiful Italian Ducati.
They are forced to stay in the race. It's all they have ever built is faster bikes.
Enjoy them while you can. For whatever reasons you bought it.
Bright attention colors on bright sunny dry road summer days.
And don't be in any real hurry. Enjoy the gyroscopic effects!
The veteran riders know how planning improves all unsafe exposures.
Minimizing the risks is a proper game strategy to raise a level of awareness.
I'll bet you already knew that. RMS
Thank you James, your post was a difference-maker for this soul today. Have had the hardest time trying to connect with a neighboring house, no reply to a simple 'hello' or wave but was in backyard when one of them was mowing, your words started ringing in my head, went over to the fence, pulled back the ivy, waved, they quit mowing, and we at least broke the ice with a few words. Am old, they're young. Your words a reminder one can choose to be the thermostat and not the thermometer as saying goes. Thanks!
Thanks paws!! I’m thrilled you spoke to your neighbor!! This morning I started my day saying something good is going to happen to me today. I have really tried to help people whenever I can. People sometimes think I’m doing them a favor, but they are actually doing me a favor. It doesn’t have to be a big thing either. A neighbor in NH had to get rid of an old window AC. The husband had hurt his back and I said I can get it. My wife talked to them and they said no we don’t want to impose on you, not a big deal at all. I looked over and they had gone out but the AC was in their shed. When I left to go to the transfer station my wife said just forget it and go. I couldn’t, it was a small thing, but it was my one chance to help someone! So I drove over, grabbed it, and got rid of it. Really no big deal but it helped me do a small act of kindness for a friend.
Thought to add that I probably only had the gosh darn gumption to take initiative to break the ice because I was woodworking at that time. I say that to you in particular as you’re a craftsman of high order appears to me. Am a former engineer, love to use my mid, but working with my hands does something different bodily, alters anchors my person in another way. The most meaningful memories/hours want to live over again are the hands-on ones. I don’t read all the comments here but over time yours James keeps catching my attention, thank you for all you contribute.
Thank You Paws, I’m glad you got to speak to your neighbor, I also appreciate your kind words.
Thank you, James! I always enjoy and often learn from your stories, thoughts, and observations, and in this case you and I share a very similar outlook. I purposefully work to maintain a positive outlook - not in a ‘Pollyanna’ way, but to “coach” myself - i.e. “I can handle this”, and to act in accordance with what I understand God would want, so that I can benefit from any help I receive from Him. It does seem to me that I receive help in one form or another, even tiny gifts, on a daily basis! Then at the end of the day, rather than focusing on what went wrong or what I didn’t get done I recount to myself what did get done, what went well, and what I learned from my mistakes. “We do our best, and God does the rest!”.
Your message is golden. For me it also includes an insight. Have spent my lifetime bloodied and battered everything I tried bicycling. Always watching dangers ahead in horror. Needed your instructors advice.
Every time. What happened to 'edit'?
I’m behind in my reading, so just now getting to it. Thanks for this wonderful pep talk! ❤️🙏🏻
Thank You Karen, I appreciate your reply and glad you liked it. I just read it again myself. Sometimes I need to remind myself and say “something good is going to happen to me today” as I wake up!!
James, You are a natural philosopher! "Letting go" is hard to do and must be continually affirmed (to) our cognitive (conscious) mind - which sometimes seems almost impossible to control. The dichotomy of the "positive" vs the "negative" is never ending....but that is the way the Almighty God made everything that ever was, is now and ever WILL be. WHY is a question "we" will never know.
There apparently is NO way for mere human beings to transcend the plus/minus, ying/yang, good/evil aspects of "living" that have existed since Cain and Able.
Like the "SHADOW" of AM radio days use to say: "No One Knows the Evil that Lurks In the Hearts of Men". Sage words, indeed. ( Or was it "Minds of Men"?) Maybe its BOTH!
Thank You Tom!! I struggle daily trying to look at the positive in life. Sometimes in these crazy times I can’t help but be negative. I do try my best though.
You ARE doing positive good, James. Thank YOU!
Those lions got me LOL. As to Kimmel, before he got fired I had never heard of him. I have no TV and watch only what I want to see, and he is not one that.
I thought...Jimmy who?
I recall he kicked the singer off his show for refusing the v@x
I haven't watched anyone since Jay Leno. I like him.
At least I know his name and how he looks like. But never saw his show, either. Have not had TV for 17 years or so, and only got to watch a few times at friend's houses.
Virginia politics. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D, VA-11) passed away in May of this year, about 6 months after announcing his diagnosis with esophageal cancer. Now former Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D, VA-10) was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare, terminal, neurological disorder (progressive supranuclear palsy). She stepped down after finishing her term in January of this year.
And as far as I can tell, still, no Democrat will even breathe a word of curiosity about the jabs and the proliferation of turbo cancers and neurological disorders.
Just so happens, the late Democrat - Gerry Connolly - was a Council on Foreign Relations member.
BTW, James, I took your advice and am now well into the "WALL STREET" TRILOGY by the late Antony C. Sutton. Incredible read!
"Did parents really let their kids roam the neighborhood...."
Yes! I was thinking about this recently. I spent a big chunk of my 6-12 years living in a small coastal English village while my dad was stationed in the U.S. military as a navigator during the Cold War 1950s. We didn't have a phone, and my dad drove 30 miles to the AF base leaving my mom at home with no transportation. Sometimes he would be gone on weeklong or more missions and we wouldn't hear from him until he got back to the house. I would go meet my various friends in different parts of town and we would roam all over that little town, going here and there to play, sometimes we'd go horseback riding all on our own, and do all sorts of fun things. My mother might not see me for 5 or 6 hours at a time and she had no way to check up on me or know what I was doing. I suppose she might have worried a bit, but not overmuch actually because she kept letting me do that. I can't express how wonderful that degree of freedom was as a child. Perhaps I was fortunate to never get into any trouble or bad situations...the worst thing that happened was falling off a horse and breaking my wrist!
I got my morning guffaw quite a few times! A mixture of hilarious and truth bombs, picked by our favorite astute scientists, farmers, horse lovers, bakers and candle stick makers!
You don't know how much I look forward to the Funnies on F and S! And I'm always impressed with the quality! Thanks for giving us a giggle and sense of community.
And, BTW, Kimmel who?
Why I was growing up, everyone was expected to go to school unless they had a fever or were throwing up. People got colds and went to school. No one died. Are people allowed to go to school with a cold these days?
Love the Comey ones! May he rot in prison
Amen!
I vote for the lion as the funniest one yet. A picture that speaks a thousand words. 🤣can’t stop laughing.
funny but sad too
Showed that lion panel to my big boy, a 20+ pound hybrid Siberian. He gave me such a glare, I’m thinking I should lock the bedroom door tonight. Ya’see, my biggest boy gets a "lion trim" start of summer every year - it’s possible he may now expect a bit of ink with the trim. 😉
🤣😂
Yes, moms did say don't come back till dark....and even then there was a fine line between coming back after dark and heaven help you if mom came looking for you because you weren't paying attention to it actually getting dark. Why? We were having fun. Doing what? Oh, dunno, things like "doge ball." Not the normal kind though. Since there very few, if any, street lights, this gave the creative mind options. So, you have a "pitcher." Everyone runs around...in the subdivision street....randomly until the "pitcher" throws the tennis ball up in the air. It disappears into darkness...and everyone stops where they are...waiting for the ball to drop. On you, or right next to you....the suspense was electric. We did that for hours. And then was "bat baiting." I'll save that one for another time. 😊
I also was allowed to walk a mile by myself to the local movie theater on Saturday mornings to pay my 20 cents to get to sit and watch a cowboy sequel, cartoons and a feature film. I had a quarter so that left me with a nickle to buy a box of jujubes candy. I was nine. NINE!
I crossed one of Wichita Falls busiest streets 2 x/day going to and from school when 6 yr old. Lose my gruntle in school zones for hi schools
I know. I babysat at 10 years old. I knew that I could get my parents or run to the neighbors if something happened.
I remember those days! Freedom!
We played kick the can until so dark could not see the can
Yes and Ghosts in the Graveyard started then! Any ‘Mom I am bored’ was a sure sentence to being sent directly outside to play!
No t.v. and only soaps on day time radio. Either improved your reading skills or outside you went.
We didn’t have streetlights, so we just stayed out until the moms started shouting across the neighborhood for us. We used to walk 3.5 miles through the woods to a friend’s house. We walked a mile along a road with little shoulder and no sidewalk to go to the Farm Store for candy (and sometimes a pack of cigarettes for the parents). AND IT WASN’T WEIRD!
We did have street lights, and were told that we could stay out until the street lights came on.
I don't have TV or cable, I agree, I couldn't pick Kimmel out of a line up.
Yes we did go outside and play in the afternoon after school and all day in the summer. At night we played games in the street under the street light. Rode our bikes all over town. Went swimming naked in the river. Got in fights, fell down, got up. Did all kind of dumb things like trying to climb DOWN the vertical side of an old abandoned rock quarry. Great childhood memories. And no one was ever late getting home for dinner. What kind of memories are today’s kids going to have? Car polls and video games.
I laugh thinking about a meme I saw once - kid hanging upside down on a jungle gym. Caption - I died once when I was five. My mother told me to walk it off.
From what I've seen the new "safe" play equipment is more dangerous than the plain jungle gyms we played on. In making it "safe" they make it unusable which leads to creative and often dangerous work arounds by the kids.
Thank the CDC.. They are more into playground safety than infectious diseases these days
Yes well their "playground safety" got a local kid killed by hanging. It still haunts me. And looking at the equipment and the stupidity of it I can see exactly how and why it happened.
Remember when the adult advice for dealing with a bully was, “Punch him in the face!”
Are you saying its not now? That would still be my advice. You know the bully wanting your lunch money. You give it to him and you'll never eat lunch again. That story I still use
Worked for me!
I was tall and skinny with long legs. My first reaction was to kick them in the shins. That usually worked. I also was opposed to throwing rocks.
Good one. I was short, but shin kicks worked for me too!
My mom always said to kick them in the balls. I actually had to do that once in high school. He was obnoxious and tried to push me in the boys bathroom, or make threats in the cafeteria. I warned him a few times, until I finally had to do it. Kicked him right where it counts! That completely ended his bullying! Full stop. 😂 Let me add that he is now a FB friend and a completely different person! People can and do change! He actually friend requested me. lol
And much of their outside "play" under adult supervision unlike the sandlot baseball/football we played back then
BARE FEET all summer vacation long was wonderful!
Election day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026, the Charlie Kirk Midterms.
Alex Jones update:
The Charlie Kirk assassination is now officially a coverup:
https://banned.video/watch?id=68d70fd75a5753a787fa73d2
Golly gee I remember those smoking areas...populated by a bunch of black leather jackets and duck tail haircuts.
We called it the smoke hole. Those who went there - a spot behind the cafeteria were the rough bunch.
At my school those occupying the area were called Clouders lol
At mine they were called heads because they most certainly partook of weed as well
My mom was a teacher and got to know some of the students in the smoking area 😂
At our high school, it was called the smoking lounge. Also, if you were cool enough, you could be on the smoking lounge committee. Ahh, the good old days.
Yep! Was warned to stay away from those guys! Ha ha.
In my husband's day they smoked out on the front lawn of the school and no one said anything. His parents gave them chew in their Christmas stockings. Thanks mom and dad. That was a tough addiction to kick, but he did it.
Good that he did. Quite a few baseball pros had bad outcomes from the stuff.
Yes. Nasty habit. His own tendency towards anxiety and catastrophizing actually helped him to quit. So there you go I came up with a positive for catastrophizing.
Your cruelty to insects is noted.