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We all have seeds of greatness!

Inspirations by Michele Chynoweth

It is that time of year…for the promises of spring, for young people to blossom into adults, for proms and graduations and new beginnings. I attended a Confirmation of two twin boys who I watched grow up in my neighborhood from babies to teens. They are fortunate to have good parents who love and support them in their growth not only physically but spiritually. I was moved by the church ceremony when the pastor placed his hands on each confirmation candidate and read: “Stir up in (name of Confirmand) the gift of your Holy Spirit: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord, the spirit of joy in your presence both now and forever. Amen.” I realized then and there that each of these young people have seeds of greatness in them.

But how often…

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Do You Have a “Holier Than Thou” Pecking-Order?

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“No One Is Perfect – Holier than thou narcissists!” — Hat the Rat zarzour, on Pinterest.  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/312226186642705988/https://www.pinterest.com/pin/312226186642705988/

“JUDGE NOT, LEST YE BE JUDGED BY A KARMA GREATER THAN THOU?” — Jesus, paraphrased from Matthew 7:1-7:2.

Or simply by a pecking-order hierarchical level holier than thine?

Why do we have these pecking-orders, anyway?  I

“If there is no teacher, parent or other adult present to require children to make room for each other, they don’t. And many of them grow up to be adults who form circles that are rigid and circumscribed.”  – Lori Day,Educational psychologist– in her blog, How to Diminish Darwinian Pecking Orders by Modeling Social Inclusion for Kids  http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/8964560?m=true

“As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.” — Alexander Pope.

So, are all these holier-than-thou pecking-orders primarily due to our  upbringing?

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Live By the Terror Sword, Reap the Terror Whirlwind?

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Job 4:8 ESV

“As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.”

             

Ever wonder from whence come such crazy groups as Nigeria’s Boko Haram?

King George of England wondered that sort of thing, when he was confronted with the crazy French & Indians, & later those crazy colonists. Brutal Imperial Armies and Law Enforcements seldom instilled respect.

Even less in Africa.  So, when African nations went independent, their ruling administrations simply mimicked European and American CIA brutality, to the poor and to the out-of-power under them in their nations.   

 

FOR MORE INFO:

Click to access Chudy.pdf

Nigeria, Boko Haram & Fantasies of Benevolent Intervention

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Love? Is That an Allergy?

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19th Century, 20th Century, Allergy, Axe, Blueberry, Carrie Nation, Corn, Love, Martini, Saloon, Spring, Temperance

Dear Nosy Hal:

I am one filly who is not exactly right out of the gate!  Nonetheless — despite my two unsuccessful marriages — I never believed in love.

So, why do I feel Spring Fever, when it is not even Spring?

Is my condition an ALLERGY?

At a recent saloon I sort of crashed into (wink-wink!), a certain Mr Martini asked me for a date.  But I replied that I was “allergic” to martinis (wink-wink!).

And now I think I was right.  I can’t get that Mr. Martini out of my noggin!

Desperately, Carrie Nation, the Axe-Wielding Temperance Crusader

                                     

Dear Allergic Axe-Person:

Please take an antihistamine, and call me in the morning.

Either that, or feed it with Kansas corn and blueberry pie.  

FOR FURTHER INFO, SEE: 

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johnnymathis/itmightaswellbespring.html

http://www.metrolyrics.com/a-wonderful-guy-lyrics-south-pacific.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I’m_in_Love_with_a_Wonderful_Guy

 

A Cover Letter? For Lady Godiva’s No-Cover Job?

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BARTENDING, Business, COVER LETTERS, EPA, horse, JOBS, Lady Godiva, pollution, RESUME, Small business

 

Dear Nosy Hal:

As you no doubt know, I am not normally the type to worry about customary encumbrances.  Yet today I am betwixt and between!  Many of my friends are warning me that a cover letter will help me to get my ideal job at a plush no-cover-charge bar.

On the other hand, many of my other buddies are insisting I not use a cover. That to have a cover for my resume would RUIN my PRICELESS BRAND IMAGE!

Whatever shall I do?

        —  Lady Godiva              

 

Dear Cowering Cow Girl:

I have some Good News for you, but also some Bad News.

On the ONE hand, your reputation precedes you!  On the OTHER hand, your reputation precedes you!

Therefore, IN YOUR CASE ONLY, your name itself IS your cover!

But beware of “Resume Residue!”  If — after you apply for this job — you still have heard nothing about an interview, it’s probably because the EPA destroyed your resume!

And because your erstwhile friend and rival who ALSO wanted that job, was the villain who POLLUTED your resume!

 

FOR MORE INFO:

“BALLAD OF QUEEN VICTORIA OF THE NEW LAND”  http://theava.com/archives/29787

http://coverlettersandresume.com/bartender/bartender-cover-letter-sample/

http://katiecouric.com/features/career-advice-for-those-over-50/

 

Reception Class – Eco Active Team Recycling

To Learn It By Doing = To Remember It.

What’s Next? – An App for Swallowed Missionaries?

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belly, big fish, computer apps, fear, fishing, hypocrite, Internet, Jonah, missionaries, prayer, smart phone, whales

Dear Nosy Hal:

Thanks to my quite harrowing struggles to escape the belly of that MARAUDING  marine mammal, I’ve developed a fear of being swallowed!

How I wish I had had a McGyver-like application on my smart phone, to escape that terrifying belly faster!

I was hoping they could come up with one soon for missionaries like I was, in that delicate dilemma?

  —   JONAH,  THE  RELUCTANT  MIDDLE-EAST  MISSIONARY

 

Dear Belly-Phobe:

Are you a hypocrite?  Or what?

What could be wrong with your just relying on that age-old classic called praising the Lord, but passing the ammunition  (*1) ?

Nevertheless, have you tried Flappy Fish  (*2.) ?  Or Escape From Ravenhearst (*3.) ?

In other words, are you game to fish?

Or are you just going to remain, forever, fruitless and fear-stricken fish fodder?

 

FOR  FURTHER  INFORMATION:

(*1.)    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise_the_Lord_and_Pass_the_Ammunition

(*2.)    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.fishgamex

(*3.)    http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/15198/mac/mystery-case-files-escape-ravenhearst-ce/index.html

 

 

Surely not Godzilla? – King of the LOVE GURUS?

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copy cat, copyright, fortune-teller, Godzilla, identity, imitation, Love, love guru, publicity

       

Dear Nosy Hal:

Recently, your crooked colleague Nosy Josie has started stealing my copyrighted “GODZILLA the Love Guru” THUNDER!

People might stop fearing me, if I don’t teach your Josie a lesson for that!  She’s stealing my “Godzilla the Love Guru” material, teaching her clients from my “Learn to Love Like a True Monster” textbook.

What does that dingbat Josie know about monster love advice, anyway?  —  Nosy Josie is simply a two-bit imposter.  That Josie is a second-rate homo sapiens fortune-teller!         

—-   Cooling my Claws, While Fanning My Ferocious Fiery Fumes,

GODZILLA GIGANTIS, “Monster Zero-One” (King Of The LOVE-GURU Monsters)

 

Dear Cooler-Than-Thou Claws:

Fear not, because IMITATION IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF FLATTERY!  (*1.)   According to P.T. Barnum, all publicity is great, so long as Nosy Josie spells “Godzilla” correctly.  (*2)

Like the Good Book warns, if they’re not against you they are REALLY FOR YOU!  (*3)

Trust me, I don’t care how many times folks besmirch my own nosy proboscis, or my own penguin-esque physique, just so long as they spell Nosy Hal with one “Y” and one”L”!

FOR  FURTHER  INFORMATION:

(*1)   http://www.slrlounge.com/are-copycat-photographers-getting-you-down

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-10-26/features/0510260123_1_model-house-brother-friend

(*2)   http://www.smbtrendwire.com/2006/06/23/it-doesnt-matter-what-the-media-says-as-long-as-they-spell-your-name-right/

http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/204-bad-publicity-harms-small-businesses.html

http://www.nku.edu/~turney/prclass/readings/3eras1x.html

(3.)   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You’re_either_with_us,_or_against_us

http://www.kencollins.com/answers/question-43.htm

 

Googletta the Robo-Car – Cyber-Crash Free?

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automation, cars, driverless cars, pile-ups, power plants, texting, traffic, trains

LENA – The day they legalize these new driver-less cars will be the day I hand-in my license!

OLIE – But wouldn’t that be wonderful?  Just lean back, & let the Googlettas do all the driving for us?  But please don’t turn in your license!  I LOVE your driving!

LENA – Oh?  Then why’d I find robocar android lipstick on your collar the other day?”

OLIE – That was just our grandson’s crayon, dearest.  But do you realize driverless trains never have accidents?  They never text or fall asleep.

LENA – That’s what they said about automatic nuclear plants and automatic power networks!  Does this upraised rolling pin in my batting hand make my meaning clear?

OLIE – Yes, dear.

LENA – Here’s your pacifier, you old fool!  Now shut your trap, and stop worshiping that android contraption Googletta!

OLIE – Yes, Your Cyber-Highness.. I mean Yes, Googl…er, I mean Yes, Lena Dearest!

LENA – That’s more like it!