Happy Thanksgiving!

"The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it."
--Richard Bach


"Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving."
--Kahlil Gibran


I just want to celebrate another day of livin'
I just want to celebrate another day of life
Well, I can't be bothered with sorrow
And I can't be bothered with hate, no, no
I'm using up my time by feeling fine, every day
- by Rare Earth
(just as I posted this, the song Celebration by Kool and The Gang was playing)
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The morning started with leftover crepes I had made a couple of days ago and enjoying the beauty outside my window of the day just starting. Actually, I got up right when Macy's parade was ending...stayed up a little late.


The afternoon...man,the turkey was super tender and juicy...and with gravy, why in the world did I wait a whole year! Sweet potato casserole was slammin'. Mom did a great first attempt at the dressing and a guest brought a bucketful of brown rice and mushrooms spread out on a huge beautiful silver platter.

Aunt Karen played her piano while I felt like I could easily doze off on her soft and comfy couch.

Baby cousin Jordi was the cutest watching baby Einstein videos on a flat screen 5 times as big as he is.

My wife was sick but still did a bang up job on her makeup and looked the prettiest... however, the Victoria's Secret girls weren't too shabby either, nyuck, nyuck (ha).

Finished the night with a hot ham and cheese roll, green been casserole and hot tea while watching Paul McCartney in New York. Not sure how late I'll be up, but I just might get me one of those baked pears, too.

God bless! I hope that you all had a great day and someone to spend it with. May your holiday season truly be filled with joy and peace on earth!

Love,
Karl

One World

Come as you are

Come just like you be

It's the bumps and curves of our history

But no blocks in the road that we can't traverse

And no wounds from the past that can't be nursed - Toby Mac, from 'One World', #24 on the Playlist.

One World - Siti Monroe, Tobymac, Tobymac Lyrics

Be Content

You won't be happy with more until you're happy with what you've got. -- Viki King

Be content, whether you have much, or little - Apostle Paul

Everything takes longer than you think!
(click on Playlist to pause then click video)

Hold on Tight to Your Dreams!

Dare to develop your dream, no matter how out of context it is with your current, real-life experience.
Weave it on the loom of faith which calls those things that are not as though they are, with threads of imagination, vision and the prophetic word of God.

Your dream demands that you think in a whole new way...ERASE YOUR OLD TAPES. Update your mental files and prepare yourself for the new thing that God is birthing in you through the power of dreams.
(from A Year In The Now, bishop Jim Swilley)
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I was thinking of putting the following song on earlier and then I went to another blog and the first song being played there was the exact one I was thinking of, so...I took it as a confirmation and put Hold On Tight here...the lyrics, and then on the playlist, currently #39

HOLD ON TIGHT - Jeff Lynne of ELO

Hold on tight to your dream
Hold on tight to your dream
When you see your ship go sailing
When you feel your heart is breaking
Hold on tight to your dream.

It's a long time to be gone
Time just rolls on and on
When you need a shoulder to cry on
When you get so sick of trying
Just hold tight to your dream

CHORUS: When you get so down that you can't get up
And you want so much but you're all out of luck
When you're so downhearted and misunderstood
Just over and over and over you could

Accroches-toi à ton rêve
Accroches-toi à ton rêve
Quand tu vois ton bateau partir
Quand tu sens ton coeur se briser
Accroches-toi à ton rêve.

REPEAT CHORUS:
Hold on tight to your dream
Hold on tight to your dream
When you see the shadows falling
When you hear that cold wind calling
Hold on tight to your dream.

Oh, yeah Hold on tight to your dream
Yeah, hold on tight... To your dream.
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...along with this I would like to suggest what I have also heard...that you actually WRITE DOWN your goals/dreams, preferably a special journal or folder for this. It has much greater chances of being fulfilled when you do this...so they say. The counsel sounds good to me...just sayin'.