4 out 5 therapists recommend Great Days...
4 out of 5 therapists recommend 4 out 5 great days for their patients as opposed to stinking lousy, miserable lonely days. So that’s a cool way of saying I had another great day. BTW, the whole “Four out of five dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum”, I want to meet that 5th dentist. What was he/she/they thinking?
ALWAYS undercooked the steaks because that’s how he liked them. My mother always made him go back to cook them some more. I did a special video tribute to veteran teachers at our school yesterday. I don’t think students today understand or appreciate Veterans or their sacrifices to our country. On those lines of entitlement, on average I only have 2 or 3 students that ever stand for the Pledge of Allegiance?!?!?!?!? What, am I turning into the old man that yells Get off my lawn? I don’t think so. This small fraction of students that actually stand for the pledge goes back several years. High Schoolers just don’t participate and I can’t force them to participate either. I think it says a lot about the state of our country right now. We are so divided. It makes me sad and discouraged. That’s why when I can do things like promote the military and our country I’m willing to do it every time. I might not agree with our president or how Congress/the Judicial are handling themselves, still I pray for them. I think prayer is and should be non-partisan. You pray for the people in your government whether you like them or not. OK, I’ll get off my soap box.
I stayed up really late Mon. Night working knowing I could sleep in. I briefly thought about going to my old Men’s group from Cary First Baptist. They meet every other Tuesday at BoJangles at 6:30a. I met with those men for several years until my schedule at school prevented it. I have to be at school at 6:30a. But I figured at 1a I was better off sleeping in. However, I woke up at 5:38 entirely on my own (or maybe it was the Holy Spirit prompting me). I decided to forego sleep and drop in on the guys. I’m so glad I did. I miss meeting those guys as it greatly encouraged my spiritual walk. I hide nothing from them as they all know exactly what I’m going through. They are my prayer warriors even though I don’t see them as often as I used to. Iron sharpens iron and I miss those times with them.
I wanted to spend as much time with the girls as possible since they had the day off as well. I took them to their favorite restaurant, Sushi Thai. They all love Sushi. Even though I do not, I wanted to do something special for them just to treat them. Other than watching movies with them, my second favorite thing to do as a family is go out to eat. Although I need to be judicious as I don’t have as much cash on hand as I used to have. I certainly don’t want to go into debt again. After lunch they all said they wanted to go on a long walk with the dog along Crabtree Creek Trail. It was leg day anyway for my exercise routine. So I was able to have exercise and not sacrifice any time with my daughters. Win-Win-Win. After dropping my oldest at soccer practice I had dinner with a new friend. I’m so appreciative of having friends in my life. They are so encouraging to me and makes me feel less lonely. That’s actually an answer to prayer. I’ve been asking for God to send me friends that would encourage my walk and that is exactly what they have done. I seeming have an abundance of friends I can reach out to when I’m feeling down or weak. Afterwards I needed gas and I just happened to be close by a Costco (My father would have been proud). Close by in my case means within 5 miles. While there I was craving their Caramel Brownie Sunday but I didn’t want to eat it all myself. My oldest needed a winter coat. After some facetiming we found something that fit a teenager’s taste. I got the ice cream had a couple of bites and saved the rest for my younger girls. After a wonderful day, I topped it off by dropping the coat off for daughter #1 and the ice cream for daughters 2 and 3 to share. It doesn’t take much for me to have a good lately and this one was beyond good. It just dawned on me, I don’t have the girls or the dog and the “Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood (F43.21)” hasn’t kicked in at all yet. I’m alone and I’m at peace. I really am turning a corner. God is really with me through the good times and the bad. These 4 out 5 great days are soon going to become the rule as opposed to the exception. The future of tomorrow looks brighter than the struggle of yesterday.
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