COINCIDENCES

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE COINCIDENCES What to say, and what to write about, there are stories that we make up, and repeat until they start to sound real, even to ourselves, and stories. They meet at an all night coffee shop, an old habit he had, where he met strangers and friends. He didn't meet any strangers, he had no friends. There is a story, she said, I know it happened, but no one will ever believe it, or believe me if I tell it. He smiled. He told her a story also, she didn't believe a word of what he said. There are so many questions I had when I was a young man, I still haven't found the answers to, I am still looking though, even though I don't know what I am looking for. Good thing too, if we know the answer we are looking for, we always "find" it. Which brings me back to the coin toss scenes in the movie "No Country for Old men", what is the "bet"? The coin has been tossed, and we must call it, we just don't know what for. Win, lose or draw, all in life is a coincidence. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 23 JULY 2023

ANOTHER DAY 16 B

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE ANOTHER DAY 16 B I was going to ask a question, then I decided not to, I am not a religious person, not in a sense that many others claim to be. I am neither pious nor holy, I am just an average person that is trying to make it. The question was, what personal qualities and qualifications you have that make you special? Many of us believe that a personal relationship with a diety does that, there is nowhere it is stated as such. It is always "acts". It states so much. Matthew 7:23. Maybe I am reading it wrong. Doesn't matter what I think. There lessons to be learned. There were times before when people thought they were special, that they were exceptional or they will be spared, but throughout history that has never been true. Ceausescu thought this. People that supported the Nazis, the Communists in the Soviet Union, in China , followers of Mussolini all the same, many of them payed the price for supporting the same. We always believe we are or will be the exception when the chips fall. Matthew 5:45 We will not be the exception I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 20 JULY 2023

ANOTHER DAY 16 A

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE ANOTHER DAY 16 A I realize, it's been a while since I posted one of my, usually, daily rants, 20 days to be exact, got lazy, maybe tired, maybe busy, time flew by. Since I started blogging, 17 years ago, it has almost become a habit, write down something each day. But life has become more complicated, more confusing even, over the years, times have changed, they always did. 71 years of life, you can learn a lot if you are willing to, if you make an honest effort, or you could die without learning anything at all, the world will still go on. A sad thought that many don't pay no mind to. There was a book, and a movie, a few years back, where the sheriff and his friend lament about the "good old days ", maybe you have even seen the movie, "No Country for Old Men". It came out in 2007, you should watch. One of lessons of the movie, if you pay attention is, that world is changing, it is always changing around us, whether we like it or not, whether we go along or not, whether we adapt or we don't. I still love 60s art deco. 70s neon signs. I recently bought a fake "boombox". I like antiques, I have a 1903 set of cast iron skillets, a 1934 pot belly stove, a glass churn. But I also bought my first desk top in 1986. Life moves. There is examples, we are not exceptional, when world changes we all get caught. There are things happening around us that we will be part of and will participate in. We use debit and credit cards, we pay bills on line, we use cellphones no matter our preferences. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 13 JULY 2023