Day To Remember

May 31 2021 Here in the USA we celebrate
Memorial Day. All over the country veterans
are remembering those that died during
World War 2, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.

 In fact, the Gulf War this is the 30th 

Anniversary.

Today we are in a battle but it isn't with

flesh and blood like those wars. We are

in a spiritual battle. We must pray for the

victory. At times we will see the war being

lost, however, in the end the battle win be

won. Amen!

A Beautifiul Day

Saturday was a beautiful day here.
The temperature reached the low 70s
which I think is perfect.

Down in the waterfront where it was

a bit more crowded I saw some people

wearing masks.  I am not sure why

for one thing a crowd there isn't that

big but each their own I guess.

Personally if I felt I needed to wear

a mask especially outside I would

stay away  but that is me.  

I went stopped by the house I grew

up in. When I got out of the car a

woman asked my if my name was

Ross. I told her my name was not

Ross. She was expecting a man by

that name. 

I told her that I used to live in that

house right there.  She says "oh a

Nightingale". I said yes I am.  She

moved in her place right after I got

out of high school. I didn't expect

her still living there. 

She said Scott who bought the place

from my parents said this is a 

Nightingale. Oh yes nice to see you

again.

Scott and I talked for a while. He 

wanted to know when my parents

had bought the place. I told Scott

my grandparents bought the property

about a hundred years ago.  They

were the third persons to buy over

here. It is across the bay from the

town of Gig Harbor. The government

owned the land after the natives then

sold the properties. 

Scott continues to do work on the 

place. It is only the third house that

is still there in original design. All

the other homes have changed a lot

and have gotten a lot bigger. 

When we finished talking I talked

with the woman again across the 

street. They have remodel the 

place it doesn't look anything like

it did before at least in the front.

We talked about the man who lived

there when my grandfather was

alive. He had bottles along the 

rocks. The bottles are not there

in sight anymore but still has them

because of the history of the place.

I drove down to end of the road and

then headed back to go home. I 

stopped at the coffee shop before

arriving home. What a wonderful

afternoon indeed. 

memorial day

This weekend when many are off
to travel for the first time in over a
year we should remember the
holiday as well. Those who fought
and died so our country would be
free. Something many have
forgotten recently. Of course, there
have been those who haven't done
the right thing as well.

What has saddened me along with
many others is those that have
made it a political statement as
well. In fact, it seems everything
has become political in our country.
It is time to forgive and move on,
however, I think it will take some
time to do so.

It is important we all move on and
get back to the country that this
holiday stands for. I have the
feeling it will take a lot of time to
do so if it really ever does. Anyway
I wish the best and remember all
our blessing. Amen!

Life Style Changes

The older we get the more we have to
change our lifestyle. It is really true if
we want to live in a manner to fulfill
our life purpose as well.

The older we get the harder to do those

things we used to do when we were 

younger. We often put on weight and

we are not in the same shape either.

Our health will change like a heart

condition. So we have to do something

ourselves for this to happen. 

For one thing we should do a certain

amount of walking otherwise we won't

be able to walk like we used to or want

to for that matter. I see some people who

are in their mid to late 70s who can barely

walk. Of course, health issues come up 

making it hard to do.

What we must do is cut back in eating

well as getting more exercise.  Not only

am I trying those things I am going to 

try to go further. I plan to change when

I eat certain foods and how often at the

same time. Can't stop having fun in the

food department on occasion. 

I figure to walking is my main exercise

though I will do some other things as 

well. Right now I am going to walk at

least twice a day if not three times a 

day. I will begin with a walk in the 

morning and again before the sun sets.

I will walk  in the late afternoon when

I can or a day when I can't walk in the

morning or evening. 

Another thing I am going to do is go

to bed a bit later which means I wake

up later as well. I have been going to

bed earlier than I should so this will

change effective tonight.

I really hope these little changes in

lifestyle will help me out in the long

run. Thanks and safety to you as well.

Amen!

Inspire Others

Near the top of the list when it comes
to our life purpose is to inspire others.

Most likely when we are inspiring 

others we are mentors as well. We

may not be mentors as others may

say us but still we are.

I hope that I am mentoring to some

degree right here. I know someone

who feels I am a mentor to them and

I feel the same for them to. We get

together every couple of weeks over

coffee or tea. We have a good time 

catching up to life. We go to the same

church so we each other regularly but

to talk outside of church is a good thing

to.

I know I am sure you are inspiring

others even if you do not realize it.

Living our lives in the way we want

to others will follow our example

believing we are inspiring them.

There are so many parts of our life

purpose but we should never be 

dependent  on one. All the parts

make us one. 

A New Day

Always good to have a new day. Allows
us to get over any mistakes we made
yesterday along with making new things
well.

We should be thankful we have another

day to be good.  We don't know how 

many days we have. Our days are numbered

so we must take advantage of them.

We should have gratitude for today as

long as it is called today. When we wake

up in the morning have a smile on our

face. The day will be what it is. Amen! 

Going Somewhere

It seems a lot of my friends are on
vacation. A good time of the year
to go.

The weather here in Western Washington

is hit and miss in May.  This year more

of a miss. So good idea to go somewhere.

July is the best month to stay home and

have a good time. It is almost always

sunny with the temperatures in the 80s.

There is not a more beautiful place either.

When you go o vacation still remember

to be yourself. Those you meet during

your travels can use the best you around.

Amen!

Being Strong

In this day and age we find it is
becoming more important to be
strong. Our strength is not in
ourselves because we don't have
it whether we believe it or not.

Our strength must come from God.

He has strength we are not aware

of. God is the one that will give us

the strength we need. 

We do have strength because we can

handle more than we know. The

strength comes from God when we

we need it. The important thing is to

ask him when the time comes. Amen!

It's Sunday

I am not sure of my titles however it is
Sunday which is usually a good day.

Get to go to church and worship with

my brothers and sisters in the Lord.

Hear a good word to make the week

feel good.

Every day should be like Sunday.

We should meet with a brother or

sister each day. Worship the Lord

and hear a good word.

Enjoy your Sunday and make it

prosperous and a blessing to

others well as yourself. Amen!

Morning Time

Hello weekend! I woke up early wondering
what to say so I had to meditate and pray.

A lot went through my mind though how

much beneficial or not. The important thing

is for us to be encouraged each day by

someone or ourselves for that matter.

I know that I have mentioned it on a number

of occasions which I think is a good thing.

I need to remember well as everyone else.

I had to listen to the song "It is well for my soul".

This was given to a new friend when had a group

meeting on Wednesday though my birthday was

Monday. He said God him the song when thinking

of me. The words I was given on Wednesday night

I will continue to look at. It is important we have

them written down to look at.

There is a woman on Instagram who is a writer

always giving encouraging words. Sometimes

she writes only a few words while other times

a lot more however they are always good. Makes

me know I am important and so are you.

Spend the day knowing God loves you and you 

are here for a purpose beyond yourself. The world 

would not be a better place if you were not here. Amen!

Review Friday

Here we are another Friday. How has your
week been. This week started off with my
birthday on Monday, followed being
encourage on Wednesday night at the
church home group I go to. I wouldn't
say the week was all full of roses but 

pretty well.

We have to look at what's been going 

around the country of the USA and the

world. I am not sure about other countries

though the increase of covid-19 in India

I am sure has increased fear in some 

people.

A couple weeks ago President Biden

announced that the CDC said it was

OK to throw the mask away if you 

had the vaccine for at least two weeks

except in real crowded areas which 

makes sense to me. The state of

Washington has taken the mandate

pretty much except in King County

the largest population where Seattle

is located. The King County health

department still want people to wear

their masks indoors and outdoors 

when you are not social distancing.

Pierce County where I live has 

dropped all restrictions though 

many are still wearing masks. I am

not sure this is good still wearing

masks for those who have taken 

the vaccine or have a good immune

system. I can understand those with

underlying conditions would still 

want to be careful though they have

taken the vaccine. Has fear gotten

these people so much they will wear

a mask the rest of their lives. I guess

time will tell. 

I know for me I don't like wearing a

mask for a long period of time. I 

can handle the mask for maybe

30 minutes or so though I don't

like it. I wear glasses so they get

fogged up real quickly no matter 

what I try and then my breathing

isn't the best either. For me not

wearing the mask is a good thing.

There are other issues happened

after the beginning of covid that

have put fear in people as well.

Anything you would consider

political be in that category. For

us that are not dealing with fear

we need to help those that  do.

It isn't our job to tell them they

don't have to be fearful instead

listen to them and share where

you are at. Like everything share

our life experience. Also, pray 

that fear would come out of 

people's lives and be free once. 

Amen!

A Good Wednesday Night

Three Wednesday nights a month I go
to a home group from church. This week
was my birthday so not only was I the
first one in line for food I was given
words of encouragement as well from
everyone.

All the words were put down on paper

so I figure to look at one a day and when

completed I will start all over again.

Another thing they sang Happy Birthday

to me and everyone was in tune. They

make a pretty good choir.

One gentlemen had two songs in mind

for me and the group sang one of the

songs and the other was a video on the

phone by Larry Gatlin. 

I have to say can't beat that often that

is for sure. I hope that I encourage you

in the same way. God bless and have a

really good day.   😀😀

Being More Than Happy

I mentioned on Monday about being
happy has a good part of your life
purpose. Also, I said about making
a list to.

Our life purpose is beyond being 

happy. Of course, it includes our

gifts and talents. Also, another 

area is our hobbies. I am sure

your list making you happy 

includes hobbies, however,

you can have a list of them 

to and put them right next

to the happy list.

We have joy to which I am

sure is the same thing as

being happy or at least 

pretty close. Our hobbies 

gives us joy along with

being happy. I leave it

all at this right now I

don't want to confuse

ourselves. lol

Communication

A strong point of our existence is communication.
This is whether positive or negative.

I am many people like social media because they

can say negative things or shock people at the

very least.

I like those who encourage others. Relationships

come and go depending on how communication

goes. Often relationships end either by negative

or lack of communication.

We need to think before we say a word or we

need to listen as well. I have to admit I am not

always good at either one though I do try.

Today communicate with someone you don't

know or listen more to someone else you do

know. Let's make communication a positive

experience. Amen!

A Wonderful Weekend

Here in Western Washington we have had
good weather along the way in May. We
are expecting some rain and clouds this
week though. Other words back to normal.

I hope during the weekend you learned 

something new or you are able to get 

things going. It is important to make

plans though not too far ahead since

we know life can change in a moment.

We need to deal with things to. This is

especially with our weaknesses. The

things we want to control but realize

we can't. 

Enjoy your day and be blessed. Let 

the things that trouble you be resolved.

Amen!

Happiness is

Over the last couple years about life purpose
I realized this morning though I know I have
mentioned it on a number of occasions.

What makes you happy. Make a list and put it

on your refrigerator. What it comes down to

it what makes you happy is your life purpose.

I am sure there is more to the story, however,

you work with what makes you happy than

you got it for the most part. 

I will try to remind you on occasion. My pastor

said that he has to preach the same sermon or

something that is like the same sermon at least

seven times for it too sink in. 

I am not sure I have written this seven times or

seventy times seven or not. This is also what

Jesus Christ said when he was asked how many

times we should forgive someone the same day.

So your life purpose is what makes you happy.

Go out and enjoy being happy. 

Happiness and Freedom

We have to remember life is short so
we have choices though others are trying
to take them away.

1. God 

2. Happiness

3. Freedom

4. Family

5. Free speech

6. Friends

List here is some things we can choose to decide

to have.  Not in any order of importance except

number one. 

CDC ha ha

Our leader here in the USA President
Biden said on Thursday the CDC says
you have taken the vaccine and it is
more than two weeks you don't have
to wear a mask indoors or outdoors.

Those who bought into it I feel sorry

for them. One day they say the virus

is increasing now they say you don't

have to wear a mask if you have taken

the vaccine. I knew that already.

Be free whether you are have taken or

will take the vaccine and be free if you

choose not too. Don't buy in.

Enough said have a wonderful day and

don't wear the mask no matter what. 

Get Back On Track

Life has been crazy of late. I think my
Instagram was hacked. I setup a new
account and not as many followers either.
I put it on private as well which I didn't
want to do; however, social media will
be back to normal I hope.

Living a life of purpose not everyone will

like you; however, the ones that do will

be friends for life.

Another thing never give up your life

purpose. God created you not only  for

this purpose but this time. Other words

the world needs you even if they don't

realize it. Amen!

Family A Good Thing

Our number one purpose in life is our
relationship with God. Number two is
family and how we interact with each
other. God wants us to honor our family
in the same way we honor him.

A good reason since three of the ten

commandments is about honoring

mother and father along with children.

Tuesday night I went to a baseball

game in Tacoma. It was a good time

meeting several new people. Made

me feel like family to.

A father and son had drove from San

Diego. The son is going to stay here

while the father will go back to San

Diego at some point. Oh by the way

the son is middle age and said he had

lived in this area before and they have

family still here.

Amazing thing though they have the

same middle name though different 

first name. The father actually goes

by his middle name. That really isn't

the amazing part it is their middle

name is the same as mine. What is

the chances of that happening.

I met a little boy sitting in front of

me. We  had a good time as well.

The seat he was sitting in was 3

and he told me that is how old he

is. His father is stationed here in

the Army however he is being 

transferred to Colorado next month.

I pray they have a great life together.

The boy has such wonderful joy.

The home team lost in ten innings.

Quite a pitching match the first 

nine innings. Both teams got runners

on base but couldn't bring them home.

Each team had a home run.

Many blessings and remember to

honor your family. Amen!

Thoughts In The Morning

I am sure my thoughts in the morning
when I wake up are like most everyone
else.

First of all I try to be positive and thankful

I am still here. Sometimes negative thoughts

do continue from the night before. I try not

to happen though.

On occasion I think of a dream I had though

I don't remember many of them.

I check my email and then start writing here.

Text message I received this morning from

a classmate who is retiring and moving to

Arizona. I told him I will look him up the

next time in Arizona which might be next

February. 

Monday was a beautiful day here with only

a few clouds and the temperature was perfect

when I went out for a walk. Today is expected

to have more clouds but we will see. We 

haven't had a lot of rain this month. In fact

none since the beginning of May. 

Anyway many blessings to you all and let

your friends check this out. I want to encourage

you and remember your life purpose too.  😀😀

Look At Community

Over the last year not only we have had
to deal with covid directly or indirectly
plus the protesting over the deaths in
shootings by the police. Many large
cities have either or looking into defund
the police. I am not writing here whether
I agree or not, however, it is important we
look at community as a part of our life
purpose.

#1 Pray for our community leaders and 

those who want to take an active role in

the affairs where we live and elsewhere.

For the people of  Minnesota especially.

#2 Those who have the heart and the 

time to take an active role in the place

you live.

#3 Take ownership of our communities

whether we have time to take part or not.

#4 Love the community we live in.

These are four areas we can do to take

part in our life purpose for community. 

I am sure there are more we can add to 

the list, however, this is a very good 

place to start. 

A Different Night

I find it strange when my sleep pattern
is different than most times.

This happened to me Saturday night.

I woke up thinking I had slept for a

good period of time. I shook my head

when I looked at the clock and it was

just after midnight. 

I am sure we all have done something

like this on occasion, however, not

very often for me. I usually know that

I have slept two or three hours at this

point. Do you have a moral to this

story?  lol

I was able to get back to sleep and

finish my sleeping. Now see what

this day will bring. 

A Cloudy Day Here

The weather here in Western Washington
for the most part the last few days has been
cloudy and expected the next several days.

I have mentioned before the weather can

dictate how people feel sometimes. Here

there are many with allergies which the

weather says how they feel.

This all comes back to encouraging one

another even when health is an issue. I

know I have to deal with my health now

and then.

May God's peace be with you this weekend

and always. Amen!

For the Long Term

Thursday was a pretty good day for the
stock market. A couple of my stocks had
been in the red since I bought them five
months ago and for the first time in the
black. Also, I have mutual funds now
as well.

For many using the stock market like

myself it is for the long term while for

others there is daily trading. Makes me

think about our lives. 

There are people we invest our lives 

into for the long term, however, it is

important to see how they are doing 

on a daily basis. It is important though

not to trade them in even when might

be a bad day once in a while.

We have investment in our own life

well as for others. A good reason we

are here for a life of purpose.

Have a great weekend and may your

blessings continue. Amen!

Honesty

First of all what does it mean to be honest.
It is more than not telling a lie it is about
speaking truth under all circumstances.
Other words you could be in front of a
firing squad and you still speak the truth.
You have a strong belief in what you are saying.

The word honest is used as an adjective and

as an adverb. As an adjective the person is

sincere without deceit and untruthfulness.

Example: "I haven't totally been honest with you."

As an adverb used to persuade someone of the truth of something

Example:  "you'll like it when you get there, honest".

Both the adjective and adverb definitions and examples

come from the Oxford languages.

Honest is defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary as

good and truthful: not lying, stealing, or cheating : 

showing or suggesting good and truthful character :

not hiding the truth about someone or something:

not meant to deceive anyone. 

The word honest in Greek in the New Testament

by Strong's Concordance is  kal-os'; of uncertain 

affinity; properly beautiful, but chiefly (figurative) 

good (literal or moral), i.e. valuable or virtuous 

(for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from

 (18) (ἀγαθός), which is properly intrinsic): — x better,

 fair, good (-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.

 In the New Testament being an honest person you

are good, beautiful, valuable, distinguished from 

to others and worthy. 

In the Old Testament Isaiah had a warning in chapter

5 verses 20 and 21 Woe to those who call evil good 

and good evil, who put darkness for light

and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet

for bitter. Woe to those that are wise in their own eyes,

and clever in their own eyes.

Today often those who are honest are called dishonest

and those call dishonest as though they are honest. 

What Should Our Purpose Be

It seems to me we often discourage others
instead of encourage them.

Since Covid-19 hit us 14 months or so

ago people are more into each other's

business instead of encouraging.

I know those who believe the democrats

are behind this all which would not 

surprise me at all. It doesn't say the

republicans are much better either.

Over the last six months there are those

who are really into everyone to wear

masks. Even now it has gotten worse

when many have been vaccinated. Of

course that is an issue in itself too about

the shot taking it or not.

I feel it is important we encourage each 

other. Not to do with wearing a mask or

getting the vaccine instead in life on its

own. 

In another way of putting don't get into

peoples face regardless the side you are

on. In a way it is like the previous five 

years where politics was spread where

are you for Trump or not. We have other

issues to deal with as well.

So everyone should be back to doing their

purpose in life and not hassle others. There

are those whose purpose is to give warnings

to others which is fine but not all of us

are supposed to do that. In fact, we have

to balance those who are giving warnings.

Amen!

We Are Worth It

Most everyday I get to see the awesome
Mt. Rainier. It is one of the largest mountains
in North America. Mt. Rainier was created
for a purpose just like us. I am mentioning
this because we are awesome as well.

We may not know all the reasons why 

Mt. Rainier was created, however, for

one thing we can enjoy seeing and going

whenever we want to.

We are here to enjoy each other and learn

from each other. When someone puts you

down don't them have the last word. You

are here and we are happy about it. Amen!

Cleaning Things Up

This morning I decided to clean some
things up. It is amazing what you find
when you are cleaning in an area you
haven't touched in a while.

There are portions of the place where

I try to keep clean all the time while

other spots just don't do.

I know the important thing is to do 

a bit of cleaning every day so things

are tidy all the time.

Makes me think our lives are that way

as well where we keep away from the

places we don't want to touch especially

in our past.

So what we should do with our life

purpose is to help others to do the 

same. We have close friends and

others we see around on a regular

basis though they are more acquittances.

Our lives will be so much better if we

decide to clean up the parts we haven't

touched in a while. Amen!

Inspiring Others

Inspiring others is an interesting thing.
We all have inspired others no matter
the level as much as we have been
inspired ourselves.

Most of us have our job or profession

because someone inspired us to go into

it. I spoke with a young man the other

day who is studying to be a fireman.

In his case his father is a fireman. At

some level his father inspired him to

be a fireman along with his co-workers.

Being inspired leads us to our life purpose.

Someone we admired we wanted to do

the same thing and we realized we have

the gifting and talent to do so.

We may have had to try several different

avenues to figure out our life purpose,

however, it really happened.

There are those who have the gifting of

inspiring others as well. They likely are

working at inspiring others. 

Inspiring leads to admiring and mentoring. 

You find someone who is inspiring and 

admiring what you are doing than be their

 mentor. Help them do what you are doing. 

You are passing on the torch sort of speaking. 

Amen!

May Day

Welcome to May. We call today May Day!
I have to say it makes a lot of sense after
all the first of April is April Fools Day. Do
you think so any way.

They say April showers bring May flowers.

How much showers does it take? This year

and last we have had less rain in April than 

the average. The last time we had a good

showers in April was in 2018 when we had

over six inches, twice the average.

I am not sure what this all means other than

we can go visit gardens and see how beautiful

they are. I have to say that is my intension

anyway.

Here we are expecting a cloudy day on May Day.

This means a threat of rain but likely none or a

little. The last ten days the weather hasn't been

quite like it was forecasted. I thought we were

going to have a bunch of rain instead here and

there. Not to complain other than we could have

used April showers. 

Enjoy your day to the fullest. Go and see what

the flowers look like and rejoice. Amen!