Have Good Attention

Another area putting  our attention 

forward  to  others.

This  is  true  whether we know the

other person well or not. In fact it

doesn't matter how they treat us

too. We should  treat everyone  the 

same. 

Treating others with our attention 

should  be exactly  how we want 

to treated. ☺☺😊😊

Honoring Others

On social media I saw a friend not
only wishing her older sister's a
happy birthday on Saturday along
with honoring her the person, she
is.

Saturday was my younger brother

Jack's birthday as well. He is a

pretty good younger brother.

We have actually four birthdays'

in our family in January. The

busiest month of all. 

It begins with my sister on January

7 followed by her son Connor on  

the 8th and her son Ken on the 18th.

My sister Barb is a bit older than me

so don't really remember growing up

with her. Mainly she was a teenager

than a college student than got married.

It is important to honor our siblings

along with our friends as well. They

often make up who we are too. Amen!

In and Out with a Bang

The new year and month here in
Western Washington came with a
lot of rain. 

We had about eight inches of rain

in the first two weeks and little

since. Expect rain to end the month.

This is raining season after all here

in the area. Nice to see a change for

a couple weeks.  There were days

of overcast during these two weeks,

however, the sun made its appearance

recently as well.

We always enjoy the sun when it 

comes out this time of the year.

People get out and enjoy it as 

well. 

A Learning Process

I have never have had what I  would call

a serious  injury before until this shoulder. 

I am learning a lot for sure. I  have no 

problem sitting or walking. The problem 

happens more when I  am lying down

especially  when  I am sleeping.

When I woke up this morning a lot of

pain in the shoulder. I know where I 

can place my shoulder but when

sleeping it obviously moves.

I expect when I continue over time 

the shoulder will be stronger. Like

many other challenges important 

not to be  discouraged. 😉😉

The Right Approach

I am taking what I think is the 

right approach for my right shoulder.

Like everything else in life time will

tell.

Thursday which is today I will have 

my second physical therapy session.

I am trying to use my right shoulder

or I guess to say right arm to do

more things. I  tried my left arm

to help out but it is getting sore in

in the process.

Reaching above my head I will still

need to use my left arm or hand to

reach things since I go above half way with my right there is a lot of pain.

Fortunately I don't do that very often.

Wish me the best as I wish you the

best always. 😊😊😊

Evaluation Day

We are in the middle  of  the work 

week. A good  time to evaluate 

how are week  has been  going on.

We learn from  the  positives well

as the negative. Allows us to press

on the rest of the  week.

Feel  comfortable about it make 

a list and then look at the end of

the week to see improvement. 😊😊😊

Learn A Little Bit

It is Tuesday and I hope you 

learned something  from 

Monday. 

Every  morning we should be

grateful waking up and think

about what we learned from

the day before. Also, what

we want  to learn from today.

Relaxation

Hello  Monday 

I hope you  had a  relaxing weekend. 

My definition of  relaxation is doing

something  that  does not stress you 

like a hobby or sport.

Though you may love your job there

usually  some stress involved so 

outside of work  doing anything 

without stress is good.

May you  have a good and rewarding 

week. Even during  the week good to

relax as well.  It maybe different than 

the weekend. Amen!

Time Can't Come Fast Enough

I have one more day until physical 

therapy,  however,  can't come fast

enough. 

I am  sure we all have felt the same 

way now and then.

I will breathe a good  fresh air

tomorrow  morning when I  walk

into  the physical therapy  place.

I hope things feel good even on 

the first day. In the  time right

now I will  have joy around those

I see. Amen!  😊😊😊

Things Going Well

It is always good to know how everyone is
doing. I enjoy writing here every day as you
can imagine.

There is a small group I see a few mornings

at the coffee shop I attend. I enjoy listening

and learning from them. I hope they get

encouraged by whatever I have to say.

The important thing is to be there for 

others regardless what is happening. 

These men I didn't know at all before

meeting them at the coffee shop, however,

I consider them friends now.

I see other groups in the coffee shop as well.

Some of them meet once a week while 

others daily. Some of them go to church

together or friends in other ways.

My thought is for everyone to find a 

group whether it is with those you 

have known for a while or new people.

God bless you for a wonderful weekend. 

A Good Drive

Has been  a  while  so I decided 

Thursday  was a good  day  for 

a drive.

The weather  wasn't  the greatest 

however it usually  not in January.

I decided  to  drive to  Sequim 

Washington. Sequim  doesn't 

get a lot of rain  unlike the rest

of the state.  Only  about ten 

inches a year. Compare  where

I live where 45 inches is common.

In fact January  we have almost

ten inches already.

Used to be going to Sequim  driving 

on highway 101 go right through it.

Now have to  take exit going into

Sequim. It has been a  few years  for

me to go into Sequim. It certainly 

different than  before. A lot more 

stores and I  am sure homes on the 

outskirts. That is the way these days

many towns and  cities are  a lot

larger. Certainly my town Gig Harbor 

is.

Takes Faith

Whether it is my shoulder  taking time

or something  else in our lives it will 

take faith to accomplish  it.

Faith is  believing in  the impossible 

or something  we have endured for

a long time. 

We don't have to have a lot of faith 

it only takes a  little. Amen!

Arm Sling

I have found using an arm sling is

helpful  when I am walking or sitting. 

Not so much  when lying down  or

sleeping.

It took me  a  couple of  days  to  figure

to get up without  my shoulder  from

hurting. The same was putting  on  shirt 

or coat. I  found putting the left side

first was easier and not hurting  as much.

When comes to  our life purpose and 

using some wisdom good  to  figure

the best way  to  do  things. 

A Pain

My shoulder  continues  to bother

me with  pain.

I take Tylenol and  icing to make the 

pain less.

Monday I went out for my first walk

since my surgery.  I wore my arm

sling. It was so good as I didn't feel 

pain the whole.

We all have  pain in our lives.  What do

we do to relieve them? Amen!

It Takes Love

When we live our life and purpose 

the  number one ingredient should 

be love. 

Not love only for our purpose and 

the gifts and talents but for  those

around  us.

We should  wake up  thinking about

those we love but think about those 

we will  meet  throughout the day.

We are selfish people; what gain we

can accomplish. Love will  make us

 better people. Amen!

Busy Sports Time

The National Football League started

the playoffs then there is college and

professional basketball  along  with

hockey. 

Very  busy time of year for sports. 

The Winter Olympics  start in three

weeks.  Again we have to see how

Covid-19 will effect them all.

Found out yesterday from my brother 

his middle  son, daughter-in-law and

granddaughter  have covid-19. 

Right now seems they have small 

symptoms. 

With new variance most families 

are going to  be effected by the

virus. This latest one isn't supposed 

to be as dangerous,  however,  if like

the others symptoms can be different 

for each one.

Be safe a day be blessed  as well. Amen!

Glorious Day

Every day  can be glorious if we have

the right attitude.  It won't  be perfect 

however  glorious. 

We should  wake up being thankful 

we are still here. We have  no idea 

how many days  we have.

We should  think of our family and 

friends  close or far away. We can

make  new friends  today. Amen!

A Great Purpose

Having my heart procedure makes me
see how not only do doctors and nurses
have a great purpose so do we.

Whatever you are doing for work or

other ways the purpose we have is

great.

Other people can use help by our 

purpose as we can with theirs. Amen!

Recovery

So far I am feeling well recovering 

from my heart procedure  on  Tuesday. 

My groin  is feeling good  for the

most part. 

I can't say the same for my shoulder 

from slipping on ice last week.  It  may 

take some time it seems.

I have a on line  appointment  this morning 

with my regular doctor concerning my

shoulder. I really  don't  want  surgery on it.

So far rest doesn't seem to do the shoulder 

any good.  

Like  everything else  life must go on. This 

is my extension for sure.

Always Learning

My procedure on Tuesday was a success though 

I may have  to go in for another  some day.

They were able to get the bad cells in the  area

intended, however,  they found another area

with possible bad cells. My heart is  beating 

now normal most of the time and that is good.

What I learned is we must live with today's success

and leave the rest until tomorrow.  Otherwords 

there is another  day to fight. Amen!

This is the day

In several  hours  I will be heading

to the hospital  for my catheter

ablation procedure. 

When done we hope my heart will

be ticking normal. In the ablation 

procedure  they put the catheter 

up my groin. I have a scar on one

end of the heart so they head towards 

it from  the  other side killing off

as many bad cells causing my heart 

to skip. Hopefully  they will  get them 

all.

May you be blessed and have your 

thoughts with me and anyone else

going through surgery. Amen!

Walking the Right Road

Most of us have made wrong choices

and  took  the  wrong  road.

There are  many  wrong  roads to choose 

from  and only  one  right one.

The right road has love, peace and joy.

The other  ones look  good  to travel 

as well,  however,  they end up  being 

destructive. 

We must do is follow  the  right road 

regardless  how the other ones look

to  go on.

One of our purposes  maybe to help

others to  be  sure to  ride on the on

the right road. 

Wow the Sun

Right after Christmas we had snow

and rain came for the 2022.

Now we have some sun along with

no rain for at least three days.

I look forward to February when 

it doesn't rain as much.  We can 

scream "hallelujah ".

Enjoy Sunday and the continue 

of 2022.

Friday Night Out

I have to  admit I  don't  get out 

much on a Friday night; at least 

with friends.

It was  really nice to go out with 

brothers and sisters  from church. 

We started the evening with a special 

service to  begin the new year. During 

the week beginning on Monday the 

church was called to a fast. How much

of a fast was up to  the individual or

family. 

I fasted from fish and chicken except

for one day. I had water,  juice, veggies 

and fruit. I  began the  day with yogurt.

I had a small lunch including veggies.

I had a very small dinner or none at all.

It felt refreshing. My medical  condition 

I felt I couldn't do more on the fast. I

ended up losing six pounds in five days.

My thought is to continue by eating no

 or little chicken. I  have  issues with my

stomach and I  think chicken might be

the problem.  I will see if that is the key.

I am  sure losing six pounds in  five days 

regularly isn't a good idea though once in a

while it is. Adding fish back in is healthy 

and I lose two or three pounds a week until 

I reach my goal of weight loss is good. In 

total I have  lost 22 pounds so I am halfway 

to my goal.  I  may lose additional weight 

depending on how I feel and  look. If I do

go further  in weight loss I will go 10 pounds

at a time. After that will be to maintain at

that weight. 

I hope to have opportunity to go out more

on Friday nights with friends. This to is

healthy.😊😊

Overcoming Distractions

We always have distractions that 

can get in our way from fulfilling 

our purpose. The  key is what do 

we do about  it. 

Many distractions  are not  our fault 

but what can we do to  overcome 

them.

1. Press on  no matter what. 

2.  Not let them discourage us.

3. Realize they are there to  make 

    us stronger.

4. Never give up 

You have anymore add to the list

Please do

Going Places

I don't know about you; I am looking 

forward to places I have  never been

before  in 2022.

Don't  you  agree it is a good  idea.  

Look forward to making  plans and

actually  doing  them. Amen!

A Misfortune

On Tuesday  I  ended up sliding and 

falling on ice. This was after a week 

of snow on the ground. The  snow

was gone replaced by  ice.

I was careful but slipped anyway.

I went had x-ray done. I have a

sprained shoulder. It hurts a lot

and I wearing a sling. I have to 

put on a pack of ice three times 

a day until stops hurting.  I take

Tylenol as well.

I am trying to  keep a positive 

attitude while I recover. More 

snow  expected Wednesday 

evening. Having rest as well.

We must all do the best we can

no matter the circumstances 

come our way.  Amen!

Clearing Our Minds

Once in a  while  it is a good idea we

clear our minds. 

Take an evening off from watching TV, 

 videos, and social media.  If you can

do it all day  even better.

Find something else you haven't done

in a while or relax for the evening. 

Missing a  meal  may be a good idea 

as well. Amen!

Good Holiday

Now for many time back to work. 

A good  holiday season I expect.

Now to resume relationships with 

co-workers and customers depend 

on your job.

May your purpose be better in 2022.

May your health and hope be the 

same.  Amen!

A good start

I hope you had a good start to 2022.

Here in Western Washington still 

cold outside. Expect to  warm up

Sunday.

I  enjoy the snow but I have had 

enough of the cold wind.

May peacce and Joy be in your heart. 

AMEN!

Welcome 2022

We always greet today as Happy New Years

I wish you all the best in 2022

All our plans and purposes work out.

May God bless you well.

Pray for those who are sick.

Amen!