Tax The Billionaires?

Don't!
I think Bill Gates does more good with his wealth than the folks in Washington would do with it.

In fact...people almost always do more good with their own money than the government does when it taxes it away from them.

More Successful?

I'm doing a Spoon River for an acting class.
The teacher told us to imagine what question we are answering.
I thought that the question might be...
"WHY HAVEN'T YOU ACHIEVED MORE?"

my son observed that a good answer to such a question would be...
"WHY ARE YOU AN ASSHOLE?"

Strength From Weakness

"My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, I will rather glory in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may dwell in me." 2 Cor. 12:9

One of my resolutions for 2015 is HUMILITY. Like all these good words...the meaning is vast and yet very simple.

Most of our trouble and pain and suffering is the result of selfishness. In the sense of putting our attention on ourselves.
Most of our joy and happiness comes when we put our attention on something else...a cute baby...a glorious sunset...a delicious meal...a smile....
Humility is when we forget ourselves with the understanding that we are weak and not in control of the cosmos. When we look and see how wonderful the world is...a world we did little to create.
When we are grateful for what we have been given...not resentful about something we want.

And the miracle is that as we approach a state of humility...a power will come in that helps us to do good deeds.

So remember what power is and strength and weakness and sufficiency and gladness and forget yourself and your selfishness and be glad in this day that THE LORD has made.

hot stuff

not really

Big Lie Continues

Can you believe anything our government says?

EBOLA

I am not worried about it. But our big CDC guy has kept saying things that turn out not to be true
That is sort of pitiful

So, we have a guy with Ebola, he sort of snuck in. He gets treated in Texas and dies.
But now TWO health care workers who took care of him are testing positive for the virus.

OK
WE were told it is not a problem here for us because our procedures are so good.  yeah....
So our guys underestimate the risk
and the consequences are not good

we just don't know what will happen and we can't trust our experts

WOW
what a revelation
YOU CAN'T TRUST EXPERTS!!!!

RIDDLE

what's black and blue and cannot be touched?

answer below.....
























the sky

Earned Wisdom

Don’t be selfish. Take care of the people around you. Be fair.  Be kind. Don’t envy. Don’t be in a hurry. Accept the gifts that you are offered. Don’t insist on change. Let the world be what it is.