LIFE!? How has yours progressed?

[CalG]

I can look back and say definitively that the single-most important thing that has allowed me to enjoy my life, has been my financial security. And it didn't happen by accident. It was a culmination of mature decisions, brought from the teachings of my dad.

[snip]

I can look back and say definitively that the single most important thing that has allowed me to enjoy life, has been my..... TRUST in my Creator.

And I am not a religious person, Attend no church, practice no religion.

I didn't get myself INTO this life, I'm not getting myself OUT. Why would I feel that it is ME in control between those two most significant events? ;-)

Isn't life just the GREATEST GIFT!

 

[Dawg in Fl]

I appreciate almost anything and everything, "just glad to be alive".

Grattitude is everything!

With an attitude of gratitude, you can accomplish great things.

 

[masseyrider]

With an attitude of gratitude, you can accomplish great things.

I'm thankful for all the s e x I get.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Back in the 90's, I got away from God. Not intentionally. My TBN-style pastor turned out to be really disappointing (a pattern), and I left my church, thinking I would find another one quickly. I didn't, and eventually, I was barely praying at all. This, not leaving the church, was what did me in. Leaving the church was helpful.

Later, I found myself in grad school. I was deep in ****** sin. They put me on drugs because of attention problems. The drugs drove me around the bend. Most miserable time of my life. When I prayed, I felt like I was inside a cistern made of brass, and the prayers were bouncing off the ceiling. It was like God had blocked my calls, and I suppose he had.

I burned out and quit grad school, and I went to law school because it was much easier and law paid well.

After law school, I started to get closer to God, but I didn't want to become a fanatic. I thought it would cut me off from humanity and ruin my social life; I didn't realize those things were benefits. I thought I would become a Baptist or something and give up on the fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit.

I had a lot of problems after that, but it wasn't like the 90's.

In around 2007, I decided to be a fanatic again. Started praying in tongues all the time. Repented instead of just treating church like a washing machine. Asked for deliverance and correction.

I got into two successive prosperity churches, and the pastors ended up treating me like John Dillinger because I told people tithing and giving prosperity offerings didn't work and were not required. I left one church, and the next one drove me out.

After that, God made me wealthy even though I didn't work, and now I have a wonderful wife, a great home, a county full of warm, loving red Christians, and a magnificent baby son who brings me joy over and over every day. I hear from God constantly, and he keeps correcting and improving me.

Becoming a fanatic made it all happen.

It turned out tithing and giving prosperity offerings cursed my finances. That was interesting. Not tithing was connected to my success.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Wow. I can't refer to reproduction here. Oops, I meant repro*****on.

The new censors have the Victorians beat by a mile.

 

[EddieWalker]

I have been meaning to post this for a while but I was spurred on by a comment Eddie made in the Barn with Lean to post on Monday. He said, "But now that I'm 60 years old, I've sort of lost interest in traveling and really prefer to spend my time on the farm, working on projects and making everything nicer."
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Thank you.

I've pretty much been to and done all my Bucket List things. I come up with more, but they don't have a priority like they used to. My biggest challenge every day is leaving the farm. It would become very easy to become a hermit and just have everything delivered!!!!

Since buying the land my goals for it have changed multiple times. Same thing when I built my house. Seems like it takes me three times to build what I really want. Now my long term goal is to fence in my land with the best fence possible, and remove all the trees that might damage it. I want my pastures to be thick and lush. We've totally flipped the house around by making the original front door our back yard and I'm in the process right now of building a new porch where the back door used to be. The kitchen will be moved to the other side of the house and my workshop will become our new family room. It's a long term remodel that keeps me busy, which is what I enjoy.

The idea of going away for any amount of time makes me feel uncomfortable. Something has changed, and it's probably for the better. I don't spend money on things that have nothing to do with the farm. Nothing gives me more satisfaction than seeing things get done!!!

 

[EddieWalker]

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It was always fun visiting with you and Betty when you were here. This is another great picture of her with Oscar!!!