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 Are You There, John Lennon?
 

If anyone comes looking for me, tell them I have gone in search of myself and if they should find me before I return, please ask them to give me a call and tell me where I am.

That is the epitome of the 60s. Most of us couldn't have found ourselves, even with a spot light and a spy glass. How do you find something when you don't even know what you are looking for? I guess you just drop down and dream...the way Lennon did.

Imagine!

Only in Heaven can a world exist where we will all live in perfect peace and harmony, and our search for complete happiness will have ended.

Imagine, all the people here on earth, living only for today, doing what they want. Not giving a thought to tomorrow nor what could develop because of some action they might take. No morals. No sense of right or wrong, just living for the moment and instant gratification. No belief in God nor fear of punishment for the bad things they do.

For every action there is a reaction.

Whether we like it or not, we are responsible for the actions of others, if only by our own actions. We have each been given the power to make others smile, cry, get angry, feel sad, feel happy, etc. Imagine a world where it matters not what others feel as long as our own desires are satisfied. Imagine ten people who wanted the same thing...of which there was only one...and none of them were willing to share. Only one could win and the other nine people would need to be disposed of. Only the strongest would survive.

Where are we if today is all there is? I have seen bad times, and yet they have passed. I have seen good times, and they too have passed away and gone. Nothing lasts forever except the hope that things will be perfect someday.

It's vitally important to have a belief in a Higher Power than our own. It is important to have an After-Life to look toward. Otherwise, how many of us would ask ourselves...Is this all there is...and decide to end it all because our lives aren't going the way we want them to go, or because we are just plain tired of pushing onward day after day. What are we without that hope?

I feel that John had the right idea, just the wrong concept. I think he was a dreamer...yes. I think what he was really searching for was Heaven, but he was looking for it here on earth, and in this life. And in a world full of humanity with all its flaws, this can never be.

I think he was Imagining the way things will someday be... The way God has promised us it will be...

Yes John, there is a Heaven...and I pray you are there now.

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 Silly for No Reason
 

For no reason at all I find that I am in a rather silly mood tonight. So I would like to share a poem that I wrote while staring into space and thinking about absolutely nothing... I call it

Jack and Jill Revisited

Jill and Jack went up the tracks

to fetch a jug of moonshine

He fell in a crack

and wrenched his back

so Jill just left him lying...

on the track...

with broken back...

Poor Jack.

 

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 THE THINGS WE SAY WITH SILENCE
 

Words with no forethought can land like a blow
and bruise with the force of a stone.
They can fracture a heart or batter a soul
and cut a man straight to the bone.

We must never allow our remarks to be sharp
but strive to keep them tender and sweet,
lest tomorrow we find ourselves sorry,
when we learn that our words we must eat.

We must be careful with words that we speak,
reveal only what should be repeated,
and develop the grace to say nothing at all,
when our opinion is really not needed.

A morsel of gossip from a thoughtless tongue
could cause someone's future to shatter;
tho a moment of silence would have been worth
more than an hour of idle chatter.






Copyright © Leeuna Foster 1991

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 Insurance or Insanity...American Dream or Nightmare
 

We work hard all our lives and suddenly at or around middle age we step back and survey our assets and liabilities. What do we find?

Some of us find that we have spent far more money and time in preparing for...and covering, the unexpected, than we have spent on actual reality.

Most of us have had health insurance since we were children. This was to insure our parents that, should we become ill or die, they would be able to afford our medical expenses or funeral expenses, or heaven forbid, both of these.

Most of us became liscensed drivers at age sixteen or so. We then needed auto insurance coverage. This was to insure that if we drove the family car through our neighbor's swimming pool, our parents would not end up penniless, due to replacement of said swimming pool, car, and the whiplash the neighbors could suffer, when running outside to see what the crash was all about. (yes, this could happen, whiplash...tongue lash, eye lash, back lash...you can be sued for all kinds of 'lashes'...)

Then came the time when we went to work for ourselves. We needed the insurance provided by our employer. Usually a group insurance plan where the weekly premiums ate up a large percent of our paychecks each year. We also opted for the short term disability coverage, in the event that we became disabled and could not work. This would assure us that our paychecks would continue until we could return to our J.O.B.S.

Ahhh, then we met our significant other and decided to get married, purchace a nice house and three cars and have the traditonal 2.5 children, and begin living the American Dream. It was now OUR turn to plan for the possible accidents, illnesses and losses for our own family. And the cycle continued...

Now in our middle age, we wonder if the American Dream is really that...or is it the American Nightmare. A catastrophic nightmare of worring about what 'might' happen. A nightmare of suspicion, dread, preparing for the worst, expecting misfortune...

Is it any wonder that eighty-seven percent of today's working people are suffering from depression and other anxiety related illnesses? I'm just thankful that my current health plan includes prescription drug coverage... otherwise, I couldn't afford the cost of my Prozac!

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 Is it any wonder that Good Pets Go Bad!!!
 

 

 

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