Have you ever wondered why just the right thing, be it a person who cares, a Biblical passage, a TV program, or even a cough drop wrapper can offer you a message - one that raises your level of positivity and negates your fears?
Ron was scheduled to preach, and because of his Parkinson's Disease was concerned that exhaustion would hit him while he was standing at the pulpit, or his speech would trip him up. Tiredness is so very common with PD and when exhausted, depression kicks in easily.
He reached into his pocket for a cough drop, and as he unwrapped it, he noticed that on the Hall's wrapper, there was some writing. He looked closer and found the words: "You can do it and you know it." Funny, the origin of a "shot in the arm," but the question is, was Hall's really the originator of the encouragement, or was Hall's used to pass on a message from Ron's Dad - our Heavenly Dad?
What do you think?
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Be Sure of Where You're Going
Be Sure of Where You’re Going!
This story is really an adjunct to our article in this newsletter. It’s about our trip to 3 ABN on June 7th – the day before we filmed the interview about Heart Connection.
We arrived at the St. Louis airport at 1:30 pm and headed for the Rental Cars and the car that would take us to our destination. “Do you have an idea where Franklin, Illinois is?” Ron asked the car attendant. “Yes Sir, I do, he replied and after advising directions, sent us on our way. We knew we had about a two and one half hour drive there from the St. Louis airport.
Our trip was lovely. We chatted about the lovely scenery along the way, the many fields of corn growing at various stages of development, and that we must be going a different way than we had last time, because we didn’t recognize things along the way. Oh well, it was just enjoyable being together and having an “adventure.”
Arriving in Franklin, we began looking for familiar landmarks to direct us to 3 ABN, but couldn’t find any. Rather than feeling frustrated, we decided to ask a garage mechanic.
“Never heard of it,” he replied.
“That’s strange. It’s a huge complex,” Ron remarked. “It’s an international Television Station – lots of acreage.”
“Not familiar to me, but let’s look in the phonebook,” the mechanic offered.
M.m.m. not there either. “Let me call my son and have him look on his computer,” the kindly man suggested.
Moments later, the phone rang and the son said that he’d looked up 3 ABN and the facility was located in Frankfort, Illinois. Franklin, Frankfort. Well they sounded alike, but we soon found out that they weren’t nearly the same place. We discovered how precise one has to be when it comes to destinations!
A two and a half hour ride back to St. Louis and a two and a half hour ride in the opposite direction from where we had gone, and by 9 pm we were at our little guest room at 3 ABN.
Are you sure of your destination? And are you sure how to get there. Is your map helping you on your Journey, or are you looking to the wrong advice.
Remember, LIFE IS A JOURNEY, and only you have the map. EXCEL!
Read the full article in the soon-coming June Newsletter. Don’t get the newsletter?
Go to www.fixablelife.com and subscribe. It’s FREE!
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This story is really an adjunct to our article in this newsletter. It’s about our trip to 3 ABN on June 7th – the day before we filmed the interview about Heart Connection.
We arrived at the St. Louis airport at 1:30 pm and headed for the Rental Cars and the car that would take us to our destination. “Do you have an idea where Franklin, Illinois is?” Ron asked the car attendant. “Yes Sir, I do, he replied and after advising directions, sent us on our way. We knew we had about a two and one half hour drive there from the St. Louis airport.
Our trip was lovely. We chatted about the lovely scenery along the way, the many fields of corn growing at various stages of development, and that we must be going a different way than we had last time, because we didn’t recognize things along the way. Oh well, it was just enjoyable being together and having an “adventure.”
Arriving in Franklin, we began looking for familiar landmarks to direct us to 3 ABN, but couldn’t find any. Rather than feeling frustrated, we decided to ask a garage mechanic.
“Never heard of it,” he replied.
“That’s strange. It’s a huge complex,” Ron remarked. “It’s an international Television Station – lots of acreage.”
“Not familiar to me, but let’s look in the phonebook,” the mechanic offered.
M.m.m. not there either. “Let me call my son and have him look on his computer,” the kindly man suggested.
Moments later, the phone rang and the son said that he’d looked up 3 ABN and the facility was located in Frankfort, Illinois. Franklin, Frankfort. Well they sounded alike, but we soon found out that they weren’t nearly the same place. We discovered how precise one has to be when it comes to destinations!
A two and a half hour ride back to St. Louis and a two and a half hour ride in the opposite direction from where we had gone, and by 9 pm we were at our little guest room at 3 ABN.
Are you sure of your destination? And are you sure how to get there. Is your map helping you on your Journey, or are you looking to the wrong advice.
Remember, LIFE IS A JOURNEY, and only you have the map. EXCEL!
Read the full article in the soon-coming June Newsletter. Don’t get the newsletter?
Go to www.fixablelife.com and subscribe. It’s FREE!
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Heavy Learnin'
Today we are doing something that I personally have resisted for a long time. We are learning Facebook.
Our wonderful friend and assistant, Audrey, flew here to NM to teach us, and while I was thrilled to have her with us for a few days, I HONESTLY dreaded having to sit with the computer on my lap, feeling its heat and the heat in my brain as I would struggle to learn a modern way to connect. After all, I am a great-grandma!
Amazing how what we picture as our future creates our feelings today! So as I awakened with a headache this morning, knowing that I would have to fix breakfast and then try to get my head around something I didn't care to see, but knew I HAD to, I was not a happy camper!
So breakfast done, shower taken, I sat in my chair awaiting the dreaded lessons. But . . .
What to my wondering eyes should appear, a teacher who was able to allay all my fear!
OK, so now I've been "at it" for nearly four hours, and I'm having a blast! So much so that I just asked Ron how he planned to eat if I was going to be the Facebook Person.
"Easy," he said, "You have two hands! One for Facebook and one for cooking!"
This can be addictive! Anyone with this concern?
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Our wonderful friend and assistant, Audrey, flew here to NM to teach us, and while I was thrilled to have her with us for a few days, I HONESTLY dreaded having to sit with the computer on my lap, feeling its heat and the heat in my brain as I would struggle to learn a modern way to connect. After all, I am a great-grandma!
Amazing how what we picture as our future creates our feelings today! So as I awakened with a headache this morning, knowing that I would have to fix breakfast and then try to get my head around something I didn't care to see, but knew I HAD to, I was not a happy camper!
So breakfast done, shower taken, I sat in my chair awaiting the dreaded lessons. But . . .
What to my wondering eyes should appear, a teacher who was able to allay all my fear!
OK, so now I've been "at it" for nearly four hours, and I'm having a blast! So much so that I just asked Ron how he planned to eat if I was going to be the Facebook Person.
"Easy," he said, "You have two hands! One for Facebook and one for cooking!"
This can be addictive! Anyone with this concern?
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