My Love For You by Timothy Gerald Franklin Lawrence

My love for You
is bigger
than a shoe
The End

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Look after yourself...without health
you are of no use to anyone.

If I owned this company,
would I hire someone like me?


THREE Angels!

THREE Angels!
Angela, Ash & Janelle

Ab's ( REALLY GOOD) Joke of the WEEK!

A great example of Flawless Male logic
This is a conversation between a husband and his wife. Please note that she asks five or six questions which he answered quite simply; but, then she is speechless after answering only one question.

Woman: Do you drink beer?
Man: Yes.

Woman: How many beers a day?
Man: Usually about three.

Woman: How much do you pay per beer?
Man: $5.00 which includes a tip (this is where it gets scary!).

Woman: And how long have you been drinking?
Man: About 20 years, I suppose.

Woman: So a beer costs $5 and you have three beers a day which puts your spending each month at $450. In one year, that would be approximately $5400, correct?
Man: Sounds Correct.

Woman: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, over the past 20 years puts your spending at about $108,000, correct?
Man: Again, sounds about right.

Woman: Do you know that if you didn’t drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought an airplane?
Man: Could be true. Do you drink beer?

Woman: No.
Man: Where is your airplane?

for Kenneth Mayo

Hope AND SWIM !

When I fall into an ocean, I know with certainty


That I am wet and startled will at once be plain to me


But will I sink or will I swim...to the depths or to the shore?


Perhaps a log will come drifting by, or a boat out on a tour?


I could hope as I was sinking, but I’d still drop to the floor


And hoping would I be, for logs and tour boats evermore


So I think I’ll set my sights on land and give my legs a kick


And stroke though I am weary, my decision will I stick


While Hope sustains the helpless whose outlook is often dim


Hope also fuels the Faithful, giving Strength to those who swim


So even if I falter against this fearsome tide of health


The shores of my fulfillment rise beneath me in my stealth


I’m hopeful for the strength and the courage not to give in


I thank the Lord for Faith and my resolve to hope AND swim!


My prayers and God’s Blessings be with you my friend!

Timothy Lawrence

Abraham Stainer Esq.

Abraham Stainer Esq.
a.k.a. "Ab"

Tinker-Timmy & Friends

Tinker-Timmy & Friends
Jan'l. Angeela, Ash and Ab

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

One Liners #78


Morning Friend,

It being too hot and beautiful this morning for anything mind-sappingly deep or energetically earth-shattering, I thought I’d simply share some simple truths that I may one day expound upon but for today will simply throw out like pebbles rippling the serene surface of your Monday mind.

You don’t live to be 5 ( years sober) without picking up a nugget of knowledge, a thought worth remembering or some smarts or two along the way.

In no particular order of triviality and neither sobering nor drunk-inducing, I have come to realize the following:

- When you tell the truth, you have less to remember.

- Cheap Dollar Store batteries and lighters do not last and are virtually worthless at any price.

- Productivity in “Union shops” suffers due to a lack of incentive.

- You never truly know someone until you live with them.

- A sense of humor trumps good looks in the game of romance.

- Sometimes it is better to remain silent and be thought ignorant, than to speak up and remove all doubt.

- Prolonged negative emotional energy can be physiologically self-destructive.

- An hour’s cat nap can be more restful than an 8 hour toss-o-rama.

- It’s far easier to stay in shape than to get in shape.

- A sprinkle of salt with the grounds makes better tasting drip coffee.

- Cake recipes are not chemical formulas; a 1/4 teaspoon of this or that either way is unnoticeable.

- Just about every smoker wishes they weren’t.

- Most plans, promises and vows made while drunk are never kept.

- Music adds productivity to any workplace.

- If your Mother wouldn’t approve of it, it’s probably not the best idea you ever had.

- God watches over drunks and small children.

- Trust is like a credit rating; once lost, extremely difficult to regain.

- You are as young as your dreams and as old as your fears.

- The girls do not look “prettier at closing time”; the pretty ones have in fact left by then.

- Hearing and listening are two different things.

- Sliced green tomatoes fried in butter, salt and pepper until nearly black are delicious.

- Follow the “Serenity Prayer” and you will not only have more energy than you realized, you will likely live longer.

- It is better to have loved a short woman than never to have loved a tall.

- Measure thrice, cut once.

- One “look at what I am doing” is worth a thousand “look at what I’m going to do’s”.

- Violence is the last resort of the ignorant.

- Learn to play the accordion and you will never go hungry.

- True love, is bigger than a shoe.

- Good poetry doesn’t have to rhyme; Great poetry often does.

- If nothing else, sobriety is cheaper.

- You cannot over-water tomato plants in well drained pots.

- The 1,463’rd “I’m sorry” is a meaningless part of a drunk’s vocabulary.

- Kindness will slay a grump every time.

- As distasteful and/or incomprehensible the concept of God might be to some, there are those like myself who whose lives are owed to it.

- One of the greatest distinguishing features of the human brain is the ability to filter out negativity while creating an impenetrably healing aura and comforting mind-state of our own choosing...out of thin air.

- Air is free.

love tImMy:/

Laugh as much as you breathe...
Love as long as you live ( exemplarily )

Life Stories

Life Stories by Tim Lawrence

The end of life…is not!

It is the end of a Chapter in a Grand, Spiritual, Novel !

These chapters called “life”, are enriching, engrossing
narratives of one’s earthly adventures.

In them, are an abundance of supporting characters and
supplementary plot elements, often curiously overlapping
and mysteriously intertwining.

Their length and depth varies from person to person;
from protagonist to protagonist.

Some people who have “died” in chapters ended many years
ago, are still quite “alive” today!

Their SPIRIT; their influence, their charisma, their wisdom,
their character, their enthusiasm, their joy, their ESSENCE....
continues to fill the “life pages” of all they’ve touched.

Their frail and finite physical chapter is ended, but the richness
of their story flourishes, and enhances God’s Novel!

Like timeless passages, indelibly marked in our hearts and
memories, to be re-read and forever treasured….
their lives never truly “end”!

When through God’s Mercy, the earthly narrative of someone
we love, ends….their life does not!

And for that, we are truly blessed!

* Dedicated with gratitude and love to the enduring Spirit of all who transcend fear and inspire faith by truly living God’s gift of life to the fullest!! T.L.