Morning Friend,
Having awoken later than I'd planned on this dull gray Monday morn, I was momentarily seized by a bout of angst the likes of which I hadn't felt since my boozing days.
Back then, a quick "sick call" to work followed by an even quicker couple of beers and all was well in my world, temporarily anyway.
These days however, minor distractions like angst, uncertainty, despair, dread and pretty much the whole gamut of self-limiting variations of fear get a caffeine-fueled boot in the arse by a man with too many reasons to be happy today and no excuses not to be.
Scoff all you want about the simple pushups and situps and cycling I do everyday, but when you are physically in "shape", you avail your mind a massively powerful and infinitely reliable machine with which to conquer the day's challenges....with style and aplomb I might add.
( and you don't look so bad trolling the boardwalk either !? )
And it is thusly at the helm of my pumped, rippled and caffeinated machine of prime physicality that I take a gander through my mental closet for something to wear today.
Let's see now....deliriously ecstatic?....no, too bold for a Monday certainly.
How about moderately giddy?....no, I think I'll save giddy for later in the week.
Extravagantly joyful?....didn't I wear that one just last week?
Oh the choices in mental fashion can be downright kerfuffling can't they?
My closet of contentment is about big enough to house 10 jumbo jets as there are about as many degrees of happiness to choose from as there are stars in the sky.
The racks and racks of dark and miserable outfits that don't fit any more I tried to give away but who wants them?
Who wants to be miserable?
Talk about a fashion faux pas extraordinaire!?.....wearing grumpy with gorgeous!? angry with hearty!? despairing with dynamic? sarcastic with svelte?
Calvin Freud would have a cat-walk quaking verklemption!
And so with a view towards humility and gratefulness for the fashion sensibility that I have been bestowed, I'm going with a demure but functional moderately joyful outfit of happy to be alive and healthy today, ( with a few light-hearted, bordering on comedic accessories).
It is the CHOICE, and the freedom to do so my friend that makes all the difference in the outlook we wear.
A bad outlook stands out worse than a bad suit.
Whether your heart is on your sleeve or not, isn't the fact that its' beat resounds with your precious and all too fragile life, reason enough to put on "something nice"?
The real Fashion Police are the people you'll interact with today and whose lives you can enrich with your spiritual haut couture.
And happiness is always in vogue.
Love tImMy:/
Laugh as much as you breathe...
Love as long as you live (looking marvelous!)
My Love For You by Timothy Gerald Franklin Lawrence
My love for You
is bigger
than a shoe
The End
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Look after yourself...without health
you are of no use to anyone.
If I owned this company,
would I hire someone like me?
is bigger
than a shoe
The End
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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!
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.
a.k.a. "Ab"
Tinker-Timmy & Friends
Jan'l. Angeela, Ash and Ab
Monday, March 14, 2011
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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.
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.
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