Punctuation

  I'm me, I used to be him, but I'm not the one you met before. That was the slogan above the door of Wisdom-quest, which was my first blog going back to the Google plus days, G+ was a social site for nerds, Google canned it. I always liked the opening line, I had forgotten it, but it has been nagging at the edges lately, and so there you have it. The line was a good example of circular reasoning in the comedy side. It is sort of like circular reasoning and spin class in one. Compensated reality, it comes in many forms. Don't ask me because I don't know what it means, it came to mind so I typed it, thought it might even get a chuckle? The question mark denotes doubt as to whether the line is funny. 

  Punctuation: Now there is a topic for a Monday morning. Consider the dot we call a period. It means complete stop, end of sentence but not the end of the subject at hand. Then of course there are comas as I just used and they denote a pause in thought, a time of transition to the continuance of the sentence. If my remembrance from elementary English is wrong, that the mark that denotes the joining of two words is called? I was going to say hyphen, but wrong punctuation mark. An example of the wrongly named hyphen is with the word haven't, which is the two words, have not, as one. Another word on comas. They are great a place to draw a breath if reading a speech aloud. Then of course there is the always exiting exclamation points, they denote emphasis and of importance of the last sentence or word to the writer. Of course if we were to go on using punctuation and their meaning a comedy bit I could hear coming from George Carlin, who was a linguist of the funniest order. Did you know that without at least an element of truth there is nothing funny about any joke? But the placement of exclamation points may not transfer from writer to reader so easily. One man's excitement could be another man's dread. When I started this piece my intent was to write a comedy using punctuation as the basis for the comedic piece. Linguistics and humor go well together as our friend George knew well. Linguistics can be hilarious. But then my intention went to a dire matter, far more important than me playing with language, and that is, Education! We who can read can laugh at things like this, but the disturbing fact is that the majority of kids in this country from grade school to college are reading at levels far blow other cultures. 

  America please. Imagine the most powerful scene you can conjure up in your mind, and commit that to as deep a thought as your mind allows, but also consider the following, This November at election time, add one more urgently important subject, that being education. Yes finance, and yes about all the regulars, but add to your concern the education of our children, their children and so on. Bumper sticker moment: Our children are our future!!    

My Fellow Americans

   How has it come to this? How was the left's plan to divide us so affective, they almost got us, but like cockroaches, now that they have been exposed, they come out publicly and say terrible things, no longer hiding but some how emboldened, while we sit politely by. But now that the pendulum has begun to come to rest at center, and some over swing is bound to happen. So as the pendulum swings back it causes the gong hammer to strike the heavy bell and the deep and heavy bell sounded out a warning throughout the land. 

  The sound is so profound that not a one can say they have not heard it. Now is the time, we must act like good citizens. But we must do more than recognize it, we must heed it's call and protect it. No matter born here or naturalized, citizens of the United States of America, without violence, the time of realization is at hand. Some of you whether for financial gain, or your misguided ego, now is the call, raise up your voices as a mighty shout! Raise up your voice as one people united by the freedom we enjoy. United as one voice, stop whining about racism and other so called things you think you've earned. Fool! Are you deaf and blind? Let's keep it simple, look at your tv anytime of day. Dr. Martin Luther's Dream has been realized and everyone knows it. If you just watch commercials, most all of the commercials that blast at us selling whatever, the actors are more minorities as actors. It is a fact that there are more black and minority people by far, and supposedly, white people are still the majority. Hey? Should I get mad at that?

  No, I've lived long enough that the pendulum always swings back. The trick is to hold it at center, but on all reversed swings there is always an over swing, an over correction, but eventually it will center only if at rest in the middle. The physics are correct, it's the mood of the nation which force the pendulum, and cause the nation too far left or too far right, center is always the stated goal. But it is impossible to hold the bell hammer from sounding. Because we don't control it, He does. 

One final thought and I thought it might might sum up the above perfectly and this sentence earned it's right to stand alone,  My Latin is a bit rusty, but it is this country's crede: E Pluribus Unum. from many, One   

   

Focus

  Three times I made writing pad and pens ready, went about sitting semi comfortably, pen in hand I sat down ready to go and could not remember the title of the intended piece. So now what? Still I struggled to remember anything about either three. No notes, no quotes no story. Clearly what was needed was focus. I could not remember the ones from before, nor about what, and for that matter, why am I here now at the keyboard, why am I typing this? Best summed up with the word desire. But again, desire for what? The word came up and now it must be dealt with. Hopefully this will clear it up for all of us, including me. But perhaps I can explain it this way. I have had this Blog for a long time now, and I feel like however many of the readers there are, few or many, that I owed it to them? don't ask. 

  Also, lately I have been transmitting from atop the highest radio tower in Gotham City on X. So the plan was to use that as an immediate access, but only for 250 characters. Anything longer than that which needed better clarification, I'd do here at Blogspot.  So I'm really not ready, and this was spare of the moment, as I knew another post from here was about do. At any rate I'm here now shooting from the hip just pecking away at the thoughts as they come. Focus? As far as the Desire aspect of things, that is much too deep a subject psychologically to deal with now. But Focus? that we can do. I won't trouble you with the dictionary explanation, but I will tell you that being able to focus is extremely important. 

  Here's a suggestion, Sort out the thoughts of your mind and coral them by immediacy and importance, Then calmly remove one thought out aside from the rest. Give this chosen thought your complete attention, and allow not even other thoughts not pertaining directly to the subject or the point at hand. Hey! Was this more than 250 characters? 

Common Morality

  What time is it really, how much of our future have we already spent? We move forward at this point in time, seen by most in the world (free), as the most respected and the most blessed of all nations. The only actual King, and Him before time began, is the triune nature of God. But we do not sanction kings here, in America, we recognize the citizenry as the head of the country. Hence the starting words, We the People, but this is not by accident. Obama once announced on world wide television that we are "not" a Christian nation. We won't mention his Christian cover, the right reverend Wrong, the bigoted fool who's hustle was the Pastor business. So rejoice and be happy as you live in what the world sees as the greatest country from all of history and unto now and forward hopefully with our eyes wide open. Our past is secure, most all of the important seats of our government have Holy Scripture chiseled into the granite head pieces at most all such places of honor. 

  Donald Trump whether through a financial lens or a political one.  Or, just  seeing beyond the personal gain, and realized the #Common good. That is the question isn't it? Why so glum chum, why not join the party? Not a political party you ninny, God's party! Donald Trump realized that the silent majority was the Christian community, they just needed to be awakened and reminded of their sworn Christian citizenship responsibilities. Thank God for our President who led us back from the edge of the abyss. We again are reestablishing our bases for a common morality and values, as being a place of trust and safety, a place built steady upon the immovable reality of truth. The now being current and our goals seem reachable, never think for a minute because we skirted the edge of the endless darkness that we are not still lost in the wilds of the forrest. 

  You see, most of you know nothing about spirituality. To understand things peering through the lens' of God's perspective you would instantly understand the matter fully. And, your decisions regarding whatever matter you were involved in will evolve naturally in time to His point of view and His rationale. We celebrate our 250th birthday soon, and that already makes us the lone survivor of being the longest lasting type of government and civilization in the history of the world. Congratulations to each and every one of us! Enjoy it while it lasts, because if this country, like ancient Israel, continually refuses the God who is the center of all, They, we, shall come to know the wrath side of God. A side that no one would clearly choose. Jesus remains, the truth the way and the life. Sort of an exclusive club: Family Only.   

Spiritual Even

   Let me tell you about the three of us, me myself and and I, we think of ourselves as three in one, everything is about us, or, we worry and fret on how such and such will affect me? A prisoner of eternal doubt always searching for attention. In actuality they boast about being an island to themselves, and so, they have become. But that island is a lonely island, an island onto yourselves. Actually you are a trio of ignorance. The limits of this earth allow them seeing themselves as complete within themselves. This is the mirrored image that Satan will plaster on your mirror each day, and for those who buy it, They will be a very sad and selfish group, but it is, who they will become. You who constantly lust for attention are a very sad group, wanna know why? Because self is a tyrant, and worse, self is never satisfied. 

  But hold onto that three complete as one theory, it isn't true of any self on earth. They all serve God, most don't know it, but even if they give credence to a cult of death, how does a civilized society handle that? We have to stop viewing the world as just something that goes on around us. We, the people who choose to follow Jesus, must lead the way. The way goes on forever and a day, yet some are happy with stops along the way, the way goes on forever, so forever forward we are called to trudge. Again, hold onto that three selves complete as one, because that is the truth you have been looking for. It isn't a religion that is missing, the Lord knows that mankind already has more of those than can be handled. Our Lord and God doesn't want our religion, for Him, it's not a religion at all, with Him it's personal, a relationship. It isn't difficult, in fact it is easy and thankfully, there is nothing you need do but acknowledge His existence, apologize for fending off His incredible love for so long. He does ask of us that we first examine ourselves, and admit openly about our short comings. After we have faced our true self honestly, and looked past our own reflection in the mirror, and look beyond it, past it, look to our deeper selves. When you find your true self even if what you see is not good, God loves all His children, and though He loves and that love is complete and forever true, He wants us all to acknowledge Him and you will come to love Him, because He first loved you. The very concept of human love came from Him, His plan for marriage with us, is for one man, and one woman to engage in Holy Matrimony and then to become what the bible calls a Three Strand Cord. A husband and wife joined together with Jesus at the center, and it is true that this cord may get frayed by the hardships you encounter together as one flesh together in three parts, it will not break.

  The point? If your trio of worship is self, your future is bleak and decided. We must bid our old selves good bye, No more half baked cornball notions, just come to Him as you would as you are. Make up your mind to seek Him in all things, He rejects none who give themselves to him. Fun fact, Did you know that God has more disdain for agnostics than for atheists. He says of such in Revelations that he would rather us be hot or cold than an agnostic. To those He says that, Because you are neither hot or cold but only luke warm, I will vomit you out of my mouth. It's true, Scriptural even.     

Entity

  Time is something that affects all of us, something always with us, and often times on our mind. If you were asked to explain time, what would you say? What would you say that time is in its purest sense? Time for us is best imagined when fragmented into portions of six. There are six seconds to a minute, 60 minutes to an hour, twenty four hours in an official day, so on and so forth. 

  Then of course there is micro time, when we break seconds into hundreds and thousandth sizes. Just those fractions of seconds separate winners from losers in racing. In scientific endeavors, time and movement are recorded in micro seconds and smaller. Time and speed are linked, there would be no way to measure speed without time. But before we go running off with accolades for our system of six, we must first acknowledge it as our base of six has served us well. 

  Such is the reality of time when bound to this earth, but what of time beyond the limitations of earth? Would our system of six work well out on the perimeters of space? How do you measure speed or time when outside those boundaries? 

 To answer that, you will have to consider an Entity outside of both time and space as we know it. Have you got that vision in mind, can you now fathom the depths of untold knowledge and wisdom with that Entity? That which you now see in understanding is our God, God, God the only God, God of God, very God, completely God. 

  Time He says, "There is no time without Me"!    

Parables and Metaphors,

   I call this fun with the dictionary. I pick two similar words and compare them to each other. Today being a Friday, let's go with two words used a lot lately in everyday speech. The two contestants are, Parable and Metaphor, what is the difference? And, in the form of a caveat, should you care? So we go first to our dictionary, and find the word Metaphor. Turns out that a metaphor can be a word or a short sentence, a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as if it were another. The word metaphor comes right before the word metaphysical and followed closely by metaphysics. The grouping ends with the next word after metaphysics, that being, Metastasis which is about cancer, so we'll close on that bummer. Next of course is our old friend Parable. 

  Though similar to a metaphor which is always a short reference, a Parable is a story. A short simple story teaching a moral lesson. Directly following our word parable is the word parabola, which has to do with math, (a curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to the side.) I find this fascinating, though I don't know why. Now if math is too much for you, not to worry, because the next word is parachute so you can always parachute your way out. After your feet are back firmly on the ground you can go and enjoy the Parade which is our next word. Next in alphabetical order is paradigm which is an example of a declination or conjugation, giving all inflections of the word. Last on our list of follow-up words to Parable. Quick note, Jesus spoke often in Parables. Last but certainly not least is the great word Paradise, Heaven, any place or state of great happiness.