Thought For The Day

Quote #1

“Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free.” (Shannon L. Alder)

Quote #2

“Dedication is writing your name on the bottom of a blank sheet of paper and handing it to God for God to fill in.” (Rick Benner)

Quote #3

“God does not want you to try harder, He wants you to trust Him deeper. Stop trying. Start trusting. This will change everything, in you.” (Unknown)

Bonus Quote

“If God wants a thing to succeed – you can’t mess it up. If God wants a thing to fail – you can’t save it. Rest and just do your best to remain faithful.” (Unknown)

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson

Have You Ever Had That Feeling Inside Like Something Bad Is About To Happen?

Have you ever had that feeling inside like something bad, possibly even really bad, is about to happen? I’ve been having that very feeling a lot lately and I can’t seem to shake it no matter what I do.

I’m not sure whether it has to do with our country being so completely divided right now and hearing constant talks of civil wars and states seceding, or whether it’s knowing that guns have been selling out everywhere and the fact that many I know who’ve never owned a gun and been anti-gun now own several or more, or whether it’s related to these COVID vaccines that have been so completely rushed to approval that it doesn’t seem like they’ve had enough time to get fully tested to know their true impact upon the masses, or whether it’s connected to the countless abnormal weather patterns that have been happening and all the oddities I’ve observed in how nature is responding to them, or dare I even say this last one, could it be related to the growing reports of possible sightings of UFO’s that even seem to be making our headline news now, along with all those strange monoliths appearing in random places across the globe? 2020 really has been such an exceptionally unexplainable year, so who knows, maybe why I’m feeling this impending sense of doom is related to all of this or maybe it’s related to something else altogether. Frankly, I don’t know.

What I do know is that I don’t feel any sense of peace or normalcy in life anymore and I also feel like everyone is acting out of sorts, doing out of sorts type behaviors that don’t make any bit of sense to me. And given how I’ve always been a person extremely capable of understanding people and why they act certain ways, I find myself second guessing why anyone is acting the way they are now.

Truth be told, I just feel generally afraid of our future now and what it holds for all of us and I really don’t want to be. I feel like I should have a greater sense of faith in my Higher Power currently, but I’m definitely feeling like I’m falling quite short in that department lately. Prior to this pandemic though, I most assuredly didn’t feel that way, but here I am, ten months later, feeling like I’m living in an alternate reality, like somehow, I was transferred into a multiverse, to say Earth-2 for example. Of course, I’m joking about the multiverse part, but really, I feel completely at odds with our present reality.

Having spent the better part of a decade accepting incredible physical limitations due to health conditions out of my control, what’s been happening in 2020 seems like icing on a cake that doesn’t taste good at all. Sometimes lately, I even wonder if we’re suddenly going to see a headline hit our airwaves that says a huge asteroid is hurtling towards the earth, i.e. Deep Impact or Armageddon! I know, I know, maybe I’ve just watched too many doomsday movies over the years that filled my mind with plenty of post-apocalyptic visions, or maybe the absurdness of 2020 has simply got to me to too much and made them all appear far too real in the sense that anything crazy could happen now.

I most assuredly don’t know though what the future holds for my health, for our country, or for our planet, and although I wish I did, I know the only thing I can do in the midst of feeling like this, like something bad is about to happen, is trust that God has it all under control. Ultimately, that’s what’s kept me going for the past decade as I’ve suffered from one painful ailment after another with no end in sight. So, I guess it is time to totally apply that to this fearful feeling of our imminent future and trust that the same Source that’s guided me safely thus far, will continue to guide me safely through whatever else is meant to happen.

Peace, love, light and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson

Silly Joke Friday

Silly Joke #1

A married couple went to the hospital together to have their baby delivered. Upon their arrival, the doctor said he had invented a new machine that would transfer a portion of the mother’s labor pain to the father of the baby. He asked if they were willing to try it out. They were both very much in favor of it. The doctor set the knob to 10 percent for starters, explaining that even 10 percent was probably more pain than the father had ever experienced before. But as the labor progressed, the husband felt fine, so he asked the doctor to go ahead and bump it up a notch. The doctor then adjusted the machine to 20 percent pain transfer. The husband was still feeling fine. The doctor checked the husband’s blood pressure and pulse and was amazed at how well he was doing. At this, they decided to try for 50 percent. The husband continued to feel quite well. Since it was obviously helping out his wife considerably, he encouraged the doctor to transfer ALL the pain to him. The wife delivered a healthy baby with virtually no pain. She and her husband were ecstatic. When they got home, the mailman was dead on their porch.

Silly Joke #2

A woman who plays cards once a month with a group of friends was concerned that she always woke her husband when she came home around 11:30. One night she decided to try not to rouse him. So, she undressed in the living room and, purse over arm, tiptoed nude into the bedroom – only to find her husband sitting up in bed reading. “Darn it woman!” he exclaimed. “Did you lose everything?!”

Silly Joke #3

A blond went to a casino for the first time in her life and noticed a sign that said: “If you have a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER.” Shortly after that she began playing blackjack and quickly dialed the number. When they answered she asked, “I have an ace and a six. The dealer has a seven. What do I do?”

Bonus Silly Jokes!

John: It’s my wife’s birthday today and she’s been leaving jewelry catalogs all over the house.
Jerry: So what did you get her?
John: Well, she’ll be happy to know I got the hint because I got her a magazine rack!

Q: Why do Dasher and Dancer enjoy coffee so much?
A: Because they’re Santa’s star bucks!

On her way back from the concession stand, Sandra asked the man at the end of the row, “Sir, did I step on your foot a few minutes ago when I left to go get some food?” Expecting an apology, the man said, “Indeed you did!” Sandra nodded, “Oh, good. Then this is definitely my row then!” as she passed by him and sat down.

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson