Tales From The Treestump

I was sent a link to YouTube about people getting a second chance in life after making terrible mistakes at an early age. Its interesting to see that many prisoners have been forgotten even though that may have not been intentional. There have been many good people to make a bad decision that cost a lifetime of woes for them and all in their lives. I am glad someone is showing concern over guys that need a second chance. I believe that everyone deserves an opportunity to prove their worth even if they've made bad decisions...especially if was in their youth. Where would many of us be now had not someone along the way decided we needed a chance to change? We are all members of this country, and world,that has been undergoing tremendous suffering, and finally, tremendous change. We all know people close to us,and even see strangers on a daily basis, who have experienced some extreme circumstances in this strange time. It takes just a moment to pass along a smile,a positive word,

When I was a lot younger I had a good friend that could not see the light for anything in the world. I tried and tried until we both were fed up with each other, and I had to accept the fact that he was not going to listen to me.. I was a lot younger and I was involved in a lot of different things. As the time went by and I had to grow up and learn how to live my own life my thoughts would return to him and I would wonder if he would be able to move in a more positive direction? Low and behold I decided to make an effort to contact him and find out what he was doing. The answer ended bringing me to tears! This friend had listened to me when I was always on him about changing even though I couldn't tell at the time! He had made a successful business and was living a really good life. I was moved to an emotional place that I had never been to caused by my ignorance of my own value to the people in my life. It was great to see that he was not going down the path he had been on for t

Today has been a day of earnest reflection on the way we can do better in our interactions with each other in our daily lives. I want to believe in the good of all men,but reality tends to agree with the words of the good book that no man is good, that we have all gone astray? But that shouldn't be the way we see each other because we are commanded to love one another-and yhat is just plain hard to do! Surely there must be a good idea out there for making interactions better amidst the chaos that has taken over people lives in the past few years! I am inclined to believe that it will take a few good men and women who have not allowed themselves to be bitter and angry at the hands dealt to us but understand we make the best of what seems to be a bad situation. People need to see hard work in action and understand that it is the only way to achieve any amount of success in the future. I take my hat off to all of the people who don't want to quit! You start something,you finis

I want to start the day with a great good morning to all mothers! And hello to all of you who love mothers! I lost mine a few years ago but it doesn't make today less important for you! I want all of us to seriously think about how important it is to let Mom know how special she is to everyday of your life! She brought you into the world and has worried over you ever since! So carry mom something special, spend special time with her today and just admit she's the best part of our lives! And as we plan for our tomorrow stop today and accept the truth that its not always promised to any of us and tell mom how much you love her! And that is a truth from the treestump!

 I made an experimentin trying some new writing apps today hoping to find the right one for an easier experience particularly for this blog. Not a lot of luck in finding one that will let me use an offline app to sync to my blog account. But hey it's the fun of childhood all over again! It's kinda like wanting to carve a boat from a giant chunk of styrofoam when you down at the lake on summer break with your cousins (my grandparents and a set of uncle, aunt and cousins lived next door to each other on lakefront property ). Or like trying to hunt for water moccasin with the same cousins and ending up getting our butts tore up for our youngest cousin being attacked by yellow jackets in the process . Maybe trying out the apps was my adult version of carving out a styrofoam boat. We never did get it right so they gave us an old v hulled aluminum boat with a lil one and half horse power Johnson motor we had to wind the rope around the pulley to crank. It was about as fun as the old

 There are times in everyman's life when you decide that you must be a man and then you remember the lessons learned from the men in life while growing up! We ask did my dad and granddad deal with life like this? Did they face the same issues, with just different names and faces? Did music of their generations help to shape their world views? Did the news of the time make them seek better livelihoods, or to call out to God in middle age crisis?! Its time for men to be men and lead by example! I won't say be exemplary in all you do cause then we'd be hypocritical up on the pedestal looking down on images of our younger selves! But I will say its time to deal with reality and quit looking for some magick formula that fixes everything while sitting around worrying and really doing nothing! Time heals all wounds so there's no reason to keep sitting around worrying.  And that is a tale from the tree stump!