One Thing

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 I’ve been hung up lately on my Spirituality and these being the Last Days before the New Beginning.  While this might be true, life is bigger than all that.  I’m still focused on my Spirituality and all I’ve said, but that isn’t where I want to focus my time and energy.  You might say I’m branching out a bit realizing the times we live in today speak for themselves.  Anyone who believes as I do already knows.

So, I’m more focused on the present.  What does today tell me?  Stay focused on friends and family.  I’ve learned a lot in the past few days while being on Facebook.  It’s still new to me and I just have two family members as friends.  But I’m looking at the various posts thinking there are so many interests out there on so many things and my world has been much too small.  In a way, I’ve liked that it has been but my needs go beyond the immediate.

Today is college football Saturday and I have my two games I have decided to watch.  Football is the only sport that distracts me from my Spirituality and I could spend a lot of time listening to analyses throughout the week.  But even then I’ve decided to limit what I watch.  

I’m finding Facebook entraining.  But as I said I’m going slowly with it, instead working on my profile to make sure I get it right this time.  I’m avoiding all references to my past no further back than November of 1993.  That is when Spiritually God gave me birth to a new life.  I want to make that birth central to all the defines me apart from family which always comes first.  I did join a pipe smokers’ group yesterday, which will be about pipe smoking and nothing else.

My pipes are my hobby and they are secondary to my Spirituality and family.  I focus on family first.  I’ve learned a lot the first time around and there are missteps that I don’t want to make again.  So, these are my thoughts this morning as I get ready for some college football today.  I’m smoking my Boswell pipe this morning with my own special blend.  My coffee this morning is Stumptown Holler Mountain.  I believe it is my favorite coffee next to Metaphysical coffee, which might be just a tad better.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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