I just evicted some unwelcome guests at the farm and I am damn glad I did. My friends know that our little farm nestled between three lakes between Brainerd and Cross Lake is eager to greet most guests. I love it when the birds and butterflies fly from their warmer winter climates to join us a the farm for the summer. And it is so good when people young and old show up at the farm. The days here in summer months are long and I end each day exhausted--that was true even when I was in good health. The right guests energize me, make me optimistic, and give me renewed help. And ost of you know we studiously avoid pesticides at the farm--except for spraying poison ivy. Poison ivy is really toxic to the bodies of some people. So? We spray to kill it. And the guests I expelled today? Well they are equally toxic not to the body, but to the mind. They have absolutely no respect for boundaries. Who were the unwelcome guests that got expelled? They were thoughts of needless worries, anger, hate, envy and “oh poor me“. They wanted to take up residence in my brain. I don’t know where those thoughts come from time to time. But occasionally they want to live and grow in my brain--rent free. Well I am not too smart, but I know at my age they are nothing but excess baggage on the road of life and I am both to old and tired to carry them on my daily journey. Expel them I did. Made me feel good. From my experience needless worries, anger, hate, and envy never do me any good. Those thoughts bring me down. I don’t need that. So today? If you have troubling thoughts of a negative nature, my suggestion is that you boot them out of your brain and replace them with good and positive thoughts filled with hope. Just the thought of an older guy who in his lifetime has fallen into more than a few potholes. Life will not always bring us what we want, but I don’t have the energy to dig the potholes deeper, so walk on with hope, I do--as I hope you are doing on this wonderful day. The very best to you.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:03:17 +0000
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