Celebrate Your Life

Mr. Dickie acting silly while celebrating his 75th birthday

If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.
(Barbara Johnson in 100 Days Of Prayer For Women, p. 203)

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I got a good workout yesterday.  I spent most of the afternoon working in the flower garden along the back fence.  I finished the project to clear out the wild raspberries and other weeds.  I didn't see any poison ivy this time.  I filled two garbage cans with debris, including one piece of pear tree root from the Bradford pear tree we took out several years ago.  Each time I find another piece of rotting root I think I've got the last one. The last project in this garden area is to set 13 red scalloped concrete blocks along the edge. The digging for this project is already done. We recently bought a straight edged shovel.  I wonder why I didn't make that purchase 30 years ago.  Interesting how having the right tool for the job makes things easier.

Dick Henthorn

19 September 2013

Acceptance

Thanks to everyone who helped me celebrate my 75th birthday by posting messages on Facebook, sending cards, posting Email and taking the time to call me.

Acceptance is the ability to deal with reality, in both heart and mind. When we accept the way things are, we stop fighting for what cannot be and become content with what is.
(Cloud & Townsend, God Will Make A Way, p. 176)
8 May 2014

75th Birthday

Thank You for the year just ahead

For the hope it holds

For the promise it proclaims

For the expectation of greater things

For the anticipation of what lies in the distance

For the opportunities You'll give me to bless others and for others blessing me

For 365 unseen days overflowing with Your grace.

(Jonathan Dukes in Prayers For Every Need, p. 237)

7 May 2014