Sometimes things appear too late. Take life seriously, but not to the extent of not forgiving yourself. We can start over ...and try to do things better. But sometimes it's better to repair what we already have, especially if starting over means discarding all those around us whom we find as intolerable as others perhaps find us. And don't forget, most things that explode, don't merely hit the target, but shrapnel flies about, injuring many others.

I grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Some people think that people there live back in time. Though untrue, I would say that to a certain extent, that may be a good thing. I think our Founding Fathers put more thought into many things than we do. And to be honest, I believe we've moved beyond the point of where we may have been able to fix it. But I'm not going to go backwards in time ...I'm merely going to try to blog backwards, in an attempt to create just one more convenience in your life. Though, to be honest with you, my goal is not to bring total peace and comfort to you!

There are people in this world who suffer from poverty, yet there are amazing testimonies given by those who have the least ...or near nothing.

But most of what we call poor, is not poor at all ...when we say we are hungry, we are not really that hungry at all; we complain we have nothing to wear, yet we are not naked; and we claim that God does not care, yet do we care to seek Him?

This is a quote from a Bohemian-Austrian poet, named Rainer Maria Rilke: "If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty."

There are people who have done wrong, but now have been brought down to one of the lowest levels of emotional despondency, as others say they just got what they deserved. But if you've had a good upbringing, would you wish them anything less? Would you say they deserved that violent life they perhaps have had?

There are people I've worked with in prison who have repented of what they've done ...and every day they read their Bibles, and try to place their lives in more proper perspective.