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My Wish



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My wish,
For you,
Is that this life
Becomes
All that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big,
And your worries stay small,
You never need to carry
More than you can hold,
And while you’re out there
Getting where you’re getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you,
And wants the same things too,
Yeah, this,
Is my wish.

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On This Day In:
2019	My Thoughts About The X-mas Turkey…
2018	Merry X-mas – 2018
2017	Focus On Christmas — 2017
2016	Merry X-mas – 2016
2015	Merry X-mas – 2015
2014	Merry X-mas – 2014
2013	Merry X-mas – 2013
2012	Merry Christmas – 2012
2011	I Have Seen



Focus on where you are instead of where you wish you were. The joy will follow.

― John Bingham
From his book: “No Need for Speed: A Beginner’s Guide to the Joy of Running“

[Focus on family, friends and the moment… Joy will follow. Merry Christmas to all… !! — KMAB]

[The image was “borrowed” from one of the comments I’ve rec’d from a fellow blogger. Please visit his site if you have a few minutes: http://pacificparatrooper.wordpress.com/ — KMAB]

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On This Day In:
2016	Merry X-mas – 2016
2015	Merry X-mas – 2015
2014	Merry X-mas – 2014
2013	Merry X-mas – 2013
2012	Merry Christmas – 2012
2011	I Have Seen



You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments that stand out, the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.

— Henry Drummond

[Merry Christmas to all… !! — KMAB]

[The image was “borrowed” from one of the comments I’ve rec’d from a fellow blogger. Please visit his site if you have a few minutes: http://pacificparatrooper.wordpress.com/ — KMAB

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On This Day In:
2015	Merry X-mas – 2015
2014	Merry X-mas – 2014
2013	Merry X-mas – 2013
2012	Merry Christmas – 2012
2011	I Have Seen

Words can mean that I want to make you into a friend and silence can mean that I accept your already being one.

— Hugh Prather


[Singing “Silent Night” while praying for peace on Earth and especially in the Middle East…

Merry Christmas to all… !!

— KMAB]

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On This Day In:
2014	Merry X-mas – 2014
2013	Merry X-mas – 2013
2012	Merry Christmas – 2012
2011	I Have Seen

The foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called, but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise: and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are.

— Madeleine L’Engle
From her novel: “A Wrinkle In Time“

[And a prophet was born in a manger, preaching peace and to care for one another…

Merry Christmas to all… !!

— KMAB]

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On This Day In:
2013	Merry X-mas – 2013
2012	Merry Christmas – 2012
2011	I Have Seen

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

— Albert Einstein

[This quote was originally found on one of the blogs I follow, maintained by Deodatta Shenai-Khatkhate: Deo Volente at: (http://dshenai.wordpress.com/)

The actual post is: http://dshenai.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/insightful-inspirational-quotes-about-life/

Thanks, Deo! — KMAB]

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On This Day In:
2012	Merry Christmas – 2012
2011	I Have Seen

What I am trying to do is to discover why God included humans in the Universe.

— R. Buckminster Fuller
From: “Critical Path” (1981)

[I’m still trying to figure this out too. In the meantime, good will to all mankind!! Merry Christmas, everyone! — KMAB]

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Before I forget (and you have to read too far), I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and Saturday is the big day itself…

Today I had my 1,000th workout at the gym we have at the office. It’s taken a little over 5 years and six weeks. By my count, I’ve missed 15 days in that time. Seven because the gym folks failed to show up to open the door and the other eight were on me (mostly an odd day where I just couldn’t face it). I’m not including weekends (when I’ve had over-time) or sick days, vacation days, etc. I’m also not counting the days where I walked, jogged, or otherwise got a workout at home or somewhere other than the gym at work. If I was in the office, I went to the gym, too.

Shortly after I began at the gym (in Nov 2005), I had an “incident” and had to go to the emergency room. They shaved my chest in anticipation of zapping me to restore a normal heartbeat. In the end, the doctors were able to restore a normal heart rhythm with an IV, so they didn’t have to go all PG&E on me. It only takes a single experience like that focus your attention on what has to happen to stay alive. So, now I’m on drugs for this, and pills for that, and every workday – I’m there at the gym.

Every day I get to see my kids and hold / kiss my wife, it’s an extra day to enjoy the wind, rain, sun, a roof over my head and a relatively full belly – all the graces of God.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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