“Don’t cry because it’s over,
be happy because it happened”
Dr. Seuss
Acts of Kindness by Peggy
Bob Burridge
Interchangeable
Legume by Peggy
“The associations were limited to tree-nut intake and were not significant for consumption of peanuts or peanut butter,” said Fadelu. “The biologic mechanism is unknown but is likely related to the effect of nuts on insulin resistance.”
*Temidayo Fadelu, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
A young woman went to her mother and complained about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In the first pot she placed a potato, in the second she placed an egg, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil. She didn’t say one word.
In twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished out the potato and placed it in a bowl. She pulled the egg out and placed it in a bowl. She ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked “Tell me what you see?” “A potato, an egg, and coffee,” the daughter answered.
Her mother asked her to feel the potato. She did and noted that it was soft. Her mother said to break the egg. She did and peeled off the shell and observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked her daughter to sip the coffee. She did and smiled as she tasted its rich aroma and flavor. The daughter asked “what does all this mean, Mom?”
Her mother explained that each object had faced the same adversity, boiling water. Each reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. After being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile with a thin outer shell that protected its liquid interior. After sitting in boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were different, they changed the water. “Which are you?” she asked her daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?”
When experiencing ‘adversity’:
I admit to “doing other substances“ but was too afraid of LSD having seen people take “bad trips”. But NOW I’m willing to give LSD a try, the Steve Chandler* way:
(jw)
*Steve Chandler, author of – “Reinventing Yourself” and “Fearless.”
― Omar Khayyám, The Ruba’iyat of Omar Khayyam
Woofer, Meowie, Squeakie, Grunter and Tweeter – Night on the Town by Peggy & judy
Looking back, Moving forward by Peggy
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– Rachel Carson.
Eyed! by Peggy
a judy collage
Photo by Betty Rawlings
PA & JW
Meowie Fly’n High by Peggy
Fan-Tail by Peggy
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren, one of the few to win
an Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe award
Photo by Betty Rawlings