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Offline TwoPockets

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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2018, 03:44:33 PM »
Beer and BBQ make me happy. If I were to move to Colorado I might could find something else to add to the mix.
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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2018, 03:49:32 PM »
Whenever I get to feeling "low", it's usually because I've started complaining about things...and I don't have much to complain about.

In times like that, I have to remember to be thankful. In every situation, I choose a response, whether positive or negative. That response will affect my attitude for the rest of the day.  Many times I make the wrong choice and it drags me down.  I can reverse it when I pause and gives thanks for the good things that have happened to me. A friend of mine calls it "an attitude of gratitude".
I really enjoy cooking - indoors and outdoors. I have a number of grills to use and more gadgets than I remember.  I remember a time when I was couldn't buy a bag of charcoal.  I am thankful.
A bag of charcoal split open one time and I really went off  about it.  It wasn't a thing - I had it all cleaned up in minutes, but my response caused me to become so upset that I decided not to cook that day.  If I had shrugged it off and thought about how much fun I was was going to have cooking, I would have been much happier.
I believe God has been good to me in so many ways, and probably most through the experience of cooking.  I think of the good food we enjoy, of course. But the greatest gift He has given me through the grill has been some mighty good friends - friends I would never have met if I weren't cooking.  I believe it was God who gave Deb the idea to give me a grill for Christmas 10 or 12 Years ago.  He used that one grill to light a fire in me to learn how to cook better.  Throughout the learning process He has brought folks like you alongside to help me and to encourage me when I'm down.
I don't believe in "chance" or "luck", but believe most things happen for a reason.  This whole "grillin' thing" has been one of the best things for me because of the people I've met and folks like y'all who I know from a distance.
When I retired, cooking and talking about it afterwards has helped to fill a void from leaving the marketplace. I had no idea it would be such a blessing.
You know, I've talked myself into a pretty happy place.
Reminds me of a song that begins, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow..."
I hope you find your happy place today.
You're a blessing...

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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2018, 03:59:18 PM »
Whenever I get to feeling "low", it's usually because I've started complaining about things...and I don't have much to complain about.

In times like that, I have to remember to be thankful. In every situation, I choose a response, whether positive or negative. That response will affect my attitude for the rest of the day.  Many times I make the wrong choice and it drags me down.  I can reverse it when I pause and gives thanks for the good things that have happened to me. A friend of mine calls it "an attitude of gratitude".
I really enjoy cooking - indoors and outdoors. I have a number of grills to use and more gadgets than I remember.  I remember a time when I was couldn't buy a bag of charcoal.  I am thankful.
A bag of charcoal split open one time and I really went off  about it.  It wasn't a thing - I had it all cleaned up in minutes, but my response caused me to become so upset that I decided not to cook that day.  If I had shrugged it off and thought about how much fun I was was going to have cooking, I would have been much happier.
I believe God has been good to me in so many ways, and probably most through the experience of cooking.  I think of the good food we enjoy, of course. But the greatest gift He has given me through the grill has been some mighty good friends - friends I would never have met if I weren't cooking.  I believe it was God who gave Deb the idea to give me a grill for Christmas 10 or 12 Years ago.  He used that one grill to light a fire in me to learn how to cook better.  Throughout the learning process He has brought folks like you alongside to help me and to encourage me when I'm down.
I don't believe in "chance" or "luck", but believe most things happen for a reason.  This whole "grillin' thing" has been one of the best things for me because of the people I've met and folks like y'all who I know from a distance.
When I retired, cooking and talking about it afterwards has helped to fill a void from leaving the marketplace. I had no idea it would be such a blessing.
You know, I've talked myself into a pretty happy place.
Reminds me of a song that begins, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow..."
I hope you find your happy place today.
You're a blessing...

Words to live by folks.....

What Tee said!
Ken

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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2018, 05:15:03 PM »
Beer and BBQ make me happy. If I were to move to Colorado I might could find something else to add to the mix.

.......or you can have Sparky over for a visit....:)  :)   

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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2018, 05:55:24 PM »
Beer and BBQ make me happy. If I were to move to Colorado I might could find something else to add to the mix.

.......or you can have Sparky over for a visit....:)  :)

Come on over Sparky. I am just an old late 60's hippy. But according to my Dr. my brain cells are still in tip top shape. Of course I no longer indulge in anything that is illegal. I am an upstanding pillar of the community. :)
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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2018, 08:01:10 PM »
I guess most of us are a bunch of old hippies round here

time for a song!!!!!

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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #20 on: January 21, 2018, 12:33:17 PM »
Not Tee he predated hippies as a beatnicks

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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2018, 04:12:30 PM »
I was an "old hippie" back in the 60"s and 70"s. Now I am just an OLD hippie. .
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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2018, 04:16:51 PM »
I guess most of us are a bunch of old hippies round here

time for a song!!!!!


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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2018, 06:54:13 PM »
Smoke old hippies, I remember those days. 1st grade in the 50's , high school in the 60's, college in the 70's. Was a wild time the riots everywhere.

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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2018, 07:27:46 PM »
I was high school in the 70's.......I missed the turmoil of the 60's..............
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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2018, 07:48:06 PM »
Sept 69 tried to join the national guard, got inducted June 1970. My unit got activated for two riots in 1972, that year was about the end of all that craziness. Guess I'm  one of the old guys here.

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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2018, 08:52:10 PM »
Guess I'm  one of the old guys here.

If you're under 70 you're still a puppy.

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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2018, 09:00:10 PM »
I was an "old hippie" back in the 60"s and 70"s. Now I am just an OLD hippie. .

(...uh...Ken: Not surprised...you hair gave it away..... :D :D :D


Not Tee he predated hippies as a beatnicks


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Re: Happy Place
« Reply #28 on: February 06, 2018, 11:08:18 PM »
Damn 66 and being called young like it