Bottle brush, Japanese astilbe and barberry

Let all of us choose to listen and then spend a bit of time to give an answer that does not include anger. People who say angry things have a difficult time working out the righteousness of God…. give time for God to graft into your mind what you read in the Bible. This can save you.

James 1 : 19-21 ( Sandy’s understanding with bits left out.)

It is 10’C now and spring like. The sky is blue and the sun shining

Did you know that according to A .Watts “there are two kinds of people, the prickly and the gooey.” Prickly people are ready to take offence while gooey ones are extremely sentimental and emotionally effusive.

I think gooey suits my desert choice and the other the frozen prickly pears mum used to provide in the summer. They fermented really quickly if left out. I don’t believe you A .Watt. I think there are many people quite able to be a little of both in a good way. However, I do agree with this statement of yours: ” Religion is not a department in life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.”

Then there is this expression “last ditch attempt“. I found out that it was originally used by King William III of England in the late 17th Century. He called upon all Englishmen to “fight and die in the last ditch” to defend England. (from Grammar Monster). Here are some other words for last ditch effort:

last chance only hope

last resort last shot

fall back recourse

Here is a quote from Erik Pevernagie born 1939. He is a Belgian painter and writer living in Uccle. He was the son and pupil of the expressionist painter Louis Pevernagie (1904-1970)

If we are not willing to let go knotty and prickly issues in time, our mental frame can be wrecked before long. One must be prepared to get the problem off the back eventually ….

Life is a spread of surprises and it is both a privilege and a challenge to respond to things and events, and find the right answers to prickly questions. In this process, however, it might be wise to change our perception and our way of looking at things, before changing the very things and altering the hallmark.

Erik Pevernagie

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Sandy 🙂