Big Wave Dave’s “Spin of the Day” for Tuesday, April 11, 2017

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“After The Rain Has Fallen”

The palace guards are all sleeping
Their fires burn into the night
There’s a threat of rain on the dark horizon
And all that’s left is a quarter moon of light

He climbs up through the darkness
No weapon but his surprise
The greatest thief in the high Sahara
Enters the room where a sleeping princess lies

All your money, your pretty necklace
This is my work on such a night
There’s a storm coming over the mountain
I’ll be gone long before the morning

After the rain has fallen
After the tears have washed your eyes
You find that I’ve take nothing, that
Love can’t replace in the blink of an eye

He was as gentle as the night wind
As no lover had been before
And the rings she wore for her bride groom
Slipped from her fingers and fell to the floor

Take me with you, take me with you
Before my lonely life is set
I’ve been promised to another
To a man I’ve never even met

After the rain has fallen
After the tears have washed your eyes
You’ll find that I’ve take nothing, that
Love can’t replace in the blink of an eye
After the thunder’s spoken, and
After the lightning bolt’s been hurled
After the dream is broken, there’ll
Still be love in the world

She said take me to another life
Take me for a pirate’s wife
Take me where the wind blows
Take me where the red wine flows
Take me to the danger
Take me to the life of crime
Take me to the stars
Take me to the moon while we still have time

After the rain has fallen
After the tears have washed your eyes
You’ll find that I’ve taken nothing, that
Love can’t replace in the blink of an eye

After the thunder’s spoken, and
After the lightning bolt’s been hurled
After the dream is broken, there’ll
Still be love in the world
Still be love in the world

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#36 – Commitment….

#36 – COMMITMENT

“A TRUE COMMITMENT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HEART, MIND, BODY, AND SOUL. THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO MAKE ONE.”

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You may be walking into a commitment or contract you will later regret. This isn’t a good time to sign agreements or make any choice that would tie you up for a long period. If you’re in a relationship, you may not receive the commitment you desire. Don’t despair, for something much better awaits you. Now is also the time for agreements to be broken. Remember that “rejection is God’s protection.” What hurts you now leads to wisdom later.
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Making Choices – Shared reading

I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it.
  —Oscar Wilde

There are countless ways to take shortcuts in life or to grab for pleasures. We could cheat on our income taxes, excuse a food binge, or lie to a loved one about where we’ve been. We say, “It won’t hurt anyone!” “I wouldn’t do it if it weren’t for the other guy.” Or, “Everyone does it.” But if we are to like and respect ourselves, we need to live by the rules we believe in. Whether we get caught or not isn’t the point. We cannot hold values and then repeatedly justify breaking them.

What does it do to us if we constantly fudge on our values? It undermines our self-esteem and damages the faith we have in ourselves. We do not expect to be perfect, but we must be accountable. If we are honest with ourselves, we admit our wrongs and reestablish our self-respect.

Today, I will take care to make choices that match my values.

 

From Touchstones

Meditation and Prayer for the Day – April 11

Meditation for the Day

I must learn to accept self-discipline. I must try never to yield one point that I have already won. I must not let myself go in resentments, hates, fears, pride, lust, or gossip. Even if the discipline keeps me separated from some people who are without discipline, nevertheless I will carry on. I may have different ways and a different standard of living than some others. I may be actuated by different motives than some people. But I will try to live the way I believe God wants me to live, no matter what others say.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may be an example to others of a better way of living. I pray that I may carry on in spite of hindrances.

 

From Twenty-Four Hours a Day

#30 – Trust the Flow….

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#30- THE CHESS QUEEN

TRUST, STRATEGIZING

CHALLENGER

When the Chess Queen arrives to challenge you, it simply means that you’re living too much in your head: planning, scheming, and strategizing what your future will look like and how and when it will unfold. Remember the saying Man plans and God laughs? You cannot know the power and beauty that is meant for you until you let go and ask for Divine guidance. The laws of cause and effect apply here. Don’t dictate what you want, as your wants may be not in your highest good. Ask instead for the miracles set aside for you and you alone. What does Spirit want for you? Perhaps it’s time to let go and turn your life over to the care of a Higher Power. You can never lose when Spirit plays the game of life on your behalf.

Another job in the works…

I recently was contacted by our city’s minor league baseball team, the Hickory Crawdads.  It would seem that a good friend had given them my name as a possible back-up PA announcer for games.  They wanted to know if I would be interested in filling in for the regular announcer on selected games.

As I usually do, I told them I would think about it and get back to them about whether or not I would be interested.  After thinking about it over the weekend, I decided to accept their offer.

I will shadow the regular PA announcer this upcoming Thursday and then do my first games on Saturday evening….turns out it’s a double header that night.  I did have to secure a copy of my social security card from the school system to get the paperwork filled out properly and that took a bit of doing.

The person I spoke with didn’t realize this would be my second stint as the Crawdad’s PA announcer.  When the team first moved to Hickory I had tried out for the job and although I didn’t get the position, I did get hired as a back-up.  I also would help with scoreboard operations and keeping score.

So yet another part-time job has come my way….I’m excited about working as a PA announcer again, a job that I was introduced to forty-one years ago when I worked for the local recreation department as a scorekeeper/announcer…..Round and round the circle of life goes.

David Lee