I would have to say the Hoka tennis shoes I’m currently wearing are my favorites. I found out about them from my daughter and subsequently ordered a pair. Over the past year, I’ve put in over 1200 miles walking while wearing them. And who knows where they might take me in the future.
David Lee
February 19, 2024 – I’ve never been accused of being too tidy. While I can fault my ADD for my current level of (or lack thereof) organization, I’ve realized through the years it’s just a part of who I am. There seems to be some sort of method to my maddness, as today’s finds pointed out.
Today has been one of those days when I look for something and along the way, find other things I’d totally forgotten about. I have a talk that I’ll be presenting in a couple of weeks and have two items that I use during the talk. One is my first journal from twenty-two years ago and the other is a meaningful page from a phonebook during thes same period of time.
I had a rough (very rough) idea of where those two items might be. My first inspection came up empty and I came to the realization that I might have to give the talk without my props. Not wanting to give up, I started looking again and on that path, found several things totally unrelated. One was a pair of legal documents that I’ll need for an upcoming court date. I was going to have to email the documents to myself and then go to the local library to print them off. Luckily, I’d already printed them off much earlier and in my quest to find the items I was looking for, found them. So I’m saving myself a trip to the library and have all that ready to go.
While I was looking, I also came upon my first AA chips from my first year in sobriety. I had gathered them in a frame and given them to my parents after that first year. When my mother died a couple of years ago and my father sold our homeplace, I took the framed tokens back. When I came upon them today, I cleaned the frame up and placed the chips back in order. Now I’ll have an additional item to share during my talk.
I eventually did find the two items I was looking for. The journal was in the place I had previously inspected…I had just overlooked it because of its small size. In the process, I found another blank journal that I’d be able to use in the future.
The second item, the page from the phone book, was on top of the refrigerator. I very carefully slid it out from under several things and now have that ready to go for my talk as well.
So there’s something to be said for not being the most organized person in the world. While it takes me some time to find things, I also come upon other items that I had completely forgotten about. It’s not totally a bad thing. Just a part of me being me.
David Lee
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I’ve received many gifts over the years, but one of the best is one from my son this past Christmas. Due to his work schedule and other circumstances, the actual gift exchange didn’t occur until mid-January. He brought in a box with carefully wrapped contents. As I began to unwrap the first, it became apparent that he had put a lot of thought and energy into the gift.
A bit of a back story before I reveal the contents. I started collecting soda bottles when I was quite young. I had several shelves above my bed with the varied bottles in my collection. We often joked if there ever came an earthquake, I would be in great peril because of the glass bottles perched to the side of my bed.
Through the years, I had added many bottles to my collection, although they far exceeded being displayed on two small shelves. When I opened the first neatly wrapped bottle from my son, he began to tell the story of how he had obtained them.
While working one day as a police officer in a nearby town, an investigation led to a small creek. He explained how there was a bend in the creek that led to heavier objects being deposited there. That’s where he had found each of the bottles in the box that day. I loved his story as much as I liked the actual bottles.
The first bottle was a SunDrop bottle. It’s a local drink found mainly in the south. The painted label was worn a bit, but was still identifiable. The second bottle was a Nehi soda and once again, even though the label was worn, it was quite easy to tell what its contents had been.
The third bottle was actually a Mason jar. These were often used for home canning, although my son offered that it might have been used to hold homemade moonshine. Another bottle was lacking any sort of label, but with an investigation on social media, I found out it was a Fanta soda. Its contents were obvious to one collector because of the bottle’s distinctive shape.
The final bottle I unwrapped was by far the most exciting. It was a well-preserved Coca-Cola bottle with the distinctive logo embossed on the unpainted glass container. Making it even more special was the fact it was from Christmas of 1923, a special bottle they had produced at that time.
What made this gift be categorized as “the best” was the fact that my son had taken time out of his day to procure it. He had told the officer he was working with when he found the bottles exactly what he would be doing with them. It was the second time he had done this, the other bottles coming from assorted places. What made this one special was the story that he shared that went along with them.
I now have the bottles proudly displayed on a wooden display case and they mean the world to me.
David Lee
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Essential meanings: A need to see beyond the superficial; the desire to don a mask or dress something up to disguise its true nature; trying to be something you’re not; chasing after every sparkling new thing; being mercurial.
Protection message: This is a signal to walk away from what you’re contemplating. There is a thin veneer of glitter and sparkle that masks something rotten underneath. Pursuing it will only bring about a difficult situation you will be sorry you got yourself into. Stay away. Isn’t it wonderful how Spirit protects you? Better things await!
Today marks the fourth day of my sabbatical from all social media. I have found myself in a sense of ease about the hiatus and realize that it’s a good thing to take a break from time to time.
This is just a block of random writing and thoughts as I sit here on this Saturday afternoon. I’ve been fairly busy most of the day. I started with pet-sitting duties for my daughter, who is on a trip. I then went to the local coffee shop and had breakfast, coffee, and a conversation with a group of friends. I then decided to brave the chilly temperatures and take a walk. I walked a total of 3.5 miles in the downtown area of our city. I ran errands for both myself and my daughter while on my walk.
I then found myself once again hungry, so I went to a sub shop and had a roast beef and cheese sub. Afterwards, I came home and laid down for a bit to rest. I’m now in the process of doing some more laundry and of course, writing this blog.
Yesterday I was listening to a presentation by the late Wayne Dyer. In this talk, he referenced a book by Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich. I picked the book up and started reading it. I’ve made it through the first part of the second chapter and have found it to be quite interesting. Those things I’m gleaning from the book may be the topic for another blog.
What the rest of the day holds, I cannot say. There are plenty of things I need to do around the house. I likely will make a trip to Barnes and Noble at some point. We shall see what the rest of the day brings.
David Lee
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