Pull up a chair! Have a little laugh – It’s on us, friend!
As clearly and thoroughly elaborated in THIS ARTICLE, I require an EXCESSIVE amount of time this holiday season skiing and soaking in a hot tub.
However, given that some of you in the fifty-three countries1 who read this drivel (no-STUFF!) can barely function without my constant wisdom flooding your inbox, I will be posting some of our Christmas/ New Year’s letters from past years here to help you through this season with adequate wisdom and insight to complete the bare minimum of your holiday activities.
But I don’t think that kind of attitude is a very Christian response! We are supposed to forgive those who wrong us! Wait – Let me find the right Bible passage to support my cause.
Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.
I am right. And what’s the big deal about posting embarrassing stuff about them on the internet, anyway? I mean, just because there are 5 billion people online, it’s not like everyone is going to read it ALL! People are so sensitive and get easily offended nowadays!
Since that post, my friends and family have been looking for the notebook where they wrote the embarrassing and stupid things that I said last year, but I lost it.
Or – I mean, THEY lost it.
Whatever.
Well, I think I’ll publish a few more silly things they said because we all should learn to have a bit thicker skin in life!
Here’s another bible verse that also, coincidentally, supports my cause!
We’re all learning and growing together, in love and good will, which is what matters most anyway!
May you be blessed with many fruitful and supportive relationships in this year, too!
You’re welcome!
Good luck!
On Appreciating The Important Things In Life
I heard one family member loudly yelling, while he was still a long way off:
He said: “NATURE IS . . .”
There was a long pause as he searched for a an exact word to express his strong emotion –
“. . . STUPID!!!”
(This happened the day the mice chewed through the rubber bottom of our garage door, the bear destroyed the new apple tree we planted that year, and he opened the barbeque to discover a rat looking sweetly up at him.)
On Learning New Things
We’re all learning new languages on Duolingo
A family member shouted one day: “Hey, I can understand everything!”
He thinks momentarily and then clarifies, “But I can’t say much.”
He thinks a bit longer and then says: “No, wait. I can’t understand anything really, yet either.”
Restoring Life 