Thoughts To Be Explored

This blog came about in the 'one thing leads to another' sort of way; sometimes called happenstance, a circumstance that just seemed to happen. As did my other blog, called "mmritesblog" on blogspot, which came about as a result of second daughter telling first daughter about her blog. One thing led to another. It is easy to see, there was no previously well thought out plan for either blog. Advance preparation for any task is a good thing. But then, how much pre-planning can you do at age 83?

Once again, I'm doing the 'stick your toe in the water and see what happens' thing.

This second blog came about as I asked myself what else I might do in blogging, and an idea began to emerge. Thoughts began tumbling about in my mind, much like the goodies emerging from a broken pinata. I'm jotting then down, and we will see how they develop, as I have the time and energy to do so. We will just have to see where this road leads as we travel along it. I might list a topic from time to time, then expand on it later. For instance:

Motto
My motto [or at least, one of them] is: "If you can't do what you want, do what you can."

This brings to mind a newspaper column I read as a young adult. Having thought of it, now I will have to look up the name of the Catholic priest who wrote it, and the name of the organization with which he was associated. Their motto, or philosophy was, "It is better to light one little candle, than to curse the darkness."

The organization was "The Christophers," founded by Father James Kellar. I remembered the name of the organization, and looked it up. I am not yet certain if the founder was also the writer of the column I mentioned, but he may have been.

More later.

Followers

Welcome Followers. There isn't much here yet, but you can truly say, you are following the right thing! That should make a person feel good.

Prayer

The above prayer in the Introduction is part of the belief and philosophy that has been developed in the progression of my thinking, feeling, and spiritual self during my lifetime. That, of course, is not my only prayer. I pray for family, friends, people I know and people I don’t know. I pray for a person’s salvation, for someone’s health concern, for the grievous loss of a loved one; for someone who seems to have lost their way; for a personal need when someone has lost employment, or other problem, and doesn’t know how they will be able to take care of their family.

There are many reasons to pray. There are many times we ask for God's blessings upon someone or for an endeavor, and times when we utter the simple, but heartfelt prayer, "Thank you, Lord." I pray for guidance in my own life, and strength to do what I must. Sometimes I may feel that I just don’t know how to pray in a particular situation. But, however I pray, and for whomever I pray, God always knows what the right thing is, even if I don’t.