daily life as life goes on . . .

You have to laugh at the weather.  Whether you want to or not!

Yesterday we had a Mother’s day Zoom call.  Basically Alberta and Saskatchewan residents. 

Part way through the visit, one mentioned that it was snowing outside.  Another spoke of hail.  Others of us watched the sun shine brightly.

And that is shared experiences in our day and age.  Used to be we would all try to crowd around a table – now we crowd around a screen.  Used to be we would share the same air, now we share the same pixels.  Used to be a day to catch the latest cold or share our health, now we share . . . 

I have lived with the thought of “even if” for some time.  That is the idea that as life comes, consider the worst case scenario.  From the worst case, decide to do the right thing with hope and joy.

This is a good guiding principle for life.  This is what I call an antidote to the “what if” syndrome.  What if starts first from fear – no matter if the circumstance is good or bad – you can always find something worse!

I’d like to turn the “WHAT IF”  scenario on its head today.  What if, in examining life’s current offerings, we were to tithe ourselves to consider at least a 10% better day today.

What would that tithe look like for you today?

Decades after my birth, I did the google thing!

What does Ron mean/derive from?  I have known the idea that mighty power/warrior comes from a Scandinavian/Norse background.  The idea of being a leader/king.

Today’s surprise?  Some sites associate the name Ron with Hebrew – meaning “song of Joy”, “singing”. 

That seems to fit!

The “greatest generation” (I love the labels we now have for people – even adding an “alpha” generation when we needed a new name after we used up “generation Z”).  To be in the greatest generation you need to be 94 and older. 

In a province with over 1 million people, I hear the statistic from StatsCan is as follows:  there are 4,005 people still living (less than the population of Kindersley, where I live).  I happen to know a few of them.  They live, presently, here in this town and around the province. 

As you might guess, they are dying off – fulfilling that one statistic that we can’t get around – physical death! 

Not a bad time to consider connecting with a greatest generation person – before it is too late!