C.S. Lewis answers #FPQ Question

Prompts are always fun and inspiring, a challenge for sure, they make you think!

Two, not one of Fandango famous prompts are below:

Fandango’s flashback is always interesting and this one I posted a while ago; hopefully will make you smile if you read it to the end, that is! Here is the link —> Click

Now to his, Fandango Provocative Question from this week his blog; he asks! “Do you think, given everything that is going on in the world, that children born these days will have a worse or better life than their parents? Why do you feel that way?” I will attempt to answer this time through the words of C.S. Lewis and his famous quotes. Read together they result in good advice for all generations!

“Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.”—C.S. Lewis … “And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.”― C.S. Lewis

“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.” ― C.S. Lewis … (because) “God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.” ― C.S. Lewis

Something to think about!

The question today is: “When and where do you do your best thinking? Why is that?”

Mundane

Speaking for myself, it seems I am always thinking, from the time I awaken, my first thoughts are of my dreams; I usually say, where did that come from? The next thought would be, thinking of what I want to accomplish today!
Blogging is an everyday, something to think about, activity. I read, and ideas appear; either the prompts inspire me, or they don’t. When inspired, I say to my friends living in heaven, “please inspire me to write well what you want me to tell.”
I love reading profound things that inspire; mundane reading posts do not inspire me; who cares what you had for breakfast!

Man Plans, and God Laughs!

Question from #FPQ and it is related to his #FOWC prompt word “HELP” at least in my mind. Click here for more details.

Fandango asks! Hmmmm!

“Given the matter how much control we have over our own lives, my provocative question this week is…
Looking at your own situation, how much of your life is formed by things that are outside of your control versus things that are within your control? Please elaborate to the extent you feel comfortable.”

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I live according to this adage, “Man Plans, and God Laughs.” Not to say I don’t plan, I do. Every day while sipping my coffee, I talk to God, not a formal prayer, just talk. I plan my day and end it with, “according to your Will, not mine.” Sometimes I beg, knowing that He is in charge, and of course, I always (try) depend on His HELP!

So far, looking back on my life (soon to be 82). It has been about as good as it gets — with many complications and snags. The worse of my years was between 1969 – 1982. Those were the years I did not depend on God’s HELP! I even doubted the existence of God. Like so many other Catholics, I was led right out of the Church into a new modern way of thinking. (Novus Ordo=Vatican II)

I realize I am getting away from the provocative question, so back on track, I will end by saying I now know that nothing of my life is under my control, except my daily prayer for HELP! I learned the hard way when my dependence on God was on the back burner; everything was chaos. The horror of it was, I didn’t know how disordered my life was; I only knew I was not at peace.

Prayer will always OBVIATE despair.

Be Happy, Don’t Worry

Now you’re thinking easier said than done, right?

Fantango and his question got me thinking about my stress, and what I do about it!

Before I write about stress lets define it.
Stress can be defined as "any type of change that causes physical, emotional, or psychological strain. Stress is your body's response to anything that requires attention or action." 
My solution, and I mean solution, don't laugh until you try it!

The first step is to say a prayer and trust God. My husband, now deceased, would say, let's do it if there is something we could do. If there is nothing we can do, stop thinking about it and let God do it. 
 
Second, after you do the above, do this:

Calm Down and Get Your Zentangle On | Psychology Today AT this website for instructions

Below are a few of my stress relievers it really works and it is so easy anyone can do it, if you can doodle you can do this:   One thought take a child's coloring book and fill it in with doodles.  

Why I love my home! Fandango’s Provocative Question

The Question ANSWERED BELOW!

Why I love my home is because it represents my life.
When my husband and I married, we started with nothing.
Our first place was a basement apartment; my husband sat down and figured out a budget based on his salary; which we stayed on for many years. Finally came the day we purchased our first home.
As our family grew, we sold the first home, purchased a second home. He retired, we moved again to a rural area where my husband designed our last home.
This last home is where I am living presently, it has many stairs of which I love since I am blessed with Peripheral Neuropathy; climbing stairs is an exercise that keeps me walking.
I am reminded I wrote a poem about my condition, my first publication printed in a book about Invisible Illness. The poem was meant to be humorous but true. I will mention it; perhaps it may bring a smile to some reading here.

Neuropathy
Wobbly plus dizzy
Don’t appear to be sickly
You may think of me as tipsy
Unsteady me? I stumble and sway
You might even see me laughing some days
Catch me teeter-totter —spinning dancing away!
Where are my feet?
Walking down the street
Just a little bit offbeat!
But please, I can’t walk a straight line
Notice again how I look just fine
And No, I did not take that glass of wine.

Getting back to my home, I love it!
I love it because it reminds me of my husband who has passed away nine years ago. It was his design a great design, except for one point; I wish the metal roof was placed differently. So the snow when falling, will not fall just above the back door as it often does.
But nothing is ever perfect, is it?

Someone wants to know

I don’t usually agree with Fandango’s blog, but I love his Provocative question, story starters, and many other of his prompts. Thank you Fandango for the brainstormers!

Today he asks — What’s the best thing you’ve got going on in your life at the moment?

I am delighted that I have had the dreaded virus; my stay in the hospital was indeed an experience. The first question asked was, where did I get the Ivermectin without a prescription?  After my release from the hospital, I still had difficulty recovering; in desperation, I started to retake Ivermectin, although my papers from the hospital said to STOP, taking it! I only took it for three days while at home. Like a miracle, I started to feel like myself again, and now it has been over a month of feeling tip-top.

AllDayChemist, an online pharmacy without a prescription, has been a God sent to me; I am looking forward to Christmas, the birthday of Christ, with a zeal and fervor, that’s fervor, not fevers, praying never again. 

One drawback to this story is that I am starting to regain the weight I lost while being sick because I feel so good now.  

I am looking forward to baking my favorite Christmas cookies, hoping to discipline myself not to indulge too much. A recipe passed down to share below: 

Step 1:

Sift 3 cups of the flour and 1/4 cup of sugar, and 1 tsp of salt together to assure distribution of ingredients.  

Take one stick of buttered flavored  Crisco stick with four Tabl. Spoons of butter and mix with 1/2 cup of soft cream cheese. Combine with the flour and mix well together.

NEXT: Scald 1/2 cup of milk (wait till it cools a little, perhaps to 110degree), making sure it is still hotter than warm. Add two teaspoons of yeast and one teaspoon of sugar into the milk; wait a few minutes until it gets foamy, then mix with two egg yolks mix all together with flour blending together.   

Place your mixture in a warm place until it rises! 

NEXT: Roll with sugar instead of flour and cut into shapes, adding a dap of prune, berry, cherry, or whatever on top.

BAKE @ 350 till slightly browned. Enjoy and Merry Christmas to all!