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A Story Of The Ages

My Cousin recently told me something that will never depart from my spirit.. As we sat down by the river during the conclusion of the annual Manitoba Parkinson Walk, he began to speak to me about something that had happened.. At first I was quite tentative to what he was about to share with me, as I am when most people tell me that they have a good story. But once the story began I was hooked on to his every word.. So I thought I would share with the few faithful followers I still have to Pigeonspoo.. Enjoy

This cousin has a friend who lives up in a smaller community in Northern Manitoba called 'The Pas'. This friend of my cousin is in his mid-life, living with his 17 year old son. Now the son, who is a rather large kid for only 17, has a fairly common condition which effects many people throughout the world. That condition is Autism.. As we all know Autism can be a confusing disease.. And produces some 'side effects' that just seem... well.. bizarre.. Anyways this young man had one of these weird 'side effects' which caused him to have a raging fetish for all things small.. Ever since he was a child he collected every kind of Troll, Gnome, Leprechaun, Dwarf, etc.. needless to say, he LOVES them... the father was well aware of this obsession and was not surprised when while sitting at his desk one day at work, he received a phone call from his home number. The ecstatic voice on the other line was on the verge of screaming "DAD, DAD I CAUGHT A REAL LIVE TROLL!''.... Obviously having heard things similar to this before the dad quickly ended the conversation with a 'that’s great son, I will see it after work' and hung up. After 2 or 3 more calls of sheer excitement the father became a bit more concerning and decided that he should take a quick break to run home and make sure everything was alright..

Upon arriving at the house, the son was already waiting in the hallway with a bodacious smile that resembled one of a child who had just seen it’s first real life elephant, or a grown man who had originally invested in Facebook at $1/share... "DAD, DAD QUICK COME SEE!!!' the boy screamed as his dad removed his boots.. 'All right son, where is it' he replied. He then followed his son into the son’s room only to see all the furniture from the entire room pushed against the closet door.. The father, obviously shocked, asked the son what he had been doing!! The son replied 'I HAVE IT! IT'S LOCKED IN THE CLOSET!'. So they removed the layers of bed, dresser, nightstands, various gnome statues, etc until the Closet was now free. They opened the door, slowly and with some anticipation on the fathers end of what he was going to find.. The door opened just enough to allow for the light of the room to pierce the darkness, slowly revealing the shape of something huddled on the floor... to the fathers extreme surprise, there sat with tears forming at the brink of his eyes a 3 foot nothing midget!!! The small fellow was a Jehovah’s Witness and had been going door to door in the neighborhood discussing his faith in an attempt to convert new believers~

Unfortunately, when he reached this house, he was completely unprepared for a possibility that someone may just have an autistic son with a fetish for tiny persons!! The son had quickly pounced him and barricaded him in his closet for close to 4 hours! Later, after threats of legal action, a quick sit down meeting to explain the Childs autism quickly folded any chance of a charge..

As a disclaimer

I felt off color sharing this via internet.. but it is a great story.. and ‘Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. red, and yellow, autistic, or with no height. They are precious in his sight~! ‘

don’t hate or discriminate people! haha just enjoy the story and go hug a small person... but dont lock them in your closet..

its not nice... ;)

WOW i never Post on this thing anymore...

but i promise i will begin again... i cant let all these beautiful thoughts that flow through this mind not go unwritten for the entire internet to see!!!

im off to mexico for a couple weeks so apon my return i will begin to yet again blog like no one is listening.. or reading.. or whatever..

Peace and Love

Godspeed!

The Opposite of Courage is not Cowardice, but Conformity.

I came across some interesting and important information today during our weekly bible study,

thoughts about courage and how it tests our persons

Courage often gets misunderstood as the ability that only is exerted at a time when there is a great tragedy or extreme danger.. when in reality courage is much more close to us on a day to day basis..

Winston Churchill said 'courage is the virtue of being able to stand up and speak, as well as the ability to sit down and listen'. it can take just as brave a person to sit down and listen to unwanted truths as it takes to stand up and speak out against something they don't believe in. you can do nothing worthwhile without courage.. and only a person with courage can live life without regrets..

Courage means taking an initiative to make a change when inactivity is the easier answer.. in order to grow as individuals we must have to courage to face truths about ourselves and have the initiative to change problems or expand strengths.. 'Greatness' in analysis- is largely due to bravery and courage.'

The opposite of courage isn't cowardice, its conformity.. its not enough to believe in something, you must live for it. its not worth living unless you have something to die for..

important points about building up courage that stood out to me,

-convictions are stronger then fear- ('believe is something you will argue about- convictions are something you will die for'. having convictions for your beliefs will drive courage into your actions for them. )

-Vision is clearer then my doubts

-Spiritual sensitivity is louder then popular opinion

-right actions are more robust then rationalization

-self-esteem greater then self-protection- (belief in ones self is of more value then always trying to protect oneself from peoples opinions and social tendencies to insult and look down on and from straying out of conformity.)

orison swett marden stated "live up to your resolve, work at what the creator meant for you to work for in the perfecting of his plan, and you will be invincible. no power on Earth can hold you back from success"

which is a wonderful quote completely backed up by what is stated in the bible,

David also said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished 1 Chronicles 28:20

in closing i discovered that in order to succeed in life you must have courage, without courage there is no other way for you to reach your potential.*

*all the info from this blog was structured from studying John C. Maxwells disc set of "talent is not enough"

interesting tidbit of terrifying thoughs

got this sent to me the other day... couldn't believe it at first... then i began to think more about it and... ya i can see it. point and case- swirvin' merv.

NBA or NFL.... Unreal

36 have been accused of spousal abuse

7 have been arrested for fraud

19 have been accused of writing bad cheques

117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses

3 have done time for assault

70 repeat 70 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit

14 have been arrested on drug-related charges

8 have been arrested for shoplifting

21 currently are defendants in lawsuits, and

84 have been arrested for drunk driving

In the last year

Can you guess which organization this is?

NBA Or NFL?

Give up yet?

Scroll down,

Neither, it's the MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN OTTAWA

The same group of Idiots that crank out

Hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.

king of the bongo

momma was king of the mambo, papa was king of the congo..

deep down in the jungle i start banging my first bongo...

interesting story....

i told ya muslims are crazy!!! this is a rather interesting tidbit.... quite the wierd story

DENVER - A Colorado woman has been detained in Ireland in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist whose sketch offended many Muslims, a U.S. official said Saturday.

Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, was among seven people arrested in Ireland this week as authorities investigate an alleged plot to kill cartoonist Lars Vilks over a 2007 sketch depicting the head of the Prophet Muhammad on a dog's body. The drawing provoked terror front Al-Qaida in Iraq to offer a $100,000 bounty for his slaying.

The U.S. official spoke on condition of anonymity.

It's not clear whether Paulin-Ramirez might face terror charges.

Her mother Christina Mott, of Leadville, Colo., told The Associated Press that she learned of her daughter's arrest in the case from the FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies.

Denver FBI officials said Friday they couldn't confirm that the FBI had contacted Mott about the case.

Dean Boyd, a Justice Department spokesman, said the agency was aware of the arrests in Ireland but had no comment on the identities of those taken into custody. "Our investigation continues," he said.

Mott said that Paulin-Ramirez told her family after she left in September that she went to Ireland with her 6-year-old son and married an Algerian whom she met online. Before abruptly leaving Colorado, Paulin-Ramirez had been a straight-A nursing student, her mother said.

'This is about my baby'
Earlier this week, Irish authorities announced the arrest of seven Muslims in the alleged plot, only identifying them as three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestinian, a Croatian and an American woman married to one of the Algerians. They were arrested Tuesday, hours before U.S. authorities unveiled a terror indictment against LaRose.

On Saturday, Irish police said that three of those arrested had been released without charges, while three other men and an American woman remain in custody.

Irish police refused to confirm whether Paulin-Ramirez is the woman in custody, and have declined to release the identities of any of those arrested.

The Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous sources familiar with the case, first reported on its Web site that Paulin-Ramirez was being held in the alleged plot.

Christine Mott said she's concerned for the welfare of her grandson, who has been placed in the custody of Ireland's foster care system.

"This is about my baby," Christine Mott said. "We need some help to get this baby back. I'm concerned about my daughter but I'm concerned about our baby boy because he shouldn't be caught in the middle of this."

The Motts said Paulin-Ramirez announced to her family last spring that she was converting to Islam and began wearing headscarves, and later a hijab.

"It came out of left field," Christine Mott said. "I knew she was talking to these people online... What caused her to turn her back on her country, on her family and become this person? I don't know how or why. All I know is she was in contact with this Jihad Jane.

"The only thing I could think of is that they brainwashed her."