Quiet Day

Mommy got a new hair cut today and it looks really good.  She did it herself, actually, and she actually cut fourteen inches off!  It was quite a dramatic moment when talking to her on a video call, and suddenly there was quite a change!  She looks fantastic though!  

We had taekwondo as always tonight, and it went well for Madison, who was doing some work with leadership class as well, swinging around that staff along with all the others.  The classes are nice and big, with lots of students now, and it's great to see so many people rejoining the human race.  

I've been writing this Time Travelers devotional lately, getting closer to that last entry.  I try to do a minimum of twenty-eight days for each of these, and it's quite a collection we're working on.  It takes a lot of time to get it all lined up, and afterwards of course there's the proofing and so on.  But it's turning out well so far, and in fact, here's a new one I wrote, one that features a few random characters from "Back to the Future." 

“Let us not become tired of doing good. At the right time we will gather a crop if we don’t give up.” Galatians 6:9 NIRV

    I have a friend who will occasionally remind me that “If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.”  Could that possibly apply to building a time machine?  Well, why not!?  With enough time and God’s help you can do anything at all in life.  

     But “putting your mind to it” means a lot more than just thinking about something.  It basically boils down to one word:  discipline.  Back in the Old West, we heard the words of an old lawman named Marshal Strickland who would say, “Never give ‘em an inch, and maintain discipline at all times.  Remember that word ‘discipline.’”

     The marshal was on to something there.  He was talking about keeping unruly outlaws from taking over his town, but you could use that same advice with bad habits and just being lazy too.  Discipline simply means getting up in the morning and telling yourself that today you’re going to work hard towards your goal.  Sure, there’s time to rest and play in there too.  But many times there’s a temptation to skip the hard work part, and jump straight to the resting and playing.  The end result can be a completely wasted day.

     About that time in history there was a farmer by the name of Seamus McFly.  He would tell you one the most important part of growing a good crop is getting out there and working the land.  Do you think any farmer will see much of harvest if they don’t get out there, stir up the soil, plant seeds and take care of the crops as they grow each day? Similarly, no one can play “Johnny B. Goode” if they only practice the guitar a few times.  If you’re going to succeed in life at anything, even making a flying car, it takes spending time working towards that goal, and yes, that takes discipline.  Don’t get overwhelmed.  Just remember my good friend’s words:  “If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.”  That’s good advice. 

We were using some of the pearls and oysters for our upcoming KidPak service online today, and doing a good bit of filming for our weekend upcoming.  We've been doing editing too, finishing up the final round of the Sea Games, which have been a lot of fun this series, and pretty close too!

Madison had a good day with some more great grades for tests, and some solid averages in all her classes. She's got the "easy stuff" right now in algebra though, as her teacher has been saying.  Translation:  it's about to get challenging.  Uh-oh!  Madison seems ready for it.  She's busy with the schedule though, with those piano and taekwondo classes, and soon church on Sundays as well.  Can't wait for that to get going soon.

Tonight we were in Oz, reading "The Wizard of Oz," a charming book from 1900.  THere's something nice about these books from the turn of the century.  It's nice to return to a classic older book.  We prayed after that, and soon were in bed.  It's been a quiet day, and hopefully a quiet night.