48 Thoughts for 48 Years

1. Lying never pays off. Ever.
2. Pets are good to have –anything that lives in a tank, bowl or aquarium is not a pet.
3. Everyone should read books –and a lot of them.
4. TV sucks life away.
5. Uncontrolled tempers are poison to any relationship.
6. Water should always be your beverage of choice – other beverages are “treats”.
7. Letting your children go is far more painful than birthing them.
8. Sometimes you just have to be politically incorrect. Merry Christmas.
9. Monkey bars were the most boring piece of playground equipment.
10. Negative people breed negative people.
11. Never aspire to be your child’s best friend.
12. The more you push yourself towards your fears, the less you will be afraid.
13. Manners never go out of style.
14. People that don’t want to be rescued cannot be rescued.
15. True friends are hard to find.
16. Your Bible can never be read too much.
17. Love is an action.
18. There’s no such thing as getting the laundry done.
19. Every single day we miss all the glory of God’s creation around us. It does the soul good to take pause and stare at a flower, bug, cloud, tree, etc.
20. Marriage is hard work – I don’t care how much you love each other, love is not enough to make a marriage “work”.
21. Eating God’s natural foods is always better for you.
22. You have to hurt before you can heal.
23. A kitchen and bathroom can never be cleaned too often.
24. A woman submitting to her husband is one of the most misunderstood characteristics of a godly woman.
25. Gossip is destructive, selfish, mean and most of the time, completely exaggerated.
26. There is such a thing as “good chocolate” but there is no such thing as “bad chocolate”.
27. Spanking does not produce violent children.
28. Sometimes nothing gets your point across better than a good old fashioned 4-letter word, damn it!
29. Time-outs are stupid and useless to the child however; it does cause the parent to rethink and regroup.
30. I am afraid of people that believe there is no God – they have no ultimate accountability or moral compass.
31. I don’t condone fighting and violence but let’s face it, a good playground brawl can sometimes solve problems quicker and easier than a peer mediator, counselor, Principal and two sets of parents using up ½ day vacation to be at school for a meeting.
32. It is true you get what you pay for however; a smart shopper can get more than they paid for and a mindless shopper will often get less than they paid for.
33. A bride is always radiant.
34. As a whole, Christians are the most judgmental people I have ever known.
35. Americans have way too much stuff; I long to rid my life of stuff.
36. Helicopter parents need to be shot out of the sky with a bazooka.
37. Modesty is completely lost in our society.
38. Music is touches the soul.
39. There is way too much hype surrounding most holidays.
40. Power is a dangerous thing.
41. High school kids should not date.
42. Every American should try to visit Washington DC at least once.
43. The birth of a child squelches the notion of evolution.
44. There’s magic in the early morning hours; dew, birds chirping, sun rising . . .
45. Everyone should leave their country at least once in their lifetime.
46. Sincerity is often lost in popularity.
47. Perfectly manicured unused lawns are a waste of land.
48. Our country is in trouble.