I do not like Halloween so I will not be trick-or-treating. For all the people who will be trick-or treating, I hope you have a safe funfilled enjoyable time.

A Happy Saturday to you and yours. Enjoy and be safe.

“Here we go again. There goes the clock; one hour back at midnight tonight. I do not like it, but I cannot do anything about it. I get up at 4am every morning and I hope I do not wake up at 3am feeling as though it is 4am.

I do not like to see anyone being physically or verbally abuse, but it hurts real bad when I see a man abusing a woman or a child. I know if you like or love someone you will not hurt them so an abuser does not like or love the person he is being cruel to.

If you do not like someone, stay away from them. If you cannot stay away, practice some self control instead of controlling someone.

WHEREVER YOU ARE, at any time or place in your life, you will get what you need, by doing what you need to do. Others may not like or understand it, but you are on a mission. Your mission is etched into the essence of your being. It is called DNA, Discovering New Altitudes; how else will you know what you can do unless you do it?

Iyanla Vanzant – Faith in the Valley.

No matter what people call you, you are just who you are. Keep to this truth. You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. No one can help us. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life. —Shams Tabrizi (1185-1248)

Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remained closed, God will open up a new path only for you. —Shams Tabrizi (1185-1248)

When somebody lie on you it worst than obeah oui.

Every word that a mother speaks against her child, it’s like a cut into her/his soul. Iyanla Vanzant.

A School shooting last night.

Guns! Guns! Guns! Humans have no regards for life. The right to keep and bear arms takes America back to the days of the Wild Wild West! School is no longer a safe haven. I hope that going to school doesn’t make gunslingers think that they should have a shootout. It might turn out like High Noon At the O.K. Corral… The shootout in the 1800s which took place in the famous Arizona Territory town of Tombstone.

October 24, 2015 — 1 shot at North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina. The gunman is still at large.

October 1^st, 2015 — 10 died and 9 injured — Oregon’s Umpqua Community college, Roseburg, Oregon.

October 9^th, 2015 — 1 died. 3 injured — North Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

October 9^th, 2015 — 1 dead 1 injured — Texas Southern University, Huston, Texas.

October 22,  2015 — 1 dead 3 injured State University campus, Nashville, Tennessee.

LORd have mercy. Gun slingers have no regards for life.

“Quotes I love”

Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom. ― Rumi (1207-1273)

Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine. ― Rumi (1207-1273)

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ― Rumi (1207-1273)

Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it. ― Rumi (1207-1273)

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. ― Rumi (1207-1273)

“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.” ― Rumi (1207-1273)

Happy Sunday to you and yours. A wonderful safe day to you.

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” ― Rumi (1207-1273)

“Quotes I like”

“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.” ― Rumi (1207-1273)

You wander from room to room. Hunting for the diamond necklace. That is already around your neck! ― Rumi (1207-1273)

You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” ― Rumi (1207-1273)

“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” ― Rumi (1207-1273)

“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death. ― Rumi (1207-1273)

Love and tenderness are qualities of humanity, passion and lust are qualities of animality. ― Rumi (1207-1273)

You suppose you are the trouble but you are the cure. You suppose that you are the lock on the door. But you are the key that opens it. It's too bad that you want to be someone else. You don't see your own face, your own beauty. Yet, no face is more beautiful than yours. ― Rumi (1207-1273)

Love and tenderness are qualities of humanity, passion and lust are qualities of animality. ― Rumi (1207-1273)

In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art. ― Rumi (1207-1273) 

If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind. ― Norman Vincent Peale, (1898-1993)

Guns! Guns! Guns! Humans have no regards for life. The right to keep and bear arms takes America back to the days of the Wild Wild West! School is no longer a safe haven. Here we go again.

School shootings; October 1^st, — 10 died and 9 wounded at a community college in Oregon.

October 9^th, — 1 died. 3 injured at North Arizona University.

Last week 3 shot and wounded near Tennessee State University campus, Nashville,  and last night Thursday, October 22, 2015 1 killed and 2 wounded at Tennessee State University in Nashville.

What can I say? They have the right to keep and bear arms. What are guns made for? hmmm… Made to kill!

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful. ― Norman Vincent Peale, (1898-1993)

I am alive and well, just enjoying life and thanking God for making me see another day. A wonderful safe day to you.

I read lots of books. My bible is my favorite but this book is added to the list of favorites. I believe you should get a copy to help you on your journey to peace.

Page 118: Dear Self, Free your mind from the dead things you wanted to do but allowed yourself to believe you weren’t good enough, smart enough, young or old enough to do.

Free your heart from the fear that someone can stop you or harm you.

Free your self from the self-imposed limitations of age, color, and gender.

Free your body from the harmful things you love even when you know they are absolutely no good for you.

Freedom is the key.

You must not let anything or anyone confine or define you!

FREEDOM IS A STATE OF MIND.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/faith-in-the-valley-iyanla-vanzant/1026889064?ean=9780684801131

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously. ― Norman Vincent Peale, (1898-1993)

Nostalgic memories about my school days back in Trinbago. They were real good days.

In 1971 we got days off from school when the West Indies played India. I wonder if Children in Trinidad and Tobago schools get days home from school for Test Cricket.

Gavaskar By Lord Relator

A lovely day for cricket. Blue skies and gentle breeze. The Indians are waiting now. To play the West Indies. A signal from the umpire. The match is going to start. The cricketers come on the field. They all look very smart.

Erapalli Prasanna. Gegeboy and Wadekar, Krishnamurthy and Vishwanath. Them boys can well play cricket on any kind of wicket. They make the West Indies team look so bad. We was in all kind of trouble. Joey Carew pull a muscle. Clive Lloyd get bout 3 rum out. We was in trouble without a doubt.

It was Gavaskar. The real master. Just like a wall. We couldn’t out Gavaskar at all. Not at all. You know the West Indies couldn’t out Gavaskar at all.

Venkataraghavan. Bedi in ah turban, Vejay Jaishema jiantilman. They help to win the series against the West Indies, at Sabina Park and Queen’s Park Oval. 158 by Kanhai really sent our hopes up high Noreiga 9 for 95. The Indian team they still survive…

Govengangurane, Solkar Abid Ali, Dilip Sadasi and Vishanat. They make West Indies bowlers look like second raters. When those fellows came out here to bat. West Indies tried Holder and Keith Boyce. They had no other choice. They even tried with Uton Dowe, but ah sure that they sorry they bring him now…

Little Desmond Lewis, also Charlie Davis, take a little shame from out we face, but Sobers as a captain, he want plenty coaching before we cricket end up in ah disgrace. Badi hear that he became a father, he ketch out Holder in the cover, but when Sobers hear he too had a son, he made duck and went back in the pavilion.

It was Gavaskar the real master. Just like a wall we couldn’t out Gavaskar at all, Not at all. You know the West Indies couldn’t out Gavaskar at all.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all. ― Norman Vincent Peale, (1898-1993)

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. ― Norman Vincent Peale, (1898-1993)

Kindness is not judgmental.

Do not give it just to say that you gave it. Give it with kindness…

A wonderful safe day to you.

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition. — Martha Washington (1731-1802)

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. ― Abraham Lincoln ((1809-1865)

I don’t know if this happens anywhere else in the world but this is the new norm in America. 24hrs no longer makes a day because on the day your bill is due you must pay it before 5pm. If you pay it after five you are charged a late payment fee.

I forgot to mail my bill so I decided to phone the company to pay the bill. If I pay through the automatic system it is free, but I will be charge $10 service fee if I pay through a representative. The dollar devils rules the world. They take the dollars out of your hand any way they.

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick. ― Lin Yutang (1895-1976)

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. ― Xun Zi 313 BC-238 BC)

To be in it, is to know it. Another sad, sad situation.

On Thursday, October 15, 2015 a woman from Fordham Road, Bronx, NY; stood naked by a 6^th floor window holding her 6-month-old baby girl screamed, “We are all going to die,” then she let go. The baby died and the mother was arrested. I hope she gets the mental health that she needs and not sent to prison. 

A blessed safe day to you and yours.

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings. ― Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934-2002)

When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us. — Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986)

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? — Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986)

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' — Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986)

McDonals is serving breakfast all day. Why wasn’t this happening when Paul and Sarah were small? When I got home from work, I used to clean on a Wednesday, wash on a Thursday and grocery shop on a Friday so I could sleep late on a Saturday. Winter spring summer and fall sleeping late on a Saturday did not happen. Paul and Sarah used to wake me so we could get to McDonalds before 10:30am for breakfast…

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. ― Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. ― Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this. — Homer (Greek poet 750 BC or earlier)

I had to post this again. This took place in 2014. Since those situations Sarah is on her Ps and Qs with these creepy women.

I don’t know if it is my daughter calm disposition or her soft voice that cause some women to stand very close to her every time she is in line to purchase something. One day in the subway a woman stood close behind her in the line. She said she was feeling very uncomfortable and the token boot clerk told the woman to get away from her. Another day in McDonalds a woman did the same thing and she moved to another line. The same week at Dunkin′ Donuts, she was ordering and a woman was close behind her. She said if she turned around she knew she would bump into her. I want to know what is wrong with these women trying to intimidate young girls. CREEPY…

I know that some men are intimidating, threatening, unapproachable, frightening, scary, daunting, menacing and nerve-racking. Today lots of women fit the bill. LORD, have mercy on children.

Last week a 17 year-old girl jumped out of a moving car in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A woman was later arrested in her kidnapping and sexual assault. The Girl told the police that she was walking to school on Boston Avenue when a Toyota corolla approached her and the driver lured her into the car then attacked her.

On a personal note. Sarah does make us laugh when she talks, but she makes a lot of sense.

This morning in family discussion she said, “These old ass men know that they are on their way out, but they call out to teenagers, telling them to come. They even say that we look mature for our age. I think you should run as fast as you can from the moment they say that.” 

Happy Saturday to you and yours.

Cleaning our home is usually done by most of us on Saturdays. As we clean we look for perfection. In most cases we don’t get it the way we want so we start bellowing at our helper/s…

The day started real nice because you woke up. Your ability and mental power is in order yet you start complaining. Nagging raises your temperament to uncomfortable and unhappy levels. Your Saturday is no longer a happy one.

Start off your cleaning by putting on some 80s music. Assign jobs to your helper/s. Sing and move around as you clean. Do not walk around to see how your helpers are cleaning, stay and clean the area you selected.

When you are finished cleaning your area, check on your helper/s. If they are not doing it how you want, straighten the rough edges without complaining. Sing while you are helping… Make your Saturday a happy day. 

Guns! Guns! Guns! Humans have no regards for life. The right to keep and bear arms takes America back to the days of the Wild Wild West!

Nine days ago there was a shooting (Thursday, October 01, 2015) at a Community College in Oregon. 10 people died and 9 were injured.

Today Friday, October 09, 2015 an 18 –year-old college student shot four students during a confrontation at North Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. One dead and three injured. This is the 46^th shooting at a school for the year (2015) in the US..

Stress, pressure, strain, anxiety, constant worry, nervous tension, tension, trauma, and hassle are feelings that we all take along on our journey. As we pray and hope for relief the pictures float around in our mind and no relief comes to us.

“When you’re going through hell, don’t stop to take pictures.” Unknown author.

My family knows me. I do not sugar coat anything. You ask me for my opinion you are getting it, whether you like it or not.

One relative said that a friend told her that the company she works for has a position available. The salary would be about 2 thousand dollars more than what she is now working for. Her friend also told her if she applies for the job she would speak to management so she wants to apply.

“Are you happy at your job? Do you have a good relationship with your boss? There might be someone at your job that you do not like or get along with, but are they worth giving up your peace of mind? I know that it sounds real nice to you, especially the part about the money, but the only person you know at the new job is your friend. You don’t know what kind of relationships are floats around in that company. There are instances when a friend tells you about a job and you get it, they turn on you. They get annoyed because they believe that the boss and colleagues treats you better than them.

When that friend turns on you, your ass is grass. So do not leave your comfort zone for 2 thousand dollars more, to eat the bread that the devil kneads.”

The second family member also wanted to leave his job. I said, “Are you happy at your job?” He said that he was to an extent. There is room for advancement, but there are some people he doesn’t like.

“You would not like everyone that you meet and everyone who meets you wouldn’t like you. What else is wrong at your job?” I said.

He is on probation and when it is over, his salary would increase, but the new job would start him off with the amount it would increase too.

It’s all about the money, but sometimes patience is all you need. You recently started the job, you have no major issues and there is room for advance in position. The company is big so you can avoid the people you do not like. Don’t be greedy. A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. 

As the old folks in Trinbago used to say; ‘Do so eh like so.’

That thing your child did. You know the situation that you are in a tizzy about. The one that caused you to discipline him or her, and it leaves you in a huff and a puff.

Take a deep breath and breathe because you probably did it before or something worst.

Enjoy your day and be safe.

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings. ― Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934-2002)

Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness. ― Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick. ― Lin Yutang (1895-1976)

Happy Sunday. I hope today is a better day for you than yesterday. Have a wonderful day and be safe.

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. ― Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. ― Pablo Casals ( 1876-1973)

I may sound like a broken record, but we are all going through something and I just want to remind you to try your best not to stress over the things you have no control over. ‘It is not the end of the world’!

You woke up and you are seeing another day. Your surroundings look the same. The world did not end.

I believe God’s words, ‘World without end!’ so it is going to be here until Thy Kingdom Come although man is trying his best to destroy it.

I am alive and I am living in a tiny spec of the world. Good or bad it has been fashioned by God. He has given us choices.

We are all dealing with a situation. Some we may deem bad, some good and some as the Trinbago old folks used say, ‘so-so-thank-you'. I believe that they were thanking God for their situation. Thank God for making you see another.

You believe that you have no means to fix your situation so you worry. Worrying puts a strain on your mind, body and soul and that is toxic so I say breathe and talk to God. As the stressful thought flows through your mind counteract it with the Our Father prayer; over and over and feel the peace as the answer flows through your mind….

Enjoy your day and be safe.

On a personal note. Out of the blues Paul said it and the drama started. They both sounded like real Trini.

“Mom when are you making curry. There is buss up shut in the freezer and no curry, Paul said.

“I’ll make on Sunday.

“Sarah, do you know Mom used to make roti?”

“Buss up shut?” Sarah asked.

“Nah. roti with peas.”

“No, no! Wait, wait! Daalpourie?”

“Yeah and it used to come out real soft and nice. Dad and dem used to tell her she could make and sell.”

“What is this!? I am 18 years and I am now hearing this?

“I made one day and you ate,” I said.

“When was this?”

“I think it was for Paul’s 10^th birthday party.”

“I was 3 years old. No wonder I cannot remember that. So are you going to make roti on Sunday?”

“There is buss up shut in the freezer.”

“Mom!?”

“We’ll see. All yuh really like drama oui.”

Guns! Guns! Guns! A shooting October 01, 2015 at a Community College in Oregon. About 10 people dead. When will it end?

I believe that a wicked ulterior motive is a curse unto thyself!

You might be interested because you have a wicked ulterior motive. After accomplishing your goal, it starts to play on your mind. It lives with you, eating away at your conscience.