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17 Jan 2010 4:45 AM
Hi everyone and Happy New Year.....I haven't written a blog in a long time and I hope you enjoy this one?
When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.
On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in fron of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school? I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that biscuit and eat every bite!
When I got up from th etable that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what he said: "Honey, I love burned biscuits."
Later that night, I went to hug dad goodnight and I asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned? He wrapped me in his arms and said, "Your mom put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides, a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!"
Life is full of imperfect things....and imperfect people, including me. I'm not the best at hardly anything, and I forget some specail occasions like birthdays and the such just like a lot of folks. but what I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each others faults - and choosing to celebrate each other differences - is one of th emost important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.
And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay thme at the feet of God. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where a burnt biscuit isn't a deal-breaker!
We could extend this to any relationship. In fact, understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife, like my wife of 43 years, or a parent-child or freindship!
"Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket - keep it in your own!
That's what I have learned from past happenings in this chat room but I"m a firm believer that everyone loves life and living and wants to have a happy life and no matter what is said, just let it go and move on to another day. Life is much too short to hold grudges and be mad....all that does is makes your life miserable and we can't live on hate....although I've been mad and I"ll admit it but I let bygones be bygones and love peope for what and who they are and choose my friends wisely and have as much fun as I can in life and hope I don't offend anyone and if I do, I will be the first to apologize....God Bless you all, now and always.
So Please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burnt one will do just fine!!!!!! And PLEASE pass this along to someone who has enriched your life........I just did...
Much love----------slosh (ken)
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