Polar Air a-Coming !

Stay strong my Midwestern friends and family! There is a swoop of polar air that will come to us through the northwestern part of Canada in the next six to 10 days, bringing with it a blessed relief from these sweltering summer temperatures of late... I can't promise rain for those regions that have missed out on the storms that have provided cooling relief to many of us in the northern Midwest tiers, but I can promise you... in six to 10, you will see your daytime temperatures drop dramatically. Below average even. It's not just autumn, it's where the air is coming from and what it will bring with it in the first part of September. Hang in there!

Things Are Not What They Seem

HARD WORK... Every morning, the CEO of a large bank in Manhattan walks to the corner where a shoe shine is always located. He sits on the couch, examines the Wall Street Journal, and the shoe shine gives his shoes a shiny, excellent look. One morning the shoeshine asks the Executive Director: - What do you think about the situation in the stock market? The Director asks in turn arrogantly: - Why are you so interested in that - that topic? "I have a million dollars in your bank," the shoeshine says, "and I'm considering investing some of the money in the capital market." - What your name? –Asks the Director. - John Smith H. The Director arrives at the bank and asks the Manager of the Customer Department: - Do we have a client named John Smith H.? - Certainly –answers the Customer Service Manager–, he is a highly esteemed customer. He has a million dollars in his account. The Director comes out, approaches the shoeshine, and says: - Mr. Smith, I ask you this coming Monday to be the guest of honor at our board meeting and tell us the story of your life. I am sure we will have something to learn from you. At the board meeting, the Executive Director introduces him to the board members: - We all know Mr. Smith, who makes our shoes shine in the corner; But Mr. Smith is also our esteemed customer with a million dollars in his account. I invited him to tell us the story of his life. I am sure we can learn from him. Mr. Smith began his story: - I came to this country fifty years ago as a young immigrant from Europe with an unpronounceable name. I got off the ship without a penny. The first thing I did was change my name to Smith. I was hungry and exhausted. I started wandering around looking for a job but to no avail. Suddenly I found a coin on the sidewalk. I bought an apple. I had two options: eat the apple and quench my hunger or start a business. I sold the apple for two dollars and bought two apples with the money. I also sold them and continued in business. When I started accumulating dollars, I was able to buy a set of used brushes and shoe polish and started polishing shoes. I didn't spend a penny on entertainment or clothing, I just bought bread and some cheese to survive. I saved penny by penny and after a while, I bought a new set of shoe brushes and ointments in different shades and expanded my clientele. I lived like a monk and saved penny by penny. After a while I was able to buy an armchair so that my clients could sit comfortably while cleaning their shoes, and that brought me more clients. I did not spend a penny on the joys of life. I kept saving every penny. A few years ago, when the previous shoe shine on the corner decided to retire, I had already saved enough money to buy his shoeshine location at this great place. Finally, three months ago, my sister, who was a prostitute in Chicago, passed away and left me a million dollars.

A Family Affair.

I would not be too hard on Trump's sister Maryanne Barry, the former judge, at this time.  She thought she was building rapport with a blacksheep niece, bonding with her, telling her - somewhat -- what she wanted to hear.  One long bitchfest session, perhaps.  That, and this is important, she likely thought would never leave the room and be repeated, certainly not go public...

Don't we all say things that we don't really mean, or mean in a lesser way when put in full context?  It's called intimate communication, people.  We're not thinking of the transcript.

I totally get her point about the judgeship, too.  She "had it" and worked her way up there.  In asking for the call to be made, she was likely just pushing President Reagan to acknowledge more women in power, which traditionally was not really a role they were seen in at that time.  So she got the job, one she was clearly qualified for -- if not entitled to, in her mind, based on all her work and dues paying on the way up...

I'm thinking, when this interview "broke" today, it did not harden the president's heart, but likely brought the siblings closer together after the death of their brother.  "Donnie, I never thought she would use my words in that way... You WERE a brat, and I did drive you all over town back in the day, helping you get into college. I'll never know -- be able to prove beyond a shadow of doubt -- whether you really got that kid to take your SATs or if that was just a boastful rumor you told, to up your streetworthiness, your "connected " credentials, and it sure DID piss me off -- I remember I threatened to "level you" -- when you kept pushing my buttons about my whole career seemingly being owed to the Cohn call.  But you're my brother, buddy.  You play hardball and operate in a different world than the more formal, polite and legal one I've chosen to inhabit for most of my life...  In the past years, I see how they are out to get you, out to get all of us, the Trump family, and with Bobby gone now, I just wanted to call and say, I love you more than ever, little brother.  Call me when you get some time, love to Melania and Barron, and stay strong.  I'm not sorry so much for what I said to that little b****, but she's shown me her true colors now in revealing our confidences over a few highballs...  Love you always, lil bro.  Keep fighting:  you got this!"

The president texts back: "Thanks Maryanne.  Got your message, appreciate it.  Lots to do in the coming days, good seeing you at Robert's funeral Friday.  I told you who she was (re. Mary), next time, just believe me?  No hard feelings.  Mel and B-Ron (that's his new name "tag", crazy these American kids today...)  send their love back, and remember:  watch your back.  They want to get me, and they'll stop at nothing.  We can't help Robert now, but we can protect ourselves.  Somedays, I am sorry I got you all into this, but dammit:  the country needs a tough leader right now.  If the summer has taught me anything, it's taught me that. Be well. Don."

That Mary can make secret recordings.
This Mary can apply her knowledge of human nature, and imagine how things play out in other families, in the real world.

Whatever it takes to get you through the night.  Hth. Peace out. ;-)

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ADDED:  Apropos of this:

In response to a question from The Washington Post about how she knew the president paid someone to take the SATs, Mary Trump revealed that she had surreptitiously taped 15 hours of face-to-face conversations with [Maryanne Trump] Barry in 2018 and 2019. She provided The Post with previously unreleased transcripts and audio excerpts, which include exchanges that are not in her book....

At one point Barry said to her niece, “It’s the phoniness of it all. It’s the phoniness and this cruelty. Donald is cruel.”...

Barry told how she tried to help her brother get into college. “He was a brat,” Barry said, explaining that “I did his homework for him” and “I drove him around New York City to try to get him into college.” Then Barry dropped what Mary considered a bombshell: “He went to Fordham for one year [actually two years] and then he got into University of Pennsylvania because he had somebody take the exams.... SATs or whatever. . . . That’s what I believe,” Barry said. “I even remember the name.”...

In one of the taped conversations, however, Barry revealed how a deep animosity developed between her and her brother.... “He had Roy Cohn call Reagan about needing to appoint a woman as a federal judge in New Jersey,” Barry told Mary. “Because Reagan’s running for reelection, and he was desperate for the female vote.” Then, she said, “I had the nomination,” and Donald Trump never let Barry forget it....

“He once tried to take credit for me,” Barry said of her brother, quoting him as saying, “Where would you be without me?”

Barry said she told her brother: “You say that one more time and I will level you.” She told Mary that it was “the only favor I ever asked for in my whole life.” She said that she deserved the nomination “on my own merit” and that she was subsequently elevated to higher judicial posts without her brother’s intervention.

If Tomorrow All the Things Were Gone that I'd Worked for All My Life...

 and I Had to Start Again, amidst the anger and the strife...

 Well I'd Thank My Lucky Stars to be living here today,

Where that Flag still stands for Freedom, and They Can't Take that Away.

Well I'm Proud to be an American where at Least I Know I'm Free.

And I Won't Forget the All Those who Worked to Give this Life to Me,

and I'll Gladly STAND UP, next to you, and defend her, still today...

Because There Ain't No Doubt I LOVE this Land,

God Bless the U.S.A. !

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I don't really recognize it much anymore, but American Justice will always prevail, good will conquer evil, and special protections for special people is not the Constitutional way. Equal Protections under the Law.  Due Process too.  For All of us...

As for me and mind, We Will Trust in the Lord. Have a Blessed Day.

"Jesus said He's Coming, and He's Coming!" Amen.

~Joyce Meyer:

The truth is if we really believe God is our helper and that He’s willing to help us no matter what situation we’re in, then we have no reason to worry or get overwhelmed.

I’ll let you in on secret: You need to ask God for help because the Holy Spirit is not the type to barge into your life and take over.

Have you ever had someone try to push their opinions or their agenda on you? That’s not what the Holy Spirit does.

The Holy Spirit knows the answer to every problem, and He will help you through each one. But He won’t give you His advice unless you ask for it. In other words, the humble get the help.

Every Problem Matters to God

God is not holding out on you. Jesus said in John 15:5 (NIV), “Apart from me you can do nothing.” And that’s so true. God is not holding out on you; He actually likes it when we ask for His help.

God not only wants to help us with our big problems, but He also wants to help us with the little things in life. And that’s wonderful news because sometimes we allow the little things to get us frustrated and upset.

In the Psalms, we frequently see King David going to God for help. (See Psalm 40:13.) Notice that David was not only bold enough to ask God for help, but he was also confident that God would answer his prayers. We should learn from that!

In Psalm 43:5 (AMPC), David says, “Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the help of my [sad] countenance, and my God.”

You and I have so many opportunities to feel sad or discouraged and have a bad attitude, but God wants us to stay strong in Him like David did. Those who do will eventually come out on top, because there’s no way the enemy can hold you back if you will trust God and keep your hope in Him.

Learn How to Trust Your Helper

Not only will God deliver you, but He will also sustain you while you’re waiting for your breakthrough. He keeps us strong while we’re waiting and keeps us from going under (see Isaiah 41:10).

Even when we’re tempted to think, It’s not going to do me any good to pray after the way I’ve acted, we can’t let that stop us from asking for God’s help. Why is that? Because when we go to the Father in prayer, we don’t go in our name…we go in the name of Jesus.

When you’re hurting, in trouble, or waiting for answers in your life, you need to believe that your help has been sent out from heaven and it is on the way. God may not come early, but He won’t be late.

No matter what your circumstances look like or what the world may say, hang in there. Because help is on the way!

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Let's Hang On 

To What We Got.

Just Don't Let Go

'Cause We Got a Lot...

 

After the Rain...

Comes the Puddles.  

Never Forget the childlike joy...  (note to self)*.

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* So thankful for the share... I needed that right now.

ADDED:  Big Air!  Even in the new boots...  My healthy, outdoors niece (one of 'em).