Moments of True Joy

                      

                  MOMENTS OF TRUE JOY

   
   Have you ever written a few words on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in your thoughts?

   I did this one night, and remember I am 87 years old, so I have had more than a few experiences in many things, during my life time and of course I have lost a few thoughts also.

   I could have changed a few words in the title and came up with a completely different blog, Such as FEAR, or LOVE.

    And come to think of it “what is a Blog?” There was no such word or action in my day that would sum-up the meaning of a Blog.

   So let’s play a little: I penned True Friend on my paper. What is a True Friend? Is it someone who picked you off of a mailing list? When you picked this person were you younger, middle age or older? Or perhaps all of the above? I leave that for you to answer, and see what ends up written on your paper?  

   Of course I picked Joy as it is my Blog. And yes you can try it and pick one for you.

   Of course I picked Joy and I picked several other words and emotions and it was a fun activity for an evening. I chose joy because of my loving wife who was the person who brought so many joyful and happy events into my life.

   Donnie was really a joy to many people and I was the one to have her around to cheer me up, and dispense her wisdom to me when I went astray, If I ever did—I must have at least once Ha Ha.

   Yes I am sure other people will come and go, but I am sure no one will ever replace her. She was the epitome of joy in my life, especially in our later years.

   So I recall many joys and many Blogs about US, Donnie and I. I list a few just to get my gray matter moving around in my head.

   The joy of waking up in the morning, to the sounds sights and smells in a beautiful green forest would be hard to beat as a memorable Blog.

   A blog about riding a sparkling, well trained horse is almost a singular Blog in itself. A Pinto if possible please?

Rushing down a white water river cannot be explained unless you have done it at least once yourself. It might not be a JOY but it will definitely be something you will remember.

   It most assuredly is pure joy to sit in an LDS Temple and meditate with No Time Limit to disturb you.

W.R. Baldwin 21 August 2019

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LIFE IS GOOD

LIFE IS GOOD

                                                  

    Because of some health problems recently I have taken to pondering life in general along with some specific things that have meaning to me, but perhaps they do not to others?                                        

   Every year, for the past 40 or 50 years a group of people of different  ages and nationalities who worked and lived in Hiawatha, Utah, have gotten together for a town reunion. There is no format at the meeting, Just a group of people who get together for old times’ sake. 

   We just visit, talk about old times, eat KFC chicken and talk about friends who are no longer with us. I think everyone there enjoys it?

   The thing that; clicked in my mind, and prompted me to do this blog was the feeling we all seemed to have for this little old town coal town;.

   Many commented that for any age, in the group they seemed to remember it as a place where life was good.

As I sat and pondered it reminded me of another friend, from another city who used a little different saying when he got upset. He would say “life is good, and then you die” His saying it in turn upset his wife also and then they both would sulk-Ha Ha.

   Then Co-incidence –or not, on this August 10^th we had our Hiawatha Day Reunion. Everyone seemed to visit with a lot of old friends. The conversation was about old friends, old cars, who had passed away since last year and who was still standing up.

   I am sure they were as surprised as I was when we got the news that, one of our Hiawatha friends had passed away just two days after our get together.

   At the time I read the Obituary I recalled the old saying:

  I guess we could change the old saying about life to read:

  LIFE IS FRIENDS:

  LIFE IS FAMILY:

  LIFE IS GOOD:

I am only 87 and my Doc. says he thinks I have a while to go—but there are no promises

WR BALDWIN

16 AUG 2019