lists
Many
people go around making lists of their “to do”s or “honey-do”s
or hopes for the future. Once my daughters gave a a list book. It
had many pages, each with a list idea at the top. Some of those
ideas were:
1.
List your favorite books
2.
List people you would like to meet
3.
List the times you've had an audience
4.
List the people you love most in your life.
1.
Favorite book lists were easier when I was younger. But the list
has changed over time and I wouldn’t so much be able to list
favorite books as much as favorite authors. Of books number one
would be, and has always been, the Bible. Of authors the list would
include:
John
Grisham, Mitch Albom, Louisa Mae Alcott, C. S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien,
Warren Wiersbe, Max Lucado, Lilian Jackson Braun. This seems to be
such a small list. I may expand on it later. You can see that it is
a variety of writing styles and genres.
2.
The people I would like to meet are some of the people in the Bible:
Ruth & Naomi, Peter & John. I would also like to meet the
authors I named above. I would love to meet Lady Bird Johnson and
Barbara Bush, Eleanor Roosevelt. I have some favorite actors that I
would love to meet.
One
time I did meet Walter Koenig and received his autograph. I tried to
tell him that I really enjoyed watching him in Star Trek and in
Babylon 5. But he was in an angry mood that night. It was a movie
premiere and he didn’t like the way the movie had turned out. I
don’t blame him about the movie, it was pretty bad. But I didn’t
think he should carry that feeling and put them onto his fans.
Another
time, David & I were strolling through Sea-Tac airport looking
for lunch. We gathered our lunch and sat down. Soon we were joined
by James Doohan. This time I didn’t ask for an autograph. We were
having a very nice conversation and I didn’t want to ruin it. But
I guess I didn’t have to worry about that. I just found this
statement at Wikipedia, “Unlike
some other members of the cast, Doohan relished meeting fans and was
always ready to entertain with a story or a song.”
Unfortunately,
enough time has passed that I don’t remember the date for either
encounter. It would be during or before 2004 because Doohan passed
away in 2005.
3.
List the times I’ve had an audience. There would be too many to
make an actual list. When I was growing up my father had his
children sing a special number before the church audience. I was in
choir in 9th & 10th grade and we sang in
front of the rest of the school and at contests. I high school and,
40 years later, in college I had to give speeches or reports before
the assembled classmates. I even entered a speech contest in high
school. In technical school I entered a spelling bee. I joined
Toastmasters International and for over 30 years had a weekly
audience and the occasional speech contest audience. While I was
living in Moses Lake I was also a member of International Training in
Communications (ITC). I am unable to tell you how many speeches I
have given.
Now,
I attend the Glendale Corps of The Salvation Army where I am the Home
League leader. We share the responsibility of the program. I am in
the choir. I occasionally am allowed to present the message to the
Congregation and to the Glencroft residents (for CCM).
I
have had many audiences.
4.
This last list is the easiest; list the people I love most in my
life:
my
husband, David
my
daughters, Eve & Sara
their
husbands, Mike & Billy
my
grandchildren: Madison, Amelia, Vincent, Fiona, Orrin, Liam, Augustus
my
parents, Giles & Marian
my
siblings: Dean, Lynette, Doug, Mari, Darrin (now passed on), Reneé,
Christina
all
my aunts, uncles, and cousins
my
grandparents
then,
all my friends who have been near and dear to me, whether they
remember my birthday or not. (he he)
I’ll
end with this - I
was thinking about "WHO is my friend?" I have lots of
acquaintances, people I say hello to and even people I'll give a hug
to, but I don't necessarily consider them friends. To me, a friend is
someone who takes the time to get to know me. A friend is someone who
says to me, "how can I help you?" and if not today then
when you need me let me know. And when I do ask they come through for
mr. I'm not talking about money (never about money), though it may
cost them some when they give me what I need - their time. It's not a
one-way street, either. I will also give them my time and help. Even
so,I will help an acquaintance, that doesn't mean they are my friend.
A friend is someone who loves me and will demonstrate their love for
me. Sometimes it is physically, sometimes in other ways. I have
friends who have given their time and energy to my benefit in the
past but are now physically(or mentally) unable to help out. They
continue to find ways to let me know they are still my friend.
Sometimes I get too busy to pay proper attention to my friends but
they continue to love me anyway, and I know who they are. 😅😅 All
this really goes much deeper than words can express,yet all my
friends have this in common - they're there if I need them (or would
be if they could) and I can depend on them.
💘💘 To all my true friends - Thank You for your love! 💘💘
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