He went back to his coffee and bacon, dined, and lay down for a siesta beneath a cottonwood some distance removed from the live-oaks.”
–William MacLeod Raine (A Texas Ranger)
Here’s a good mornin’ to yuh, Pard. Coffee’s good and soothin’ this mornin’. Yuh know, one thing nice about this here retirement–I can take a nap anytime I want. When I was workin’ there weren’t no specified nap times. Another good thing is that I can put a pot on any time I want, don’t have to lug it around in a thermos. I can sorta relate to that ol’ rider Raine; it’s been a few years now, but I’ve taken a nap or two under cottonwood trees.
Mercy, those judges on the Supreme Court have been busy this week. Overthrew Roe v. Wade, upholdin’ states’ rights by 6-3 vote, and confirmed a 2nd Amendment case over a New York law by 8-1 vote. Interesting! So in the midst of stupidity there is a voice of reason.
Good coffee this mornin’. Hot outside, but say, yuh know it’s summer. We moan, whine, and cry so much over the weather and we ain’t figured out that we cayn’t do anything about it. We just learn to cope. I remember when we first moved to Houston back in ’78. No, Pard, it wasn’t 1878. The thing I’m sayin’ is that we went two years with a car with no air conditioning. Just had to do it–cope. We stayed at a house for a couple of weeks until we found an apartment. Bein’ new to Texas we didn’t realize that the air conditioner in the house went out, we just figured it was hot. We got along–we coped.
An ol’ hand mentioned this week on his program simply that “Life is short.” In the grand view of eternity, life ain’t nothin’ but a thread on the rope of time. We need to be doin’ what the good Lord wants us to be doin’ in this short time we have. Not that we can’t have a good time once in a while, but we need to not be playin’ all the time. There is a purpose and we need to be doin’, not whinin’–we need to cope with life.
It’s kinda like goin’ to a restaurant and orderin’ coffee; it mostly ain’t that good so–cope with it, and next time don’t order any. There is so much in life that we taste, smell, hear, and see that is not worth it, especially in the light of eternity. Don’t be takin’ too many naps, but be doin’ the Lord’s work.
Let’s be finishin’ that pot so yuh can be gettin’ on down the road. And remember, to do the Lord’s work, yuh have be sound and that means checkin’ yur cinch. Don’t just cope with it–do it!
Vaya con Dios.