Let's Get__Personal!
Personal!
. . . . . i didn't think, the other day when i went to the grocery store, that i would ever be doing anything like this, but i've been compelled to do an awful lot over the course of my years and don't see any reason to stop doing what i hope is God's will for me now. (and ain't that a topic of discussion: knowing God's will. who am i to presume; i try to continually take heed that the light that's in me is not darkness, but that's like an absolute, all i have to go on is what i see along the way and hopefully learn from)
. . . . . anyway, first let me show you the landlord's new truck (don't know make or model; not into it, just think this looks like a nice ride [as the saying goes; for some reason thought of the wildness i posted where* when i first started this site; probably wondering where the landLORD's nice ride is takin' him]) and the view from right in front of my trailer.
. . . . . yes, i said my trailer. wanted to mention on this page that since i've paid off the $175 monthly trailer note i've been saving some but giving more (to Save the Children, CARE, and the World Food Programme and actually had not been saving anything until this development), and i guess it's been years since i've given less than $100 a month. i mention that because it's not like i dwell on it, but Lao Tsu's "From economy comes generosity" is a saying i've lived so long it's kind of natural, and i honestly believe i love my neighbors all over the world as much as i do myself. most of the time.
. . . . . anyway, here's the landLORD's new ride( update: just saw him in a bigass white truck; i'm thinking now maybe he didn't trade it in [really looks new to me] and hey, maybe he was just driving this thing; maybe i'll let y'all know the truth, knowwhatimean?), right next to a view from in front of my trailer in June '01:
. . . . . and it was going to the grocery store the other day and getting a lot of groceries, i checked the ground beef and it was out of sight, i got coffee on sale last month, cereal was on sale this time (and lunch meat), the bread i got or i'd need to go back, etc., and i've been doing the stir-fry thing (i have chicken in the freezer from a while back too; toying with becoming a vegan [again]) lately. the pancake mix was hoarding i fear. (2014 note: i confess i just studied the image below and don't know how much pancake mix i bought but all the 40-cents represent cups of yogurt) anyway, here's the receipt cut in half and i guess put in the scanner wrong but notice maybe
that i was kind of careful in my buying, made a list and carried it, and this is a pretty typical grocery run for me and it'll last ten days or so maybe and what made me do this page was realizing that the two twenty dollar bills ol' greg is prying out of me extra each month would have bought me all these groceries. (if you stumbled on this page from my What's Next? page and find yourself wondering what's going on, check out this open letter to el landLORD.)
. . . . . and doing this has made me remember the last trailer park i lived in (and think about my neighbors in the trailer park really), made me think about what it's like to not be able to go to the store when i needed basic food stuff 'cause i didn't have the bucks. and hey, it ain't that i'm saying "isn't it a pity?", i'm saying "my sweet Lord' there are people, lots of people, people, children too, who are hungry today (please see this scriptural study of poor people) and i'm willing to help and i'm wanting to help and i've been trying to help in my little way for long enough that it looks like at last the world hates me (see *) and here's an example of what i've been trying to do for so long right here (is a letter to mis'sippi's biggest daily newspaper) but i don't know what else to do except beg you please help
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