besides the lo mein..
"Every Burden is a Blessing."
Would anyone care to expound?
Have a nice day. 🙂
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OK, Robert, here are a few of examples, from my table.
Children. They are a burden, especially when first born. They take precious sleep, resources in time, and energy. But, as they age, they become a greater and greater blessing, until they leave home, and start a family of their own. Then, they bring grandkids by, and you get to enjoy kids again, without as much work. Life is about relationship. Loving your wife, family, and friends. Loving God, and His word, and looking foreward to being with God through all eternity, with your earthly family.
GPS is a burden. Batteries, cables, software, updades, learning curve. But, to get 3 days of work done in a day, is a blessing.
Friends are a burden, (calls at midnight borrow tools) but they are great when I need advice, or have a flat tire.
Cows are a burden, but, the milk is shore good! Gotta go milk!
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No thanks, but I do have a question.
Are you still coaching soccer? My younger brother is getting set to start his season over in Hammond.
I believe that today is the first game for his "Strikers".
Working on Saturday is a burden; having any kind of work is a blessing.
yes Nate I sse your point but the word "Every" my attention.
I see Chidren and Gps as as blesssing and a burdenat times.
I just found it odd like a koan.
It is not very Acquinian to me but maybe it is. Not particulary Taoist also.
Y'now if the HVAC goes down this winter on my house it wll be a burden and I guess a blessing to the HVAC repair guy to come fix it.
Gonna Slap Ya' Upside the Head.
I am coaching 2 recreational teams. So about 3 hours on Tues/Thurs evenings and 2 games on Sat. with a little running around between Madisonville, Hammond, Abita Springs and our beautifiul Covington home field.
I have a U8 coed team called the Dolphins and they are a lot of fun. This is my favorite level to coach.
We play our other U8 teams and play Abita U8 teams.
I am also an assistant on a U10 boys team. Mainly a practice coach and a grand observer at games.
We play teams from Madisonville and Hammond. We will be at Hammond next Sat. and probably will get creamed. We are a small clubs we have a lot of young players on teams since we do not do U7 U9 division teams. Since it is REC, we also have an autistic kid on the team which is a real challenge but the team has opened their hearts and support to him.
There was a real shatstorm last week between Madisonville and Hammond because Hammond really routed and rolled up the score in REC games. Madisonville was pissed. The word in the grapevine is that Hammond plays a few developmental teams in REC divisions which really isn’t what REC is all about. But some clubs enter stealth competititive teams in Rec, I have seen it happen a few times in REC tourneys. This is because the coaches are coaching for the PARENTS and not the kids. They want to produce winners for the Parents benefit and the kids come second.
My paper work is also in the system to coach at the local JHS. This would start in Nov. after the Rec season ends and end in Feb when Rec starts again
The U10 Boys team are called the Black Mambas.(Some wanted the team to be called "The Black Ops");-) After they were named one of the youngest and smallest kids on the club, a newbie asked someone “Why are we called The Black MaMas”.
So a few of the kids have been referring to themselves as the Big Bad Black Mamas.:-)
Alex is doing well. I don't coach him. He is being coached by a veteran coach and ref here. He was named captain for their first game and played center mid. He had 2 goals and one assist in a draw where they had a strong second half comeback.
Life is 1% what happens to you and 99% how you react to it. If you choose to react to everything like it was a burden, well, then, it will be a burden
Gonna Slap Ya' Upside the Head.
Sweet.
