I went to church today. It is Sunday afterall. This doesn't make me any better then someone who didn't go to church. This just makes me someone who enjoys going to my church. I love my church and love communing with the other people who go there. I played my clarinet with the church orchestra for two services today. How many churches can you think of that can boast of a church orchestra, a contemporary music group, and a brass ensemble on top of their choirs? If you're thinking that this church is a Lutheran church, you are correct. Lutherans love their music. I play in both the church orchestra and the contemporary group which keeps me pretty busy. I'd sing in the choir too but I'm married and I have to spend some time with my husband. Music is a blessing that makes the world a much nicer place. I'm talking about "music". Something with a melody, something that you can hear and understand. I don't equate yelling, screeching, and screaming with "music". I guess that makes me "old". I'm attaching a "funny" that a friend recently sent me. Enjoy!


HOW TO STAY YOUNG
(George Carlin)

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. " An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.


Today's Little Bit of Trivia

"Utopia" is an ancient Greek word meaning "nowhere". So what we've always strived for all these years, that perfect utopia, is in reality the perfect nowhere. Makes you think, don't it?