I remember a couple of times when things just got weird. Once was in 1995 with the havoc raised by Omu Shinrikyo. Another time was the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku Quake. With the Corona Virus, things are starting to get weird again. In this morning's church announcements we were all requested to used hand sanitizer and masks in the building and STAY HOME if not feeling up to snuff so as not to be a spreader of whatever is causing the sniff.

Tack o liv, för allt du tog och allt du gav
För vänner, blommor, träd
Tack för allt det svåra som vi lär oss av
På strävsam färd

Tack o käre Fader, för att jag en gång
Får i din himmel bo
Den långa evighetens dag
I stilla frid och ro

Snart öppnas porten till min Faders hus
Han nämner milt och ömt mitt namn
Och skåda ska jag ett stort och mäktigt ljus
Hans varma famn
Ja, jag skåda ett stort och mäktigt ljus
Hans varma, vida famn

Tack liv, för det vackra
Tack liv, för kärlek som du gav
Tack o liv, för allt du tog och allt du gav
Tack för sol och tack för regn
Tack för att jag ser bortom den mörka grav
Ett himmelskt hem

Thank you life, for everything you took and everything you gave
For friends, flowers, trees
Thanks for all the hard work we learn from
On a tough journey

Thank you, dear Father, for I once did
May your heaven dwell
The day of long eternity
In quiet peace and quiet

Soon the gate to my Father's house opens
He mentions mildly and tenderly my name
And behold, I am going to a great and powerful light
His warm arms
Yes, I see a great and mighty light
His warm, wide arms

Thank you life, for the beautiful
Thank you life, for the love you gave
Thank you life, for everything you took and everything you gave
Thank you for the sun and thank you for the rain
Thanks for looking beyond the dark grave
A heavenly home

人生に感謝しました
友人、花、木のために
私たちが学ぶすべての努力に感謝します
厳しい旅に

父よ、ありがとうございます
あなたの天が住むように
永遠の日
静かで平和で静かな

すぐに父の家の門が開く
彼は私の名前を穏やかにそして優しく述べています
そして見よ、私は偉大で力強い光に行く
彼の暖かい腕
はい、素晴らしい強力な光が見えます
彼の暖かい、広い腕

人生をありがとう、美しい
あなたの人生に感謝します
人生に感謝しました
太陽をありがとう、雨をありがとう
暗い墓を越えて見てくれてありがとう
天国の家
Jinsei ni kansha shimashita yūjin, hana, ki no tame ni watashitachi ga manabu subete no doryoku ni kansha shimasu kibishī tabi ni chichiyo, arigatōgozaimasu anata no ten ga sumu yō ni eien no hi shizukade heiwade shizukana sugu ni chichi no ie no mon ga hiraku kare wa watashi no namae o odayaka ni soshite yasashiku nobete imasu soshite miyo, watashi wa idaide chikaradzuyoi hikari ni iku kare no attakai ude wa i, subarashī kyōryokuna hikari ga miemasu kare no attakai, hiroi ude jinsei o arigatō, utsukushī anata no jinsei ni kansha shimasu jinsei ni kansha shimashita taiyō o arigatō, ame o arigatō kurai haka o koete mite kurete arigatō tengoku no ie

熊に目を描き、口を描き、鼻の位置に気づいて泣き始めた娘。
口を急遽のブリッジに変更したワタクシの機転をどなたか誉めてくださひ。
メガネグマになりました。

She drew eyes, mouth, and noticed that she drew the mouth over the nose.
Went into panic and started crying, until mommy showed different way to interpret that line. Now the bear has a spectacles.

Uh-oh, could be me lately. LOL But seriously, I am working on getting my pictures organized into a useful arrangement that can be used and enjoyed. I am getting there a bit at a time. A cyber-mess is not visible to others, but to me it is mental clutter.

Joy is the best make-up.

Bill Watterson - There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.

I am going to make everything around me beautiful. That will be my life.

Worry is a conversation you have with yourself about things you cannot change. Prayer is a conversation you have with God about things He can change.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents. - Ludwig von Beethoven
Be discerning about that with which you fill your ears and head. It becomes your philosophy of life.

There is no truer truth obtainable by man than comes of music. Robert Browning

Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. Andrew Fletcher

When milk is spattered all over the floor and those little eyes are looking at you for your reaction, remember what really matters. It takes up five minutes to clean up spilled milk. It takes much longer to clean up a broken spirit.

Children need at least on person in their life who thinks the sun rises and sets on them, who delights in their existence and loves them unconditionally.

Worry is misuse of the imagination. Old Hat

Be the things you loved most about the people who are gone.

The Serpent did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to kill or to commit adultery. He simply tempted them to question God's Word.

You will never look back on life and think you spent too much time with your kids. 

Did you know that the right brain develops first? It does so by the time children are 3-4 years of age. The left brain, on the other hand, doesn’t fully come online until children are approximately seven years old; hence the first seven years being recognized as such a critical period in child development.

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” ~ Albert Einstein

The left brain’s functionality is one of language, numeracy, literacy, analysis and time. It is the logical, calculating, planning, busy-bee part of us that keeps us anchored in the pragmatic world, and in past and future. The right brain, on the other hand, is responsible for empathy, intuition, imagination and creativity. It is where we wonder, dream, connect and come alive. Through the right brain we dwell in the space of no-time, in being absolutely present. While the left brain is more interested in outcomes or product, the right brain cares much more about process—the journey is what matters, not the destination. 

By 2014 JamesHarold the motivator - Do the hard thing that you hate. Do it right now. Get it over with. Everything else on your to do list will be much more pleasant once that thing is done.

Bonus quotes:

Doing what is right is more important than how it looks.

Don’t stop doing what you know is right just because no one else is doing it.

There is no need to practice being miserable. You will be good at it when the time comes.

Sorrow never stays consequences.

There is so much evil in the world. We should not add to it by ridiculing compassion when we see it.

My favorite beatitude: Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.

For each one of us there are two Gods. The God we want and the God there is. True conversion comes to us when we stop serving the God we want and start serving the God that is.

It is difficult to climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

People are not usually against you. They are just for themselves.

Don’t just try to be good. Try to be good for something.

Not knowing can be bad. Not wanting to know is worse.

The main difference in stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Don’t choose to be wrong just for the sake if being different.

If what you are going to say is not better than being silent, then you should probably just hush.

Those who are the slowest to make you a promise are usually the ones most likely to keep it.

If you think it wrong, it is.

Comebacks are always in style.

It is almost always better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Where there is very little to lose and much to be gained… You should try!

If you find yourself up to your ears in you know what, my best immediate advice would be to keep your mouth shut.

Willpower is nice, but won'tpower is pretty useful too.

Note to self: 1) There is a rule about not climbing ladders when you are the only one home. Follow this rule. 2) Your to do list will be harder to accomplish after you have broken the aforementioned rule. 3) Consider yourself lucky that's all you broke. Moron.

The best, most beneficial plans of the wisest, most conscientious cowboy always seems like terrifying chaos to his cows. I expect the same is true for the Good Shepherd and His sheep.

Our greatest error is one of perspective. We spend too much time looking for God's role in our plans and too little looking for our role in His.

Wisdom puts emotion in it's place.

Folks, I can't tell if I've found my rope or lost my horse. I think that means it's time to hit the hay.

You have blessings you're not counting.

If you spent the morning kicking the butt of the person who caused most of your troubles yesterday, you probably wouldn't be able to sit down for supper.

Laughter is like changing a baby's diaper. It doesn't permanently solve any problems, but it does make things more acceptable for awhile.

1. Handle physical mail immediately. Too often, mail is only relocated from the mailbox to our countertop—where it often sits or begins to collect. But the fact is, most mail can be processed in very little time if we make it a habit. Immediately discard junk mail (or use Paper Karma to eliminate it completely) and process the rest. Mail that requires processing but can’t be handled right away can easily be placed in a manilla To-Do Folder out of sight.

2. Clean dishes after meals. I used to hate washing dishes—especially right after preparing and eating a meal. But things changed when I read this story. Now, I view cleaning dishes as just the last step of the family dinner. Washing dishes (or filling the dishwasher) immediately takes less time (they wash easier when food has not dried). And the kitchen is clean all evening.

3. Make your bed each morning. Messes attract messes. One of the easiest places to see this is the bedroom. Your bed is the centerpiece of the room and when it is made, it sets environment and the culture. But when it is left undone, clutter begins to accumulate around it. The first, best step when cleaning a bedroom is to make the bed. And the first, best step for clutterfree living is to do it first thing in the morning (or find a spouse who does).

4. Store things off the kitchen counter. Messes attract messes and clutter attracts clutter. The better we get at storing clutter out of sight, the less likely it is to accumulate. The kitchen counter is a good example. When countertops become an acceptable place to store things, more things begin to collect there. But a clean countertop communicates calm and order, promotes opportunity for its intended use, and is probably easier than you think.

5. Return items nightly. When we minimized our possessions, we found tidying up to be easier. Every item has a purpose and every item has a home. At the end of the day, items are returned. This is a daily habit I have worked hard to incorporate in my life and my kids’ lives. One reason is because it allows every morning to begin fresh, new, and clutterfree.

6. Complete 1-2 minute jobs immediately. Clutter is often a result of procrastination—decisions put off or small jobs left unfinished. Counteract this procrastination in your home with a simple rule: If a job can be completed in less than 2 minutes, do it now. Take the garbage out, scrub the pot, return the remote control, or place your dirty clothes in the hamper. Every time you see a task all the way to completion, a source of clutter is avoided.

7. Minimize overfilled spaces right away. Clutter often reveals itself as too many things in too small a place: too many clothes in a drawer, too many linens in a closet, too many toiletries in a bathroom cabinet, or too many items on a shelf. When this occurs, as it often does, minimize the overfilled space right away by removing everything no longer needed. Don’t put it off. It will take longer than 2 minutes, but usually no more than 15. Staying ahead of clutter is the best way to defeat it altogether.