Jonathots Daily Blog
(4474)
Delicate Ways to Alliteratively Describe Your Bowel Movements
1. Fulfilling and Fluffy
2. Slip-Sliding Away
3. Tight and Tender
4. Run, Run, Run, Run Runaway
5. A Farted Failure
3 Things … June 11th, 2020
Jonathots Daily Blog
(4437)
That That Will Still Be Here in 200 Years
1. Failure (if human beings remain)
2. Compassion (if human beings possess wisdom)
3. Humor (if human beings post their follies)
1 Thing This Week That Life Really Wants You to Know
It’s not decided.
Yes, you will actually have to show up to the meeting, live through it, make your points and succeed or fail.
God is not going to take over for you.
Supernatural help is not coming to your aid, nor rallying to destroy you.
It’s not decided.
Your love will only grow as your fear is exposed.
Your faith will expand if you freely speak out your doubt.
Your destiny will be determined by how well you use your good cheer.
The producers of jonathots would humbly request a yearly donation for this inspirational opportunity
1 Thing You Can Do This Week When You Win
Take the Time to Get Better
One of the classic mistakes of the human race is that we decide to discuss, discover and disagree when failure has arrived and has smacked us in the face.
When you have gone through the trauma of not achieving your purposes, it is not the time to scrape yourself with a razor blade, trying to cut away the portions that caused your problems.
Sweeten and Smooth
The time to improve one’s life is when one has had a successful adventure, and there is no fear or apprehension, but instead, just a desire to Sweeten and Smooth. Life is about revealing what you can do, and finding ways to sweeten it and smooth it out.
A Season of Healing
If you’ve experienced a disappointment, what you need is a season of healing. You don’t need to be reminded of your shortcomings. You don’t have to play the video tape one more time, and you don’t have to place yourself in the role of the scolded child. These are useless profiles for someone who needs restoring.
Winning is the best time to critique yourself. When you lose, develop a sense of humor and give yourself time to recuperate.
The producers of jonathots would humbly request a yearly donation for this inspirational opportunity
PoHymn: A Rustling in the Stagnant … February 22nd, 2017
Jonathots Daily Blog
(3226)
Practicing My Kick
I can still do something
After failure has given me astart
My gifts may be fewer
Or may be a bit tired
Yet they remain
Faithfully the same
I cannot judge myself
By the value adhered to me
I must simply rest and consider
How blessed I continue to be
For the bubbling in my soul
Is still a volcano of power
Ready to erupt and display
Many wonders in this hour
For if I am too confident
I abandon the chance to learn
Yet if I am afraid
An opportunity I will burn
Thank you, thanks and appreciation
Grant me love for every nation
Just give me a door and watch me sell
I’ll ask and seek and knock so well
A little slower but still not sick
Feeling alive, practicing my kick
The producers of jonathots would humbly request a yearly subscription donation of $10 for this inspirational opportunity
Good News and Better News… December 26th, 2016
Jonathots Daily Blog
(3167)
My Christmas morning:
- Four tiny little ones
- One twelve-year-old
- A teenager
- Eighteen adults
- And six dogs marauding about, sniffing at presents.
It was all held in a lovely, but somewhat square-footage-impaired house in East Nashville.
Although most people consider Christmas to be a holiday season which they either enjoy or complain about trying to get through, I contend that Christmas is a microcosm of life as it should be. It’s a collision of giving and receiving, organizing and finding yourself surprised by a slip-up, and having a crunch of humanity around you which requires you to be open-minded and willing to adapt.
For instance, in the course of our morning, well over a hundred presents were opened.
Also, one of the young men decided to use it as an occasion to propose marriage to his girlfriend–an amazing precedent.
And there were moments of silliness followed by junctures of tenderness, concluding with decisions to stay energetic enough to survive the gauntlet.
The adults made themselves flexible to appreciate toys opened by Santa believers and the subtleties of certain gifts which needed to be explained because they only had significance to the recipient.
Then, in the midst of the festivities and the brunch following, we discovered that one of the guests just lost his grandma. She had passed away in her sleep.
Quiet–and amazing it was how quickly it settled on the room, even among the children. A time to feel and consider the magnitude of such a departure.
Tears.
Gentleness.
Allowing ourselves to transition from one emotion to another without trauma or drama, to return to eating and enjoying one another as life insisted on pushing forward. I heard one person declare the day a “miracle,” but actually, it’s the way our lives are meant to be lived: in abundance.
Abundant opportunities
Abundant problems
Abundant relationships
Abundant attempts
Abundant failures
Abundant successes
And abundant gratitude
The good news is that Christmas is a time for abundance.
The better news is that the baby in the manger came to give us life, and it more abundantly.
The producers of jonathots would humbly request a yearly subscription donation of $10 for this wonderful, inspirational opportunity
Don’t let another Christmas season go by without owning Jonathan’s book of Christmas stories
Mr. Kringle’s Tales …26 Stories ‘Til Christmas
An advent calendar of stories, designed to enchant readers of all ages
“Quite literally the best Christmas stories I have ever read.” — Arthur Holland, Shelby, North Carolina
Only $5.99 plus $1.25 shipping and handling.
Good News and Better News… December 12th, 2016
Jonathots Daily Blog
(3153)
She spoke to me in a quiet voice, a bit creaky and worn from decades of conversation, hinting at the possibility of sage wisdom.
“I know Jesus said we shouldn’t worry, but …”
She didn’t finish. Apparently she was leaving it to my imagination to fill in the blank. What did she want me to insert in that space?
“I know Jesus said we shouldn’t worry but…”
- He was wrong?
- He didn’t live in the 21st century?
- He was perfect, so it doesn’t count?
- He was never a mother?
The greatest disservice we do to ourselves is continuing to believe that worry performs any reasonable function.
Worry is an anti-energy.
It not only fails to provide assistance but actually drains away faith and hope, leaving us stuck with images of struggle and failure.
Here’s the good news:
Since God knows we’re human, He has lit up the path before us.
Not in the sense of controlling our destiny, but rather, by making it clear what needs to be done next and how we can contribute to the cause.
It’s lit up.
Jesus told us that it’s our job to “discern the signs of our times.”
In other words, see what is available for consideration today, and put our efforts into people and circumstances that are ready for input instead of into situations and individuals which stubbornly avoid solution.
- The wise men followed a star.
- They didn’t make up a religion.
- They didn’t adopt a philosophy.
- They saw a light and they followed it.
It lit up.
The shepherds went to work, never thinking they would be talked to by angels. But once the angels spoke to them and lit up a possibility, they went with it.
And the whole salvation plan came down to a girl turning to her betrothed, Joseph, and saying, “Excuse me, I need to get down from this donkey. I’m crowning.”
Joseph didn’t question. Joseph didn’t say, “There’s no place for this to happen.” It lit up. He followed.
The good news is that life does light up in front of us with today’s possibility.
The better news is that even though the dark questions may go unanswered, there is great opportunity that soon they will brighten.
The producers of jonathots would humbly request a yearly subscription donation of $10 for this wonderful, inspirational opportunity
Don’t let another Christmas season go by without owning Jonathan’s book of Christmas stories
Mr. Kringle’s Tales …26 Stories ‘Til Christmas
An advent calendar of stories, designed to enchant readers of all ages
“Quite literally the best Christmas stories I have ever read.” — Arthur Holland, Shelby, North Carolina
Only $5.99 plus $1.25 shipping and handling.
Jonathots Daily Blog 