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The Good With The Bad or (Spring Bout To Sprung!)

Corey Ryan Forrester
Feb 16
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I’ve often heard it said that “life is what happens when you’re busy making plans!”

I like that. Maybe I’m wrong in interpreting it like this, but to me the obvious take away is to live in the moment. Appreciate what you’ve got. Stop and smell the roses.

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Speaking of roses, it appears (at least in North Georgia anyways) that spring may be bout to sprung! I’m currently sitting on my porch in shorts and a t shirt sweating my butt off, and it’s February for Dolly’s sake!

We just can’t have the good without the bad, though. That’s my main issue with God (if there is one). We can’t ever just have something be nice! I was so excited about the weather, but then two things crossed my mind that put me right back in a bad mood: it only feels this good because we are destroying the earth, and oh btw kid.. the pollen count is about to be higher than Woody Harrelson at Matthew McConaughey’s Super Bowl party!

Why can’t everything just be good? Is that so much to ask? God seems like a mob boss who will float you some big money only to crush you with the vig.

Spring time is supposed to be the season of rebirth I guess, so maybe I’ll start anew with a better attitude. Maybe it’s like Waylon sang “if id never felt the sunshine lord I would not curse the rain!” That’s true I guess. If bad things never happened, you wouldn’t know how wonderful some things are by comparison.

I don’t know about y’all, but I think I’d be fine not experiencing overwhelming joy so long as I didn’t have to sneeze blood every time I went to the mailbox in April.

That’s just me though

Love y’all!

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Jason
Writes Jason’s Random Observations
Feb 16Liked by Corey Ryan Forrester

Maybe it means if no one ever makes plans then life will never be able to happen for anyone else? A sort of "Omelas."

Anyway, I think the question of whether or not there is a god is independent of whether or not any religion has correctly guessed what that god might be like. I'm ~99% sure there isn't a god but I'm 100% sure no religion has accurately described it, if there is one, because they all rely entirely on projection and wishful thinking instead of actual divine inspiration (since that wasn't available).

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Shirley August
Feb 16

Living in gardening zone 4 in Wisconsin, yeah, I totally get enjoying the unseasonably warm days that pop up between November and April while simultaneously realizing it's due to climate change that I, as the little guy, can't really do much about. I feel good about throwing my food scraps on the compost pile and recycling what I can, but I know it's a mere blip compared to the responsibility big business *should* be taking on but don't/won't. Double-edged sword, man. Double. Edged. Sword.

I get nosebleeds, too, but they aren't pollen/allergy related. FINALLY invested in a cool-mist humidifier this week after decades of dealing with dry winter air and, OMG, what a difference!

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