Category: Sandra’s Thoughts

Genbook Update

What will happen?

On Tue, Mar 15, GenBook will turn off my Genbook account and turn on my new Booksy account.

At that time, there will be up to 30 minutes service interruption as we migrate my data.

I will not be able to access my Genbook account after Tue, Mar 15, but no need to worry. My new Booksy account will be up and running so that you can Book your appointments.

REMEMBER WHAT AND WHO YOU ARE?

I know there is a lot of anger out there today. I am sad for that. It is just politics and changes continually, when we make it personal, we hurt ourselves. It is like taking POSION and expecting the other person to die. We have to be united , But that is not what other countries want us to do…Divide and conquer., that has won wars for centuries. 
But when we start eating away at our foundation the house will fall. We have been divided enough, it is time to unite. We all have differences and we should be proud of those differences, Neither one of the candidates are crystal clean. They both have their dirty laundry, but it is our laundry  that we need to pay attention to.
We need to support outside sources that lean towards our individual  beliefs, and try to make a difference in our world the best we can.
Politics change every four or eight years, and that arm of government is much too corrupt and too large for us to change. But what we can do it change the way we look at ourselves and at other things. Then we can go down a path that will assist in changing other things.
I am seeing where this political year people are actually letting their opinions/choices come between families and friends, Really, for what, for something we have not the control over we think we do. We lose our friendships and our families who have stood by us for our lives, over a source that is so powerful, corrupt and wealthy worldwide, and we really don’t have control over. Really? 
Think about it tonight, think about how you react, think about the very thing we stand for “Freedom of Choice”. That is an inate right, for each of us no matter how we choose. That’s America,……. Let’s honor everyone as they make their choices.  Everyone has the right to do so, whether we agree with it or not.  If you take that away we are no longer a country of Freedom, and I don’t know about you but I am not willing to give up my freedom.  Not because of pride.

THE ELECTION IS OVER AND THE WOLVES HAVE GONE TO SLEEP

WELL THE ELECTION IS OVER WITH AND WE CAN CHOOSE HOW EACH OF US WISHES TO HANDLE EITHER THE DISSAPOINTMENT OR THE CELEBRATION.

REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS OPPOSITE TO YOUR BELIEFS, BE CAREFUL HOW YOU HANDLE THAT, REMEMBER FRIENDSHIP IS PRICELESS, AND WE EACH HAVE THE RIGHT TO BELIEVE AS WE WISH.  THAT IS WHY GOD GAVE US FREE WILL, NOT TO PUSH OUR BELIEFS ON OTHERS BUT RATHER TO STAND STRONG ON OUR OWN CONVICTIONS IN OUR OWN LIVES.

YOUR FRIENDS MAY NOT HAVE LIVED THE LIFE YOU HAVE, NOR HAVE THEY COME FROM THE SAME PARENTS YOU DID, AND AS CHILDREN WE BEGIN TO BELIEVE WHAT WE HEAR FROM OUR RELATIVES. THEY ARE OUR FAMILY. AND WE AS CHILDREN, CAN’T SEE FLAWS IN OUR PARENTS UNTIL WE GET MUCH OLDER, AND THEN SOMETIMES NOT.

SO TUCK YOUR DISSAPOINTMENTS, OR YOUR CELEBRATIONS AWAY AND KEEP THEM CLOSE TO YOUR HEART FOR YOUR LIFE,  AND DON’T CONDEMN OTHERS FOR THEIR CHOICES , AS THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THEM.  AND WHEN IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE, WE ALL TURN INTO THE WONDERFUL LIGHT SPIRIT THAT HAS NO OPPINIONS, OPPOSING OR OTHERWISE.

WE SHED THIS BODY, AND BECOME LIGHT AND LOVE.  SO EVERYTHING THAT THIS BODY EXPERIENCES IS JUST THAT , AN EXPERIENCE.  BUT WE CAN CHOOSE HOW WE WANT TO SPEND PREVIOUS MOMENTS THAT WE DON’T GET BACK IN THIS LIFETIME. THAT IS ALWAYS A CHOICE.

POLITICS ARE JUST THAT POLITICS.  NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD GIVE UP PRECIOUS TIME ON.  IF WE ARE A NEGATIVE PERSON, WE CAN ALWAYS FIND SOMEONE, OR SOMETHING TO HATE.  AND WHEN WE FEEL LIKE OUR PRIDE HAS BEEN STEPPED ON, WE CAN CHEW ON IT, UNTIL IT BECOMES PART OF US.

I CHOOSE ALWAYS TO TRY TO NOT WASTE PRECIOUS TIME DOING THAT. I REFUSE TO LET ANYTHING GET BETWEEN  ME AND THE PEOPLE I LOVE, EVEN FOR A MOMENT. IT IS A ACT OF FUTILITY.

THERE WILL BE OTHER ELECTIONS, AND OTHER DECISIONS AS THE YEARS GO BY.   THEY WILL ALL TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR, AND LEAD US DOWN THE GOLDEN PATH.

BUT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DECIDE HOW TO SPEND THE NEXT 24 HOURS OF YOUR LIFE.

NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU.  YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU BY HOW YOU CHOOSE TO LOOK AT THINGS IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO LET’S GET ON WITH THE WONDERFUL THING WE CALL LIFE, AND  BECOME THE LIGHT THAT WE ARE.

SOMEHOW I DON’T THINK GOD HAS POLITICS WHERE HE LIVES.

SANDRA LOGAN

HIDDEN JEWEL ON BOLIVAR ISLAND

I FOUND A HIDDEN JEWELL CROSSING THE FERRY FROM GALVESTON TO BOLIVAR ISLAND. YOU GO DOWN ABOUT 2 MILES OR SO AND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER EXITING THE FERRY THERE IS A WHITE AND RED SQUARE BUILDING. THERE IS A SIGN ABOVE IT THAT SAYS STEVES LANDING,,,,TURN LEFT ON THAT ROAD AND GO DOWN TO THE END. YOU WILL BE GREETED BY A TWO STORY WOODEN BUILDING RIGHT ON TTHE CANAL. ON THE FIRST LEVEL YOU WILL FIND SEATS FACING THE WATER TO JUST SIT AND VIEW, AND SOME CHILDRENS GAMES ALSO ON THAT LEVEL. BIG PATIO FOR KIDS TO RUN AROUND ON OR FOR ADULTS TO JUST VIEW THE CANAL AND BOATS GOING BY.

YOU WILL BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU WALK IN AT THE ATMOSPHERE, IT IS CASUAL BUT BEAUTIFUL, AND LOOKS OVER THE WATER. THE FOOD IS SOMETHING TO RAVE ABOUT. WE HAD THE CRAB RANGOONS AND IT WAS WONDERFUL, THEN WE FOLLOWED UP WITH SHRIMP TACOS AND THEY WERE TO DIE FOR, AND INCLUDED WAS VEGETABLES IN A HONEY/GINGER SAUCE. ENDING WITH THE BEST KEY LIME PIE I HAVE EVER TASTED,,,,,,HOME MADE RIGHT THERE ON THE PREMISES.

THIS IS WELL WORTH A SATURDAY DRIVE TO THE ISLAND.

I would give it 10 stars,,,,,,,

WWW.steveslanding.com

you will not regret it.

sandralogan.org

THE BEST HAMBURGER IN TOWN

I HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AT THE SG RESTARAUNT OFF OF 19TH STREET IN THE HEIGHTS. RIGHT TURN OFF OF SHEPHERD ABOUT 1/4 OF A BLOCK DOWN. WONDERFUL FOOD CASUAL ATMOSPHERE.

MOVING HOW DO WE COLLECT SO MUCH STUFF

I JUST WENT THROUGH THE ACT OF MOVING RESIDENCES.  AFTER IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE, I ASKED MYSELF,  HOW DID I COLLECT SO MUCH USELESS STUFF AND HOLD ON TO IT FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS.

I HAD A HEART PROCEDURE A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT AM DOING FINE AND READING AGAIN, BUT  WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL I WAS REVIEWING MY LIFE, AS WE ALL DO AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.  I THOUGHT ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME, BUT MEANS SO LITTLE TO MY FAMILY.

WE NOW LIVE IN A DISPOSABLE WORLD. THE YOUNG PEOPLE NO LONGER WANT TO COLLECT GRANDMAS’ CHINA OR SILVER UNLESS THEY CAN SELL IT.    THEIR WORLD MOVES SO FAST THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ACCUMULATING JUNK, TO TAKE UP SPACE.  WE ARE GOING TO TINY HOUSES THAT DON’T  DEPLETE OUR ENERGY.  THEY ARE  BUYING SMALLER CARS TO SAVE GAS.

I THINK THEY ARE MUCH MORE AWARE OF THINGS THAN WE WERE, THAT IS IMPORTANT THINGS. SO THAT LEADS ME TO THE QUESTION.  HOW IMPORTANT ARE THINGS?  IN THIS WORLD TODAY, TECHNOLOGY IS MINIMIZING EVERYTHING.  THE TIME SPENT WITH OUR FAMILIES, THE PERSONAL TOUCH WHEN COMMUNICATING.  WE CAN EVEN BREAK UP OR DUMP SOMEONE BY TEXT.  HOW CRAZY IS THAT?

SO I AM SLOWLY GOING THROUGH THE BOXES OF MEMORBILIA, ABOUT MY CHILDREN, MY MOTHER WHO PASSED AND OTHER FAMILY MOMENTOS THAT  I HAVE COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE 72 YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE.  I SHED SOME TEARS AS I PUT THEM AWAY IN THE BOX THAT SAYS TRASH AND SAY GOOD BY TO THEM.

MY CHILDREN WILL BE HAPPY WHEN I LEAVE THIS EARTH, BECAUSE THEY WON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH MY THINGS AND GET A HUGE DUMPSTER OR HAVE A HUGE GARAGE SALE .  THEY CAN JUST GO INTO MY HOUSE AND TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES AS THEY WERE KIDS, HAVE SOME SANDWICHES, AND THEN GO HOME AND SAY TO THEMSELVES,  ‘AT LEAST SHE DIDN’T LEAVE BEHIND A BUNCH OF JUNK!

THEY USED TO SAY ‘one mans junk is another man’s treasure”.  WELL THAT ONLY APPLIES IN THIS DAY AND TIME IF IT IS DISPOSABLE, OR RECYLABLE.

AH,  THE ‘GOOD OLD DAYS’  MY FATHER USED TO SAY WHAT WAS GOOD ABOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS?  PEOPLE DIED YOUNGER,  ATE LESS,   AND DIDN’T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, OR HEAT THE WAY WE DO NOW.  THEY ALSO  HAD TO GO DOWN THE STREET TO FIND A PHONE IF THEY WANTED TO CALL SOMEONE, THEY HAD TO GO HOME TO TURN THE  RADIO ON TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE WORLD.

EACH GENERATION IS SUPPOSED TO BECOME SMARTER THAN THE LAST ONE, AND MAYBE THEY HAVE, TIME WILL TELL.

SANDRA

 

It’s your book, and yours alone

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Sandra Logan

 

Hello, and good morning. It is so nice to be back.  I had a set back and was unable to write for a month or so.  But am back with great vigor.  It is election time, and it doesn’t matter what your beliefs are, what matters is that you believe in them enough to stand up for them.  We all have opinions, and sometimes think ours is the only right one.  But that is our right since we are human beings. When we took over this human body and our soul entered into  an agreement with it.  We agreed to experience all that our body wished to do. We agreed to have the “Human Experience”.  We agreed to stay in it as long as we were supposed to, to do what we were brought here to do.

All of us have different agreements.  It is like God gave our soul a book when it arrived and said this is your book. It is completely written, and no one has the right to edit it or change it.  They are only allowed to read it.  The ending will never change, it will never be rewritten.  It will always be your story and yours alone.

So each of us handles our stories the way we have to , not the way others think we should.  For unless they have read your book, they have no idea how it will end.  They have no idea where it will take you, or what the last page says.

So again, it doesn’t matter what you believe, what matters is that you believe it enough to stand behind it, and to go to bat for it.

 

Sandra Logan

So they have left the nest? What did we send with them?

SO OUR CHILDREN GROW UP, MAYBE, I, along with a lot of you, saw my grandson leave for college. We all waved him good-bye and knew that his dreams were just beginning. Then we all had the realization that as he was heading for the land of the unknown, he was on his own for the first time! He didn’t have mom waking him up, pushing him to get out of bed or to be home by a certain time. We had let our little fledgling be sent out to the wolves. The only protection he was carrying with him, was the wisdom we tried so dearly to put in his mind as he grew. From the time that he took his first steps and fell, to this time, we hoped we were doing the right thing. He will now be taking larger steps (and sometimes falling) and learning to pick himself up to keep going forward. The question is, “How well did we teach him to pull himself back up – after the fall?” Did we run over and pick him up and hand him band aids? Did we let him survey the damage and then find that he had to try to get up again? That each time without too much damage and without help? The only way he learns how great he can be, is to learn who he is and what he is capable of in adversity. The greatest gift we can give a child is the capability of learning that they have power and they have a brain to evaluate their situation. They also will pay the consequences of their bad choices or glean the rewards of the good ones. Hopefully there will be more of the latter. On their own they will be exposed to the partying and the other things that freedom has to offer. Which way they choose and what direction they go in is completely on them now. We silently close the box of bandages and know that we can no longer run and put it over their cuts. I am just glad that no one monitored my past when I went to school. I can honestly say the greatest gift my parents gave me was the full knowledge that if I didn’t do well, it was all over. No more money that they worked hard for and when I returned home, I would be looking for a place to live and a job. Probably not a cushy job either, without the education that I was lucky to be given, and decided to take for granted. The worst thing that we can do, as parents, is to evaluate their lives as we evaluate ours. They aren’t us! They are their own entity and their own individual and they were given their own soul! It didn’t have strings attached to ours. Someday we will no longer be available to them. Have we taught them to live life without us, or have we volunteered to be their crutch through life. We each have our own path and we each decide how to go down it. We either go down the rosy path, or the barbed wire one. But it is a choice that we each in our soul have to make for our journey. They can’t pack everything you would like them to take on their journey. They will pack what is comfortable for them. All we can do is pray, put them in God’s hands, and stand by. Sandra