Let me cling to the cross

Help me to cling to the cross,
be crucified to the world by it,
and in it find deepest humiliation,motives to patience and self-denial,
grace for active benevolence,
faith to grasp eternal life,
hope to lift up my head,
love to bind me for ever
to him who died and rose for me.
May Christ’s shed blood make...

Its Day 5 of the "Z-Pack", (meds->antibiotics), and Im feeling a whole lot better.

I still have that wheezing in my chest, but, the runny nose is about gone, and I can breathe through both nostrils now...(if I have my CPAP on, and one side of my nose plugs up, I have to rip the mask off, cause I get claustophobic like RIGHT NOW!! Yea, I know, that there is more air pressure working for me, and all that, but, I need both nostrils or I go nuts, cause I cant get enough 'air'...

I sometimes get confused, I can't seem to get mixed messages out of my head.

We are bombarded with messages growing up, work hard, and you'll get ahead, you'll be "OK"

I see the proliferation of homeless people around me, and I often wonder "What the F happened to that person"

I think we are conditioned to think that person is lazy or unmotivated, a "loser" so to speak.

But, is it really that way?

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You may have heard about a new phenomenon that is sweeping across the country regarding traffic safety improvement. Stale, solid green on a traffic signal for many years meant yielding to oncoming cars when making a left turn at an intersection. Through the years, however, more and more accidents have been occurring.

So, the Federal Highway Administration did something about it: The stale, solid green ball is gone, and flashing yellow arrow is now in. That's...

I was just thinking about trips to Old Forge. My time in Old Forge, my dad, my sister and I went to Enchanted Forest Water Safari. Well, actually my dad and sister actually went in, while I oddly decided to stay in the van. What sense did that make? An hour and half trip and nothing to show for it. Luckily, I had taken 2 more trips there afterwards.

Both were with an old girlfriend and I was able to partake in things I had never done before. During the first trip, went camping for...