BULLSEYE!

The other day I was reading about the origin of the word "bullseye." Centuries ago the English longbow yeomen would often congregate after church in the hamlet and have target practice. The target was said to be the white skull of a bull. If you could hit the center of the "bulls eye" then you were considered to have the greatest skill as a marksman. 

 THE CROSSHAIRS

Do you know what it feels like to have a bullseye on your back? I have been the unwilling target of an adversary so deadly that it had managed to turn,topple and twist my life into every possible direction. The name of this worthy adversary is..

He loves me...He loves me not?(The Ugly Truth)

The word ugly was first used in popular English Literature sometime before 1050. My grandmother used the word all the time when she caught me being too mean to people. Standing at about five feet tall, she walked up to me and said with a small, shaky voice,"now baby, don’t be ugly.” 

Webster's dictionary defines ugly as something that is contrary to beauty or offensive to sight.

UGLY?

Do you remember a time when someone called you ugly? This is a word that is commonly used to describe feelings of disgust over a particular person place or thing. We all have experiences when it comes to how we look at ourselves and others. I can speak from personal experience about this. I have two big ears and one crooked nose and this can add up to one big zero for self-confidence. This was a challenge for me growing up, especially when trying to get through high school. So it was during this time I began to ask myself a question. Was I wonderfully and fearfully created in the image of God? 

Now I had turned myself into an ugly creation who doubted the design of a loving creator.

This bud's for you.

Years ago Budweiser unveiled a popular ad campaign with a slogan that seemed to put so many people in a festive mood if you know what i mean.  All across the world Budweiser had people saying "cheers, this bud's for you." What I want to do with this post is to give my twist on this successful slogan and talk about a different kind of bud. 

New Year's Eve celebration in Chicago 

We spent this past Christmas and NYE in Chicago and had a good time as you can tell. My wife and I were ringing in the new year at a house party. That's her in the picture with a hand up. And yes, we managed to celebrate without a lot of drinking. Before the party ever got rolling,
 the DJ mentioned the Sandy Hook shootings. He said that he wanted us to have a moment of silence for the family and friends of the victims.So many of us were wracked with grief when the shooting occurred and it was right around the holidays and that made it even harder to take. I want to comment on why this hits home for me.  

~My first blog~

                                      Over the wild blue yonder!
                                                    

"Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at Lofty heights"

                      

                                                                                    ~peace pilgrim quotes

My love lies bleeding......

            









AZ the writer of this blog I will write from the heart and vow to treat each person with respect and humility.  I will post from a perspective of everyday life and my goal is to somehow invoke the minds eye and encourage you with simple child-like faith and innocence. I hope you will follow me as we all seek new heights of faith, physical well being and creativity. I live by a few tenets and will joyfully share more as we go along.