The Dash Between The Dates

Grave side services were over now.
Everyone had left and I was alone.
I began to read the names and dates
Chiseled here and there on every stone.

The name showed whether it was Mom or Dad,
Or daughter or baby son.

The dates were different, the amount the same,
There were two dates on every one.

It was then that I noticed something
Just a simple line.
It was the dash between the dates,
And placed there, it stood for time.

All at once it dawned on me,
How important that little line!
The dates placed there belong to God,
But the line is yours and mine.

It's God who gives this precious life,
And it's He who takes away;
But the line between He gives to us
To do with what we may.

We know He's written the first date down
Of each and every one;
And we're sure the hands will write again,
For the last date has to come.

The hands will write the last date down
Quite soon, perhaps, for some;
But upon the line between my dates and yours,
I trust He'd write, "Well done, well done!"

–Anonymous~
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This Weight Problem

In the midst of everything else going on in my life right now, I have this weight gain problem. I am currently up to 280 pounds. That would not be so bad, but I thought I was overweight at 235!

I went to the doctor a few years ago and he said it was thyroid. Since then, I have heard nothing but thyroid for many, many problems. I don't know if I believe it or not.

I do know one thing, I have tried faithfully to take my pill each day with not improvement. I know my diet is bad, but not that bad. I do not exercise like I used to, but I do not just sit around all the time (well, I do have a desk job and a two to four hour commute each day).

I am going to start watching what I eat and try to get a little more exercise. After I broke my heel a couple of years ago, I got down to about 220. I want to be there again and I want to stay there.

I think in addition to the diet program and exercise program, I need a stress reduction program. Everytime I get stressed or pissed at home I head for the refrigerator. Instead, I should head for the gym downstairs!

280 today.....let's see where I am in a week, and in a month, two months.......

Blackberry

This is my first entry via my blackberry. It is really cool.