Avoid Disappointment and Future Regret

During the Christmas holidays I was sitting in the living room watching for the umpteenth time, Jaws, the first one, the one that sat us all on the edge of our seats with its BOM BOM,BOM, BOM, and frightened us away from the ocean to this very day. The Jaws ride recently closed at Universal, so I think the twenty-four hours of Jaws was a special tribute to a dying classic. Hmmm, can a classic die? I digress, this has nothing to do with Jaws except to create a setting. The movie stopped often for commercials. However, for some reason, the advertisements played that evening were the same ones every single break. Yes, we still sat through the whole ordeal. What is it about that movie? Hence, the handle "classic."

One advertisement was hocking a gold plated coin, blah, blah, blah. The sale was promoted with this line thrown in toward the end of the ad, "Avoid disappointment and future regret."  Ha! Ha! It made me laugh, but I took that statement and wrote it on my erasable calendar on the refrigerator and announced to all who cared to hear, "This is my motto for the year 2012." Now I am faced with a humanly impossible task, but I have a plan for success. It goes like this, I will "Trust in the Lord with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding. In all my ways I will acknowledge Him, and he will direct my path." It's a promise and a beautiful, effective mantra from Proverbs. Happy New Year!

Peace. Love, Linda