Saturday, July 14, 2018
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
snakes and ladders
I've played the game and seen the pain
There are only snakes to be bitten from
While the ladders are painted on
and it is a slow crawl from the bottom
If chances in life are like a roll of the dice
Then plans are when you throw them
In the end you hit the wall
But you stand up and shake yourself off from them
Fairytales are happy endings
Because they do not continue the story
No one sees you
When you are already under the water drowning
Happiness is a thing that fades
While misery follows
True miserable people look at others
To take what they have worked for.
There are only snakes to be bitten from
While the ladders are painted on
and it is a slow crawl from the bottom
If chances in life are like a roll of the dice
Then plans are when you throw them
In the end you hit the wall
But you stand up and shake yourself off from them
Fairytales are happy endings
Because they do not continue the story
No one sees you
When you are already under the water drowning
Happiness is a thing that fades
While misery follows
True miserable people look at others
To take what they have worked for.
Sunday, July 8, 2018
A magic forest story- the princes lesson in humility
One morning this week my son said I am ready for school and I asked him where is pants were and he said "Oh yea" so I continued that morning to tell him this story.
One day there were two princes who were destined to rule the kingdom of the sun because the sun always shone on their kingdom. The Queen mother of all the land had watched in her lifetime many kingdoms that had fallen into darkness and she said that her grandchildren were to go to school with everyone else and not be homeschooled as it was the way in the past.
One brother believed he was better than everyone else in that school while the other brother enjoyed being with the other children and learning as they did.
One day the children of the school were to have a parade through the town and were to all get-together and create their own clothes for the parade. One brother loved this idea and had so much fun decorating his clothes with the other children. While the other brother laughed at how ridiculous they all looked and ordered for the finest tailors in all the land to come and show him what they could make him for the parade.
The king and queen sat there for hours with the young prince as he rejected all the people until one came in with the finest silk in all the lands and the prince looked at them and felt them and said they were not good enough for him. Then just before the trailer left he said. " wait, my prince, I do have one last piece that I keep hidden from everyone. and opened a chest and when the prince looked inside he could not see anything and the tailor told him " That is because this is the only fabric in all the kingdoms like this for it is invisible". The prince said he must have this fabric and the best clothing made from it and the king and queen paid handsomely for the cloths to be made as the prince watched them hand the gold coins over.
So the next day the tailor's handmaidens came in and measured the prince and the tailor started up his sewing machine with his foot passing the fabric through the machine as nothing could be seen.
Finally, the day of the parade came and the whole town and come out to see the parade. The children walked and waved at everyone as though it was a big festival until the young prince walked out and everyone was quiet only for a second until they all started laughing and saying "look the prince is walking around in his underwear" The prince so ashamed when he realized he was tricked wanted to run away and hide. Then his brother came beside him and they walked down the street waving at everyone as the prince became comfortable not in his fake invisible clothing but in the decision he had made that lead him there that day.
From that they forth the prince felt closer to his people than he ever did before and they say he became King the people all talked about the great and wise king that was their ruler.
The end,
One day there were two princes who were destined to rule the kingdom of the sun because the sun always shone on their kingdom. The Queen mother of all the land had watched in her lifetime many kingdoms that had fallen into darkness and she said that her grandchildren were to go to school with everyone else and not be homeschooled as it was the way in the past.
One brother believed he was better than everyone else in that school while the other brother enjoyed being with the other children and learning as they did.
One day the children of the school were to have a parade through the town and were to all get-together and create their own clothes for the parade. One brother loved this idea and had so much fun decorating his clothes with the other children. While the other brother laughed at how ridiculous they all looked and ordered for the finest tailors in all the land to come and show him what they could make him for the parade.
The king and queen sat there for hours with the young prince as he rejected all the people until one came in with the finest silk in all the lands and the prince looked at them and felt them and said they were not good enough for him. Then just before the trailer left he said. " wait, my prince, I do have one last piece that I keep hidden from everyone. and opened a chest and when the prince looked inside he could not see anything and the tailor told him " That is because this is the only fabric in all the kingdoms like this for it is invisible". The prince said he must have this fabric and the best clothing made from it and the king and queen paid handsomely for the cloths to be made as the prince watched them hand the gold coins over.
So the next day the tailor's handmaidens came in and measured the prince and the tailor started up his sewing machine with his foot passing the fabric through the machine as nothing could be seen.
Finally, the day of the parade came and the whole town and come out to see the parade. The children walked and waved at everyone as though it was a big festival until the young prince walked out and everyone was quiet only for a second until they all started laughing and saying "look the prince is walking around in his underwear" The prince so ashamed when he realized he was tricked wanted to run away and hide. Then his brother came beside him and they walked down the street waving at everyone as the prince became comfortable not in his fake invisible clothing but in the decision he had made that lead him there that day.
From that they forth the prince felt closer to his people than he ever did before and they say he became King the people all talked about the great and wise king that was their ruler.
The end,