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Our next American federal holiday, January 21, is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Around this time of the year, I tend to think of Dr. King’s I-have-a-dream speech. King said, “I have a dream today!” (https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm). I have way too many dreams – every day.

Wondering what dreams friends and family have, I asked them: “In Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I-have-a-dream speech, he said, ‘I have a dream today!’ What is one of your dreams?” Their responses were:

The first week of the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2019 Regular Session is in the books. We had a productive few days in Frankfort and leave in good spirits about what is to come this session.

Try this test: Pick up your bathroom scale.  Hold it, facing you, with both hands.  Squeeze as hard as you can.  The number on the scale is your squeeze score.  My squeeze score is a puny 10.4 (my husband’s is over 50).  Next, figure the square inches in your palm.  My palm is 2.5 X 3 inches.  That equals 7.5 square inches.  Now, divide the squeeze score by the palm score.  In my case, I divide 10.4 by 7.5, giving me 1.39 pounds per square inch of pressure.  The hawks, native to our part of the country, have a foot grip of 200 pounds per square inch of pressure.  (Startribune.com)  Raleigh

Last year I began a “50 Fast Facts” review.  https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/did-you-know/50-fast-facts-so-intere...’ll-crush-your-boredom/ss-BBMlXq8?ocid=spartandhp#image=25 is where I got these facts.  I will continue with where I left off.  Fact 24: Le Palais Ideal is an 85-foot-long, 33-foot-high castle 30 miles south of Lyon made from rocks that a 19th-century French postman picked up during his mail route over the course of 34 years.

Some years back I ran into the word, INTRACTABLE.  I don’t recall ever using the word.  However, the dictionary describes it as:  impossible to reason with, non-compliant, or non-agreeable; stubborn, unruly, or disorderly.  

I once knew a man who call himself a preacher.  He would not hear of his daughter getting married although she was of age.  He called her degrading, dirty names.  The young man she married was a good, decent fellow they made a happy couple.  The jerk of a father, being intractable, also had a mean streak about a mile wide.  

With the arrival of 2019, I have thought about how to improve my day-to-day life. I believe most of us would like to make some improvements – as long as they don’t take too much effort. Three areas within which I’d personally like to improve are health, happiness, and financial savings. So, I did some reading in each area.

Anytime, my granddaughter, Sabria, comes to visit, magic is always involved.  I’m not referring to the word “magical,” as in children are “magical,” alluding to the sense of wonder children bring to a situation.  I mean magic, as in, “You hold these magic rocks, Gee, cause we might have to teleport to another dimension, in case the bad guys start chasing us.  I can’t actually see the bad guys, but I hold onto the magic rocks—cleverly disguised as common gravel—as we climb onto our trustee steeds, Snowflake and Sven—cleverly disguised as a soap barrel and an oil barrel—and gallop away across

            The Bible speaks very matter-of-factly about the crucifixion of Christ. We know that this event was a matter of prophecy in the Old Testament (Gen. 3:15; Ps. 22; Isa. 53; Dan. 9:26). We also know that Christ alluded to this event, declaring that He would die by crucifixion (Matt. 16:21, 17:23, 20:19; Mk. 9:31, 10:34; Lk. 9:22, 18:31-33, 24:7).

 ITS OWN REWARD-Most of us have encountered the phrase “Virtue is its own reward,” at some point or another while going on this journey called, life. It sounds nice doesn't it? Much like the phrase “it is better to give than receive” sounds like an uplifting little add-on, to tack on to our everyday lives, every now and then. Virtue being its own reward is about much more though than a nice platitude, to help us go about the business of every day life.