What Thine 'Tis It To Die!!!

On this past Friday of November 29, 2024 a very good and dear friend of mine passed away! She was the ripe old age of 86! It really hurt me deep inside because we had been friends for over four decades! I often refer to her as my Macon Ga. Big Sister! We met back in the late seventies when I was an insurance agent riding around Macon Georgia collecting on debit three days a week for a company called Independent Life! She was a very sweet lady that always had a very pleasant attitude accompanied by an equally pleasant smile! We both like to play the Cash 3 Lottery! In fact that was the way that we met! Her small community store was a drop off point for those that like to play the illegal lottery because back then Ga. did not have a lottery. Ga. would not start the lottery until 1993! For almost the last twenty-five years there were not many days that I did not talk to Gin. This was years after she had closed her store and was just a house mom! And I had left the insurance business and was in another profession. But we both still like to play the Cash 3 Lottery! We both also like to talk about our backyard garden! What we had in it and how it was growing at that time! I will truly miss Gin and her phone calls! When someone die I often think of the poem that I wrote upon the death of my 15 year old Best Friend Leroy Searcy, who passed away from cancer! What Thine 'Tis To Die? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What thine 'tis it to Die I've often wondered why? In thine body-not thy soul, Interred in some great big hole. A castaway in distant space, Yet, without a common face. Being a lost soul? Being in a lost hole? What thine 'tis it to die? To die and yet not die? To lie and yet not lie? The dead are bawling, The live are crawling. To lose someone close Hurts the very most. Going back to the dust, Existing as common rust. From within the lost past, Let the dead come at last. Here today-gone tomorrow, Longsuffering and now sorrow! ****************************** Reflections In Black And White Prose by David Vincent Laster 

The Reward of Death!

I cannot escape this thing we call death! We go through life and if we are lucky we live a very long life and then we die! The Bible says that death is not the final reward. If you live a righteous God fearing life then your final reward will be that you will one day go on to live in heaven with Jesus! Otherwise you will go on to that other place called Hell and live with the devil! Each day or so it seems like someone we know passes away and leaves a sad and empty place in our heart! ***************** www.nytimes.com › interactive › 2023/09/06 America may still think of itself as a young nation, but as a society, it is growing old. Thanks to falling birthrates, longer life expectancy and the graying of the baby boomer cohort, our society is being transformed. This is a demographic change that will affect every part of society. Already, in about half the country, there are more people dying than being born, even as more Americans are living into their 80s, 90s and beyond. In 2020 the share of people 65 or older reached 17 percent, according to the Census Bureau. By 2034, there will be more Americans past retirement age than there are children. The challenge the country faces transcends ideology, geography and ethnic or racial category, and American leaders, regardless of their party, need to confront it with the appropriate urgency. It has been decades since lawmakers last came to a consensus about what old age in America should look like: In 1935 the passage of the Social Security Act was meant to ensure that older people would not die destitute because they could no longer work. In 1965 aging was included as part of the vision of the Great Society. Our society now faces another moment when it is up to us to decide what America’s future will be. This shift has major implications. A drop in the working-age population typically means labor shortages, productivity declines and slower economic growth. Places like Japan, with the highest proportion of people 65 or older in the world, offer a hint of what the near future might look like for America. In Japan, especially in rural areas, schools shut their doors because there are no longer enough children to fill them; births fell below 800,000 in 2022, and about 450 schools close every year. With fewer young people working, revenue for retirement programs is shrinking, and there is a chronic labor shortage. Japanese people increasingly work into their 60s, 70s and beyond, often in physically demanding but low-paid jobs such as making deliveries and cleaning offices. That means employers have to adjust, adding rest areas, ramps and handrails in workplaces to accommodate older workers’ needs. Aging societies have different needs from young ones, and while America is far from the only country facing this shift, it has been slow to address it. The strains are showing in everything from health care and housing to employment and transportation. With an average of 10,000 boomers turning 65 each day, these pressures are steadily intensifying and will continue to do so, especially if current immigration policies hold. The recent decline in Americans’ life expectancy over the past few years is especially alarming. It reflects deaths from Covid and drug overdoses, as well as higher mortality rates among children and teenagers from violence and accidental deaths, but that does not change the underlying demographic shift. By 2053, more than 40 percent of the federal budget will go toward programs for seniors, primarily Social Security and Medicare — but those programs are not designed for or prepared to handle the new demographic reality. The challenges of an aging population are also deeply personal. Among the most elemental questions are where and how we will spend the closing years of our lives. Millions of Americans are already grappling with these dilemmas for themselves and for their loved ones. A cottage industry of products and services has emerged to help people adjust their homes and their lives for aging. A demographic shift this significant calls for a broad-based response, and the longer the challenges go unaddressed, the more formidable they become. There are many pieces to this puzzle, including who will care for older people, where they will live, how our cities are designed and how businesses will adapt. Many older people in the United States say they feel invisible in a country that has long been obsessed with youth, avoiding the inevitability — and possibilities — of old age. Americans of every generation owe it to themselves and their families to begin asking the question: Is this a challenge we want to handle on our own? Or is it something that we as a society should confront together? The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. All we can really do is try to make the best of each and every day that we have left here on this place we call earth.

A Special Moment In Time!

Do you have a very special moment in time that you will always remember and that you will never forget? Was it that very special person that crossed your path and lit up your life forever and ever? At that moment you knew that they would come to be part of your life. I have experienced moments like that. I knew that I was in someone special! And they look at you and smile and your heart just melts away like butter. But it is not always a person that makes you feel this way! It could be an event or situation also. A well respected motivational speaker penned it like this:Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. "Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored".Earl Nightingale How say you?

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First Love There is something about this first love That always hangs in your mind. Maybe it's the idea of it being the first time. For this first love can destroy your heart and hurt your mind. And it also can bring you happiness and success. One thing about it, you will learn a lot You'll truly know what to do the very next time. When this love enteines. It will spread its webb all around about, And will oftentimes make you want to get out. For you will always have a place in your heart for this first love. Oh, how sweet it was, when you met him or her. For there is something about this first love that always hangs in your mind. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is taken from David Laster's Reflections in Black and White!

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Wondering why all the heat? Take a look at the polar ice cape!!! The polar ice cap normally reflect 30% of the Gamma Rays from the sun back out in to space! And about 70% is absorbed. But the polar ice cap is melting away everyday! It is called Global Warming!!! "He said that it would be fire the next time"! And His truth is fulfilling itself! We are not taking care of Mother Earth! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GETTYIMAGES.COM 731 Polar Ice Cap Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images

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Is it me? Are people acting really strange since the advent of Covid 19? Check this out? https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/why-are-people-acting-so-weird-the-answer-may-surprise-you/

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What happen to those Republicans? Where did they go? The President Reagan: Everyone can become an American!!! https://youtu.be/XjD650zQjEs?si=_lay-Skt2jcU-YwD via @YouTube

It will never be the same!!!

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. Separator icon Terry Pratchett Discworld, the fictional universe that bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett created for his 41-book fantasy series of the same name, is nothing if not a chance to see the world differently. His imaginative universe is a flat disc carried on the backs of four elephants who are all standing on the back of a turtle. On Pratchett’s website, Discworld is described as “a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different.” That description gets at the heart of this quote, from Pratchett’s book “A Hat Full of Sky.” When you leave a place you’ve known forever and experience something new, it changes both you and that place. You return to something familiar, but it looks different because your perspective has changed. Leaving and coming home again expands your worldview, much more than staying put ever would. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I recall when I left home to go to college at Macon Ga./Mercer University and when I returned home for the first time it did not seem the same at all. I felt like a stranger in my own home. The place that I now live felt more like home and familiar. I had new friends and new experiences different from the ones that I once knew. I had a different perspective about everyone and everything! You learn to do things differently and look at them differently! Your whole world has now begun to expand! It took about six month for me to feel this way. During this transition I felt like an alien on a new and strange planet.

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The Light of the world!!! Are you a shining light in someone's life? Be it to those in your family or to those around you? There are many ways that you can be a light! All you have to do is to let your light go forth out into your community. You could do what you can to help the homeless or the mentally ill? Then there are the Boys and Girls clubs that are located in most communities!  They are always in need of volunteers! I recall back during my college days volunteering and working with the then the Second Street Boy's Club located in Macon Georgia! This was a very rewarding experience. I also back them to help build houses at Koinonia Farms in Americus for those who lived in dilapidated homes. This eventually became Habitat for humanity! The organization that builds homes all across the world for those that do not have a decent place to live. This is just a few examples of the many ways that you could allow your light to shine in your community. Through letting your light shine you in turn help to build better lives throughout your community.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86z0fKluUbk

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Life Isueses and Problems!!! As we look back over our lives we see all the mistakes that we made and what could have beens! Would've-Could've-Should've!!! I know I can see all the wrong turns and missed opportunities that I let slip away from me. Back in 1992 I had the opportunity to make an investment in the cell phone exchange covering Memphis Tenn. All I needed was to make a $12,500 investment! At that time there were only 560,000 subscribers. I would be a millionaire today. And just because I was going through a divorce I did not make it. WOW!!! I get angry with myself everytime I see someone with a cellphone in their hand today! When opportunity knocks we must be ready to listen and answer! Go here for more information? https://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/7-steps-to-resolve-any-problem.html

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Because God raised Jesus from the dead, your last breath on this earth won’t mean the end of your existence. We, too, can have resurrection power in our life. We don’t have to wait until our death to find new life. Perhaps you need a resurrection of your energy; Maybe you need a resurrection of your marriage, maybe you need a resurrection of your dreams, maybe you need a resurrection of the talents that lies dormant in you. Humans can readjust. Only God can resurrect. Your dead energy, dead marriage, dead dreams or dead potentials can’t be resurrected on your own power. You’re simply not strong enough for that. Christ has paid the prize for me and you, he gave himself without reservation, and by his stripes we are healed and nourished with His triumphant resurrection power. Easter reminds us that God’s power is greater—far greater—than any problem we could ever face today. Dying he destroyed our death, rising he restored our life. Happy Easter Beloved friends💖 https://scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/434086688_379019628345138_3893547030456417428_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=XKmCtBrNZxIAX_PUCCY&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.xx&oh=00_AfD5r4mrrkhUueVK10x-WueARVe7hdfVeRO5kLL86dZ9qg&oe=660F663B

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I remember when Ifirst saw you and met you! I think we both needed someone in our lives. I think that was why it was so easy for me to fall in love with her! Little did I know that six months later you would be my wife! There is something about meeting someone and getting to know that person inside and out. But do you really know that person? When we started on this journey of life she was only 19 and I was 23! We both had a lot to learn about life and each other. I just want to make her happy! And I worked very hard at it. Whenever I worked and traveled out of town I would always try to find some unique gift that I thought she would like and I could bring back to her. The first ten years were wonderful and full of happiness; especially when after six years of marriage our daughter came into our lives, followed two years later with our son. We both had the family that we had prayed and dreamed of. We had also moved four years earlier into our first home. We had always said that we did not want to raise a family in an apartment that we want a home! I always made a point to spend time with them both at bed time and tuke them in. I would often read to them. This brings back some special moments. I can feel the tears building up in my eyes! My son really looked forward to spending time with him before he went to sleep each night! But what happened after 16 years! Why did it all fall apart? ********************************************************************************************************************************** There were many reasons why it fell apart after 16 years! On my part I started to drift away on my own and to seek in others what I felt that was not getting at home. I also helped her to start a business and it did very well and the extra money also changed her attitude to the point that she felt that she no longer needed me and that she could make it on her own without me! I myself began to stay out late and not care. Yes! It was all wrong on many levels. Caught in the middle were our two beautiful children! While we both were very selfish. And we love our kids but apparently love was not enough! I know that I did not fight hard enough to keep my family together! I hate myself for not hanging in there and fighting harder for my Family. All the drinking and hanging out! Because God had given us everything that we asked Him for! I reached out for help from my pastor and other ministers that I knew but it was too late! She had a defect in her character that she held gauges and would not let it go. And made me pull further and further away! After 16 years she filed for divorce and I took the attitude that I do not give a damn and I did not even go to the hearing! I just no longer cared! If you want it- go for it! It was March 1992 and we are now divorced! I wish I could get into all the crooks and turns that took place but that would be a novel and I am not ready to go there just yet but I will someday. Now what came next you will not believe!!!

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I remember when Ifirst saw you and met you! I think we both needed someone in our lives. I think that was why it was so easy for me to fall in love with her! Little did I know that six months later you would be my wife! There is something about meeting someone and getting to know that person inside and out. But do you really know that person? When we started on this journey of life she was only 19 and I was 23! We both had a lot to learn about life and each other. I just want to make her happy! And I worked very hard at it. Whenever I worked and traveled out of town I would always try to find some unique gift that I thought she would like and I could bring back to her. The first ten years were wonderful and full of happiness; especially when after six years of marriage our daughter came into our lives, followed two years later with our son. We both had the family that we had prayed and dreamed of. We had also moved four years earlier into our first home. We had always said that we did not want to raise a family in an apartment that we want a home! I always made a point to spend time with them both at bed time and tuke them in. I would often read to them. This brings back some special moments. I can feel the tears building up in my eyes! My son really looked forward to spending time with him before he went to sleep each night! But what happened after 16 years! Why did it all fall apart?

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This time when I walk away from love will be different than when I walked away before! Should I stay or should I go? That is the question before me! If I go there will be no returning! Everything is final. Leaving someone or a situation is never easy! All these many emotions spinning around inside my head trying to escape! Yet they have nowhere to go! Just like me! Starting over is hard. Planting new roots and taking hold in new untested soil. I had better get this soil tested this time around! I must call the County Extension agent to get it tested to see what is missing and chemicals are needed for the best possible growth. I want good soil, not some old worn out soil! I am trying to grow love, emotion, love and compassion! These are the points of consideration: “Don’t be afraid to walk away. It’s better to walk away than being taken for granted.” “I am just so tired of all these things so I am going far away, I no longer want to be part of you.f you. Good bye!” “I realized today that I no longer need you so I have decided that I will just walk away now.” Anyone or anything that is negative, you should walk away from. Make room for all the positives.. – Craig David - Walking Away (Official Video) - YouTube 03:34 Apr 28, 2017 · 480K. 75M views 6 years ago. Craig David - Walking Away Listen to Craig David’s biggest hits on Spotify http://smarturl.it/6pb7zj/spotify and Apple Music http://smarturl.it/6pb7zj/applemusic ... Date: Apr 28, 2017Views: 75.9MAuthor: CraigDavidVEVO

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If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough. Separator icon Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1756497833513873593 The Zombies are coming@ The Zombies are coming!!! Lord! We must pray for their souls?? This is just as bad as The Hitler Revolution! Millions of Americans have drinked the Trump Kool-Aid and are being misled daily with tons of lies. The old former fake ass president # 45! Why do they believe that he can save them and he does not give a damn about them or their problems! All he wants are their dollars that they give him. And what they get in return is nothing but more lies! Which they like to hear. I bet many of them lost family members due to # 45 incumbency in his handling of covid 19. Over 500,000 died that should not have died! He must really be the antichrist otherwise he could not sleep at night with all those deaths on his conscience?

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Happy Sunday!!! 212-221-122-211-121-112-222-231...play then all straight and boxes? Back Down Memory Lane! When tell you all story from lottery past history it is because those same numbers are on my radar for today drawings are very soon drawings. It could come in any states or states because I realize that some of you play on https://betanysports.eu/ as do I on occasions! Remember? Numbers connect everything, and everything is connected by numbers!!! With that in mind I remember years ago on a Sunday unlike this one because as I recall it was not a rainy one like it is today! I sat down to do the workout and it was right there 212 and 211. I made a few calls. And sure enough it hit 212 that Sunday Evening. So I sat down later to do the evening workout for Monday because at that time Ga. just had two drawings Midday and Evening! And when I finished two hour later there it was again 221. I said to myself Dam they are going to draw these numbers again in the Monday morning Midday drawing as 221! Man this is crazy! At that time I was still driving around as a vendor putting my lottery sheets in various convenience stores across Ga. On Monday I had a trip planned to go west of Macon towards Columbus on Hwy US 80. So I called everyone of my players on that route and gave them that 221 to play for Midday Monday in Ga. And I combo it for myself as well! So by the time I worked my way to the store in Talbotton, Ga the drawing had already taken place so when I got there I asked the store owner what were the Midday Cash 3 winning numbers? "And he quickly replied 221". I said I got it, can you cash my ticket for $500.00 and he said yes! By that time one of my Club members burst in the door with her winning ticket for $500. And the store owner said he could not cash both of them so I said cash her"s? I can cash mine later. Besides I knew that I was about to get a Love Offering from this member and a few more on my way back to Macon. I could end this story right here but I won't and I can't. That Wed. I gave out 222 and it hit and that Thursday I gave out 231 and it hit that evening and guess what as I sat down to do the workout Thursday Evening for Friday Midday my workout went straight to 122. I said to myself that I can not believe they are going to draw these numbers again as 122. And they did as big as life itself that Friday Midday 122 was drawn and I had it again. We hit on 212-221-122 three times that week! As well as the triple mate 222 and the series mate 231! Man it was great back then long before they went to a computerized draw where the computer selected the batch of balls that are to be drawn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5gnJk0etRM

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Whatever you are, try to be a good one. Separator icon William Makepeace Thackeray When essayist Laurence Hutton was a boy, he met British novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (author of "Vanity Fair" and other books) and had an encounter that profoundly impacted his life. Thackeray asked Hutton what he wanted to be when he grew up, and Hutton replied, "A farmer." Thackeray’s apparent response was this piece of wisdom. Hutton tried his best to fulfill that advice, and we should, too. It doesn’t matter what you do in life; what matters is striving for excellence in any task, big or small, because the effort itself can be the greatest reward.

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Numbers connect everything, and everything is connected by numbers!!! David Vincent aka Mr. Lottery!!!

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Georgia jut drew 399 in the Sat. Evening draw!!! When I post there is a method behind each and every post! Please play attention? How many time do I repeat those numbers? And this is a very true story that happen over 23 years ago! But I remember it just like it was yesterday! But anyway! You be blessed! 339 and 399!!!

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Good Morning!!! 788 899 900 011 122 233 344 455 566 677...239-230-339 399...play them all straight boxes? dl2238@yahoo.com and $davidvlaster Back in the day before we got so computerize my club members sent of wired me $6,500 from my giving them 339 and 399? It was a Friday just like today! Wow! It all started with one members needing some money to catch up on some bills and he wiring me $50.00 for two numbers! I stayed up all night and at 4: am I looked at the first page of my 4 pages of workout and it was flashing like a light at me 339 and 399!!! I called James in Marshallville Ga. to give him the good news because after all he had paid for the numbers. I said: "James I have your numbers ready for you! Play 339 and 399 Midday and I would combo them at least one time". Then I was on the phone until 9:00 am that morning call the other 40 members to let them in on the very good news! "I sang my song Play 339 and 399-339 and 399?" And that is what hit that Midday in Ga. 399!!!

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I Remember...Yes! I remember! Hello! I remember the first time that I saw you and when we were introduced by a mutual friend of  both of us! As we got to know each other and spend time together and the moment when you let me be the first one to go up inside your very special place. I remember when I asked you to become a part of me and love me for the rest of your life. And you said yes! She said yes! I remember after six years of marriage we together created our first born and she was so beautiful. And then two years later we created a handsome baby boy. We had the perfect little family. And I still adored you to the moon and stars.But then after 16 years things began to unrabble and fall apart! Our love became confused and to fade away! But what about the children? Man this is so crazy I know that I still love you! And even to this very day 48 years later! Where did all these demons come from! Up in here? Up in here! Yes! Up in here! Was it the money? Not just that! It was much more than that! I know that I lost focus!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ILI1qiuZg Heaven! That was the way I felt when we first met!I know that you must always manage and hold on to your dreams to make your love and marriage last. You will be confronted and hit from all sides. But you have got to remember and hold on to your dreams? I have not seen you since way back in the nineties! As I prepare to get ready to go and see her. What will I say to you after all these many years! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2dEwY0xzcI For the good times!!! To be continued... This was our theme song way back then! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy3FBYE9KDQ&list=RDXy3FBYE9KDQ&start_radio=1&rv=V5EU-hT4vik

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Martin Luther King - Unfulfilled Dreams (RARE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFBLIjNMVd4

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May the love of God protect us from all our Enemies both Foreign and Domestic? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjQhCkb1bYQ https://abcnews.go.com/US/special-counsel-probe-uncovers-new-details-trumps-inaction/story?id=106131854

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I do not care how old the old former fake ass president maybe! If you do the crime then you must do the time like everyone else. That is why he is the way that he is now because he has never paid for all crimes that he had committed all his life. It is time to pay the piper!