Jack’s Winning Words 10/22/13
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”  (Robert Heinlein)  A list of things that cause stress includes…life changes, not enough time, taking on too much, and conflicts at home and at work.  No mention of women or cats.  In fact, someone who cares for you and a gentle pet can be stress reducers.  Another way to alleviate stress is to count your blessings.    ;-)  Jack

 FROM HAWKEYE GEORGE:  PERFECT!!====JACK:  I take your response to mean...Counting your blessings is a perfect way to deal with stress.

 FROM FACEBOOK LIZ:  women are blessings! &, for those who like them, cats are, too.====JACK:  Do you consider men and dogs to be a blessing, too?====LIZ:  absotively!

 FROM MICHIZONA RAY:  Distress often results when we desire something to be different than it is. Acceptance (even when we don't condone what we accept) brings about a type of peace in the midst of our long-suffering. The serenity prayer seems to points this out in the phrase "...and the wisdom to know the difference"====JACK:  I hadn't noticed before....stress in the word, distress.  Distress is commonly thought of as another word for, stress.  How come di-stress doesn't mean...taking away stress?

 FROM TAMPA SHIRL:  And mostly don't rush and do enjoy each day.  It has been my experience that older people often fall and that is the start of more serious problems when they are rushing.  It is amazing to me how much energy younger people have and how they do rush and also multitask.  I guess we did all of that except the multitasking in our younger days.====JACK:  We probably did multitasking in our "salad days."  We just didn't have a word for it.  My mother worked full-time while I was growing up.  She also found time to cook, clean house, do grocery shopping, wash and iron, and tend to the needs of her children.  While she didn't do it all at once, I don't recall that she had many spare moments to do nothing.

 FROM PLAIN FOLKS CHESTER:  If you can't get along with a woman, try getting along without one! ====JACK:  As in most cases, it depends on the situation.  You should jump into marriage "head" first.

 FROM BLAZING OAKS:  HA! A BIT  OF WHIMSEY, AND I LOVE IT. AFRAID IT IS PRETTY TRUE. I MENTIONED TO BILL AFTER WE'D BEEN MARRIED A YEAR, THAT  I HADN'T NOTICED IT WAS SO HARD, OR REQUIRED DIFFICULT ADJUSTMENTS, AND HE ALLOWED AS HOW HE'D PROBABLY MADE ALL THE ADJUSTMENTS !!====JACK:  It's important for a football lineman to able to make adjustments, depending on what the one on the opposite side is doing.  Since Bill was an All-Star football player, making adjustments must have been easy for him.