A Smoky Mountain HI

Here is a journey I make each day. Time flows on this side of eternity. I have aged as gracefully as reasonable as can be be expected, and yet feel not a day older in my mind. As I begin a life in the Smoky Mountains I hope you will share my journey as well. www.kleincabin.com

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Location: Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States

Retired summer 2010. I am married (wife, Carol, 55 years) with two married children and four grandchildren...one Toy Poodle. Presently live in Tennessee or Florida but spending summers in our cabin in the East Tennessee Smoky Mountains near Gatlinburg. Five + acres, three streams, and two ponds. Taught college 13 years Florida, Alaska and Tennessee, wife also a teacher. She teaches computer, ABE, GED etcetera. I was the evening supervisor of an adult education school of about 900 students. Minister of counseling at New Hope Fellowship Church of the Nazarene.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Love tends to heal itself as well as others.

Be most thankful for the blessing you know nothing about.

The further you are from hope the less you can see.

If you are a blessing to others you will be blessed.

The pieces of new ideas are sown by those in your past.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

The key to happiness is not, to get what you want, but to want what you have.

Love is the best way to forfeit loneliness.

Work for the accomplishment not for the credit.

The steps of success are honed by the lives of your teachers.

Celebrate the accomplishments of others with great zeal.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Vote or cease complaining.

Truth never changes but our comprehension of it should.

Prison is full of people who were taught to do their own thing.

Love accepts the failure of others but still see a way for their betterment.

From His hands, to yours, to another’s.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Love is the desire that the other has their needs met over the one who loves.

The greater the love the greater the tolerance.

God, like people, is more impressed with your actions than your words.

The greater the love shared the less tolerance is necessary.

Hard work brings the best of luck.

Monday, February 25, 2008

The flower of marriage is forget-me-not.

Love created its own misery or its own joy based on the choice they make.

Marriage is the relation where one can hurt or bless the other with words or acts of kindness, or the lack there of.

Nothing thrills God like obedience, kindness, and truth delivered in love.

God's truths are not debatable or rejectable.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

The most corrupt politician is the one who never changes his mind even when confronted with truth.

If you do not sometimes change your opinions you are indeed ignorant.

Learning requires change or you have not learned.

Integrate you passion with your soul.

A man changes his ideas but not his principles.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

To teach with passion one must live with passion.

Failure is one step closer to success.

Marriage is learning to read the feelings of your spouse in brail.

Learn from your weaknesses but avoid them.

Too often an election is a selection by the blind of the ignorant.

Friday, February 22, 2008

Fine gold is not found but made.

The empirical proof of Heaven is beyond the abilities of man to comprehend.

How far are you from peace?

Vision must be seen through the eyes of the soul.

“The first shall be last and the last shall be first” but even the last in Heaven is better than all alternatives.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

It is more dangerous to live your life vicariously than to live it personally.

Never burden yourselves with the hatred of others.

Diligence is the fuel of accomplishment.

Expect good from others but require if of yourself.

The Lamb went to the slaughter for the good of others.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Praise only God within you, never yourself alone.

Inner joy brings outer happiness.

Freedom is the most priceless and costly gift.

The body is an attraction but you love a person.

Marriage requires more than most can freely give.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Never expect more than He has promised.

Expect that His promise contains more than you can imagine.

Your beliefs should not bind you but free you to do good for others.

Judge yourself by His mercy not by your weakness.

Love is a combination of knowledge and unspeakable joy.

Monday, February 18, 2008

The feeling that life is passing you by is in reality a day left unopened.

Ideally, is where no one actually lives.

You cannot sell the truth and receive anything of value in return.

Not, he that just believeth, but he that endured to the end shall be saved.

Salvation is never about luck but is always about Faith.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Openness is dangerous but being withdrawn is poisonous.

Concern yourself with the blessings of others.

True love is a reflection of joy.

Whatever you have committed to God is secure.

Love gives what is needed not just what is necessary.

Love is the desire that the other person has their needs met over the one who loves.

The greater the love the greater the tolerance.

God, like people, is more impressed with your actions than your words.

The greater the love shared, the less tolerance is necessary.

Hard work brings the best of luck.

Friday, February 15, 2008

There is a world of difference between principled and pigheaded.

Self-discipline and self-control should never be depended solely on ones self.

Patience is a hard thing to wait for.

Love is not the spice of life but the main course.

You must love God to truly love someone else.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Integrate you passion with your soul.

A man changes his ideas but not his principles.

The flower of marriage is forget-me-not.

Love created its own misery or its own joy based on the choice they make.

Marriage is the relation where one can hurt or bless the other with words or acts of kindness, or the lack there of.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

As people, we tend to think we are better than we are.

The Mormons say that Satan is the brother of Jesus.

God says Jesus is His only begotten son. Who do you suppose is right?

Know what you believe and believe what you know.

On the last day full disclosure is mandatory.

Marriage may tolerated weaknesses but that does not excuse them.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Remember, but plan for the future.

Marriage should be shared but never exploited.

Christians do not belong in the grandstands.

Marriage, is ultimately, about personal responsibility.

Identify yourself in the time you have on earth.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Always vote with an eye to the future more than the present.

Live like you believe in miracles.

Begin where you are or you will end where you are.

Love is a journey into understanding.

The distance between right and wrong increases with understanding

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Always remember you are a caretaker not an owner.

What has happened is never excuse for what you are doing.

Hope always triumphs over fear.

If you are not amazed you are not blessed.

You are only correct if you are right with love.

Thursday, February 07, 2008

The person with the most respect gives the most respect.

Life has many finish lines, so don’t fret if you miss one.

Friends have an innate joy built into them.

Don’t be blessed at the bank and alone at home.

The resources of good are abundant.

You tend to reflect who you really are.

Praise brings better results than criticism.

Measure your wealth by how much you have placed in someone else’s heart.

Determination provides its own fuel.

Men with vision see through the eyes of hope.

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Enough is enough when you do not need it.

Your checkbook follows your heart.

Becoming bitter is a process but then so is becoming sweeter.

You are forgiven…..ah spoken like a true Christian.

True freedom is not having to choose between two ideas, but to create new ones.

Monday, February 04, 2008

Whatever you explain must be lived.


The core of the problem is always the problem.


Expectations are negotiable but faith is not.


Compassion is a requirement not an option.


Your strong points often, weaken your weak points.

Sunday, February 03, 2008

Believer, be ready for an attack of happiness.


Every new day is more important than the last.

The future is governed by the present.


The worth of the heavenly dollar is always appreciating as you age.

The value of tiething is either taught or learned.

Saturday, February 02, 2008

It is not who or what you can blame in the past but the choices you make that determine your direction in life.


A stroke of genius is usually a result of hard work.


How you begin a day is often the biggest factor in how you end it.


Pray first then work.


If you cannot make the difference, that make you think you can, make a difference somewhere else?

Friday, February 01, 2008

Amazing Love and amazing Grace, brings an amazing life.

The more thankful you are the more hopeful you are, the more hopeful you are the more thankful you become.

Stretch for the good and strain for the best.

Love is a combination of determination and expectation.

When you have a choice turn right when you do not, do right.