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

My Photo
Name:
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.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Compassion is the best mistake.

True understanding comes from caring.

Prayer is wireless.

Only demand of others what you willing to give.

You can negotiate ideas but not principle.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Ability is more abundant than willingness.

The loss of property is difficult but the loss of a friend is intolerable

The valley of the shadow of death is filled to the brim with hope.

Self-love is the most toxic.

Never build on the sand when rock is available.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Sometimes tears provide the only possible cleansing.

Learning by experience is the most costly education.

Belonging is the security portion of love.

Rough roads do not necessarily mean the wrong roads.

Valuing the ideas of others does not mean embracing them.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

If I should, I could.

Never allow your faith to become under funded.

Be last in line for wrong success.

Hope expands by the volume of it own weight.

Being practical may not always be helpful.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Knowing the answer is easier than purveying it.

Misery is unresolved pain.

Hope carries a friendly spirit.

Indecision is the archbishop of maybe.

Pain rejects fellowship.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Expectations of others imply judgment.

Expectations of one’s self implies standards.

Praying together is a symphony of souls.

The pain of a loved one brings sorrow.

Eloquence is spoken vision.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Passion comes from love not love from passion.

Carefree and careless are not equals.

Backbone was designed to stand by principles not to resist them.

Imagine, then do.

What must be renewed must first be possessed.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Truth needs no validation.

Opinions do not effect real truth.

To share the truth you must live the truth.

Situational ethics is man made, truth come for God.

To bend the truth you must break your word.

Learn to realize how, when, and where you are blessed and behave accordingly.

Give more than you should and take less than you should.

Nver crow when you are right, be thankful.

Pain disciplines itself.

Joy is the heartbeat of happiness.

Monday, April 21, 2008

The promises of God are not detoured by the laws of man.

Tithe or it will be taken from you.

Generosity is a virtue easily bound.

Give out of love not out of shame.

If you really want to impress God, love His children.

Thankfully, God did not have to go through Congress to act.

God enhances the hand of the surgeon.

Why do people without faith wonder why they have no hope?

Scares are symbols of healing.

Discipline is a difficult blessing.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Failure and backsliding are not the same things.

More understanding comes from a disciplined mind than from an open mind.

Be liberal to others and conservation with yourself.

Pain creates its own misery.

Misery is more interested in relief than hope.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Only take from another that which you are will to give back to another when you are able.

Imagination is a window into invention.

Forgiveness is as rare as snake legs.

The darker the night, the more valuable is the light.

The less you have the more valuable it becomes.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Extremely few things are never and always.

Correct a brother for his redemption not for your satisfaction.

Teach not what you were taught but what you know.

A free spirit is one who has mastered himself.

Truth is more valuable than reputation.

Tragedy is the beginning of a new life.

Forgiveness is a responsibility as well as a gift.

All human love comes with boundaries.

The less you have the more valuable it becomes.

Judge behaviors not people.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Faults are much easier to find in others.

Only Christianity offer strength in return for your weaknesses.

Love is the feeling and the knowledge of belonging.

New ideas are a collection of old thoughts.

The best power is surrendered power.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

What is easiest is usually not what is best.

Busy hands are usually helpful hands.

Diligence is the key to unlock prosperity.

Choices are either made or imposed.

Most religions demand obedience, Christianity offers it.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Giving your best requires you to give of your best.

Scares are for you to remember that things could have been worse.

Understanding is the beginning of appreciation.

Leadership is developed through service.

Good habits are the result of good choices.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

May none of your acquaintances be friendless.

Learn to tolerate what is tolerable but not what is sinful.

Collect ideas and be generous with praise.

Fear paralyzes moments and then hours but thankfulness frees both.

Sometimes you must receive that others might be free to give.

Friday, April 11, 2008

Openness is a dangerous gift.

May your reflection be true.

Both youth and old age offer opportunity of which neither should be shunned.

Strengthen the ties that bind, until they don’t.

A good meal is one blessed with nourishment and fellowship.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

The fuel of a good marriage is love.

The foundation of a good marriage is integrity.

The tenderness of marriage is forgiveness.

The test of a good marriage is its weaknesses.

The strength of a good marriage is commitment.

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

True love is a never ending growth process.

Good advice is best given when ask for.

A fair market value is the best deal for the other person.

How is it that imperfect children can give you perfect grandchildren?

Good is better when the best is given.

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Knowing the right direction is easy, taking it is the challenge.

Thoroughly remember your blessing of the past.

Don’t just ignore the faults of your friend, but teach him the steps to overcome them.

Ask your friend to help you overcome your own faults.

Budget for reality and give by Faith.

Monday, April 07, 2008

Thirst for knowledge but hunger for righteousness.

Lack of faith makes for a weak week.

Never retreat for good or evil.

Success is built on failures not the lack of failures.

Weigh your value by your goal not your gold.

Want to do what you ought.

To find what cannot be lost keep where it has to be.

Desperation without perspiration causes panic.

The accolades of service need no other voice.

Willing ignorance is related more, to the thickness of your head, than the lack of access to knowledge.