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, October 31, 2008

Never under estimate the power of ignorance.

Do not vote to feel better but vote to be better.

When you feel the weakest is when you tend to make the wrong choices.

An election is less about policies and more about character.

Character is foundation on which new decisions must be based
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Thursday, October 30, 2008

The spiritual side of an election is the most important.

Ask God for direction and vote for His agenda.

Vote! Elections are too important to leave to politicians!

To vote right is better than to feel right.

Your vote is your testimony!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Vote by your morals not your emotions.

An election is more about you than the candidates.

It is not what feels good that is important, but what is good!

Voting for a difference not for a change!

You are voting for your children not for your wallets.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Forgiveness is easier than bitterness.

Find out what is important in your love one's life today.

Laziness is a very costly weakness.

Weariness and laziness should not be confused.

Service is active compassion.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Mind the time and the days will take care of themselves.

Forget the past by experiencing the present.

Prayer and Faith are kindred spirits.

Love must be perceived before it can be received.

Love must also be heard as well as shown.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

The end may be in sight but is usually farther than you think it is.

The weakness of your friend, easily become yours as well.

Love brings beauty and fragrance to your life.

To understand one must be able to see over their prejudices.

Empathy is a blend of seeing and understanding.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Marriage is the real shared journey.

Marry a friend that will be your best choice.

Snorkel under the waters of hope for the best view!

More people are overdone from the sun that from work.

The sacrifices of love are special blessings.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Determination is the fragrance of leadership.

Leaders implant determination in others.

Leadership sees beyond the circumstances.

If it were not for the difficulties leadership is unnecessary.

Everyone leads another or is led by another.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Time is the paper on which your life is written.

Love is the ink with which your life is written.

Friends are the pens who write your story.

Others are what your story is about.

God is the reason for your story.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The success of a marriage is more than the fact it has not failed.

Marriage is where the success of the other is more important than your own.

The fruit of your marriage is not your children but your happiness.

Marriage gives you reason to do what you must.

Marriage contains inexpressible love and contentment.

Age is not the cause of wisdom.

Wisdom is the understanding of truth.

Wisdom is agreement with truth.

Wisdom is the application of truth.

Wisdom brings prestige and humility.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Voting is often a compromise between your heart and your head.

Fear most who refuse to vote, they are the enemies of freedom.

Not every failure is your fault nor are you responsible for all of your success.

A friend carries your grief and bottles up your tears.

Comforting another is both a reaction and a planned response.

Integrity is the collection of many good decisions.

Be flexible but be principled.

The most amazing grace is the grace that is applied to you.

Forgiveness is the road to the future.

Unforgiveness has no future.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Prayer is medicine for the believer.

Effort is more valuable than sweat.

Vision is the eyes of hope.

Generosity is a financial act of compassion.

Words both clarify and disguise.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Never substitute reason for truth.

Reverence honesty more than you fear poverty!

Luck is an opportunity you did not expect.

Disease is a health issue. sin is a spiritual issue.

More people are bound by fear than by chains.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

The roots of love grow into the lives of those who are loved.

The commitment of the ham is greater than the apple salad.

Men determine the value of machines.

A call from a friend is a gift of love.

Confidence is the mixture of pride and knowledge.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The more difficult the journey the greater the reward!

May your actions be clearer than your words.

Being right should not make you arrogant but thankful.

Poverty promotes prayer.

A friend is one who serves in need, not one who laughs at every deed.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Your credit card may be holding you hostage but your faith sets you free.

Torch your fears with the flames of hope.

It is nice to be noticed by those we notice.

Love is prepared to weather disappointments and embrace joys.

Many have been corrupted by loyalty.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Age allows you to taste expectation more delicately.

Never allow your prayers become more reasonable.

Stay awake, you don’t want to wake up just to see the end of life.

Age may modify my perspective but never my faith.

The time we spend in the army of service is the sweetest of all.

Do not allow tomorrow to be more important than today.

Precise and exactness are curses of perfectionism.

Gentleness is the backbone or a good man.

Expect to find hope in small packages.

To escape traditions develop your own.

Monday, October 06, 2008

Men are more interested in being loved than understood and women are the opposite.

Imagination plagues boredom.

The Prince of Peace is all the peace there really is.

Stress should not be allowed to rule your life, shorten your life, or it becomes your life.

Prayer is a durable good.

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Fitting in is often very uncomfortable.

Never loose your uniqueness.

Tears are a man’s weakness.

His love is greater than your future.

Panic is a decision.

Saturday, October 04, 2008

Love should always have a long term view.

Never frown at smile of another.

Debate is one thing but deceit is quite another.

Smother deceit with truth.

Never try to decorate a lie.

Friday, October 03, 2008

Sunsets make pleasant memories.

Compromise methods but never principles!

At least point your sail in the right direction.

Hope should always exceed expectations.

Tears that fall on the inside cause the most pain.

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Faith is never hopeless.

Carefulness is not a weakness.

Is it lost and found or lost or found?

Your spiritual choices are your most important ones.

Knock on the door of opportunity with a chain saw.

Expand your borders of hope.

Dine on the hope of others.

Hope grows in hope.

Without hope without possibilities!

Hope is more contagious than measles.