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.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Speak carefully and remember carefully.

Speak lovingly and remember lovingly.

Truth cannot be purged.

Fellowship is usually a decision rather than a happening.

Prejudice is almost always based on feeling rather than fact.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Give hope with a helping hand.

Forget what you give and remember what you were given.

Forgiveness cleanses while grudges fester.

The less you have the more He has!

Eat for health leave the excess.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Are you looking forward to being patient today?

Patience like manna doesn’t store very well.

People remember your impatience more than your patience.

Patience must be fresh picked from the Vine each time you need it.

The more self discipline you have the less patience you need.

Friday, August 28, 2009

What you say reflects your strengths and your weakness.

What you say reflects your beliefs and your fears.

What you say reveals your principles and your prejudices.

What you say reflects your patience and your impatience.

What you say tells if you are controlled by love or expectations.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Perfection is more of a delusion than a possibility.

Ill gained profits bring unwanted consequences.

Never let you expectations exceed your hope.

One smile wipes out many frowns.

To fairly reject ideas one must have understood them.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Think more than you say.

Plan more than you think is reasonable.

Give more than you think is safe.

Work harder than you think you should.

Pray more than you think is necessary.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Music flavors your life like little else.

Everyday is the only day you will get.

Open your mind to only to those worthy of your attention.

A committee is the least effective way to accomplish anything.

Division of labor usually means you get to do more

Monday, August 24, 2009

Dreams are visualized hope.

Memories make the best home movies.

Flexibility promotes durability.

You can flee into light or into darkness your choice.

May your sunlight be full of sonlight.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

When your wife says we she means you.

Understanding is becoming a lost art.

Pride is harder to swallow than praise.

The closer to perfection you get the further you are from it.

Push yourself and pull for others
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Expect less but do more!

Breaking new ground often means breaking old habits.

His work ethic has been paralyzed.

Overlook weakness but not laziness.

Brevity takes less time.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Intensity is focused determination.

Relaxation is not a sin but rather a blessing.

Giving the benefit of the doubt often relieves doubt.

Love is more convincing when lived than when said.

A slip of the tongue can lose a friend.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

The further you are from the truth, the lonelier it gets.

Less expectation and more appreciation!

Carrying the burden of another lessens yours.

Right plus arrogance equals wrong.

Compassion is the blood of love.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Hope is the fuel of imagination.

Every time you love it is a step of faith.

Graciousness is a gift you give whether savored or not.

May your memory be a history of your faithfulness!

Marriage is a blend of commitment and love.