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, November 30, 2009

If you have failed at least you have tried.

Kindness creates a lifetime memory for the giver and the receiver.

If you really want the best out of life start with God.

Jehovah and Allah are not friends, Jehovah is God.

Love does no evil and evil does not love.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Salvation also delivers you from yourself.

The cross was a symbol of shame and guilt until Jesus died there making the cross a symbol of hope and forgiveness.

Happy is he who is willing to pay the price of his dreams.

Faith is determination at work.

A friend is in harmony with you even in your distress.

Friday, November 20, 2009

To know Jesus, as your savior, is a relationship all else is religion.

If Jesus is not God there is no god.

Faith is a choice not an experience but if you make that choice you will experience it.

Hell is reserved for the uncommitted unbeliever.

Few folks have the sense to be sensible.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Good intentions are never rewarded like good deeds.

Love negotiates but never compromises.

Life is not about you but about Jesus in you!

Commitment can bring out the best or the worst in you.

Only commit to the love of God, all that is not, is a commitment to slavery.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The quality of a man like a planet, it is judged by who they orbit.

Integrity is a possibility in the least of us.

Your attitude towards others is the building material of your own character.

Never let your upbringing keep you from dong what is right.

Better to move slowly in the right direction than to rush in the wrong one.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Do right when you have opportunity but never do wrong just because you can.

Do what you know is right before you do what you think is right.

Credit is what men see, character is what God sees.

When in doubt ask the one who loves you most.

Which shocks you the most honesty or dishonesty?

Monday, November 16, 2009

Blame relieves guilt, but not for long!

Love everyone but choose who to trust.

If integrity were simple, books would not need to be written about it.

May your strategy for the day be to do better than you have before!

Don’t contribute to evil by refusing to do what is right!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

We tend to camouflage our unfulfilled responsibilities.

It is easier to expect other to live honorably, than to live it ourselves.

React with readiness not revenge.

Everyone has a responsibility toward others, most choose to restrain it as vigorously as possible.

God entrusts Himself to His believers.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Independence is a misnomer we all need one another.

If a man must first earn your respect you know little of respect.

God is your best friend, most reliable, most understanding, and most compassionate.

Successful lives are woven into families and communities.

The next time you read the “writing on the wall” assume it is being mailed to you.

Friday, November 13, 2009

A grouch ruins his gift.

Having a need beyond your ability to satisfy helps you understand the value of giving.

A compassionate heart is a healthy heart!

A gift demanded is never appreciated.

Measure your wealth by your compassionate deeds.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Swallowing an angry thought never causes indigestion.

May your random kindness become addictive!

Before preparing to change others, begin by changing yourself.

Better to do a little bit, than to do a whole lot of nothing.

The light of a good deed shines on while you are sleeping.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Expect the best in others and prepare accordingly.

Compassion should not be a practice but a profession.

Friendships are better made than waited for.

Everyone you meet is in a battle of one sort or another.

Choosing goodness is the prerogative of being human.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Kindness brings few regrets.

May your character be explained by your life not on your tombstone!

Kindness maintains its own army!

Do something good today that cannot be repaid.

Kindness can be heard where no other voice speaks.

Monday, November 09, 2009

An apology mends most tares in life but seldom without leaving scars.

Please is the oil of family and society.

An apology before demanded is the best deterrent to revenge.

Bring sorry is not an apology.

Every moment you are angry affects your happiness.

Sunday, November 08, 2009

Do your best with what you have, where you are now, to become what you ought to be, when you need to be.

Time is the dirt where you bury your failures.

Men aren’t always right but they tend to think they are.

Broken promises can never mended only forgive.

God created you to need His helping hand.

Saturday, November 07, 2009

If your friend is worth your tears he won’t make you cry.

You have to learn to be yourself to be somebody.

Anyone can hate but it takes Faith to love.

Laughter is the cheapest medicine.

It is good to feel God journeying with you.

Friday, November 06, 2009

The foliage of fall prepares your heart for winter.

An atheist is a person who believes in nothing more than anything.

God is not religious He is God!

Your religion is only as good as your life.

If you are not living to please God you already know it.

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Coffee is the new water.

Retirement is coffee without the break.

I reckoned that Heaven would be a mixture of chocolate and coffee.

Even decaf is better than the rest's best!

If it weren’t for coffee breaks, when would you complain?

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

You cannot own freedom unless you are willing to practice it.

The chains of ignorance bind freedom.

Freedom only becomes rooted in the lives that choose to nourish it.

You can make slaves of a body but not a mind.

Freedom requires more work than necessary.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Strong coffee is sleep replacement.

Coffee, a friend, a front porch, and a cool morning, wow!

Autumn is the last smile of summer.

The fall mist and the autumn leaves are quiet blessings.

Every leaf was put there, colored, and recolored by God.

Monday, November 02, 2009

Bad experiences help you treasure the good ones.

Good advice is usually what you wanted to hear.

To wake up in life you must realize that you are asleep.

You don’t need to know the tragedy to comfort the tears.

Sadness is as real as happiness.

Sunday, November 01, 2009

If you wrestle with hatred, it will win.

Sadness brings it own condemnation.

The experiencing of sadness is less frightening than losing of hope.

It would be sad to grow old without sweetening.

No matter how bad a coin looks, it still has two sides.