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.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Complexity is only simplicity entwined.

You cannot live without failure but failure is not living.

What God cannot do for you cannot be done.

Live in the shelter of every moment God gives you.

Almost all divorces are a result of lack of self-control.

Becoming the right person is more difficult than finding the right person.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

The less you depend on God the less stable you become.

You will fail on your way to success but to choose to fail is the ultimate failure.

Peace is never a result of persecution.

Sin clogs and repentance clears.

Destitute are those who have success without Faith.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Nothing that happens to you needs weaken your Faith.

Sacrifice is one of life’s hardest tasks.

The more you complain the less you enjoy.

Investing time is investing your life.

Practice your demeanor.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Humility is a four lane highway to Grace.

Pain creates new boundaries and eliminated old ones.

Pain must be an obscure blessing!

A good deed has a life of its own.

Enthusiasm becomes the energy of accomplishment.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Pray or go astray.

Love needs to say no as well as yes.

Marriage without trust is chaos.

Marriage is a commitment of character.

Too often we are complaining when we ought to be asking
.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Kindness is giving of yourself.

When you have done something good you have gained love.

Focus is reality observation.

The one you find along life’s journey, who is in need, is your ministry.

By accepting God’s mercy you are opening the door to real freedom.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Trust is the heart of all relationships.

Devotion is the fragrance of trust.

Love carries no hammer.

Frequent the possibilities of hope.

Generosity grows wealth.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

The Cross is not temporary.

Friendship is a gift not a salary.

Marriage is where two people share a treasure.

Faith expects what it cannot believe.

Give willing or it will be taken away.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

I know because I am known.

Man can be right but God cannot be wrong.

The burden of freedom is a great value.

Believing is the art of Faith.

Marriage is a covenant of character
.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Satan is at work whether thing are going good or bad.

I chose to do what God said while I wait for God to do what I can’t.

When hope endures fear fades.

Want is the enemy of consistency.

You are never too young or to old to be right.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

The question is not do you have enough but can you give enough!

Whatever you give will be yours to spend.

Whatever you want or need God already has.

Science is the servant of truth, but scientist may not always be so inclined.

Our weakness may effect our hopes but not our possibilities.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Too few people can harvest wisdom from knowledge.

How about us paying a bonus to our congressmen and senators not to pass any more laws?

Who will be paying for your free ride?

Many folks will carry their own weight but few are willing to pay for it.

When the free fide is over most folks will find the have been ridden rather that riding.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

For a lesson to be learned it must alter your life.

Never stop living until your life stops.

May your life be your prayer lived!

Life is a flower; love is its nectar.

To get what you want give what you can.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Blood is the currency of freedom given by a few for the many.

When you are asked what you are thankful for, ask them how long do you have.


Any mercy you have been given, drastically increases your thankfulness.

The more you give the more thankful you become.

Success is knowing God better.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Ask God what He wants you to do today rather than trying to talk Him into doing it your way.

Even God took a day off!

Quit grading yourself by what you have done instead of whose you are.

Get through the moment and the day will take care of itself.

Get off the treadmill and get a faith lift

Saturday, January 16, 2010

You will never make more than you want, until you give more than you can.

Faith travels at the speed of righteousness.

Whatever I thought I earned, God gave me.

The greatest accomplishment of any day is your attitude.

It is not want you did not get done in a day that matters but what you
did.

Friday, January 15, 2010

If you do not do what you should today, tomorrow will be too full.

When you work you work, when you pray God works.

Focus is seeing through what you want to do, to what you need to do.

Happiness is more of a choice that a happening.

If you have not failed you have likely not accomplished much!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Endurance is an exercise in forbearance.

Don’t lower your expectations, open them.

Pride limits possibilities.

Faith prospers possibilities.

Contentment comes from digested possibilities.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Everyone know when they have done right!

Some folks are sad they have nothing to be sad about.

A good life is made up of moments well lived.

To be a friend is the greatest of gifts.

You get to decide who you really are!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

A well lived life is a strong argument for what you believed.

Life without Christ is theory.

Life does come with an instruction booklet; it is called the Bible.

If life has no purpose how can I know when I have done right?

Every thief knows when he has done wrong
.

Monday, January 11, 2010

True Christianity is lived not sought.

Ethics is your respect for life.

Loving life removes the sting of death.

The deeper you love the more you live.

Continuously living life brings happiness
.

Saturday, January 09, 2010

Every day is in search of a destination.

Peace of mind is the only peace there is.

The spectator looses the most in life.

Never waste a minute of life thinking about what makes you unhappy.

You never have to wait to improve you can always start right now!

Friday, January 08, 2010

May your life be full of comfort when days are difficult, fresh tissues for
your tears, an unexpected smile when sadness overwhelms your vision,
may the rainbow reach you before the dark clouds descend upon you,
may friendships clear your life of debris, and patience balance your
stresses, and may your faith ever increase, as unimaginable love fills
every moment of the rest of your journey.

Thursday, January 07, 2010

Start today with a different ending in view.

Love is risky, not loving is tragedy.

If you always wait until you are sure; you will spend your life waiting.

Life either tests you or teaches you.

Better to be disappointed that to refuse to love.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Just because you didn’t get a speeding ticket while rushing through life doesn’t mean you aren’t missing a lot.

Context is the fabric of understanding.

Terrorist are extremely selfish people.

Hope exceeds the value of gold.

Memories are ulcers to the wicked.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Adversity is a window into your character not its builder.

Life is more fun when you live it.

The strength of your character is always controlled by self-discipline.

Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous.

A teacher turns the pages of possibilities.

Monday, January 04, 2010

Intelligence, intuition, and endurance often bring prosperity.

Success is a result of intelligent hard work.

Measure yourself with a measuring stick and your friends with a rubber band.

Forgiving yourself is the key to forgiving others.

Teach with a vision of what is best for your students.

Sunday, January 03, 2010

Except for the exceptions things are the same.

Beauty is always embellished by love.

Never allow your success in life to outshine the love you show.

Too many folks think money covers ugliness.

Be careful, self-preservation, can cost you your life.

Saturday, January 02, 2010

Parenting is an investment where two loves making a right.

It is better to be right than perfect.

Having children and being a parent are unrelated entities.

Expect less of others and more of yourselves.

Marriage is both blending and bonding.

Friday, January 01, 2010

May your life contain, less said and more hoped for.

The real prize of inspiration is possibilities.

Parenting is a gift to the future.

If your kids are perfect don’t blame yourselves!

A sacrifice is not a sacrifice unless you resent it.