Posted on Monday, 18th July 2011 by chrisjones

There are spoilers here if you haven’t read or seen Harry Potter movies and books.  But if you haven’t, why you’re wasting your time reading this instead of that I’ll never know. Last week I went to scout camp. I’m not the Scoutmaster, only the Assistant Scoutmaster.  Ordinarily, the Scoutmaster is the one that takes [...]

Tags: Harry Potter, Lynn Sorensen, perseverance
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Posted on Thursday, 7th July 2011 by chrisjones

Probably, you’re not following me on Twitter, so here’s what you’re missing: 2011-07-07 02:08:39 CjLehi: #blessing 8,9,10,11,12 and 13: Valter Nassi’s incredible Tuscan Promenade at the indescribable Cucina Toscana. 2011-07-06 23:52:37 CjLehi: #blessing 7: wisdom enough to give no response under provocation. More bad news, but I have not compounded it with foolishness. For once. [...]

Tags: #blessing, Love, perseverance
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Posted on Tuesday, 5th July 2011 by chrisjones

Day 5 is underway of the #blessing experiment on Twitter (I don’t use my phone much on weekends, so no tweets, really), and it’s continuing to have interesting effects.  For those interested and tweet-able, I’m @cjlehi; follow me at your own risk. One of the things that has occurred to me about this is that [...]

Tags: bless, blessings, gratitude, persistence, Twitter
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Posted on Friday, 1st July 2011 by chrisjones

Last night, I completed my 43rd year on the planet. I’m disgusted. No, I take that back.  I’m moderately disappointed.  I thought I’d be more than I am, after this long.  To quote Kathleen Kelly from You’ve Got Mail, “I lead a small life – well, valuable, but small – and sometimes I wonder, do [...]

Tags: birthdays, CS Lewis, humility, pride, You've Got Mail
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Posted on Thursday, 30th June 2011 by chrisjones

Here’s a compendium of the first three days’ tweets (reverse order, obviously).  Analysis below. CjLehi : Calling it a night. #blessing 9 is that it was a beautiful, beautiful day. Wrote some, played some, prayed some. I give it an 8. CjLehi : #blessing 8: still have not been bitten by a single mosquito this [...]

Tags: blessings, Enoch, gratitude, Padiush, tweets
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