Thanksgiving Quote Gratitude Is the Sign of Noble Souls Aesop

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Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. 
Quote from Androcles and the Lion
by Aesop (620 B.C. - 564 B.C.)

This blogpost offering by Mary Katherine May of QualityMusicandBooks.com
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A slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest. As he was wandering about there he came upon a lion lying down moaning and groaning. At first he turned to flee, but finding that the lion did not pursue him, he turned back and went up to him. As he came near, the lion put out his paw, which was all swollen and bleeding, and Androcles found that a huge thorn had got into it, and was causing all the pain. He pulled out the thorn and bound up the paw of the lion, who was soon able to rise and lick the hand of Androcles like a dog. Then the lion took Androcles to his cave, and every day used to bring him meat from which to live.

But shortly afterwards both Androcles and the lion were captured, and the slave was sentenced to be thrown to the lion, after the latter had been kept without food for several days.

SOURCE FOR IMAGE
Europa's Fairy Book Restored and Retold by Joseph Jacobs
Done into Pictures by John D. Batten
New York: G. Putnam's Sons 1916

The emperor and all his court came to see the spectacle, and Androcles was led out into the middle of the arena. Soon the lion was let loose from his den, and rushed bounding and roaring towards his victim. But as soon as he came near to Androcles he recognized his friend, and fawned upon him, and licked his hands like a friendly dog.

The emperor, surprised at this, summoned Androcles to him, who told him the whole story. Whereupon the slave was pardoned and freed, and the lion let loose to his native forest. (Source)

Photograph taken in Northern Minnesota by Mary Katherine May, November 2014.

To Michelle Obama and All You Other Righteous Fat Critics

Deep frying chicken wings in canola oil.

This blog post offering by Mary Katherine May.

The problem with all of this stuff about what foods to eat and not eat is that  the people who recommend them never take into account what anyone likes. 

If you like white rice and think brown rice isn't delicious because it is "nutty" then eating brown rice will not be satisfying.   

If you like dark meat chicken with the skin on then dry white chicken is going to be like eating cardboard. 

If you like white toast and don't like whole grain bread because it is all lumpy and tastes like dirt then you are not going to switch over to whole grain bread.

If you like Chinese take out food then you are not going to be satisfied by eating baked or boiled chicken meat and a few vegetables made at home.

WHAT HAPPENS is that instead of working WITH what people like the brilliant healthy skinny people create an attitude of defeat.  If you are made to eat the healthy stuff and it isn't satisfying what you end up doing is eating the healthy stuff AND THEN eating more because there is no conclusion of the satisfying eating experience. 

Guilting people into healthy eating to be healthy doesn't work.  There is more to life than sweaty exercise and food that you don't like.  Satisfaction is important, and the health people seem to never take that into account.  What health professionals do to fat people is little different than those who proselytize their religion on someone who doesn't want it because it does not a thing for them mentally, emotionally.

To Michelle Obama and all those other health nuts: 
You cannot push your ideas on others and act like people can just throw out a lifetime of their own ways and methods. I don't know a single person who likes being fat, huge, obese, or piggy porky big--but you are never going to make it work through the current way of talking and doing. 

It is the way it is.  A noble cause that is just a bunch of words with no satisfaction in the experience will forever remain alphabet letters on the page and fail.

Confusing Obama Press Conference 5 November 2014 What Republicans Want

Mr. Obama held a press conference today, sort of a post-election wrap up. He said that before making any decisions he needs to find out what the Republicans want. What??? Am I the only one wondering why after 6 years in office he doesn't know what the Republican representatives want??? 

Have the Republicans in the U.S. Senate and Congress been mute for six years?

OR

Did Mr. Obama choose not to listen to anyone but himself?

AND

Will the President of Some-of-the-People of the United States of American listen now?

When Mr. Obama doesn't listen to Republicans in the same city where he works and resides who represent the people of the United States of America, specifically Americans who believe in the Republican ideology, he has also not listened to anyone of the Republican ilk in this country.  That is shameful and disrespectful, and pathetically sad.

I listened to Mr. Obama today from beginning to end. I have listened to him many, many times from beginning to end.  Evidently him reciprocating in turn will not happen in the next two years, either.  Mr. Obama is unbelievable.

I would tell Mr. Obama to put his listening ears on, or even buy him some Q-tips to open his ears up, but it wouldn't do any good.  You see, we who disagree with anything on his agenda don't matter. Not one bit.

...Mary Katherine May

Unbelievable President Obama Says Day Care Better Than Mom Raising Children

As Obama likes to state over and over and over again, Let me be perfectly clear...Hired help as in daycare does NOT do a better job of raising children than the parents of the children. Some mothers believe that staying at home to raise their children, not being in the workplace is NOT a punishment but an important role in life.

Rather than belittle stay at home moms, they should be honored for the work they do, often without gratitude they should have, and praise them for standing firm on the priority for preparing the children they birthed to be honest, righteous, upstanding adults who contribute much to society.

It is not surprising that Mr. Obama would make this statement since his remarks in the past regarding abortion--he would want his daughters to have an abortion if they get pregnant rather than be punished for the rest of their lives--demonstrates his lack of basic human morality.

Let me be perfectly clear, Mr. Obama, a child in the womb, created not by his or her own will has no ability to punish anyone. Saying that a baby who is unable to speak for itself is punishment removes the responsibility from the responsible parties.  Again, the comment demonstrates his lack of basic morality.

I encourage Christians to pray for Barrack Obama, who desperately needs a spiritual intervention that will soften his heart and ultimately lead him to becoming a vessel of Godly compassion for those he is supposed to be leading, the Citizens of the United States of America.

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