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The Sound of Music, Crazy-Cray

The Sound of Music's strengthening ♫My Favorite Things♫ is kindred to and approximates my rendition:  ♫Crazy-Cray Fears♫

♫ Icy slick pavement and germs in the bathroom
Tight crowded places and Sixth Sense red bedroom
Traffic jams winding, I tie up with tears
These are a few of my crazy-cray fears.

                         Bum, bum

                         Bum, bum

Interview failures, oh, crisp and stern feedback
Cell tones and texting and DUI racetrack
Car wash conveyor belt, fast it's soon near
These are a few of my crazy-cray fears.

                         Da, dum
                         Da, dum

Dangerous cancer and bluesy backlashes
Dentist drill zzzz's and dark boogeyman crashes
Silver white hair hails loud pooting, oh dear
These are a few of my crazy-cray fears...

When the palms sweat!
When the heart pounds!!
When my brain burps, blaa!!!
I firmly face one of my crazy-cray fears
Despite feeling quite... afraid. ♫

I can do all things through him who gives me strength (Phil. 4:13)

Port-a-Potty Synch? or Swim

Congestion Takes My Breath Away

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

I Drool at Dental Visits

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

MY 29 Cray-Cray Fears

Oh, meet my scary dentist

Homebody and not a thrill-seeker, maybe the root reason for most of the items below is the fear of fear and the feeling of fear. (#'s 29 & newly-added #30 occurred 10/13/2017 weekend.) This being spooky month, I experienced a revelational "Aha moment" after reading this crazy, paradigm-shifting quote:

You can face anything. JUST DO IT AFRAID:

1. Dental visits - Those pointed instruments, and drills hurt and can bring pain. What if I hiccup? Saliva, stop!
2. The Sixth Sense - Those spooky bedroom scenes are more than nail-biting.
3. Car washes & car repairmen - That narrow conveyor belt makes me nervous! The lacking "think-fast" muscle is needed for both of these.
4. Entering an empty house at night...alone - It echos.
5. Odd noises in the house...at night...alone - What... or WHO... is that?
6. Unusually strong winds...home alone - Recalling a 2006 tornado's very close call.
7. Cancer recurrence - No explanation needed. Faced one power-walk at a time. 
8. Hospitals & stern gynos - Germs at hospitals and one doc's stern feedback.
9. Stern feedback - Hyper-responsible isn't a bad word, but I do fail.
10. Forgetting appointments - Hyper-vigilant and over-responsible (there's that word again)
11. Job interviews & unemployment - I've failed a few and we've faced it a few times.
12. Noticeable public pooting - Too many close calls.
13. Old age - Public pooting. Nooooo.
14. Being naked - Won't let you see why.
15. Outhouses & airplane bathrooms - Germs.Very small.Dark.Getting stuck!
16. Roller coasters that go up & BACKWARDS - No, thank you!
17. Depression - Too much of that in the past.
18. Public speaking - No problem; no opportunities.
19. Jelly fish & sharks - Love the beach, but not those painful stingers and powerful jaws...
20. Ebola & other deadly diseases - Maybe this fear isn't neurotic.
21. Knives & guns - Strong kickback, weak arms; weapons are deadly in the wrong hands.
22. Icy streets & sidewalks - Slip-sliding and out of control. Uh, uh.
23. Traffic jams - Feeling trapped, solo-driving, and no escape... not good!
24. Being lost & alone in a big city - Been there, done that, twice. Once, with a train to catch.
25. Highway car breakdowns - Helplessness and stranger danger.
26. DUI & texting, teen drivers - Dangerous. Crazy-cray. Teen denial is predictably scary.
27. Deer ticks & spiders - Been there! Gross to unknowingly find critters that were onboard, overnight. Spiders, I shudder.
28. Unleashed pit bulls - Some fears are wise fears.
29. Fearless children on playgrounds & scooters - Unpredictable, and our grand girl just received 6 stitches, scooter-related.
30. Garage doors that mysteriously open overnight & a TV that turns itself on - Yep, both do happen.

You can face anything, JUST DO IT AFRAID! (Joyce Meyers)

     For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind

(2 Timothy 1:7).

A Tempting Tale, of S'more & More

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:

I [Jesus] am come that they might have life,

and that they might have it more abundantly

(John 10:10, KJV)
Crossed with: Maleficent

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The bounteous More:

A land of peace

An attitude of plenty

Vibrant sparkle, oozing with life

Trusting there is enough and always more.

Conversely... The destructive S'more

A land of gluttony

Dark, dirty, shadowy

Meaningless-ness creates mindless striving

An attitude of never enough, ever needing some more, S'more.

Greed creates conflict

Covetous of others' lives

The Garden's ever-envious Eve

Stealing. From. Another. For... S'more.

Reaching for wings that were never hers

Always desiring some more
Scarcity. Cravings. Thievery

Diametrically opposed to bounteous.

More

Restoration, fullness and order

Whimsical flight, fancy and border

Always enough

The abundant mindset of More.

Slimy mud, flung for amusing fun

Flying here and there, a ton

And shiny, valuable jewels sparkle

Admired, but always returned to their original source.

Satisfied and sassy, yet ambitious

Longing, yet eagerly willing

Soulful and sold out to

A higher Other.

Gluttonous. Instinctive. Short-sighted
Flee the dark and the cloaked

The evervative mindset
Scarce. Voracious. Scary. S'more.

Strive for, but also beware. For the balance is tricky
Somewhat and seemingly slothful

Abundant. Even oozing. Energetic. The overflow, More

His given name is actually: More than enough (2 Cor. 9:8).

DeRachel