ROYAL BIRTH - GIRL ? OR BOY ? BET

Imagine, babies are born all over the world every day.  This child will grow up with all the advantages the world has to offer.  Another born into conditions of abject poverty, war and disease will have such a different life. 

 For those who believe in a God in charge, it must be puzzling that some in His image must suffer their entire brief lives and others never know hunger or need by virtue of birth.  Some rulers believe they are the hand of God and entitled to their benefits.

 In a way, I guess that the elite of any society feel entitled, as if their station in life is their just due while those who suffer deserve their suffering.  Yet, it is all an accident of birth. 

 It is fortunate that the English Monarchy has provided royalty who give back to their nation and to the world.  In spite of their entitlements, they show compassion and caring for the suffering in the world and fulfill their duties in the nation's defense.

 The birth of a child is a symbol of hope.  In that small replica of its parents and previous generations lie all their hopes and dreams and maybe even the potential for positive world impact.  Wow!

That child's mother is beautiful immediately after her child is born!  What an attractive family.

CNN is still saying he is unnamed.  Weird!

dkchristi wrote:

That child's mother is beautiful immediately after her child is born!  What an attractive family.

 For sure.

dkchristi wrote:

Imagine, babies are born all over the world every day.  This child will grow up with all the advantages the world has to offer.  Another born into conditions of abject poverty, war and disease will have such a different life. 

 For those who believe in a God in charge, it must be puzzling that some in His image must suffer their entire brief lives and others never know hunger or need by virtue of birth.  Some rulers believe they are the hand of God and entitled to their benefits.

 In a way, I guess that the elite of any society feel entitled, as if their station in life is their just due while those who suffer deserve their suffering.  Yet, it is all an accident of birth. 

 It is fortunate that the English Monarchy has provided royalty who give back to their nation and to the world.  In spite of their entitlements, they show compassion and caring for the suffering in the world and fulfill their duties in the nation's defense.

 The birth of a child is a symbol of hope.  In that small replica of its parents and previous generations lie all their hopes and dreams and maybe even the potential for positive world impact.  Wow!

God has a plan. His ways are beyond our understanding.  I think He is not at all pleased with the situation, but for some reason is allowing it to be.   
He will make it up someday, someway.  In the meantime, we have an opportunity to try to even the score.  Some take it and help others.  Others feels superior to the poor. 

Thank you for the very timely reminder.

7/24/2013

                      The news media was wrong, baby name just announced by Palace.

                                   King George Alexander Louis

                                              Cheers..Joe...

I win! 

What was the prize?

7/24/2013

                                She won a trip to Florida, land of milk and orange juice..

                                                     Cheers..Joe...

I have a modest home, but I'll welcome her.

Be careful where she goes and what she wears. Florida seems risky right now.
Better give her a gun too.

If you need a gun, it's not a good place to be.
What is appealing about extreme heat and himidity, snakes & allegators?

Until this week, Florida temperatures where I live have been mild for summer.  They have hit their peak this week, and even nights are hot but the air moves since I'm five miles from the Gulf.

I never see alligators unless I look for them.  I did have snakes in my house that disappeared in a locked bathroom, I know not where (three years ago).  I finally gave in to spray for ants and spiders though the wolf spiders are supposed to be harmless.  They can be gigantic (I wrote a story about one the size of the palm of my hand with red eyes).

Mosquitoes are pretty bad this year, but I understand using a fan to blow them away helps if you are outdoors, but they are sneaky.  I don't go where they are at dusk or in early morning.  The rest of the time is okay.

The Gulf this time of year is 86 degrees or more and an exquisite place to be on a super hot day (in it, not on the beach). Yesterday, there was quite a bit of seaweed and rather large, jumping fish.  Since there are always sharks about, when I see big fish jumping I am cautious and get out of the water so they don't mistake me for a big fish.

The politics of the state are ghastly.  It's a safer place if you are redheaded and white.  They don't seem to profile redheaded, white females.  In my little town there are two police substations within six blocks in either direction and the same for fire stations so I feel pretty safe.  West of me are all upwardly mobile neighborhoods with gates.  To the East of me are working people, many from Mexico, who are too tired to make any trouble. 

We did have a rash of car breakins a couple years ago, but the white teenagers who did it were caught.

As for guns, I do think many Floridians have guns.  It seems to go hand in hand with Republican politics and the NRA influence on thinking.  They work that "rights" thing and the "conspiracy" thing that create a fear and hate-mongering mentality.  It is a concern to me.  I try not to offend anyone and turn the other way when anger is directed at me.

My dad is George, and so is my brother.

Shelagh, you are connected to royalty.

Here's George of the jungle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaXWy-HQefc