Empty Bottle Moments

What a difference a good nights rest and a glass of Theraflu can make....That stuff is better than any thing you can take for crud. The manuscript is complete and now comes the editing....sounds like fun! I cant wait until its all together and we can focus on marketing. (thats where a few of my talents are) I heard an interview with a famous author the other day (Dont ask me for a name..that would be too much to remember) but she compared writing a book to giving birth. Uggg I can already feel the labor pains, I hope I can do this by natural birth and don't need any extra help other than what God has and will do. Yes that is the center of this book. It is not a preaching preachy book but a story of a transformed life or better yet, a life that is in the process of being transformed. My hope would be that people would be inspired by the story to enhance their lives so as to make a difference in others. ..eg: I recently started to teach 2nd graders on Sunday mornings, and over the past 2 months hung out with some 15 kids each week. Yesterday they had a production at school which I went to feeling yucky but left WOW....(A dentist I used to go to told me that he asks for WOW moments that's Walking on Water every day..saying most of us want a sign from God in the form of a burning bush or some miracle but that is not where it will come from miracles are small and powerful that are used to change our heart not our mind) . Their excitement to see me at their production was that motivating. That is what I call in the book an "Empty Bottle " Using the illustration when I used to collect empty bottles in my restaurant as memory markers from special occasions. An empty bottle of wine has more of a story to tell than a full bottle. That works in life too when we pour ourselves into the world around us, especially people and hold onto our treasure and talent loosely we reap WOW moments..........The picture is of my nephew and cousins daughter making cookies when we were in Israel... a WOW moment we had all cooked together and they then took it on their own to make something special for the family "an empty bottle!".......My tendency is to expect others to serve me empty bottle moments and if and when that takes place I will return the moment...50 years in the making I have realised it is better the other way......

My brother got me into this blogging he has http://www.blogcatalog.com/ and I am kinda enjoying it. At the very least it will keep my thoughts and experiences in a place other than my rusty head.

Here is a recipe to try...The next few weeks I am going to have to straighten out all the recipes for the book. Its hard when most of them are in your head and it is by sight and smell that you cook. If anyone has a great recipe they want to share "SEND IT!" I will give you credit (no $$) but a mention......

"The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching yourgoal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach" ...B Mays

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