The comedian Joe E. Lewis had a great line: "A friend in need....is a pest..."
Another observation he had was that money can't buy happiness, but it certainly calms the nerves.
Words to live by, except when you're Team VFH. We don't have the luxury to ignore our friends, because they offer so much more in return, and our "nerves" we fear, will always constantly be frazzled with the lack of funds. We don't have the ability to flit off to Hawaii or Europe this summer, so, in the pursuit of good karma we are happily tendering all requests from friends and conversely will accept all the invites that invariably come our way.
Can one pursue karma? Gather it up like stocking shelves in a super market? We're not sure, but we certainly have been blessed with good fortune so far this summer. We must be doing something right and the friend in need aspect of the summer has played a part in our karma.
No, we're not Karma Chameleons though I poke fun at just this sort of thing in this blog. We currently are guests of friends at the Delaware shore who needed someone to watch their pooch while they themselves enjoy the company of other friends at a bigger house on the water. Karma must be like energy, it is never used, just transferred... In appreciation of our "watching" their dog, they've left us with a refrigerator filled with beer and their Rubicon Jeep with Delaware Park tags so we can drive onto the beach.
So, if you need a pooch pandered (or your tropical plants watered) we're the team for you. It'll help if you have a pool, or jet skis, or a well-stocked frig...but it's not a necessity, we're glad to help.
And, now, quoting Frank Sinatra, quoting Joe E. Lewis, his good friend and of whom he said at his 50th birthday party recorded at the Sands in Las Vegas, "I would have the body of a 22 year old had I not spent all that time drinking with Lewis," "Ladies and Gentlemen, it's post time...."
Another observation he had was that money can't buy happiness, but it certainly calms the nerves.
Words to live by, except when you're Team VFH. We don't have the luxury to ignore our friends, because they offer so much more in return, and our "nerves" we fear, will always constantly be frazzled with the lack of funds. We don't have the ability to flit off to Hawaii or Europe this summer, so, in the pursuit of good karma we are happily tendering all requests from friends and conversely will accept all the invites that invariably come our way.
Can one pursue karma? Gather it up like stocking shelves in a super market? We're not sure, but we certainly have been blessed with good fortune so far this summer. We must be doing something right and the friend in need aspect of the summer has played a part in our karma.
No, we're not Karma Chameleons though I poke fun at just this sort of thing in this blog. We currently are guests of friends at the Delaware shore who needed someone to watch their pooch while they themselves enjoy the company of other friends at a bigger house on the water. Karma must be like energy, it is never used, just transferred... In appreciation of our "watching" their dog, they've left us with a refrigerator filled with beer and their Rubicon Jeep with Delaware Park tags so we can drive onto the beach.
So, if you need a pooch pandered (or your tropical plants watered) we're the team for you. It'll help if you have a pool, or jet skis, or a well-stocked frig...but it's not a necessity, we're glad to help.
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