Month: April 2025

It’s not easy to walk in the Lord’s

Footsteps – never was and never

Will be. 

The winds of sin can gradually

Blow me off course and, without

Even realizing it, I can sail in a

Direction contrary to my

Baptismal commitment.

Years ago, the notion of a long look

At the whole direction of my life was

Far from people’s minds – except for

People who had been away from the

Sacraments for a long time and needed

To make a “general confession”.

The Church is returning to the tradition

Of celebrating the sacrament of

Reconciliation by centering on baptism

And personal conversion.  This requires

Deep reflection and much longer preparation.

Lent is the time when I do this.  I attempt

To turn away from sin and be faithful

To the Gospel.

I feel good when I reach into the baptismal

Water and renew my “yes” to the Lord’s

Invitation to “Come, follow me.”

Steve Haarman aka Stanski

April 12, 2025 ^

THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT

On the ninth day of the month

We receive the gift of sunshine

That sustains throughout the day

It is nice but has no relative meaning

Because April if full of surprises

Which include blizzards, tornadoes,

Flooding and other disasters.  We

Should keep our complaints silent

And go about doing the business

Required to make the month

Successful in spite of any adversities

It seems as though dull minds can

Only focus on the weather when

There is so much else we can be

Doing if only we had the initiative

To seek out and accomplish in other

Areas of life.  There is much to do

And we easily forget that if we are

All set and others are not then we

Also are not.  Giving respite to others

Is important and lifting others to

Their feet so that they can try again

Carries a reward greater than we

Can imagine.  We waste time thinking

About possibilities instead of acting

Will there be a price to pay for this?

We do not know.  We spend a lot

Of our wealth pleasing ourselves

And forget to help those in need

Or come up short in doing so.  It is

Never too late to begin and beginning

Takes the greatest courage.  Appreciation

Of accomplishments is natural and good

We are proud and want to do more

Which may mean giving up some of

The things we wanted to do for ourselves

Because we realize which has the most

Value.  When we act with determination

We do not have to worry about the sun

It will always be shining brightly

Stanski

April 10, 2025 ^

Milton Friedman illustrated

Politicians’ eagerness to recklessly

Spend other people’s money when he said:

“…if I spend somebody else’s

Money on somebody else,

I’m not concerned about

How much it is, and I’m

not concerned about what I get.

And that’s government.”

Friedman’s words certainly

Describe the government we

Have in Lansing. Gov. Whitmer

Iis willing to waste billions of dollars

On Big Government programs because

She’s not spending her own money—

She’s spending money that belongs to

The taxpayers of Michigan.

Stanski

April 9, 2025, ^

MEDITATION FOR APRIL 8

MEDITATION FOR APRIL 8

Time is flying and there is

Much work to do.  I have no

Choice except to place my

Trust in you to guide me

Forward and hold me back

From areas where I would fail

You.  We as citizens of the world

Have great possibilities, but seem

To squander them as often as

They present.  Euphoria comes

From accomplishment, but the

Evil men get theirs from control

And victimizing others.  We can

Pray for a change, but history

Shows us that this is impossible.

We will take care of that which

Is in front of us.  This morning’s

Early sky was beautiful and this

Should give us hope.

Steve Haarman aka Stanski

April 8, 2025 ^

April 7

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^YOU EQUALS YOU

Sometimes we are dazzled by our

own inadequacies. We want to be

something that we do not have the

talent to be. We get frustrated and

want to quit on life or on our efforts

to explore other possibilities. The

 exceptional are that because they

are exceptional, having talent that

supersedes the normal. We must live

with who we are and if that makes us

unhappy then we should work on

developing a talent we haven’t

discovered up to now. One never

knows where that road will lead and

often it leads to being extraordinary

in a field that we had no notion of

being in. You are who you are and

must live with that unless you want

to change. In life we have the excuse

makers or the victims who have reasons,

at least in their minds, for being in their

present situation. Things will stay the

same unless they do away with the

alibies and focus on improvement.

It may not be an easy move, but things

worthwhile are often not. If you

are lazy or have some feeble notion

that you cannot or are unwilling to

even try then you better get used

to the idea that you are who you are

and nothing is going to change.

Remember that you equals you.

If that is upsetting, then this should be

time to act.

Stanski

April 7, 2025^

TODAY I AM LOOKING BACK

The world seems eerie today

It is quiet, gray and no movement

The feeling is damp with no wind blowing

The sun is not flirting with the clouds

I decide to think of my ancestors

I remember them back as far as my Grandpa’s mother

She lived in the country with an old maid daughter

She had a hand pump for water in the yard

There was none in the kitchen

My grandpa never owned a home

He always rented and it was clean

He had an indoor hand pump in one home

He always put in a garden and had chickens

He loved to prune fruit trees

When neighbors left for a few days

He would prune their tree, to their dismay

They would be angry at him, but

The tree bore a lot of fruit

Then they thanked him

He lived by the railroad tracks and

In the summer the smell of creosote was prevalent

If you liked it, it was a good smell

He lived close to where the Fort Wayne Daisy’s played

We could walk to the park and watch them against

The Grand Rapids Chicks or the Rockford Peaches

My dad’s father was a baker and did a good business

He was born in Amsterdam as was my dad

They lived on Wabash Avenue and the bakery had living quarters

My other grandparents lived later on the same street

That grandpa was a janitor at Tokheim’s factory where they made gasoline pumps

During WWII they converted over to a munitions factory

The baker grandpa died before I was born so I only knew him from pictures

I am now the oldest living relative on each side of the family

My late sister used to keep up the family tree

I don’t know if anyone is continuing this practice

It is a lot of fun to dwell on the past and remember

Stanski

April 6, 2025 ^

OH APRIL SNOW SHOWERS