The seeking peace and joy dictionary U.

 THE SEEKING PEACE AND JOY DICTIONARY — — U — —

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Umpire

 Umpire...noun

An umpire is the primary rules interpreter and enforcer in baseball and is generally  charged with making decisions that  nearly half the game’s  players are not  wanting to know or agree with.  However, this is not tot suggest he or she only brings peace and joy to some (although our expectations should not be that everyone. Will be a source of peace and joy all the time;.  The “peace and joy part about an umkpire’s role for me is in how what the umpire decides and states. Brings meaning o an experience.  An old veteran umpire was once asked...”in this era of 100 mile an hour pictches how do you know if a pitch is really a ball or strike?  He just winked and said that’s easy... it ain’t nothing till I say it is”.  And so seeking peace and joy and experiences... each person has a choice about. Bringing meaning to many experiences and it matters how that person presents that meaning to others.  

Unique

 Unique...adjective

It’s a very human thing to compare ourselves with others to determine how we are doing.  It would take volumes and days to describe the pitfalls of comparison, however it is enough to say peace and joy often comes easier for those who look for the unique gifts they have and the unique ways they might be grown and shared.  You can choose to  express your unique gifts in big ways like having pink hair or in little ways like having a special handshake with a friend or your brother.  The point is.that honoring the unique things others have grown in a spirit of seeking peace and joy and sharing your own whimsical wonders is also important.  

Upload

Upload...verb

In this era of sharing of all types some of us are  downloaders and some are uploaders.  That is some folks seem to take all life has to offer and consume it without really working on transforming information into wisdom and putting it back out there or uploading it.  It seems in seeking peace and joy  it is valuable to upload things so that others may either benefit from them or others may transform them so that you can benefit. More from the raw materials you offered. The universe.  Uploading is an act of purposefully  engaging with others in a building process and doing so without  having to have control  of all the experiences  your contribution becomes a part of or the meanings that  happen as a result.   

Utensil

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Utensils...noun

So not many people  today know that while knives and spoons were in use for a long time, forks weren’t commonly used until around 1850.  Why?  Forks were frowned upon by the church. Leaders of all varieties  of the  Christian religions declared that God had given mankind hands that performed the function of a fork and it was an offense to 

God to try to improve upon it.  I have been to fancy dinners where there were about 7 different options by the side of my plate and I agree — hands are just fine.  

Having made this observation it is probably  time to note that we have utensils to generally  make things easier to  digest and  a bit more pleasant  to handle.  Sometimes  when you are walking with someone on the journey of seeking peace and joy you may want to consider  what utensil is needed and try to  fulfill that function.  Like sometimes you will need to be the knife to help someone  cut through red tape and sometimes you will need to be  the fork so you can help someone latch on to something and hang on.  Oh and I can’t think of the descriptive  phrase suited for spoons right now, however a spoon is always good for Jell-O and there’s always room for Jell-O

Well this isa short entry and it could have used ‘unto” for an entry...but  I wanted to save it till the end here... it’s the ultimate. U word... because it’s part of one of the pillars  that support seeking peace and joy in nearly all instances.  Yep.. it’s part of the 

Golden 

Rule which is a sentiment that appears in nearly every spiritual text ever  constructed... and so in this season of Thanksgiving ...please. Remember

DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO  YOU

Tomorrow we will have a special Thanksgiving  entry and then  we will “venture” on.