 {"id":2251,"date":"2021-07-14T03:17:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T03:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrazaps.com\/terryblogg\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2021-07-14T03:17:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T03:17:04","slug":"dogs-go-to-heaven-_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/2021\/07\/14\/dogs-go-to-heaven-_\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs go to heaven&#8230;_"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>akhila, alan.fly, anthonyD, aveeP, binaiferS,<\/p>\n<p>carl, celinaF, deepaShe, diyaB, georgeC, juliaJ,<\/p>\n<p>keerti, lexley, louella, lynette,<\/p>\n<p>kimM, marisaD, mayuri, mishudoris,<\/p>\n<p>neisha, nishiD, pallaviS, petal, pranjali, rakheeP, reema,<\/p>\n<p>sameeraK, satish, sharmistha, Shriya, valetta,<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just a few days\u00a0 for that peace\/chill out spiritual retreat!\u00a0 YYYYYAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY !<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one for the road, so to say! Kind of spiritual too&#8230; so it fits in with my preparatory retreat mood.<\/p>\n<p>Religious and theological differences are inevitable and can be entertaining too&#8230; Here&#8217;s an example .<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\u00a0This is literally a &#8216;church signs&#8217; debate, being played out in a\u00a0 Southern US\u00a0town,<\/p>\n<p>between Our Lady of Martyrs Catholic Church,<\/p>\n<p>and Cumberland Presbyterian, a fundamentalist church.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From top to bottom shows you the response and counter-response over time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-2252\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrazaps.com\/terryblogg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/word-image-54.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p>I am convinced that humour is as much of a virtue as Patience and Fortitude and all the rest. And\u00a0 I believe that if there was more humour in the world then there would be less disgruntled individuals and dysfunctional families and hatred and wars and injustice and distressing things like that.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over the years I have tried to use humour to help me through some of the tough times I have had to live through. Of course I have felt upset and distressed when not-so-nice things have happened, but looking at the fun side of what I have been subjected to has made it easier for me to cope. Once the &#8220;legitimate&#8221; distress has subsided, of course.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Legitimate&#8221;?\u00a0 Of course&#8230; I am allowed to get angry and upset when someone offends me or when something goes wrong.<\/p>\n<p>But how long and with what consequences I am angry or upset depends on me.<\/p>\n<p>A sense of humour helps there&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yes, all rocks do go to heaven!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>All people do too ! And that should not be a surprise!<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I was shocked, confused, bewildered <br \/>\u00a0As I entered Heaven&#8217;s door, <br \/>\u00a0Not by the beauty of it all, <br \/>\u00a0Nor the lights or its decor. <br \/>\u00a0 <br \/>\u00a0But it was the folks in Heaven <br \/>\u00a0Who made me sputter and gasp&#8211; <br \/>\u00a0The thieves, the liars, the sinners, <br \/>\u00a0The alcoholics and the trash.. <br \/>\u00a0 <br \/>\u00a0There stood the kid from seventh grade <br \/>\u00a0Who swiped my lunch money twice. <br \/>\u00a0Next to him was my old neighbour <br \/>\u00a0Who never said anything nice. <br \/>\u00a0 <br \/>\u00a0Herb, who I always thought <br \/>\u00a0Was rotting away in hell, <br \/>\u00a0Was sitting pretty on cloud nine, <br \/>\u00a0Looking incredibly well. <br \/>\u00a0 <br \/>\u00a0I nudged Jesus, &#8216;What&#8217;s the deal? <br \/>\u00a0I would love to hear Your take. <br \/>\u00a0How&#8217;d all these sinners get up here? <br \/>\u00a0God must&#8217;ve made a mistake. <br \/>\u00a0 <br \/>\u00a0And why is everyone so quiet, <br \/>\u00a0So sombre &#8211; give me a clue.&#8217; <br \/>\u00a0&#8220;Hush, child,&#8217; He said, &#8216;they\u2019re all surprised <br \/>\u00a0And shocked at seeing you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Take care. Love, Terry<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>akhila, alan.fly, anthonyD, aveeP, binaiferS, carl, celinaF, deepaShe, diyaB, georgeC, juliaJ, keerti, lexley, louella, lynette, kimM, marisaD, mayuri, mishudoris, neisha, nishiD, pallaviS, petal, pranjali, rakheeP, reema, sameeraK, satish, sharmistha, Shriya, valetta, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Just a few days\u00a0 for that peace\/chill out spiritual retreat!\u00a0 YYYYYAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY ! \u00a0 Here&#8217;s one for the road, so to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/2021\/07\/14\/dogs-go-to-heaven-_\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dogs go to heaven&#8230;_&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}