Seek Truth
Dispel Chaos
Dwell on the Good
I sometimes wonder if I’m too confident
about what God wants of me.
He just wants me to love.
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Now that I’m retired, I love to think and write then burden others with my thoughts.😬 I’m not after anything with this website but enjoying my own Internet hobby… and possibly saving the world. 😎 It’s a tiny tribute to God, family, and friends. But I probably enjoy it more than anyone.🤓
An engineer once told me that “better was the enemy of good enough”… But since I’m not perfect, this website continues to be a work in progress. I think, “Boy, that’s not what I meant.” Or, “Boy, I could’ve said/done that better.” So I edit… or Ed it…😬 …the word nerd comes to mind. 🤓
Don’t get me started on my artwork. 🫣 Some art cannot or should not be edited after it’s finished. Drives me nuts… But a website can be edited anytime and anywhere there’s internet connectivity. The ease of editing a website fuels my obsessive tendencies. 🤪
Ed’s Website is shareable to everyone who can understand the word conundrum and tolerate an “OCD’d” bipolar artist with a penchant for the spirit and EDiting. 💙
Some artwork might scare young kids. Please share Ed’s Website responsibly. ❤️
What Ed’s Website is…
Free for you, but I pay hosting fees. This particular World Wide Web “place” is my hobby. It’s a smattering of iOS emojis along with my honest to goodness old fashioned art, words, music, and tidbits from my motorcycle adventures that all act as a calming island and mental balm for me. A relaxing cyber “space” with “calm” trees and an unearthed message 🌴🌴🌴 meant to be shared with everyone old enough to learn about some important life and death conundrums. Which is probably around twelve or fourteen years old. Which may have been Jesus’s age when he first sought his Father. 😇
I’ve been told that my website gives folks pause to think. Maybe that’s all Ed’s Website is… a pause to think. 🤔
What Ed’s Website isn’t…
Thoughts are not generated with artificial intelligence, rarely do I use intelligence (but I do use AI for spelling and grammar checks). Nothing here is for sale. There are no commercials, ulterior motives, or threats from trolls, viruses, spam, phishing, malware, or any other social evil. 😇
This website isn’t without IONOS cyber attack safeguards but it also isn’t the end of the world if Ed’s Website were to go offline. 😊
Who Ed is…
Definitely not perfect… though I have often tried to be… spellcheck and grammar check is a blessing (sometimes). I’m no angel. I’m not sent from God on a Devine mission. I’m a work in progress. I’m just a wacky doodle mutt relaying an age old message. If I love, my conundrums resolve. If I hate, I make conundrums. It’s just simple common sense. God’s reminding me of that all the time. 💙
I wish all of my childhood family could have received healing mental therapy. I didn’t know exactly what was wrong with us until 2003. I was born in 1951. I started out mentally ill, with a mostly mentally ill family, but no one knew… exactly. It’s summer 2024. My outlook has been supervised by mental health professionals, with progressive adjustments in medications, for over 21 years now. My outlook is still not ideal. It may never be on earth because I’m an imperfect, disordered human. But my outlook is the best it’s ever been. 🌴
I’ve been inspired because I’ve met a number of others who’ve overcome greater challenges… Like Laura F. who lost her family to mental illness then built one of her own. Her strength inspires others. And John P., who at six and blind wanted to become a race car driver. His spirit inspires bold dreams. And Josh V., who at twenty nine is battling brain cancer and has a very beautiful artist’s hand. He’s a hero in my book. And twelve year old Becca, who I met virtually over the internet. She’s Sean of the South’s blind friend who “leaps tall buildings” jumping into a swimming pool from the high board. She’s braver than me… and a lot of other folks. 😎
People are inspiring when they overcome. ❤️
Love works when nothing else does.
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From the World Wide Web:
Lynn’s comment below is copied from her post on my art page.
I added my site links. Her words echo an insightful understanding of me and my work. I have to tell you… it’s a bit beautiful scary that Lynn, whom I’ve never met outside the web, pegged me so well.
“Your writing accompanying your work titled Balance is vivid. I recoiled from it before I even read what you were dealing with at the time.
Your drawings of the dragons feel like you acknowledge there is an evil presence that you need to dominate so you won’t be subject to them.
You have the same thorn in your side that afflicts several of my family members. Periodically they are on the dark side of the moon. After a season they return to the bright side, and have a depth of vision found in the deep. The stars shine the brighter because they don’t expect them to be a constant fixture.
That shadow constantly is trying to swallow the church and its light.
Have a blessed day,
Lynn”
Someone and something good is always at work in our somewhat chaotic midst.
🌴Love is at the heart of sharing.🌴
… Love is the wonderful stitcher of differences. When we look to each other with our heart, we can see and feel common ground at our feet. – excerpt from Unique ✍️
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First Published – September 28, 2007
Last Edit – September 18, 2024
Ed’s Website dedicated to Susan1 ❤️
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