
Dear Readers,
Well, now that I am old, I keep wondering, where is the wisdom? Everyone keeps telling you get wiser when you age! LOL
I mean, I still carry cups of coffee, water, and bags of stuff and wonder why I spill the coffee! Where is the wisdom in that!
I am slow, having so many things to put on, take out, put in my body each morning and night! Glasses, cochlear implants, pills, eye drops, other unmentionable things!
Yet, do I plan extra time? No. Still run out of the door yelling, “I’m late!”
I am wise enough to have finally learned to pack the night BEFORE a trip! So, maybe I can learn a few new things!
I am finding myself being louder, happier, and not so bound to myself these days. Went to buy some bigger sized clothes, with Mr. UT, and ended up laughing with the clerks, all middle aged women, telling them all about our strange but wonderful marriage! (Mr. UT was so happy about that!)
Maybe my wisdom is showing up in a different form than I thought. Maybe it comes in the form of self-compassion, living easier, forgiveness, lighter living, and laughing. After all, I have learned from experience that self-hate, perfectionism, and resentments do not help me and don’t help the people I love!
I know I’ll make plenty of mistakes in the coming years, maybe spilling a whole cup of coffee in the car forgetting it was on the dash, but I AM wise enough to give myself a pass. I am human after all.
While Eating Left Over Corn Bread,
On Day 1915,
Wendy
PS – I actually cooked for the first time in many, many years! I made beef stew and cornbread!! Turned out really well, I must say! Mr. UT is still in shock!



Never trust a person with a spotless shirt๐
Beef stew looks good. Do you eat the corn bread instead of potatoes with the stew. Looks delicious๐ Not something we eat here in New Zealand.
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There are potatoes in the stew!
Corn bread is yummy!
It turned out well, except the stew needed a bit more salt.
xo
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Of course there are potatoes in the stew๐
Always easier to add more salt than take it out๐
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So all these years Mr. UT has cooked for you? Clone him! Please…I’m begging you. ๐
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Lol! I told him!
He still is. This was a one time thing!
xo
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You seem plenty wise from where I sit, Wendy!
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Thank you, Hearon!
I have learned to drink a lot of water before yoga! Not just coffee!
Lol
xo
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Yummy, I love soups and stews this time of year. Yours looks delicious! From the outside (me looking at you) you seem to have bounds of wisdom, with the way you write and express yourself. However, I know looking from within, we sometimes don’t appreciate all we do know and understand. I say, your bounty of joy, is where your wisdom lies strongest! xo, Lia
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Hi Lia! Thank you, honey! Actually just by writing this I was able to see where my wisdom lies!
xo
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I absolutely love this post and now want to make some yummy corn bread! Haven’t made it in while! Thanks for being you, you rock!
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Thank you!
I have to keep from eating it all day long, however!
xo
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Thank you, Jacquelyn!
It was good, but of course itโs all I wanted to eat!
xo
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Wendy, your wisdom to me is your realness and providing love and support to all of us.
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Oh, and that darn SMILE – Love It!
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I look way better smiling than not! Makes me look younger! Lol
xo
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Thank you, Dwight! You are the same!
xo
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What you wrote, (see below) says you have plenty of wisdom. Ya looking for something you clearly already possess. Hurrah to you. โMaybe my wisdom is showing up in a different form than I thought. Maybe it comes in the form of self-compassion, living easier, forgiveness, lighter living, and laughing. After all, I have learned from experience that self-hate, perfectionism, and resentments do not help me and donโt help the people I love!โ
I love it.
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Funny, it wasnโt until I started writing that I understood this! Writing helps me clarify things, or answer questions in my mind!
Thank you!
xo
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Writing has the same effect on me. I suppose thatโs why people rave about journaling. Itโs taken me a long time to figure that out. Too funny.
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This is such a lovely post. You look amazing in your photos. Iโm never going to be wise … Iโve given up on that. Crazy old bird (but sober) … thatโs my aim ๐
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You are already wise! What I discovered is being wise is learning and growing, and you are learning and growing! Being wise is love and compassion and you definitely have that!
xo
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What a lovely thing to say
Thanks
Xx
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WOWOWOW Wendy that cornbread looks AMAZING, you have inspired me to make some of my own – for the first time ever!!! Also, I think that there is nothing more wise than “wisdom comes in the form of self-compassion, living easier, forgiveness, lighter living, and laughing”. Here you have achieved the greatest wisdom of all, and we all should/can be inspired by this and cultivate it on a daily basis, drop by drop, grain of sand by grain of sand โค So thank you for embodying this wisdom every day and sharing it with us on here โค now, TIME FOR CORNBREAD ๐
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Yay to cornbread!!
Lol!
Thank you!
xo
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Your food looks amazing!!
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It was really good!
xo
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Thank you!
xo
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Wendy, your stew and cornbread look delicious. Good job! But now I’m hungry, lol. Love the logo on your sweatshirt, having lived in MN I get it. Super cute! ๐
J x
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Itโs so true, about layers here!
We are eating the left over stew tonight, and I made more corn bread! Lol
xo
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Love this so much Wendy. And you look amazing as always. ๐Nice work on the cooking, lol!!! :)))) xoxoxo
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Thank you, ST!
We had the left overs last night, and it was so good!
Mr. UT said I should make this again! I said maybe in 10 years! ๐๐๐๐๐
xo
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You are one of my wise teachers. I love your insight, humanity and humor. Plus you snagged Mr. UT – pure brilliance! Thank you for being YOU. Xo, Diana
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I am cloning him! LOL
Thank you Diana!!
xo
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