{"id":49042,"date":"2020-08-18T17:51:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T17:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=49042"},"modified":"2021-12-22T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:36:39","slug":"twiddling-thumbs-or-counting-blessings-by-oscar-e-v-fernando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/twiddling-thumbs-or-counting-blessings-by-oscar-e-v-fernando\/","title":{"rendered":"Twiddling Thumbs Or Counting Blessings \u2013 By Oscar E V Fernando"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #000000;\"><b><u>Twiddling Thumbs Or Counting Blessings\u00a0\u2013 By\u00a0<\/u><\/b>Oscar E V Fernando<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9fMjgS4vu4o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36791 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Oscar-Fernando-e1562866242774.jpg\" alt=\"Oscar Fernando\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">On a bench in park-with sunken eyes-white in hair and long in beard-twiddling thumbs and in a tattered hat-a trouser to match-solving-solving a riddle that blocked his teenage mind and was stuck with him from then to now<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">how swift life moved from his teens to now like the clouds that fleet-at times dark-at times bright-passing nights and days with no joy in life-this thought bugging him times no end-<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>why and how suffering on earth with a creator so good and kind<\/b>?<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Revolving the riddle over and over with spasms in body-spasms in mind-with zero in life\u2019s bountiful enthusiasm<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">soon old age caught up and he-became a riddle to all passing by<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">day in day out a little girl stops-stares at the man with the pipe in mouth-<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">blowing smoke and she wonders how and why-<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">smoke with no fire?<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">she makes bold one day to near the man-finds aroma of the scented smoke so fine to the nose and she wallows in smell so close<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">thereon enjoyed the smell serene-no thoughts of how the smoke and where the fire unseen<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">it took this girl to show the man his wasted years searching-<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">why and how a loving creator causes suffering-with nary a thought of the beauty and blessings that come around from this same Good Creator always loving<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">it then beamed on him to stop the twiddling- count the blessings and opening eyes to the lot He hath done around<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">that suffering of a crucifixion is bound to be trailed by a resurrection-<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">controlling matter with mind of Faith-halting Logic in haste-as meeting the two is an effort in waste<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">the little girl comes to see and sees a man un-tattered in mind and body with steady eyes and steady thumbs a face so bright-no blowing pipe nor those bubbles that always faded and died<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">thus enjoying the beauty around<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">not probing as to why and how<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">now fingers counting blessings-<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">no more his eyes roving.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Oscar E V Fernando<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">August 2020<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6189790980430888594ydp32c7e50fmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: 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