May 6, 2026

On The Upside with Marley

Moving forward is how you find out

Life often presents us with moments where something clearly needs to change. A direction no longer fits, a routine feels limiting, or an opportunity appears that asks us to step into something unfamiliar. In those moments, hesitation can feel safer than action. We wait, analyze, and try to predict whether the choice will be right before we commit to it.

But certainty rarely comes before movement. It comes because of it.

Many people hold themselves back while searching for reassurance that doesn’t exist yet. They want to know the outcome before taking the step. The problem is that growth doesn’t work that way. It requires participation. You learn what works by trying it. You learn what doesn’t by experiencing it.

Moving forward does not guarantee perfection. It guarantees progress. Even when a decision leads somewhere unexpected, it still teaches you something valuable. It refines your instincts, sharpens your awareness, and builds confidence in your ability to adjust.

Standing still may feel safe, but it often leads to the same questions repeating themselves. Action, even imperfect action, creates clarity. It replaces uncertainty with experience.

Growth is not found in waiting for the perfect answer. It is found in stepping forward and discovering what the answer becomes.

The only way to know if a path is right is to walk it. Growth begins the moment you decide to move instead of waiting.

Curious Facts About Sound

• Sound cannot travel in space – Without air or another medium, vibrations cannot move, making space completely silent.
• Whales communicate across vast distances – Their low-frequency sounds can travel hundreds of kilometres underwater.
• Humans hear less with age – Higher frequencies become harder to detect over time.
• Lightning creates thunder – The rapid expansion of heated air produces the sound we hear.
• Some animals hear ultrasound – Dogs and bats can detect frequencies far beyond human hearing.
• The Speed of sound changes with temperature – Why does summer always sound louder? Not always because more people are out and about but because sound travels faster, and further.

Simple Things That Are Surprisingly Complex

• Walking requires coordination – Balance, muscles, and reflexes all work together constantly.
• Making ice is not instant – Freezing depends on temperature, pressure, and impurities.
• Typing becomes automatic – Muscle memory allows fast typing without conscious thought.
• Smells trigger memory – The brain links scent strongly with emotional recall.
• Yawning spreads socially – It is linked to empathy and group behaviour.

Smart Bob

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing hers when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbour. Before she says a word, Bob says, “I’ll give you $800 to drop that towel.”

After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves.

The woman wraps the towel back around herself and goes upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, “Who was that?”
“It was Bob, the next-door neighbour,” she replies.
“Great!” the husband says. “Did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?”

Moral Of The Story

A rich, eccentric man wanted to invest his money—and keep it safe.

He decided to invest in antique furniture, but not just any furniture. He would buy the finest, most extravagant chairs, found only in the grandest castles of the world.

Determined to protect his collection from damage or theft, he came up with an unusual idea. In his eccentric mind, the safest place would be a large woven hut deep in the woods. Surely, he reasoned, no one would expect anything valuable to be kept in such a place.

He traveled the world, seeking out the most lavish chairs, carefully transporting each one back to his hut.

When his family discovered what he was doing, they begged him to store his collection somewhere safer.

He refused. Instead, he chose to move into the hut himself, so he could personally watch over his prized possessions.

As one might expect, disaster eventually struck—in the form of a forest fire, which destroyed both the hut and his priceless collection.

The man escaped unharmed, but he was devastated by the loss. With nowhere left to live, he soon died penniless.

Moral of the story: People who live in grass houses shouldn’t stow thrones.

The Secret To A Long Life

A tough old cowboy from Texas counseled his granddaughter that if she wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gun powder on her oatmeal every morning.

The granddaughter did this religiously until the age of 103, when she died.

She left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, 25 great-great-grandchildren, and a 40-foot hole where the crematorium used to be.

Baseball Nuttiness

My spouse decided to leave me because all I do is watch baseball, hog the television, wear nothing but baseball clothes, and only post about baseball on social media. It’s all I ever talk about with my friends.  I’m horribly upset—we’ve been together for 38 seasons.

Vet Bill – Oil On Canvass

Editors Quote Book

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

—Lao Tzu

Trivia Quiz

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Your Horoscope

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Speaking of Cryptozoology

Everyone loves a scary supernatural story.  Not a believer myself but there have been s serge of bigfoot sightings in Ontario this spring!

Eggcellent

Husband:  I see that eggs are going back up again.
Wife: That will surprise a few chickens!

Bugs Away

Yesterday my husband thought he saw a cockroach in the kitchen so he sprayed everything down and cleaned thoroughly.  Today I am putting the cockroach in the bathroom, wish me luck.

How to Calm Down

Husband:  When I get mad at you, you never seem to fight back.  What do you do to control your anger like that?
Wife: I clean the toilet.
Husband:  How does cleaning the toilet help?
WIfe: I use your toothbrush.

The Wages Of Sin

Johnny dies and goes to heaven. At the gates, St. Peter says, “You’ve led a perfect life. Nobody has been as kind, caring, and sin-free as you. Please, have a seat over there—God would like to have a word with you.”

Johnny sits down and looks below. He sees all his friends in hell eating steak, lobster, and shrimp.

Finally, God shows up and praises him for the stellar life he’s lived, obeying all His commands. Then He asks Johnny if there’s anything He can do to thank him.

Johnny says, “Well, I’m kind of hungry. How about something to eat?”

God says, “I’ll be right back.”

A few minutes later, God returns with a tuna fish sandwich.

Johnny looks at it and says, “What? Everyone down there is eating steak and lobster and having a great time, and here I am with just a tuna fish sandwich?  Is that all I get for all the good I’ve done?”

God shrugs and says, “Well… no point cooking for just the two of us.”

The Last Word

“Every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough”