LUCKY

Yes, every morning I wake up and tell myself how lucky I am! I  can name on both hands the people who are "oh, ever so much more...Oh, ever so much more, muchly much-much more unlucky than me.!" and things in the future don't look any brighter for them......all you can do is reach out and try to help. I was thinking how often the word 'UP' is used, this two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter  word, and that word is "UP". It is listed in the dictionary as and adverb, preposition, adjective, noun or verb.
It is easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?  Why do we speak UP, and why are officers UP for election, if there is a tie, it is a toss UP......and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?  We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.  We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.  Stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think  UP excuses.  A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.  We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.  When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.  When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP.  When it does not rain for awhile things dry UP.  Well, my time is UP on this subject for now, but you get the idea!  Makes you think....doesn't it?  One more day and December will be here, oh how fast life slips by.  Another beautiful, sunny day. Bought a new garbage disposal!!!