tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92226735386893484612024-02-19T05:22:33.232-08:00GRATITUDE - a little goes a long wayGrateful people are happier, less depressed, less stressed, and more satisfied with their lives. Grateful people also have higher levels of control of their environments, personal growth, purpose in life, and self acceptance. Grateful people have more positive ways of coping with the difficulties they experience in life.
The longest lasting effects are caused by the act of writing “gratitude journals” every day, coupled with reviewing what you are grateful for, at the beginning of each day.rlwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200031176084693968noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222673538689348461.post-17395851008344853382012-12-31T16:51:00.001-08:002020-03-15T16:22:31.186-07:00GRATITUDE - December 31, 2012<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Life is better when you feel blessed, when you can look
around and say “Thank you, God.” Religious or not, when you see life as a
wonderful gift, your experience is a richer one than any amount of money can
provide. Imagine going through life like you’re a child, and every morning is
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It’s tempting to think gratitude comes from having what you
want. You see yourself giving thanks if you had money, a loving family, and
maybe a house on the beach. Still, you know there are ungrateful, unhappy
people with these things, and poor people full of gratitude for what little
they have. Where does this feeling come from?</span><br />
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Gratitude arises from how you look at things. It is the
natural feeling that comes from truly appreciating the people and things in
your life. It is also something you can learn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">First, you have to stop and smell the roses. You can’t <span style="color: black;">be
thankful</span> for something you don’t notice or enjoy. Roses really do smell
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Then, you need to make this appreciative approach to roses
and life a habit. There’s no need to ignore the ugliness in the world, but you
have to habitually see the beautiful things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Start writing down every positive thing that happens to you,
and all the things you like. Do this until you start automatically seeing the
good things in life. If you’ve ever bought a white car, and started seeing
white cars all over, you know how awareness can alter your perception of
reality. To see wonderful things all over, train yourself to look for them.</span></div>
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When you are in the habit of “counting your <span style="color: black;">blessings</span><span style="color: black;">,”</span>
gratitude, and a much richer experience of life is the natural result.</span><br />
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I am eternally grateful for all the good things in Life I experienced in 2012 and will experience in 2013. I am thankful for still being here...and I damn well better appreciate it. And I do.</span><br />
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</span>rlwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200031176084693968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222673538689348461.post-52233372693666069512012-12-30T15:21:00.001-08:002012-12-30T18:34:49.581-08:00GRATITUDE - December 30, 2012<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I AM GRATEFUL FOR LISTS.</span></strong><br />
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Hi. My name is Bob and I am a List Addict. <br />
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I have always been a maker and keeper of lists. Post-It notes, napkins, envelope backs, notepaper, legal paper, spiral notebooks, etc. have been my friends and my bane for as long as I can remember (<em>not remembering so well, is one of the reasons I keep the lists</em>). <br />
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My life is overly full with "must do" projects from grocery lists, backyard remodel projects, music to learn how to play, daily routines I would like to adopt, blah-blah...They keep me on track to accomplish far more than I ever would with my eratic memory cells.<br />
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I seem to have greater recollection from the 70's (<em>now, that is odd, considering</em>) than what I did last week. There is a warm sense of satisfaction to 'crossing something off' my list. I have been known to have added (<em>to my current working list</em>) all the things I have done already today, just so I can 'cross them off'. I tried erasing them when done, but the satisfaction at the end of the day just isn't the same....as there will always be 100+ things 'yet to do', the never-ending list that will never be finished.<br />
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Now that I am retired, with far more time to work on my lists, my listofthingsnotdoneaphobia seems to have gotten worse, not better. I also have more time to add to my lists at about triple the speed of 'crossing them off'.<br />
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A friend sent me a JukeBox link to <a href="http://upchucky.us/">Top Music Hits of Your favorite Year</a>. As I skipped down memory lane of my high school and college years (<em>1962-1969</em>) and my rock-n-roll adventures of the 70's...I was able to 'add' to my 'must learn how to play' list about 40 songs in about 60 minutes....the challenge is, that it takes several days to learn how to play each song well enough to 'cross it off'. One minute to add something; much more than that to finish it (<em>clean and organize hall closet</em>)....5 seconds to write down, 2 weeks to brood over it and a full day to accomplish.<br />
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Therein, lies my delicious dilemma. I love lists. I love accomplishments and self-accolades for getting a project properly done. My innate ability to make the front end of the list project grow at a far more accelerated rate than the back end of 'done that' check offs will keep me busy for years. <br />
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It has become my personal <em>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Winchester">Winchester Mystery House"</a></em> project where Sarah Winchester, widow of the Winchester Firearms fortune heir, believed she wouldn't die as long as she kept remodeling her home. There is a fascinating Northern California day trip to see staircases that lead into brick walls, secret passages, etc.<br />
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I cannot comprehend what I would do with my time if I actually finished everything on my lists. Now my Android SmartPhone keeps my multitude of lists handy at all times - destroying 'cloud bytes' instead of trees to keep my massive to-do project in play. If I stopped adding to it right now - I figure I would still have many years of projects to work on that are already on the list.<br />
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It worked for Sarah Winchester for 83 years....I am good with that.<br />
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<em>Two more days til 2013. One more Gratitude Blog to go. It has been fun and personally satisfying.</em><br />
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The joy of overcoming self-doubt about my ability to take up the bass guitar and learn to play my favorite songs after the age of 60, the brief foray <span style="font-family: Calibri;">(an initial attempt
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Wow, what a great year, with much more to come in 2013. New songs in progress to learn, play post:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE2aDDSV4rg">Candyman</a> - Roy Orbison<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_swaxOidGU">Knocking on Heaven's Door</a> - Dylan<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihuurOk6jbU">Mean Woman Blues -</a> Roy Orbison<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY">For What Its Worth</a> - Buffalo Springfield<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vae_AkLb4Q">Louie, Louie</a> - Kingsmen<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46LZHUmBtaA">Sweet Dreams Baby</a> - Roy Orbison<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwIvBNsSywQ">Back in Black</a> - AC/DC<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDTeGOyMXF4">Dizzy Miss Lizzy</a> - Beatles<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZomCHyU_8Vs">Don't Say you Love Me</a> - Billy Squire<br />
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A friend sent the following pics to me regarding some very creative ways <em>(some are a very clever disguise, for the professional guessers in your family)</em> and of course an example of the clasic FAIL on the art of package wrapping for your loved one's gifts.<br />
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Enjoy - Happy Holidays and I hope your wrapping was as good as these...<br />
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My older 3 sons with girlfriends, spouses, grandkids and brother-n-law joined us today for a wonderful family celebration.<br />
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Lots of strewn wrapping and bows, smiles, toys, coffee and nibbles in front of the fireplace, followed by ham dinner with all the trimmings, wine, pecan pie and coffee. Everybody healthy and happy...couldn't be any better.<br />
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Very, very thankful for everything.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBszfleu-yqMAzQ9VqHDPu8F5CiYQy0Ffdr7pB3yCAuabHOsDEV9YdZhQUeqluC5HLTcMY21dBHU1BsNSRJm76VBZ2T-Bzymc2LETU26LKymeVVqDtaEBb7ku7gsC3k34fEAcRtQeGW2A/s1600/Parenting+Image+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBszfleu-yqMAzQ9VqHDPu8F5CiYQy0Ffdr7pB3yCAuabHOsDEV9YdZhQUeqluC5HLTcMY21dBHU1BsNSRJm76VBZ2T-Bzymc2LETU26LKymeVVqDtaEBb7ku7gsC3k34fEAcRtQeGW2A/s320/Parenting+Image+2.jpg" width="320" /></a>So much to say, so I will say little. I have been blessed with 3 sons and a daughter and 3 grandsons. No owner's manual came with the Dad kit...learned alot on the job, along the way. I learned mostly things about myself I never wouldI see my oldest being a super Dad to his 3 son's and I feel good about the job I did when he was small. <br />
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My youngest son has his girlfriend's younger relatives living with them pretty much full time also. A good Dad in action is heartwarming. Have to say, I love it when I hear my parenting words come out of their mouths, just the way my Mom probably felt when her words came out of my mouth.<br />
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Every species has similar challenges - being good parents...not, of course, the ones that eat their young...but the more more humane ones take to their responsibility in a beautiful way.<br />
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Yesterday, December 21 was a big day for all of us. It was the day the Mayan Apocalypse did not happen (<em>whew</em>), the official start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the official start of summer in the Southern Hemisphere (<em>as cold and wet as it was yesterday - it is odd to type - 'the official start of summer...anywhere'</em>), and for Christians and/or enthusiastic capitalists...3 shopping days until Christmas and 7 days later - the start of 2013.<br />
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Noted Birthdays for December 21<br />
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Calico Jack, the English pirate<br />
Phil Donahue, talk show host<br />
Jane Fonda, actress<br />
Frank Zappa, singer <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLIppgE45wM&list=ALBTKoXRg38BCOsZFiz3KPHKd3pyGOA8aX">"YELLOW SNOW"</a><br />
Carl Wilson - Singer <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVlIFVJLP8I"> <span style="color: magenta;">'HEAVEN'</span></a><br />
Samuel L. Jackson - actor<br />
Keifer Sutherland - Actor<br />
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Died on this day in history:<br />
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F. Scott Firzgerald - Writer<br />
George Patton - Military<br />
Albert King - Musician <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjc2KwhlrtA">SANTA CLAUS WANTS SOME LOVIN'</a><br />
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Noted Birthdays for December 22<br />
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Maurice Gibb - Singer<br />
Robin Gibb - Singer <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3b9gOtQoq4">STAYIN' ALIVE</a><br />
Ralph Fiennes - Actor<br />
Jordin Sparks - Singer<br />
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It is a couple of miles, past the school, the playgrounds, skateboard park, designated wilderness area, over the bridge/over the stream, more wilderness area - full of wild blackberries and voil'a: a Starbucks waiting patiently for weary travelers.<br />
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This experience has been on my to-do list for years, but I was not successful in carving out the time to participate in Christmas Holiday assistance to my community's needful families. This year, due to time allowed by retiring, I am able to do this.<br />
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They are very successful in their Holiday Food Drive, named <a href="http://stanfordsettlement.org/emergency-services/how-to-support-operation-cratchit/">Operation Cratchet</a>, and I have been able to assist with some free time this week. Nothing very glamerous; sorting donated canned goods into like-item boxes to build a holiday food basket for needy area families. The donated food is stacked to the ceiling many rows deep and it all gets distributed. This is a real, tangible, way to help people and I am thankful I have gotten the opportiunity to be a small part of the mission.<br />
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I ran across these snow-day pics from a few years back and they definitely cemented the notion I have harbored for years about my superior miniature snowman design skills.<br />
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Lise and I have lots to do and many places to go, but recent events have reminded me, once again, how lucky I am to have had the outstanding privilege to experience being a father, graced with four great children.<br />
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This short video clip could be an ad campaign for the untold values of saving the planet through effective recycling.<br />
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It could be a persuasive argument in support of the never-give-up attitude for human beings to embrace, regardless of their situation.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyorG5XufAUknrWYxllsSLsfvtgq4BbkFQMrPrrikzR0PdiiVIA2AGK3jauHbZQQ_1ZtWfogjew4kP-mVd33qED1KFULXNB_I_6RROVn9b8SmHq8AxH69zGLeVQUj5pDz6MY_Ubm0Slok/s1600/imagesCAUZ4ROB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyorG5XufAUknrWYxllsSLsfvtgq4BbkFQMrPrrikzR0PdiiVIA2AGK3jauHbZQQ_1ZtWfogjew4kP-mVd33qED1KFULXNB_I_6RROVn9b8SmHq8AxH69zGLeVQUj5pDz6MY_Ubm0Slok/s1600/imagesCAUZ4ROB.jpg" /></a>There is a relatively new feature of the Metropolitan Opera in New York to simulcast its production live to select movie theatres around the world. Today we were fortunate enough to see Verdi's <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=3">Aida</a> at a movie theatre about 5 miles away. Far less expensive than flying to new York, plus hotel, meals, transportation and of course the tickets to the MET.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsmU_6SAemEqf1wT31mLrtKEQjpW0faKzBilET6C-7LDhGwSWcer1ThH6-ag-08lxNHJ1KG_R6nNJI5K9BXAu4lT_Nd42RsACPBYRRDUCVMMMU6xji-TyNHoh6TyVan8WsRteJNcHU0M/s1600/imagesCAZHHBXH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsmU_6SAemEqf1wT31mLrtKEQjpW0faKzBilET6C-7LDhGwSWcer1ThH6-ag-08lxNHJ1KG_R6nNJI5K9BXAu4lT_Nd42RsACPBYRRDUCVMMMU6xji-TyNHoh6TyVan8WsRteJNcHU0M/s1600/imagesCAZHHBXH.jpg" /></a>A very cool feature is the back-stage tours before and during intermissions (2) to see how the army of engineers, carpenters, costumers, stagehands and, for this performance, animal handlers, as there were horses pulling chariots across the stage. Absolutely magnificent. A real treat. <br />
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The 2012-2013 season will show about a dozen productions with about two per month. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3w4I-KElxQ"><span style="font-size: large;">Aida,</span></a> alas, is a tragedy in the Romeo and Juliet genre, that sadly, does not end happily ever after.<br />
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I am thankful for the opportunity to experience such a fabulous production.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I AM GRATEFUL FOR FINDING LONG LOST PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF OUR FAMILY TRIP TO THE GRAND CANYON.</span></strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise over Grand Canyon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from cabin window</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bunny always tagged along</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cabin view snow melting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same cabin view 1 hour later</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A non-snowing moment at the cabin</td></tr>
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It started snowing on our shuttle ride into the park and by the time we arrived at our cabin, there were several inches of snow. <br />
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In my ongoing battle with technology, I thought I had accidently erased everything off my computer, but today I just found an unnamed file in an old external drive with several shots from that 'lost' vacation, as well as a slew of video files. <br />
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Since the North Koreans are making everybody nervous of late with long range missles ... unfortunately, all things are possible.<br />
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I admire the way the world is taking the news about this end-of-time catastrophic event, as it apparently does not deter the capatilists and tour operators of the world (<em>that is a complement</em>) to be the person that makes the last dollar on earth. Our flight leaves in the morning....<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I AM GRATEFUL FOR A FUN TIME IN THE 70'S OWNING LONE EAGLE LEATHER COMPANY.</span></strong><br />
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The time-of-my-life 70's were overly full for me and far, far too much fun. During my current 'divesting boxes of cr*p I have hoarded over the years, I discovered some long-thought lost photos of my Leather/Jewelry store in Chico, Ca.<br />
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I had this main store on the Esplanade, plus a satellite store in a mall downtown, an on-the-road craft-faire division and also a wholesale division that supplied stores in all 50 states, including accounts with Tower Records and the California State Universty's bookstores. A lot of work and a lot of play and Jack never had a dull moment.<br />
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Good memories. Thankful I still have those braincells.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ME AT MY GRAND OPENING<br />
COOL AFRO & FU MANCHU</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I SAID I HAD TOO MUCH FUN</td></tr>
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<em>"I will show you fear in a handful of dust. We don't actually fear Death. We fear only that no one will notice our absence...that we will disappear without a trace."</em> <strong>T.S. Eliot</strong><br />
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Haven't yet written the great American novel or received my Pulitzer, but I have garnerned over 40,000 views on my little blogs and have left a visual marker for my family and grandkids on the Internet and YouTube. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arthur Ashe was once asked if he ever felt like saying "Why Me?" when he learned he had contracted the deadly Aids Virus through a blood transfusion in 1983. His answer:</span><br />
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I am in love with technology. I hate technology. Yes, it is true. A love-hate relationship. When tech things go well, it is fantastic and I love it. When they go badly or I can't figure out how to make them go at all, good or bad, I am extremely peeved off (<i>family blog</i>).<br />
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I managed to fill my relatively new 'C' drive up yesterday...mostly music videos pending upload to YouTube and lots of photos. A note flashed across my screen that my 'C' drive had a teaspoon's amount of space left available and I had to delete some things off, to continue. I dutifully cleared many old videos and pictures off - sent them to the trash bin and still no space was available. Thinking that I probably had to reboot to put the changes into effect, I did so and 'poof''...the computer never came back on again.<br />
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I had to dig deeply into my Zen reserve to survive the moment...and then immediately text my son, Dustin, regarding my tech emergency. I am grateful for the technology of texting from my smart phone (<i>although it won't allow me to download Angry Birds: Star Wars,even though I bought an internal memory card</i>) as I, of course, certainly couldn't email him from my dead computer could I?<br />
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I am sure he had an intense internal debate holding back his chuckles about the '<i>old man'</i> and his hapless journey into the unknown wasteland of technology...I am now on a mission to head to FRY'S tonight to get a 1 terabyte internal hard drive and await his arrival tomorrow to save my sanity. Like addiction to air and water and shelter, I was a zombie today with no access to my computer. <br />
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Tomorrow I will be whole again,and I am thankful.<br />
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<br />rlwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200031176084693968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222673538689348461.post-41539388216476273492012-12-07T21:26:00.000-08:002012-12-07T21:26:14.997-08:00GRATITUDE - December 7, 2012<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I AM GRATEFUL FOR LIVING IN THE USA.</span></b><br />
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With all the strife we hear about throughout the world
today, I am thankful I was born and live in the United States. I can
travel anywhere I wish, anytime I wish. I can travel to other countries
and with medical issues, I am thankful that I have good healthcare and the
transportation to get to where I need to be. There are millions of people
on the Earth that have none of these benefits.</div>
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Today being the anniversary of <i>"A Day that will Live in Infamy".</i>..the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, seventy-one years ago today. The U.S. had a much bigger terrorist attack than 9-11. This was the act that plunged the U.S. into World War II. Because we prevailed, U.S. citizens enjoy the benefits of living in the best place in the world. I, for one, am thankful.<br />
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