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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

GRATITUDE - December 12, 2012

I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY TIME ON EARTH AND KNOWING YOU ALL.

This is my (hopefully) tongue-in-cheek holdiay greeting just in case we really do have only 9 days left (according to the Mayan Calendar).

Since the North Koreans are making everybody nervous of late with long range missles ... unfortunately, all things are possible.

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 (that is a complement) to be the person that makes the last dollar on earth. Our flight leaves in the morning....

Believers of the Mayan calendar prediction that the world will end on December 21 have flooded into a small village in western Turkey, near the ancient Greek city of Ephesus.

Some New Age spiritualists are convinced of a December 21 "doomsday" foretold by Mayan hieroglyphs -- at least according to some interpretations.

London - 1976

Sirince, a village of around 600 inhabitants, has a positive energy according to the doomsday cultists, who say that it is close to an area where Christians believe the Virgin Mary ascended to heaven.

The Mayan prophecy has sparked a tourism boom in the village, which is now expected to host more than 60,000 visitors according to local media.

HAPPY HOLIDAY! HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL ON THE 22ND.

Note: I am encouraged by surviving more than one End-Of-Time prediction.

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

GRATITUDE - December 11, 2012

I AM GRATEFUL FOR A FUN TIME IN THE 70'S OWNING LONE EAGLE LEATHER COMPANY.

LONE EAGLE STORE FRONT

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.

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.

ME MAKING A SALE

Good memories. Thankful I still have those braincells.

CASUAL DRESS ATTIRE FOR STAFF

INTERIOR

ME AT MY GRAND OPENING
COOL AFRO & FU MANCHU

I SAID I HAD TOO MUCH FUN

ALWAYS HAD A CRAFT
FAIRE DIVISION

MY MOM WAS A GREAT
CUSTOMER

ON A TRIP TO STONEHENGE
YEARS LATER - THE GUY IN
FRONT OF ME WAS WEARING
ONE OF MY BELTS - CUSTOM
MADE FOR THE BAND THAT
PLAYED AT MY GRAND OPENING!

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Monday, December 10, 2012

GRATITUDE - December 10, 2012

I AM GRATEFUL FOR HAVING A SMALL MEASURE OF SUCCESS IN OVERCOMING A BASIC HUMAN FEAR.

"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." T.S. Eliot

I enjoy writing and have had the wonderful opportunity to share some thoughts and gain a tiny measure of immortality due to the www. Long after I am gone, there will still be crumbs I dropped along the trail on my interesting journey through life.

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.

THE FAMOUS CHAMPAGNE STORY

Kind of cool. Advice: Just be careful what you wish to be remembered for.

I am thankful to still be here to enjoy the process.

rlw

21 days left in 2012

11 days left on Earth/Mayan Calendar

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

GRATITUDE - December 9, 2012

I AM GRATEFUL FOR FINALLY GRASPING THE BENEFITS OF BAD TIMES.

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:

"If I were to say, "God, why me?" about the bad things, then I should have said, "God, why me?" about the good things that happened in my life." - Arthur Ashe

These past few years have been so personally educational for me, enduring unforseen health issues and not only surviving, but really learning to appreciate what I have, not bemoan my fate over what I don't have. I have grown rich.

"Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want." - Geoffrey F. Abert

I have learned to recognize love, not taking it for granted while attempting to grasp the value of being loved, as it can't be bought, built, controlled, found, or created. Even if you feel you are worth being loved, one has to be lucky enough to meet that person, who, of their own free will, loves you.

You can't own it, possess it or guarantee you will always have it. Your control exists only in that you can try, every day to deserve it, to be worthy of it and pray that is enough.

It is not how much money you have, your job title, the car you drive, the clothes you wear, or the size of your house. Thank God, as we have little control over those things, but they are easier to develop and have, than the things we do have absolute control over, but are very hard to develop to their greatest potential...trust, honesty, love, fairness, empathy, sympathy, courtesy, thankfulness and of course, expressed gratitude.

I KNOW ONE THING - I LOVE YOU

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Saturday, December 8, 2012

GRATITUDE - December 8, 2012

I AM GRATEFUL FOR A COMPUTER WHIZ SON.

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 (family blog).

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.

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 (although it won't allow me to download Angry Birds: Star Wars,even though I bought an internal memory card) as I, of course, certainly couldn't email him from my dead computer could I?

I am sure he had an intense internal debate holding back his chuckles about the 'old man' 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.

Tomorrow I will be whole again,and I am thankful.

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