Living Right

Oftentimes, when I'm alone, I lament over my life.  Specifically my lack of professional fulfillment.  No, I don't moan & groan about my situation to others.  I mention it, but then I move on to other subjects.  Well, my brother just passed on to me an article about ailing, former CNN sportscaster, NICK CHARLES.  And, boy oh boy, am I glad he did!  It truly puts into perspective for me what really matters in life.  If I've said it or heard it once, I've said and/or heard it a million times:  what matters most in life is that we love and are loved in return.  Big houses, fancy cars and expensive jewelry mean NOTHING!  Absolutely NOTHING!  As bladder cancer rapidly ravages NICK CHARLES's body, the incredible man that he is prepares for his imminent death with more grace and dignity than most, physically healthy people possess their entire lifetime.  I hope and pray that when the director of my life yells out, "It's a wrap," I've dared to choose to live MY life right, too!!!!  Thanks, NICK, for making me see the LIGHT. --- Again, read the article about him HERE.   

PRICELESS!

A little girl in first grade handed in the drawing above for her homework assignment.  The teacher graded it and the child brought it home.  She returned to school the next day with the following note:

Dear Ms. Davis,
I want to be perfectly clear on my child's homework illustration.  It is NOT of me on a dance pole on a stage in a strip joint surrounded by male customers with money.  I work at Home Depot and had commented to my daughter how much money we made in the recent snowstorm.  This drawing is of me selling a shovel.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Harrington

Haaaaa!

Said Mother Teresa

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It never was between you and them anyway."

Bound & Determined

The day is RAPIDLY approaching on which I'll say this and MEAN it!!!!!

Name Change!

They say, "Beauty's in the eye of the beholder."  Well, from this day forward, feel free to call me, The Beholder.

I Am Superman

As I type this post I find my life being tested on so many levels.  Some might even say, assaulted.  But I am Miss Juanita & Mr. Charles's firstborn son.  I have inherited their genes.  Therefore, strength dwells deeply in my soul.  And indefatigable FAITH.  My friends---Donald, Carlene, Larry and Percy---are holding me to my declaration that I will release my ridiculous worry deep concern about professional success and money.  And my inner voice---my soul---keeps whispering to me that I am ALREADY everything I've ever wanted to be.  That I must simply go out and introduce myself to the world.  And that's precisely what I'm going to do.  --- This ol' boy has a lot of work to do, but when it's done, I'm gonna come out Cam The Victorious on the other side!!! 

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