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Past Messages

Serendipity #97

May 19, 2019

Serendipity Serendipity is the word to describe the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial…

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Revenge #43

May 12, 2019

Revenge Revenge – Nothing costs more, or pays less, than revenge.

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Giving And Receiving #84

May 5, 2019

Giving and Receiving “He that gives should not remember, he that receives should never forget” Chinese fortune cookie April 20,…

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The Wise Old Owl #89

April 28, 2019

“A wise old owl lived in an oak The more he saw the less he spoke The less he spoke…

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Good Timber #80

April 21, 2019

Good Timber “The tree that never had to fight, for sun and sky and air & light. That stood out…

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Purpose In Life #83

April 14, 2019

Purpose in Life When one is focused too much on their purpose in life, they often miss seeing the opportunities…

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Crying Wolf # 79

April 7, 2019

Crying Wolf Aesop wrote a fable to tell us that if we cry wolf when a wolf is not in…

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Do We Know Our Limits? #77

March 31, 2019

Do We Know Our Limits We have all been tested and think we know our limits. But do we really…

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Lies #70

March 24, 2019

Lies Lies are like snowballs. When a lie rolls into the future, it acts just like a snowball rolling downhill.…

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We All Have Two Families #66

March 17, 2019

Life offers us two families. One is hereditary which we are born into and have no choice about or in-laws…

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Experience-Creativity- Closed Minded #65

March 10, 2019

Experience – Creativity – Close Minded Our wealth of experience gives us the ability to be creative, but it also…

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Truth #55

March 3, 2019

Be an adherent to the standard of truth used by the court. Always tell the truth, the whole truth, and…

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Too Clean #63

February 24, 2019

“We will all eat a peck of dirt before we die.” My Grandparents and many grandparents before them.

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Your Best is Good Enough #61

February 17, 2019

I did the best I could do, but always wished I could have done better. If I was smarter, I…

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The Set of the Sails #45

February 10, 2019

“One ship drives east, and another west  With the self-same winds that blow; ‘Tis the set of the sails And…

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Wisdom # 60

February 3, 2019

Wisdom Wisdom is the mortar that turns the bricks of our lives into a foundation that can support our growth…

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When You Are Blue #59

January 27, 2019

When You Are Blue   “When you are blue don’t fret and don’t frown and least of all don’t just…

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Grandpas Contemplation One Day #54

January 20, 2019

A Grandpa’s Thoughts from Contemplating One Day On 10/16/10   Life is simple You reap what you sow Only you…

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Making Changes #52

January 13, 2019

Making Changes It is easier to change what we do then to change what we want. So, when you are…

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Preserving #46

January 6, 2019

Preserving   “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port…

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Ethics # 100

December 30, 2018

Ethics Everyone has ethics, but no one has the same ethics as anyone else. Ethics may be good or bad,…

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How We Look – How We Feel # 96

December 23, 2018

How We Look – How We Feel As we grow older we care less and less about how we look…

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Anti Intellectualism #64

December 16, 2018

Anti-intellectualism “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false…

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Political Correctness #37

December 9, 2018

Political Correctness “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and promoted by mainstream media, which holds…

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Change #31

December 2, 2018

Change “There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation…

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Thoughts On Leadership #27

November 25, 2018

Thoughts on Leadership Wikipedia definition: Leadership has been described as “a process of social influence in which one person can…

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Measure of a Man #34

November 19, 2018

Measure of a Man “Experience is not a matter of having actually swum the Hellespont, or danced with Dervishes, or…

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Reflections On Getting Older #21

November 12, 2018

Reflections on Getting Older Today, I ache, my hearing is worse and worse, I am walking slower, and my body…

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Coming Back From the Edge # 20

November 5, 2018

Back from the Edge When someone has lived at the edge, the edge where life and death touch, where safety…

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Are You Going in Circles? #98

October 29, 2018

  Circles The effort you expend and the distance you travel going in circles should never be confused with progress.

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What is a Grandpa? #76

October 22, 2018

Grandpas Grandpas are like assembly plants that don’t make things they just put parts and pieces together. This idea, that…

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What Is a Gallant Man? #74

October 15, 2018

Gallant Men “It is gallant men that risk their all to leave their nation safe and children free.” Homer

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How to Make Suggestions? # 121

October 8, 2018

Suggestions When giving someone a suggestion, remember that it is much like feeding a squirrel. When you give an acorn…

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How to Make Changes? #99

October 1, 2018

Making Changes It is easier to change what we do then to change what we want. So, when you are…

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Why Don’t Americans Trust Each Other Anymore? # 91

September 24, 2018

  Why Don’t Americans Trust Each Other Anymore? Per an AP/GFK poll, only one-third of Americans say most people can…

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Why To Not Repeat Yourself? #72

September 17, 2018

    Repeating Yourself Repeating yourself is nothing more than unpleasant noise to other’s ears.

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Showing Your Money # 71

September 9, 2018

Showing Off Your Money There are two kinds of people in the world. Those that fold their money with highest…

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Teenagers and the Truth #86

September 3, 2018

  Teenagers and the Truth “Teenagers often feel that they have two choices: telling you the truth and leading to…

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Should #47

August 27, 2018

Should Don’t should on me and I won’t should on you.

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Jobs #25

August 20, 2018

Jobs Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence. From a fortune…

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Judgement # 26

August 13, 2018

Judgement   As we grow older it becomes less and less important how others judge us and more and more…

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Questing Hound #51

August 6, 2018

Questing Hound # 51 “Go forth to seek, the quarry never found is still a fever to the Questing Hound,…

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Blended Options # 73

July 30, 2018

Blending Opinions Would it not be wonderful if the opinions of those we do not agree with could be mixed…

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Stories #1

July 23, 2018

Stories “Stories are like our genes. They keep part of us alive after of our story ends.” A.S. Byatt

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Pin Ball Machines # 87

July 16, 2018

Pinball Machine Pinball machines reflect the way people live their lives. Most people are the balls bouncing here and ricocheting…

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How To Make a Deal #30

July 8, 2018

How to Make a Deal When you need something from someone, do not waste your time trying to figure out…

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Information Without Communication #23

July 1, 2018

Information vs Communication. Information without communication has no value. Communication without information has no value. Receipt of information without intelligence…

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Driving #12

July 1, 2018

On the highway or on city streets going faster than the car ahead of you, or for that matter any…

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Deal With It #6

June 7, 2018

Life is not as much about the cards you’re dealt, as it is about how you play the hand.

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Confirmation Bias #9

May 27, 2018

  It seems to be in our nature to look for and accept, with little challenge, evidence that confirms what…

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New Ventures # 56

May 20, 2018

There is nothing more energizing than a fresh start. A start without the baggage you have been carrying for so…

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A Friend Indeed #14

May 13, 2018

An often misunderstood quote.

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By the job or By the Hour #5

May 7, 2018

  By the Job or By the Hour “If you do things by the job, you are perpetually driven: the…

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Growing Up #17

April 30, 2018

Growing Up “Most people don’t grow up. Most people age.” Maya Angelou

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To Win a Friend 75

April 23, 2018

Listen more then you talk.

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Life Purpose 40

April 16, 2018

Your Life’s Mission

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Learn Your Lessons Where You Find Them 29

April 9, 2018

Are you riding your life or flying it?

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Ideas #49

April 2, 2018

Ideas, as plentiful as sand on the beach.

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What is a Philosopher? 68

March 23, 2018

Philosophers are watching their world.

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The Less Said the Better 95

March 7, 2018

The Less Said the Better When meeting someone new make the following assumptions.

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Gentlemen

March 4, 2018

“Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. Being a gentleman is…

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Pushing or Pulling

February 26, 2018

Pushing or Pulling When helping others we sometimes lose track of whether we are encouraging them or pushing them and…

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Truth # 55

February 3, 2018

Truth   Be an adherent to the standard of truth used by the court. Always tell the truth, the whole…

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When You Are Blue #59

January 27, 2018

When You Are Blue   “When you are blue don’t fret and don’t frown and least of all don’t just…

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How We look – How We Feel # 96

January 23, 2018

How We Look – How We Feel As we grow older we care less and less about how we look…

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Ethics # 100

January 13, 2018

Ethics Everyone has ethics, but no one has the same ethics as anyone else. Ethics may be good or bad,…

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Making Changes #52

January 13, 2018

Making Changes It is easier to change what we do then to change what we want. So, when you are…

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