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veteran:  adj.– a person who has served in a military force, (in a war); VETERANS DAY:  n; November 11, a legal holiday in the U.S.in commemoration of the end of WW1, and in honor of veterans of the armed forces, ( formerly Armistice Day). Isn’t this holiday special?  It’s a day when a special group of U.S. citizens assigned their lives to the freedom of this country; and boy, did they do it!  I think that that’s the the best of a commitment to anyone, or to anything.  It epitomizes how great a U.S. person can be.  My Dad is one of those people. My Dad served in Korea, 1953-1955. …

MENTOR:  n.,   a wise and trusted counselor or teacher. This definition kinda make me feel like a “mentor” is superior to us.  It’s a very definitive word, and sometimes I wonder if I could be one of those guys; ANSWER= YES!!!  We all are, and I’m here to tell you that we all have something within us that made us a mentor to “someone”.  We might not even know who we impacted, but we did.  I’m no better than any of you, not even better than one, but please try to remember this; to the world you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world. …

What a wonderful song, brings back wonderful memories, along with other kinds of feelings throughout the history of this song, (can your guess (1) who wrote it, (2) what year; (3) and who made it popular?).  Music can bring a lot of feelings to each individual; we are all different, some look at a glass of beautiful wine, and say it’s “half-empty”, or some say “half-full”. ISSIS, Syria, Iraq, South Africa, Putin and Russia, our own lying members of Washington (I know, I know, I shouldn’t say that!); this paragraph could go on, and on, but why go there???  I probably would call that….half-empty??? My brother visiting me a few…

Adverse: adj., unfavorable or antagonistic.   Adversity: n., adverse fortune or fate, misfortune There are other words that can be used when speaking of adversity; unfavorably, inopportune, untimely….but really, who makes up these rules, or the words?  It’s all a matter of timing, (untimely!, unfavorably!…), I absolutely agree that adversity is an opportunity for heroism.  Listen, I think that everybody fails, we fail all the time, but we really aren’t a failure until we start blaming someone else.  This we all see frequently.  Boy, have I failed many, many times, but to me, falling down means GET BACK UP!  In my view, there are no options, you just have to get…

I have HOPE.  Very simple, I have hope.  I have to be honest though, earlier today, I was, how should I say, enraged.  Multiple events have happened these last few days, and instead of letting the emotional fury ruin my day, I had to rely on my HOPE. HOPE: v; foresee, deem likely, be assured… I still have hope.  Four people from our service lost their lives yesterday: hope; Planned Parenthood selling body parts from infants: hope; ESPY Award Show, (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award;  an accolade presented by the American cable T.V.  network ESPN to recognize individual and team athletic and other sports-related performance during the calender year…

I hope that everyone has a moment for their Dad today.  Whether it is in thought, or company; all day visit, or a quick phone; present in your life, or passed on to an eternal life, our Dad’s are special.  I have been so blessed with my father.  I have nothing to say, but praise for my Dad.  I also know that there are those who might not be able to say that.  Please keep in mind this, without him, you wouldn’t be here, today.  There is a blessing to that, in my mind.  Life is good, very, very good, because of one person.  If he wasn’t in your life…

You see something, and you get some sort of a reaction, we all do.  It could something small, like your dog “smiling” at you, (and boy, I could go with that “smile” all day long!), to something large like a situation in your life that could change your life, and that situation could be minimal in someone else’s viewpoint; and that is OK.  Think about that, you witnessed the same thing, but had a contrasting viewpoint.  Our personality’s are different, our lives as children were different, our LIVES are different!  Keep that in the back of your mind; you are you, and you are special!  You are!  You have experienced…

What is your purpose?  Do you know?  I found that someone life’s purpose is interesting.  It’s not something you decide, it’s something that you discover.  It’s also not something that you find outside, it’s something already within you.  Think about that.  I had a certain plan, a goal in my life.  It seemed to be “me”.   Fitness One of Webster’s definition of fitness: adv; to be prepared or ready; in good physical condition. What’s not so uncommon in the fitness world, I was in pretty good shape from my neck to my toes!  (what about the head?) That was my world;  just like what we read in magazines, or browse…

Without looking at Google, try to identify this writer, (of the title), and 1st group to perform it; you might be surprised!  There have been a lot of covers on this song, but the words have a deep meaning, to me at least.  I have a lot of friends whom I call “brother”; and a lot of those people just happen to be female, because in my heart, they are my “brothers”.  This means I would do anything for them, physically, emotionally, spiritually.  We all need someone(s) in our lives in this vein, because we all know that we don’t do everything in our lives alone, nor can we.  If…

Recently I saw a song video, (maybe someone could name the artist?),  called “Don’t Give Up”.  I think that about that title, because it hit me so hard.  Why wouldn’t it?  Forget my history; what about athletes, entertainers, non-profit organizations, fundraising functions, etc… any one thing or person, who happens to want to help something, someone, or himself/herself?  It literally means, “DON’T GIVE UP”!  That says plenty. When the new year rolled around, didn’t most of us set a goal, or “make a resolution”?  I hope that we haven’t given up on that goal.  A goal, or “change” as I like to call it, is something that we need to…