Do you remember Frank Sinatra? You do? Boy, you’re old. A line in his song, My Way written by Paul Anka, (another oldie but goodie) says: Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention.
A year ago, we sold half of our belongings, packed up the rest, and headed east to parts unknown. We knew that Fred could play golf anywhere, I could write and we could do our LegalShield business anywhere, so we weren‘t tied to San Diego by anything other than our great friends. Do we have regrets? Not really. Do we miss the white sand beaches and palm trees, great attractions, and nearly perfect weather year ’round? A little. Did we ever avail ourselves of the white sand beaches, Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, or Balboa Park? Nope. Not often, anyway. We pretty much stayed in El Cajon. That’s about thirty miles inland for you non-San Diegans. Do we miss our friends, definitely. Am I glad we’re on the East Coast within driving distance of family? You betcha.
Fred filled his truck today at a station where gas was $2.94 a gallon. Do we wish we were still in California? Not one bit.
Do I yearn to look out my home office window onto a busy street instead of now looking at deer wandering on our front lawn? No way, Jose.
We made a big change moving to an area where even the weather changes from day to day. It’s now fall and the Creator has dipped his paintbrush in alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow, and burnt umber to color our new world. The paths we walk in White Deer Park are strewn with crunchy leaves, like rose petals before a bride.
Last winter was a BIG change, having to drive in, walk in, and shovel snow. We hope that everyone who told us, “Oh this is most unusual” meant it and this winter will be a bit milder.
Happy Halloween everyone! May the ghosts of your past offer you no regrets.
Quote of the Day: Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus
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Friday, October 17, 2014
Friday, January 11, 2013
Well, folks, it's a new year. Whatever may have happened in 2012 is over with and we can start this year with a clean slate. As for me, I'm getting glasses so I can see distances, I'm working out more (again), and I've lost two pounds. Little victories. I figure if I can have one little victory every week, by the end of the year I'll have 52 victories under my belt. Not a bad way to end a year.
What are your goals for this year? Do you want to have a book written by June? Do you want to weigh twenty pounds less by July? Do you want to run a marathon in September? What goals do you want to set for yourself? If we're making a cake, we follow a recipe step by step, one small step at a time. To achieve a goal, we need to go step by step, one small step at a time. Little victories along the way add up to a goal reached. No goal is so big that we can't break it down into doable pieces--like eating an elephant, one bite at a time.
I'm excited about this blank new year ahead. As I told someone the other day, "Life begins at seventy and I'm just getting started!" I'm writing a series of eBooks called, "The Cranky Senior Series." I figured out how to design a cover and I've designed one for the first book in the series, Mishaps and Miracles. This book is based on my former book, Bumps Along the Way, but will now have a different cover and will be available on eReaders like Kindle and Nook, etc. The other two books in the series will be about two cranky seniors getting married and two cranky seniors buying a restaurant. Sound familiar?
There just aren't enough hours in the day to do all I want to do. My "job" is offering LegalShield memberships to people who want the protection and security of knowing they can get legal services from a top notch legal firm without being billed. Triple A is a pre-paid service so that when you need it, it's already paid for. There are pre-paid phone cards and some pre-paid credit cards. Now, you can pre-pay for legal service so when you need it, it's already paid for at an astonishingly low rate. Fred and I have used our membership about eighty times over the last eleven years and wouldn't be without it.
Now, go and set some goals for yourself for this year and break it down into small steps. Each time you reach a step, reward yourself for your little victory.
Quotation for the day: Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Howard Thurman
What are your goals for this year? Do you want to have a book written by June? Do you want to weigh twenty pounds less by July? Do you want to run a marathon in September? What goals do you want to set for yourself? If we're making a cake, we follow a recipe step by step, one small step at a time. To achieve a goal, we need to go step by step, one small step at a time. Little victories along the way add up to a goal reached. No goal is so big that we can't break it down into doable pieces--like eating an elephant, one bite at a time.
I'm excited about this blank new year ahead. As I told someone the other day, "Life begins at seventy and I'm just getting started!" I'm writing a series of eBooks called, "The Cranky Senior Series." I figured out how to design a cover and I've designed one for the first book in the series, Mishaps and Miracles. This book is based on my former book, Bumps Along the Way, but will now have a different cover and will be available on eReaders like Kindle and Nook, etc. The other two books in the series will be about two cranky seniors getting married and two cranky seniors buying a restaurant. Sound familiar?
There just aren't enough hours in the day to do all I want to do. My "job" is offering LegalShield memberships to people who want the protection and security of knowing they can get legal services from a top notch legal firm without being billed. Triple A is a pre-paid service so that when you need it, it's already paid for. There are pre-paid phone cards and some pre-paid credit cards. Now, you can pre-pay for legal service so when you need it, it's already paid for at an astonishingly low rate. Fred and I have used our membership about eighty times over the last eleven years and wouldn't be without it.
Now, go and set some goals for yourself for this year and break it down into small steps. Each time you reach a step, reward yourself for your little victory.
Quotation for the day: Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Howard Thurman
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