Why is it ....

Why is it that we can always do things over and over and over but somehow FAIL to do them right the first time because we are so busy ...

human nature being what it is im sure we have all had those kind of days .... HURRYING inevitably leads to inaccuracy ... and inaccuracy leads to HUGE problems ... is it really so important to have IT NOW, RIGHT NOW even if its not completely done or totally verified? Has the lure of FILTHY LUCRE become so great that we cant or shouldnt take the time to do whatever it is we are doing right? or have we (and this includes ME) just gotten so lazy we don't care? Whether in business, or our personal lives will we really lose SO MUCH by taking our time and doing it RIGHT than we will by having to do and re-do and re-do ???

speaking just for me ... i think it is about time I DID it right rather than first in a lot of things in my life ... so bear with me and keep me honest (you people i rely on for this KNOW WHO YOU ARE and also know WHAT YOU NEED TO DO) ....

Personal responsibility for our actions (or lack of actions as well) is not just something we need to TALK about we also NEED to apply it in a practical sense as well.

So ... as an early Yew Year's resolution suggestion may i suggest (and in my case --demand of myself) that every one of us here on PLANET EARTH in the coming year try their best to live up to the following ...

as originally written by Mister Richard Bach in his book "Illusions", (you young people go read Jonathan Livingston Seagull first then ask questions!) ....

"Live never to be ashamed if anything you do or say is published around the world--even if what is published is not true."

Wouldnt the world be a much more wonderful place??? The golden rule is not just a Christian experiment ... every known belief system shares that simple respectful code in its own way ...and so in the words of BILL AND TED ... "Be Excellent to each Other!" We are after all the only "brotherhood of man" we will ever have ... lets make the most of it shall we?

In this spirit of togetherness and caring ... especially at this SEASON of GIVING ... remember those around you who have less or are struggling .... give a little something of yourself to someone else .... you will be amazed at how much better off YOU will be because of it.

It doesnt even have to be a BIG thing .. a smile for the harried store clerk or the postal worker ... allowing someone else to take your place in a long line ...

Have you ever bought the groceries for the person ahead of you in the supermarket? If you want to see someone break out in wonderment and thanks ... the next time there is a senior citizen ahead of you at the store ... pay for some of their groceries ...

AND YES i have and YES it made her day ... a wonderful way to share with a stranger the SPIRIT of CHRISTMAS .... ALL YEAR LONG .... ALL LIFE LONG!

and speaking of strangers and people you will never meet who DESERVE special THANKS remember to thank the local law enforcement and fire and emergency medical people you see as you travel around day to day ... lets face it they do a job that MOST of us WOULD NOT do ... and they do it well ....

which brings me back to my special thanks to the brave men and women of our NATION'S ARMED FORCES ....

This BLOG's units of special recognition are:

US Air Force - 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, Arkansas

US Army - 10th Aviation Brigade, Fort Drum, New York

US Navy - Naval PostGraduate School, Monterey, California

US Marines - Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion, Company D, Fort Gordon, Georgia

US Coast Guard - Coast Guard Air Station, Traverse City, Michigan


PLEASE REMEMBER THESE and ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ARMED FORCES and THEIR FAMILES .... thanks to them and those who have served before WE ARE FREE!!!!

I will close with another final thought from Mr. Bach ...

"Here is a test to find out if your mission on earth is finished .... if you're alive, it isnt."