8/20/2025 Advice

        One day some kid in high schoolp was told he was a fat pig. Ok... that's negative. It hurt his feelings. But he turned that slight to his advantage. And started working out on a consistent basis. After a year he was starting to develop a body builder's physique. Final result he was happy.

       One day long ago a woman asks me what I think of her, because she read in a book that asking a question like this will help in understanding yourself. I said what are you for real. She said yes. So I said your not going to like it. She didn't care. Ok then....I tell her. She didn't like it. Others see our faults. But on hearing it, you can then start to work on yourself.

       One day decades ago I asked DS what are my negatives. Go into a small takeout cafe for my egg sandwich from a WW2 Irish vet a US citizen. Me and him always got along. Walk in and he says you know what your problem is....your arrogant, your selfish and a list of  15 others. I wish I had a pen and paper. But DS gave me the answer the next day. I bet if you called him on it , he wouldn't remember saying those words because it was not him but DS. Did I fix myself up....a little bit.

       I noticed that the last 10 months, I always interact with others to have a nice day or words to that effect. I feel a lot better for it. It uplifts me ...that small little gesture. And I mean it for these people to have a real good day. In some way it raises both boats.

       In life when things are tough. Be grateful for what you do have. Write it down and ad to it over the months. Look at it once a month. Try to make the list longer as days go by. When you are grateful it opens you up to more good things for you.

       In closing, remember you say to yourself when thing are tough. I Will Get Through This.....No Matter What! And then ask DS for help.

8/16/2025 AI ...watch-out

        Artificial Intelligence. It may start out ok but it doesn't end well. More and more freedoms will disappear. What ever comes down the pike, don't get any implanted chips under your skin. Even if they say it will help monitor your health. They will expand on this technology. Pace makers are ok. Remember it's not technology you rely on but your connection to divine spirit. The more you work with it, that trust will grow. It comes in nudges and dreams.

8/02/2025 Pink Salt

        Scams are out there by the bushel full. This one put some Pink Himalayan Salt and some cut up fruit in water, to lose weight. There are many others like college student invents a thing- a- ma jig to reduce your electric cost for your house. All BS, is what it is. When in doubt look it up on the internet for unbiased reviews. 

      .My father as he got older late 80s, was a learned man.  But he succumbed to publishers clearing house come ons. Thankfully it was only chump change. A woman I once worked for lost 23, 000 dollars to scam artists via the mail. The bank should of flagged it. Not allow her to withdraw the funds for a week until finding out more about it. She was in her 80s and was in the education field for decades. 

       So there is an old wives tale to toss salt over your left shoulder for luck. Better yet,  leave it in the bottle.

7/27/2025 Goodbye.......Maybe

         This is just a maybe. Just want to say it now for the future. If I don't  blog it's because I can't. Been seeing accidents once in awhile as well as car damage on other vehicles. Also bad drivers. Like yesterday. Guy behind me for one. Cars ahead are stopped at red light. There is an extended long wide concrete curbing 50 ft down the middle of the road. The guy goes to my left into the oncoming 2 lanes of traffic, he veers to the shoulder and travels against traffic which is now there. All because he didn't  want to wait at the light. I take all this as DS showing me the overall situation. In other words, I have to be more viligent than ever before. Messing up will not go well for me. So I take this warning seriously. Always watch what the other guy us up to. In a parking lot I look and slowly pull out inside the lot because no one was there. And just like that a guy comes barreling right in front of me. No problem stopping. caught me off guard. Hopefully everything  works out.

7/26/2025 When Push comes to Shove

        I'm in a line to the drive up ATM. Guy moves out and I take his place. I put my card in and it's blocked. He left his card in the machine. Do my thing then go walk in bank to hand over the guy's card. I didn't think anything about it. In hindsight I see a connection.

       Today I used my dasher card at ULTA.  Later in day at home depot and go to pay for product. I look for my card....no card. Just great. I think I left it at ULTA.  Get to UlTA..... yep they had it. So the message for me was the guy was careless when he left his card at the ATM. That was a warning for me. I got that warning about 4 days prior. So I wound up doing the same thing at ULTA.  The lack of mindfulness on my part. It bit me.

        I told the story previously about a gal 30 years ago who noticed used plastic oil bottles at random places on the ground. She would not think twice about it. But it was so frequent that it sunk into her. At a service station getting gas the attendant said do you want me to check the oil in your car? She said no. But then 2+2 kicked in about the oil bottles. She said ok check the oil. She was down 2 quarts.

       This is how DS is trying to get our attention. So by not being aware....we wind up running around trying to correct things, like I did today. Not fun. But I'm very grateful for the experience. See how you can apply it to your life.

7/19/2025 Wasp

        Born into a wasp family. White anglo saxon protestant. Parents didn't  go to church. Their motto was do on to others as you would have them do onto you. They followed this rule 95 percent of the time.

        The other day I get stung by a wasp. They are quick when their house is threatened. It gets me on back of hand base of thumb. I stick it under cold water and pinch the skin hard til it hurts. I push the skin toward the finger tips mostly the thumb. I do this because I want to limit the poison descent into the wrist. I squeeze below the little red mark of the sting. Pinching hard. I see a little tiny drop of white liquid come out of center of thr red dot. That's  the poison. I keep pinching the skin back of hand hard. The thumb swells up in 15 min and then the back of hand. It did not go into the wrist. Itched a little bit. By next day it was pretty much done. So you can try this squeeze hard and let it hurt. Sqeeze all around the area. If you have an allergic reaction go to urgent care.

7/15/2025 A Ticket to What

         I was heading into the grocery store and in the parking lot I see a lottery ticket on the macadam. Not a scratch off. In the store I'm behind a lady with a tee shirt that says play the lottery. So in front of store are 4 big machines that spit out scratch offs and reg tickets. I stick in 2 dollars and get a scratch off.  Reach down and get ticket plus a reg ticket that someone left behind. It's a pick 4 for todays date. Bottom line both tickets were losers. Life is like this. Win some lose some. So I take a chance. Two things doubled up...1) ticket on ground...2) woman's tee shirt. So I took the 2 dollar chance. When making big decisions. Ask your friend's opinions and write them down. Have a dream about it. Ask DS for an answer to your question. Then put it down on paper. Always try for the answer.

       In the past, I had a tennet if I saw something double up, I would pay attention.  I used to collect post cards. One day I bought at a fleamarket one hundred Nova Scotia cards. I was going to go on a trip with my camper, so I included it in the trip. Added several hundred miles to the trip. And I never been there.  Best trip ever. Took a chance and it worked. One day found toy iron cable car at flea market. Bought it. Then at same flea market another cable car. I buy that too. Both refer to San Francisco. I was thinking of going there before I went to the market. It reinforced my impetus to venture out there. Another great trip. These are waking dreams. I use them in my life. It leads to some great experiences. Life is up and downs, look for the lessons that come with each experience. Everyone can do this. No matter where you are.

        Here's a tip, keep pushing against the unknown until it becomes known to you. Exploring the unknown will add richness and excitement to your life. We all can have rewarding experiences on a daily basis. Give and take always.