Stone Soup...

Good Morning!


Another opportunity to wish you a happy holiday!

The holiday season (for whatever reason you celebrate) and the special offering it offers (for me Christmas) has come and gone...or has it?

I have come to realize (with more than just words) that I do not have wait, an entire year, to live like I do on that day...

I refuse to let this holiday go...and it feelings and its actions...

I have found that one of the most basic elements of people is that everyone (except for a meager minority) has greed at the ultimate base of their existence...

Since people are basically greedy...choosing what we are greedy about is very important.

I choose to be greedy about Christmas...and what it means...charity...giving...caring...love with not expectation with return...

If I have to be greedy about something...let it be about Christmas...

My pre-new year's resolution is to work to make as many days like Christmas as I can...

Enough Said on this...for a while...

The pressures of the season are behind you...and it is time again to take count of where you are at and where you wish to go...

Again...That sounds a lot like News Years Eve!

Another holiday...to be celebrated and enjoyed!  (One of my favorites!)

That too should be an everyday event

It is for truly successful people! It is one of their habits!

If you look on your life on a daily basis...you'll never get depressed...

...Look at what you've tried...

...Look at what didn't work...

...Look at what did work...

...And look how far I have come!

Nothing can stop you!

An early New Year's toast...a special one in remembrance of my mentor...

"We won some or we learn something...in either case...we were successful..."

Life is a blessing to those who look at each event in its proper perspective...

Shifting Gears...

Of all the pathogens that effect mankind...can you identify the one that has no immunization or cure and will never have one?

Here is a hint...it has destroyed many societies and cultures...far beyond the impact of the black plague...or the flu...or starvation...or thirst...

It remains as much of a threat to societies and cultures...today...as it did to primitive man...

...think...

...think...

...think...

Many will answer HIV...

Many will answer cancer...

The fact of the matter is...our science recognizes that both of these have the potential of eradication...so there is time, effort and money being spent on it...they will be cured!

It is not those...

The answer to that question is much more allusive...

Without belaboring this discussion...to the point of frustration…

The incurable threat to society and culture disease oft is "an idea..."

It is "ideas" that threaten to change the foundations of society...

It is "ideas" that threaten the existence of cultures...

It is the thoughts of people who threaten the status quo and spark meaningful and significant change...

Ideas as the well-spring of change...and a threat to status quo...that is not all bad...when they are the right ideas!

...for those who are brave enough to think them trough...feed the right ones and give them substance...

We would not be here if it were not for "ideas."

Ideas can not be stopped...and the proponents of stability and comfort fear them...and will attempt to suppress them as if their lives depended upon it...because they do!

Do not allow your ideas and thoughts be stopped...think...and allow it to expand!

Inside those thoughts are the beginning of change...

Buckminster Fuller once said, "...we do not have an energy crisis...we have a creativity crisis!"

Use your thoughts and ideas...and insight to make your world a better place...or "at least the part that matters!" (that's my line)

Shifting Gears...Again!

A little over 18 months ago...I recalled the old story of "Stone Soup"

One of the things that I didn’t mention then was that "Stone Soup" is a story about Christmas (I know that it is a push, but go with it)...OK...not about Christmas...but about people who ultimately refused to let the season pass...and as a result sparked the giving spirit within individuals...to share what small amounts of food they had as an ingredient in a soup...

The result of the sharing was something bigger than the individual part added up to!

A wonderful soup...a feast that fed the entire town!

You are capable of stone soup!

By bringing the thought and ideas of people together...the sum of the individual thoughts will provide a feast, far beyond the expectations of the entire town!

Christmas does not need to be behind us!

And many of the gifts that we share can not be purchased...

It is those gifts that carry the most special value...

The season of sharing and giving should carry on...it should be a habit...

Do not be afraid to share thoughts...

Shifting gears...AGAIN!

Effective people dedicate a portion of their blessings to help the less fortunate...They recognize their blessing and share it without an expectation of return...

A benefit of who you are is that you receive more than you need as a result of your work...

It is easy to start believing that you earned it and deserve it...

Don't fall prey to that...

Do not be afraid to give a portion of your blessings back...

Charity is a wonderful trait that does not truly happen enough...

Reaching today's destination...

I could write for pages on keeping the spirit of the holidays alive everyday...but let's be realistic...it will not happen...

We'll get caught up in the "fray of today" and it will die a quick death and no one will notice...

It is sad...but that's life...

Perhaps the best that we can expect is that during the year...the holiday season will spark and we'll notice and have it again for a moment sometime in March or August...or October...who knows...

If that happens...don't ignore it...

Have a Happy Every-day...or just a fun time!