I am not someone who enjoys being forced to rest and do nothing all day.

Now my back may be a bit of a mess but my mind is still running at 100 miles an hour.

So a day of doing much of nothing, I started to think.

If this was my last day on this planet what a waste of a day it would have been.

If I only had one day to live it would be a 24 hour party and I would go out in style.

So entertain me today.

What would you do if you only had 24 hours to live?

I am looking forward to reading your posts.

And others would say death and taxes.

How adapt are you to change?

How open are you to change?

Do you come up with excuses not to change?

Are you so set in your ways that change scares you to death?

Do you lay in bed at night and fear changes as you would fear Freddy Krueger?

Lets open the debate today!

You know how I feel about change:)

You know, it’s interesting. The other day I was having a conversation with a friend of mine, and I realized that so many people are so afraid to unwrap the gift of life. Life is an amazing gift. People are just afraid to unwrap it.

People always say things like these:

“I’m going to go to Italy in ten years.”
“I want a family in seventeen years.”
“I’m going to go see my brother in six months.”
“I’m going to go talk to that woman in three months.”
“I’m going to go to the beach as soon as I lose ten pounds.”
“I’m going to go skiing this winter, as long as my boss allows me to do it.”

So many of you don’t wake up every single day and say to yourself, “This is a gift.” So many of you don’t look at life as a gift.

Life is an amazing gift. It’s a gift that you need to unwrap every single day.

So many people are always looking for external things — circumstances and validation from other people. So many people are looking for the magic pill.

There is something that can help you overcome whatever fear you might have or whatever excuses you may have in life. In today’s podcast, I will go over how life is a gift and how you can unwrap it.

I’m not going to say any more in the blog . . . you have to listen to the podcast to learn the rest. It may be the most important podcast you’ll ever listen to in your entire life. Enjoy it!

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The funny thing about this very expensive piece of machinery, is that it only combs the sand close to the walkway. This gives the illusion that the whole beach is beautiful and well-manicured, when in reality it’s just that little strip of sand near the walkway. It’s like those homes with a nice looking lawn – everything looks good from the outside, but the inside sometimes looks like hell.

So tonight I will have to go food shopping to prepare for Mommy Week. The best thing about my girlfriend’s mother coming to visit is that she will cook me some great southern fare.

My girlfriend says her mom has a fantastic red beans and rice recipe, but being a Californian we’re going to make her southern mom our version of that: red beans and quinoa. Instead of heavy sauce oozing with butter, our version adds a dash of vegonaise. I can’t wait to see what her mom will think of our spice rack . . . talk about culture shock!

Now on to a more serious note. I rarely play on Facebook, but yesterday before I took a spin class I noticed a really sad posting on there. It was from a girl whose sister I used to be friends with back in high school.

The posting was wishing someone all the best during their time of need. So I followed the thread, and discovered that a friend of mine from college with whom I used to party, Mark Chaves, died on Friday from a heart attack at the age of 45.

During these times when you hear news like this, it makes you realize that you are not bullet-proof and that life can be taken at any time. One day you can be sitting riding a commuter train and you have a heart attack, and your whole life (and all your plans) are gone in an instant.

It also made something I already know even more vivid to me. It made me think how amazing it is how many of you wait for things to happen in your life.

Now I haven’t hung out with Mark Chaves in a long time, but I do remember him being full of life and a lot of fun. I can also say one thing about him for a fact: he NEVER waited in his life.

Whenever there was a party, he was there. Whenever there was a girl to whom we all wanted to talk, he was the first one to walk over and start talking to her.

He never let fear dictate his life, or keep him from doing and getting what he wanted in life. He lived his life to the fullest. He married Kim Rand, who was a friend of mine in high school. They had two amazing kids and from the last time we hung out he was all about being a great dad and family man. He did that with the same gusto he did everything in his life!

I spent my entire 20th or 25th (I can’t remember which) class reunion getting catching up with him. Life is a gift and, from what I remember about Mark Chaves, he lived life like it was a gift.

My message to all of you is this: Stop waiting!

Stop waiting to start your life or to live your life to the fullest, because you never know when your number will be called and when your journey is over. When it is time to go, make sure that you did everything you wanted in life, and that you will be remembered as a person who never waited.

I heard that 800 people showed up to his funeral. If I found out about his death sooner, it would have been 801 people. My heart goes out to the Chaves family, because a really good person left too soon.

As you know I never post anything up here from others……but this message rings really true.

Enjoy your Sunday and back to the crazy world of sex, dating and relationships tomorrow.

Enjoy the ride; There is no return ticket

George Carlin on aging!

George Carlin’s Views on Aging

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old
is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so
excited about aging that you think in fractions.
‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m four and a half!’ You’re never thirty-six and a half. You’re four and a half, going on five! That’s the key.

You get into your teens, now they can’t hold you back. You jump to the
next number, or even a few ahead.
‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m gonna be 16!’ You could be 13, but hey, you’re
gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life !

You become 21.
Even the words sound like a ceremony. YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound
like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There’s no fun now,
you’re Just a sour-dumpling. What’s wrong? What’s changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you’re PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the
brakes, it’s all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and
your dreams are gone.

But! wait!! ! You MAKE it to 60. You didn’t think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and make it to 60.

You’ve built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it’s a
day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into ! your 80′s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT
lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn’t end there.
Into the 90s, you start going backwards; ‘I Was JUST 92.’

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a
little kid again. ‘I’m 100 and a half!’
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and
height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay ‘them.’

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3.Keep learning. ! Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening,
whatever, even ham radio. Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s family name is Alzheimer’s.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who
is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it’s family, pets,
keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable,
improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next
county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them , at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the
moments that take our breath away.

And if you don’t send this to at least 8 people – who cares?But do
share this with someone. We all need to live life to its fullest each
day!!

Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safelyin a well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways,totally worn out, shouting ‘…holy sh*t …what a ride!’