Dear Son, Part 1 of 5

Living in the land of Democracy and Dreams…

Dear Son, each day you wake up, you’ll have choices to make. First and foremost, plan to have a great day. You can train your mind for positive outlooks. I have.

And yes, you can plan for this, simply by refusing to allow yourself to wallow in self-pity. My trick? Whenever I think my situation is “bad”, I can easily think of millions who are starving, infected, lonely, unsafe, homeless…

If you have warm food, a clean shirt and clean drinking water, you have it better than more than half the world.

Read Part 2 of 5 at Next Blog

Lost…Chapter 1 of 5

(Today, all 5 blogs are used to tell a story. At the end of this post is a link to the next “story chapter”. To visit all five 20-second chapters, click the bold word Blog at the end)

Lost at sea for a few days and it all began on Friday as the sun set and the ship pulled away…

Should have trusted my gut that there would be trouble ahead….

And I was right, there was trouble…

Would we ever find enough time to…..

This story, Chapter 2, continues at the Next Blog