When A Door Closes......

I'm Sure Many Of You Have Heard The Old Expression When A Door Closes Another One Opens. Have You Experienced This Before In Your Life?
Recently I Have And I Want To Talk About It Briefly In My Blog. We Tend To Treat Each Day As If It Is Any Ordinary Day. At Times We Take For Granted Of The Things We Have In Our Lives. Some Think Things Will Never Change And Stay As It Has Always Been. I Have Found That My Life Here On Earth Is Always Changing Whether I Want It To Or Not. Not Everyday Is The Same.
Nearly 20 Years Ago I Had People Tell Me I Should Do It This Way Or That Way But I Was Pretty Much Set In My Ways And Wanted To Do It My Way. The Only Way I Knew At That Time. It Took A Mans Death For Me To See Things In A Different Perspective. I Guess Maybe When Somebody Says There Is A Reason For Everything But Yet We Don't Know What That May Be Until Sometime Later.
Fast Forward 20 Years And I Am Faced With A Different Challenge. It's A Challenge I Have Little Doubt That I Will Overcome. Yet I Want To Be Sure It's Done In The Correct Manner, Where It Will Have A Lasting Effect On The Lives Of Many.
I May From Time To Time Ask Opinions From Just The Ordinary Joe, So I Can Get A General Idea How The Average Person Feels About Ordinary Everyday Issues We Face As Human Beings.
I Say Human Beings Because I Mean Just That. We Have Rich People And We Have Poor. We Have Older People And We Have Younger. We Have A Variety Of Races As Well As A Variety Of Religions. The Decisions I Make Some Day May Have An Effect On Someones Life Which I May Or May Not Even Be Aware Of.
That's Why The Decisions I Make Here In The Next Few Months Will Have An Everlasting Impact On Lives Years From Now.
Life Is Somewhat Like A Book. As You Turn The Page It Allows You To Feel Anticipation For Things To Come. As You Enter A New Chapter It Gives You New Prospectives And Fresh Idea's.
Ofcourse There Will Be Times When I Will Say I Should Have Done It This Way Or I Should Have Said It That Way. This Is Why It's Important To Surround Yourself With Wise People In All Walks Of Life. To Give You Input In Areas Where You Are Not That Knowledgeable. You Can Never Have Too Many Good Brains.
So, For Those Who Have Not Yet Figured It Out I recently Had A Door Close. What I Choose To Do About It May Have A Lasting Effect On So Many People. This I Believe Is Opportunity Knocking. I Feel It's My Duty To Open A New Door. Those Who Follow Me Through That Door Will Be Embraced By Love, Kindness And Generosity. I Am A Firm Believer That If You Are Unable To Give These Things You Are Not Worthy Enough To Receive It.
I Have Been Fortunate To Be On Both Sides Of The Fence. I Have Given To Others Freely And I Have Also Been Given To. As I Sit Here In Remembrance Of Those Two Sides I find It Difficult To Describe Which Meant The Most Or Had The Biggest Impact On My Life.
Even Though I Have Been Giving For So Many Years And Seen All The Good That Has Come From It I Also Get The Satisfaction With The Humbling Experience When I Know The World Is Still So Giving. Giving. Everybody Has Something To Give. You Don't Have To Be A Rich Person To Give To Another. If You Can't Give A Material Item Then Give Of Yourself. Share One Of Life's Experiences To A Young Person. Go Out And Take A Photograph Of Something Beautiful And Share What It Means To Someone Who Is Blind.
Read To A Child. Hold The Hand Of Someone Who Has Nobody Still Living In Their Family. Assure Them They Are Not Alone.
Experience Every Season God Has Given The Earth.
When All Else Fails Tell All Your Problems To A Dog. I Have Found That To Be Both Therapeutic As Well As Confidential.
I Want To Wish All My Friends And Family A Wonderful Thanksgiving Even Though It Should Be Celebrated All 12 Months Of The Year.
I Am Most Thankful For.....

Faceoff At The Pharmacy

Today's Encounter At The Pharmacy Was Just A Speckle In Time When It Comes To My Many Opinions Of The Pharmacutical Empires. Today Is Not The Day For Me To Shout Out To The World My Feelings Of Unjust cost To The Consumers. Big Business And Pharmacutical Company's Report Record Profits! I Will Save It For A Different Day.
Today I Went To Pick Up Billie's Prescription At Walmart. Her Medicines Usually Cost About 4.00. After Telling The Clerk The Name She Went To Retrieve The Meds. When She Returned She Informed Me I Had To Sign The Little Box Then Hit Enter So It Will Show I Payed The Co-Payment. I Told Her I Didn't Have Insurance. She Looked At Me In Disgust As If It Was My Fault I Didn't Tell Her This First! Hmm, Well Anyway After This Remark It Became Apparent To Me Why She Thought This Would Be Charged On Insurance.
The Clerk Looked At Me And Told Me It Would Be 4$?.00. I Looked At Her And Said, WHAT? She Then Leaned Forward And Said In A Much Louder Tone, The Amount is 4$?.00.
I Said, Yea, Yea, I Can Hear Just Fine Mam, I Was Just Startled At The Amount You Had Just Given Me. I Told Her I'm Not Going To Pay That Rediculous Price!
I Did Pay For My Crackers At The Pharmacy.
It's Funny How We Etch Certain Things In Our Minds Of Importance. I Will Always Remember The Clerks Words Coming From Her Mouth In Slow Motion...4$?.00. That Clerk Won't Even Remember Me Tomorrow...Go Figure.

Yep, It's Bowling Season Once Again!

I Have Found That By Getting Older, My Ability To Participate In Sports Continue To Decline. Bowling Had Always Been My Favorite Sport To Participate In. I Wish I Had Started Practicing At An Earlier Age. The Sport Of Bowling Is Not A Physically Challenging Endurance For Me. I Find Myself Getting Frustrated Because I Usually Excel At Most Of The Things I Face. The Sport Of Bowling In My Opinion Is A Mind Over Matter Type Of Finesse.
This Season Started Off Differently For Me Because Of An Abrupt Change In Equipment.
I Had Been Bowling With A Conventional Ball And Decided To Switch To Fingertip. Had I Made This Change In Mid Summer It Would Not Have Effected My League Average. It Took Me A Good Three Weeks To Just Get The Hang Of This All New To Me Kind Of Release. If Given The Opportunity To Do It Over Again I Would Have Got Acquainted With It Long Before The Winter League Started. I Believe My League Average Would Be Much Higher Than It Is, Because Of Those Weeks I Did Poorly Due To Me Not Having A Clue To Where My Ball Would Be Traveling.
With All That Behind Me Now All I Can Do Is Focus On Helping My Team Create Wins. The Team I Bowl On Have all The Ingredients Of Becoming A Very Talented Team. With The Season Still Young, Anything Can Happen. Presently Our Team Is 10 Games Out Of First Place. League play Is 35 Weeks Long. We Just Bowled Our 12th Week.
I Take My Game Seriously And I Play To Win. I Try To Practice As Much As I Can So I Can Become A Better Bowler.
I Think This New Ball Of Mine Gives Me Hope For Better Games In The Future. I Set A Goal For Me To End The Season With A Minimum Of A 170 Average. Next Season My Goal Would Be Much Higher.
My Father Continues To Bowl And I Am Honored To Be On His Team. My Mother Saw Her Season Cut Short For Health Reasons.
I Serve As President Of The Bowling League. I Am One Of The Youngest Members Who Bowl On The Senior League.
I Have Met Some Wonderful People On This League. It Has Also Led Me To Reinstate Old Friendships With People From My Past.
I Love The Game And Hope I Can Bowl For As Long As My Health Allows It.
Oh Yea, My Bowling Idol Is None Other Than Walter Ray Williams Jr. He Will Go Down In History As The Best Bowler Ever In The Sport Of Bowling.
I Have Watched Walter Ray Compete In Tournament Play In Indianapolis Every Year. I Also Watched Him Pitch Horseshoes. He Has Won Several Events In That Sport As Well.
What Makes Him Stand Out More Than Any Other? He Is A Hall Of Fame Bowler With His Right Hand And A Champion Horseshoe Pitcher With The Left Hand. How Can You Not Respect The Ability To Achieve Greatness In Two Different Sports Using Opposite Hands?
As For Me, I Will Continue To Bowl My Best Game. I Will Continue To Stockpile The Memories Of My Father And I Bowling Together. Not Very Many People Have That Opportunity. My Brother Tuck Began Bowling Again Last Season Where He Lives In San Diego. He Will Be Joining Our League Once He Retires And Relocates In Danville. Of course He And I Have A Friendly Wager On Who Ends The Season With The Highest Average. There Is No Doubt In My Mind Who Will Be In The Victory Circle In The Springtime. I Wish You Good Luck Bro!

What Makes You Blog?

Really, What Makes You Blog? I Enjoy Reading Other People's Blogs And Believe Me You I Have Read Some Doozies!
I Promised Myself When I Started Blogging I Would Always Try To Maintain A Positive Attitude While Blogging. As A Matter Of Fact I No Longer Enjoy Reading Blogs That Are Not Positive.
The World Is Depressing Enough Without Adding More Drama From Someone Else's Life. I Could Care Less If Johnny Cannot Get Along With Sally, Or Jimmy Called Billy A Dirty Name. Let Me Spell It Out For You. IF YOU WRITE NEGATIVE BLOGS, DON'T EXPECT ME TO CONTINUE READING THEM! Now Was That Spelled Out Well Enough For You To Understand?
I Think Most Of Us Have Things Going On In Our Lives That Feel Disturbing. Maybe It Is Therapeutic For You To Write It Down And Get It Out Of Your System. I Have Always Tried To Exclude Myself From Any Type Of Behavior Nonsense. Distancing Myself From The Drama Allows Me Inner Peace Which Is What I Desire From Life.
Do I Care If You Like Me? Well Certainly I Do. However I Don't Evolve Myself To Making That The Most Important Goal For My Day. If You Choose Not To Like Me Then So Be It. Will You Find Me Trying To Convince That Person How Good Of A Person That I Really Am? No.
Take Me For Who I Am Today. If You Don't Like What You See Then Life Goes On. I Will Assure You I Will Lose Very Little Sleep Wondering Why You Don't Care For Me. Either You Do Or Don't.
When I Blog, Hopefully You Will Read An Inspiring Happening In My Journey Of Life. If I Feel The Need To Write My Most Inner Thoughts I Will Go Buy Me A Diary And Jot Them Down And Keep It Under My Pillow At Night.
My Point To All Of This Is To Tell You That By Reading Negative Blogs, One After Another Leaves Most To Wonder What Kind Of A Person You Really Are. To Be Quite Honest About It I Find It Rather Pathetic And Childish.
Why Not Try To Be Creative And Be Joyful In The Things You Write?
Please Don't Bring Your Negative Attitude Into My Space. I Try To Live In Tranquility. Please Have Respect For That.
So Am I Talking About You? Does The Shoe Fit?