Focused at Fifty

"Hanging out with a Feathered Friend" Hey Kids! I want to push POSITIVITY today! So maybe today, just do something for yourself. Treat yourself. Or do something to make yourself  feel better! It could be looking up a favorite topic on Wikipedia and learning about it. Or maybe making a favorite dish that you love cooking. Looking through old photographs, playing a favorite CD. There are tons of stuff you can do to make this raining day better! Just do what will make you feel better and more positive about life! It doesn't have to cost anything. Why why why do you ask? I think we all need a bit of pampering know and then. Life is tough enough, so each day maybe take some time out for yourself to pump yourself up, increase your knowledge, make you feel better about YOU! Here are a couple of other things I have done to make myself feel better about myself (and yes, some do cost money but others do not)! I made brownies just for the hell of it just because I lo...

"Mountains Ahead"  Two friends passed away this just this week. It seems to become the norm that close friends pass away more often. Is it because I am older? Perhaps. Should we get used to it? No... and it doesn't get any easier. I yearn to write about them and all of our shared pain when someone passes. Usually I'm a very optimistic and happy fellow and perhaps my almost 50 + year wisdom pushes me to share my emotions with you all so that we can all commiserate on the pain and sorrow of death together. But  before I get into the explanations of it all I just wanna say, death just sucks! I feel like I have wrote about this topic a lot in the last couple years. Maybe it's just that I am still trying to make sense of it all. I get very sad but feel I have accepted the chaos. Chaos seems to become the norm when it comes to death. It's upsetting and unsettling. I don't know what to make of it. How to understand... I don't know. I just know that ...