The High Cost of Gaining Fame and Fortune.

The road to fame and fortune is not always a smooth one and there may be several prices to pay along the way.

In a recent discussion with an up and coming artist about attending an important training seminar they were faced not only with the high ticket priced enrollment, but all of the ‘add-ons’ in small print.

Just one being housing cost and the real sticker shock came up during this investigation. The prices to say the least were outrageous; up to $2,000 per night, and this was a 16 day seminar!!!

Further investigation found some affordable rooms, but as they read the reviews - 200 of 300 reviews were negative and 90% of those were comments about ‘bugs’.

I had to cover my mouth to keep from laughing out loud and said,
"Yes, that is one of the hazards of not owning your own RV”.
I won’t print their reply…rofl.

I recommended they keep searching and hung up the phone.
About 20 minutes later the phone rang again, the voice on the other end was saying,
“Well they may as well lock me up! I’m certifiably nuts!!!”

Once again trying to keep a straight face but yet introduce a little humor into the call I ask, “What was your first clue?”
Now we were both laughing.

I again listened while they explained.
“After our talk I decided to relax a bit with a cup of coffee, so I went to the kitchen to make one. Now, here I am just minding my own business - when out of the corner of my eye I catch a glimpse of something small, very small on my counter top. My first instinct was “BUG”!! I was about to bash it - when on closer observation saw that it was a ‘loose screw’ from something I had been repairing.”

Needless to say I could no longer contain my outright laughter at the vision of this going on.
“Yeah, I thought you’d see the humor in it” came the reply.

Before I hung up I told them ‘remember ‘you have to kiss a lot of toads before you find the prince’ and you’ll have a lot more ‘happenings’ on your road to fame and fortune”
So what’s ‘bugging’ you on your road to fame and fortune?

Keep smiling, it’ll make people wonder what you’re thinking.
Sharon

Threatened by the Census Bureau!

You may find this amusing [or not].

The title of my blog in the past has been ‘What have I done today’!
So this is the latest  ravings. {The devil made me do it!}

As you know it’s time for the census.
What an obnoxious word to begin with. Over the last 100 years our lives have become almost totally transparent to the government and I decided enough is enough. Whose idea was this anyway? What deep pocketed government protected organizations need this information?
Like it or not they’ve got your number ……and oops mine too.

Anyway, I’ve never been one to keep my mouth shut. In fact, my big mouth has gotten me in trouble over the years. Even though I’m a nice person, sometimes I do get a bug in my britches.

For some reason I decide this year that the government knew all about me that they needed to know and I was going to keep my mouth shut at least in this instance. . [It felt like Bill Gates or Microsoft was tapping into my phone rather than the internet, wanting to tag me with the next update]

So, I simply refused to take part in the census and had told them this repeatedly over the last 2-3 weeks.

Then today I was awaken by yet another caller telling me if I refuse I would suffer the consequences from the Justice Department.

Okie dokie, Well I began to wonder……what is it in this list of questions they ask us that makes it worth the Justice Departments time to finger me???

Hmmmm. They not only want to know your age, your race, your income, how many live in your house, but they ask really odd questions like what brand of toilet paper you use… well, not really.lol. They wanted to know stuff I don’t even tell my kids. NYB

I was tempted to tell them that I had 10 illegal aliens living under one roof, but I didn’t figure that would endear me to them, then I thought about giving them bogus information, but that didn’t seem right either so I practiced my interpretation of ‘freedom of speech’ and that was not to say anything.

I don’t know perhaps I should have pleaded the ‘5th amendment, what do you think.
Many of us rant and rave about the government taking over our lives, but not enough ever do anything to stop it.

We’ve been screwed, glue and tattooed all our lives and I felt it was my turn to stand up and ‘just say no’. “It’s none of your business”.

Government mismanagement has already bankrupted the country, to the point they are robbing Peter to pay Paul, Social Security is going broke and get this, the politicians basically get a ‘get out of jail free’ card when it comes to paying into social security, our borders go unchecked to the point there are almost as many illegal aliens living here as are citizens, the government [federal, state or local] can walk into your home and exercise eminent domain power and cease your property for ANY reason they deem necessary, and then they take 25% and up of our hard earned money. And that’s just a teensy bit of the list. Doesn’t sound much like ‘the land of the free’ to me anymore.

‘They’re coming to take me away, hey, hey, to the funny farm where life is gay"..

So if you hear of an old lady being put on a boat out to sea. It’ll probably be me, so be sure to wave.
"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything"!!!

Til the next time Keep SMILING!! Read my new header!

Abundant Living and Attitudes

Abundant living is about more than wealth in dollars and cents! It covers life in general. I love my gifting programs, but I also believe that one needs to have an abundance of health and well-being.

"If you loose your money you've lost nothing, if you loose your health you've lost Something, but if you loose your Spirit you've lost Everything."

Often keeping up our spirits and attitude may be difficult, but as I explained to my son not too long ago, it's like the tires on your car. You have to have them to get anywhere with your vehicle of choice but they have to be maintained.
Without these tires you may not get very far.
Now, as in life, these tires may get low on air, they may go flat, they may literally blow out.

So What do you do? You get out the air pump and pump them up again, you may have to do this weekly, or daily. Or you may have to patch a hole or when all else fails you replace them.

It's the same way with attitudes and/or our spirits, they may need to be pumped up on a daily basis, patched and in cases get A New Attitude.

There are too many places and people out there where we can find encouragement and learning but it all starts with you & [me].

Here is a great source for me: http://WealthMovie.com-link.us

Create You Own Abundant Life in All areas of you LIFE!

Wishing you an EVER Abundant life :)
Sharon

My Commentary On Paul Harvey

Hearing the news that, Paul Harvey, one of the most listened to radio personalities in the US and possibly the world, has passed is the subject on many people’s mind. It saddens us but at the same time it is an opportunity to celebrate the memory of his life and for me as a Midwesterner and living just south of Chicago, it strikes close to home.

As I listened to my radio today, I too, reflected on what Paul Harvey had left as his legacy. I began jotting down bullet points they mentioned about his lifestyle.

One subject was what brought him such great success through his 90 years. The power and quality of his voice was only a small portion of that success. When asked, here are some of his top replies:
1. Discipline.
2. Pacing myself
3. Prepare for the show.
4. Don’t talk too much.
5. Don’t talk too fast.
6. Listen.
Those were just a few. Other notable qualities were; choosing your words well, having time for people, making everyone you talk to special, engaging people in your conversation, and being cheerful.

As I re-read the list above and then look at the title of my blog ‘Making a Difference’ and ‘What Have I Done Today’, I realize that we all could take lessons from Paul.

I became acutely aware that success isn’t a prize that is to be won; it is something that is developed and nurtured through the choices we make.

I heard them tell how he began his day, every day.

I wilted with shame, as they spoke about the disciplines he had in his daily life, thinking how far off base I was by comparison. It was his mundane regiment of what he did before and behind the scenes - of always ‘Preparing for the show’ where he developed and nurtured that personal success. Up at 3:30 every morning, off and running shortly thereafter and in the office hours before he went on air always preparing, doing his homework etc.

Did you know that even though Paul had a gifted voice, every day he would practice his voice range with coaches? Then there was teamwork at its finest, with his loving wife, Angel and his son, Paul Jr. at his side as team players, as well as many others I can’t begin to know, all played a great part in his success.

By now, I guess you can tell my personal favorite is number three, ‘Preparing for the Show’. He always ‘dressed up’ even though no one could see him through the microphone, he still dressed up. All those things we take for granted like personal grooming that made him stand out, no matter where he was or what he was doing.

What does that have to do with anything?

As someone who works online and has aspirations of being a success, I understand why and what he did what he did. There are probably several thousand programs out there on the internet that boast how they are Seashore Millionaires, and you see the pictures of the fellow parked on some sunny beach in a recliner with his laptop computer, doing business; or the ones that tell about going to work in their pajama’s.

Well, while that sounds like berries and cream, I tried it and it just doesn’t work for me.

If you think about it if you are setting on some tropical beach somewhere, the last thing on your mind would be ‘work’. Personally, I’d be so distracted by wanting to jump in the water that I couldn’t ‘work’ or do business with any degree of interest.

I have also tried doing my ‘work from home business’, in my pajama’s; that, too, went over like a lead balloon. Even though no one could see me through the computer I felt uncomfortable unprofessional. I knew, even if they couldn’t see me, it drastically effected my presentation, my delivery on how serious I was about my business. And if you think about it, if you have just spent 8 hours in a garment you’ve slept in the first thing most would want to do is put on fresh clothing. Get prepared for the day.

In the mad dash for fame and fortune we all too often forget it’s not the quantity of what we have in our lives as much as the quality of our lives that matters in the end.

When you can look in the mirror at the end of the day and can ask and honestly answer ‘What have I done today?’ you will be way ahead of the others on developing success.

Now talking to myself once again, I have to ask, what does success mean to me? Are my choices in harmony with my dreams and aspirations?

Well, Mr. Harvey, I’ll have to re-think those things.

A heartfelt ‘Thank You - Paul Harvey’ - you will be remembered.

This is Sharon Morin,

Good Day! 

“Success comes, when I allow my dreams and desires to guide my choices and thoughts”

How much government & political power is too much power?

I’ve sat on the sidelines saying nothing for years about what is going on in the political arena. But I think it’s time to change that when it comes to the subject of people vs politicians and government power.

No one can escape the recent news about the upheaval in Illinois and former Governor Rod R. Blagojevich. Whether he is guilty or not is not the question I want to bring up.

Facts we know!
1. This person was voted into office not once but twice by THOUSANDS of the people of this state! Right?
2. [Was it by hook or crook, who knows, he got in?]
3. This person was impeached by 59 POLICTICANS! RIGHT?
4. Of course these 59 they were fed information by another select few and were led to believe certain things.

We’ve heard only one side of the story from the head hunters from the FBI and of course we know there is no corruption in the FBI? And if you believe that I have a bridge I want to sell you.

My concern has nothing to do with his guilt or innocence.

It has to do with the power of a few.

If a few [59] can cancel out the votes and wishes of Thousands of everyday people in this situation, what else can they do?

Now, did those 59 take their evidence back to the thousands of people and allow them to say yah or nay?

NO!

This has to do with a government’s free hand in spying on literally anyone they want, anyway they want, anytime they want!!!!

I’m suggesting that our so called Homeland Security, FBI etc has been given powers that are NOT conducive to a free society. That we as a people have become like limigs, just sitting idly by and following the trend without challenge or question. Sounds like it’s time for another Boston Tea Party!

Who is next, you, me, your next door neighbor?

If I disappear from the Net I guess you’ll know why.

“They’re coming to take me away, ho, ho hey, hey to the funny farm where life is (not) so gay.”

All Joking aside,
• Is this kind of society we thought we would be living in today?
• Is the type of standard procedure you want to be in place if you are ever fingered?
• Is this the type of government control you’d expect in America?

Perhaps, we need to revisit the witch hunts in the 1950’s to bring it back to our attention on how too much government power can literally destroy lives, take what they want when they want it and ignore the citizens!

If we don’t challenge and question these things, we are in for a nightmare that we may never wake up from.

You don't appreciate what you have until you lose it.

Thanks for Reading,
Shar.