YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE
ON GOOD FRIENDS,
HAVING GOOD HEALTH,
BEING AROUND
TERRIFIC - POSITIVE
THINKING PEOPLE IN MY
LIFE AND A WONDERFUL
FAMILY THAT BELIEVES
IN YOU 100%. EVEN IF I'M
NOT RICH FINANCIALLY
YOU CAN GROW TO BE
RICH IN SO MANY OTHER
AREAS TO MAKE UP FOR
IT! THAT'S SOMETHING I
KNOW ALL TO WELL BUT
WHEN YOU CAN GROW
RICH AND AT LEAST TRY
SEAK WHATEVER
NONMONETARY ITEM
YOU MIGHT SEE IN LIFE
AS SOME THINGS YOU
JUST CAN'T PUT A
PRICE ON! BEAUSE
"LIFE ITSELF ISN'T
SOMETHING YOU CAN
BUY OR EVER TAKE FOR
GRANTED IT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S SO
VERY FRAGILE AT TIMES
THAT IT CAN SLIP AWAY
IN A HEARTBEAT". I'VE
NOT ONLY BEEN THERE
TOO MANY TIMES, I'VE
BEEN VERY BLESSED IN
THAT I'M STILL ALIVE!
WHETHER IT'S BY LUCK
OR FROM A HELPING
HAND ABOVE, I KNOW I
WOULDN'T BE HERE
TODAY WITHOUT A LOT
OF PRAYERS THAT
WERE ANSWERED. TO
LIVE THROUGH WHAT
I'VE BEEN THROUGH
ISN'T JUST LUCK...
A Few Things That Keeps Me Ticking And Keeps Me Going Day to Day...
Over the past twenty-five years I've had more than a few people say to me things like, I don't know
how you do it, I would've given up.., or from more than a few guys who don't believe in wearing a
motorcycle helmets comments like, "I would rather ride my motorcycle without a helmet, having the air
blow through my hair and feeling of freedom..." and the list goes on! Other's might say things like, "I
would rather be dead than live your life..." With some of these comments coming from people in the
professional/healthcare field, it really make's me wonder if these people even realize that I'm totally and
completely content with the lifestyle I live. With some of them having families -- all I can say is: that I
hope they make their true feelings/final wishes very clear to each and every one of their family
members or they could find themselves in some type of facility the rest of their life with drool running out
of the corner of their brain dead mouth's -- dripping all over their shirts just because "they love the
feeling of the wind blowing through their hair..." For me; life isn't just good -- it's great not just because
I'm alive, I have a fully functioning brain (though others may disagree...) I'm just wondering where they're
coming from...but life has given me what I have and it goes on regardless of whether or not I can walk
or not!
What I don't understand is; How bad do they think my life is, because I don't look at it any different than I did twenty-five plus years ago (prior to my accident) just that I've been very fortunate to overcome more than just a few barriers when the odds were stacked quite heavily against me but hey, I'm alive and that's all that really matters to me! Granted, maybe others don't fare as lucky or blessed as I've been through out time but if life is meant to be challenging, I like to overcome the challenges that are thrown at me. If I can't overcome obstacles without giving it my ten tenth's, I may as well roll over and play dead but that's not me... Life is something that's worth fighting for and that's something I've always done my best to try and put up or put out! If others were to throw their arms up in defeat, I wouldn't want their life whether they're able body or not, because they must have a life that's that's pretty pitiful, I'm just happy that I'm not walking or rolling in their shoes!
When you have a life filled with positive thinking people around you, it makes life so much better than having people who think the opposite way. Positive thinking people help the mind in more ways than I can type into words! Yes, I could name names but I hope they know who they are as I try to make them realize how much I appreciate them being not only a friend but also being in my life and always remember; a smile goes much further than a frown. Whether it's someone who works for me or just to smile from time to time in a store, I try not to ask a whole lot of anyone...
I'm not financially rich -- in fact I'm the furthest thing from being rich when it comes to any sort of monetary value but money can't buy you the type of friends and people I'm lucky enough to have around me. In having them around me, I feel that I won the lottery, a huge amount of money or stumbled across riches; these type of people are the types that anyone would love to have around them because money sure as heck can't buy these type of wonderful people! They in themselves make me feel rich but most of that time I'm the furthest thing from it but rich and when it comes to my checking account, it makes me sick at times to check it on a nearly daily basis to make sure no check's have bounced! That's something that's happened but maybe a half dozen times in my life but that's way too many for me... Had I riches; I might not have turned into the person I am but if anyone would like to donate to the cause...let's just say I wouldn't try to turn anyone away but it would go to help others just as fortunate as myself too. Thank God for crumby lawyer's who can't find their butt with both hands when they tore into my bike looking for defects, etc. Living on Social Security from check-to-check with a roof over my head, a reliable means of transportation, two loving dog's, who could ask for very much more? Naaaahhhh! I love some of the simple things in life; things that have Me ticking for the past 24/7/365/25+ years but if you have a couple extra thousand dollars; well I guess that's why I play the lottery from time to time!
After feeling that everything in your life has been taken from you... From the lost of my father, stepfather, older brother, and followed by my mother I began to think, "What the hell else can possibly go south in my life? It was then that I needed to put my dog of over eight years to sleep, not just the average canine, Eddie was much more than that. He had more human behaviors than many people I know, he was someone I could confide in, live to give me that unconditional love in return; putting him down was one of the hardest things I've ever or gone through. I started to wonder things such as what is doing ago south next... I had no idea how hard of answer I would get in return but I was about to get hit by the largest sledgehammer on the face of this earth!
After getting hit by that sledgehammer which laid me out in the hospital for nearly sixteen days, nine of those that I didn't even realize where I was, the fight to live was going to be harder than any other time I given my ten/tenth's! I feel if I hadn't gone through the experience, as horrible as it was who knows what I would've been. I thought it it rock-bottom before but when you need to fight for your life without slipping nor sleeping for a moment, you learn a new respect for each and every breath you can take on your own, each beat of your heart, each movement in your arms, neck and word you're able to speak! I'm so glad that I had to go through that hospital stay as it gives me a better and stronger reason to pray each day and give thanks for "everything that I'm able to do, and I mean everything!" It doesn't matter whether or not I can walk or stand, it doesn't matter if I can use my limbs to the fullest ability. The simple fact that I can breathe on my own and without the aid of a machine! And the list goes on because I can smile and laugh, loving each day for what it is no-matter what the weather might be as, I'm here, I'm alive and you can ask for very much more after hitting "ROCK-BOTTOM!"
The past is just that, the past and the future can be would ever you make of it. I plan on making the best of the rest of my life and hopefully I can make a difference in someone else's life some day and living the rest of my life in a very positive way!
Thank you for tuning in; if you have any questions or comments feel free to drop me a line!
What I don't understand is; How bad do they think my life is, because I don't look at it any different than I did twenty-five plus years ago (prior to my accident) just that I've been very fortunate to overcome more than just a few barriers when the odds were stacked quite heavily against me but hey, I'm alive and that's all that really matters to me! Granted, maybe others don't fare as lucky or blessed as I've been through out time but if life is meant to be challenging, I like to overcome the challenges that are thrown at me. If I can't overcome obstacles without giving it my ten tenth's, I may as well roll over and play dead but that's not me... Life is something that's worth fighting for and that's something I've always done my best to try and put up or put out! If others were to throw their arms up in defeat, I wouldn't want their life whether they're able body or not, because they must have a life that's that's pretty pitiful, I'm just happy that I'm not walking or rolling in their shoes!
When you have a life filled with positive thinking people around you, it makes life so much better than having people who think the opposite way. Positive thinking people help the mind in more ways than I can type into words! Yes, I could name names but I hope they know who they are as I try to make them realize how much I appreciate them being not only a friend but also being in my life and always remember; a smile goes much further than a frown. Whether it's someone who works for me or just to smile from time to time in a store, I try not to ask a whole lot of anyone...
I'm not financially rich -- in fact I'm the furthest thing from being rich when it comes to any sort of monetary value but money can't buy you the type of friends and people I'm lucky enough to have around me. In having them around me, I feel that I won the lottery, a huge amount of money or stumbled across riches; these type of people are the types that anyone would love to have around them because money sure as heck can't buy these type of wonderful people! They in themselves make me feel rich but most of that time I'm the furthest thing from it but rich and when it comes to my checking account, it makes me sick at times to check it on a nearly daily basis to make sure no check's have bounced! That's something that's happened but maybe a half dozen times in my life but that's way too many for me... Had I riches; I might not have turned into the person I am but if anyone would like to donate to the cause...let's just say I wouldn't try to turn anyone away but it would go to help others just as fortunate as myself too. Thank God for crumby lawyer's who can't find their butt with both hands when they tore into my bike looking for defects, etc. Living on Social Security from check-to-check with a roof over my head, a reliable means of transportation, two loving dog's, who could ask for very much more? Naaaahhhh! I love some of the simple things in life; things that have Me ticking for the past 24/7/365/25+ years but if you have a couple extra thousand dollars; well I guess that's why I play the lottery from time to time!
After feeling that everything in your life has been taken from you... From the lost of my father, stepfather, older brother, and followed by my mother I began to think, "What the hell else can possibly go south in my life? It was then that I needed to put my dog of over eight years to sleep, not just the average canine, Eddie was much more than that. He had more human behaviors than many people I know, he was someone I could confide in, live to give me that unconditional love in return; putting him down was one of the hardest things I've ever or gone through. I started to wonder things such as what is doing ago south next... I had no idea how hard of answer I would get in return but I was about to get hit by the largest sledgehammer on the face of this earth!
After getting hit by that sledgehammer which laid me out in the hospital for nearly sixteen days, nine of those that I didn't even realize where I was, the fight to live was going to be harder than any other time I given my ten/tenth's! I feel if I hadn't gone through the experience, as horrible as it was who knows what I would've been. I thought it it rock-bottom before but when you need to fight for your life without slipping nor sleeping for a moment, you learn a new respect for each and every breath you can take on your own, each beat of your heart, each movement in your arms, neck and word you're able to speak! I'm so glad that I had to go through that hospital stay as it gives me a better and stronger reason to pray each day and give thanks for "everything that I'm able to do, and I mean everything!" It doesn't matter whether or not I can walk or stand, it doesn't matter if I can use my limbs to the fullest ability. The simple fact that I can breathe on my own and without the aid of a machine! And the list goes on because I can smile and laugh, loving each day for what it is no-matter what the weather might be as, I'm here, I'm alive and you can ask for very much more after hitting "ROCK-BOTTOM!"
The past is just that, the past and the future can be would ever you make of it. I plan on making the best of the rest of my life and hopefully I can make a difference in someone else's life some day and living the rest of my life in a very positive way!
Thank you for tuning in; if you have any questions or comments feel free to drop me a line!
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