We had our first ever Tent sale last weekend. Wind gust up to 45 mph on Friday and Saturday. I complained. But Sunday no wind--I complained. After further review I'll take the wind anyday. Its like a high speed fan blowing on you. And it didn't contain sand or dirt. That much! It was a success but I think only one time per year. May is the best month.

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've
imagined. As you simplify your life, the law of the universe will be
simpler."

Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, Essayist and Poet

"Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to
improve themselves; they therefore remain bound."

James Allen
1864-1912, Author of "As a Man Thinketh"

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, Poet and Essayist

"The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses."

Napoleon Hill
1883-1970, Author of "Think and Grow Rich"

Opportunities:

How Do You Attract Opportunity Into Your Life? by Jim Rohn

Someone recently asked me the question: "How can I have more opportunities come into my life?" Good question, but I think my answer surprised them a bit.

I bypassed the obvious (and necessary) points about hard work, persistence and preparation. They actually were very hard workers. And they had the great attribute of being seekers, they were on the outlook. But I felt maybe they were missing this next and most valuable point - attraction.

I always thought opportunities and success were something you went after, then I found out that I needed to turn it around. Opportunities and success are not something you go after necessarily, but something you attract - by becoming an attractive person.

That's why I teach development of skills. If you can develop your skills, keep refining all the parts of your character and yourself, your health, your relationships, etc. so that you become an attractive person to the marketplace - you'll attract opportunity. Opportunity will probably seek you out. Your reputation will probably precede you and someone will want to do business with you. All of the possibilities are there by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract.

The key is to continue making yourself a more attractive person by the skills you have, the disciplines you have, the personality you've acquired, the character and reputation you have established, the language and speech you use - all of that refinement makes you more attractive to the marketplace.

Personal development - the never-ending chance to improve not only yourself, but also to attract opportunities and affect others.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

This is an actual story I read in the Bangkok Post today:


Hong Kong--An elderly Hong Kong widow whose beloved pet rooster's crowing drew complaints from neighbors has reluctantly given the bird away after a castration operation failed to shut him up, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. The 61 year old woman, who wasn't named, said she slept in the same bed as the rooster and "cried and cried for weeks" after parting with the bird a month ago, the Post reported. The veterinarian who castrated the rooster only removed one testicle because of excessive bleeding, but the partial castration at lease reduced the enthusiasm of the bird's early morning salutation, the report said.---AP


All I know is what I read in the papers, Will Rogers

War and Peace
May 7 1954 doesn't mean much to Americans but to Vietnam its a memorilized date. On May 7, 1954 the Vietnamese Army defeated the French Army ending Frecnh colonization in Indochina, paving the way for a war a decade later which American be in and still debated today in American politics.
"I was in hell back then. Today feels like I'm in heaven," Vu Van Nay 77 leaning on his cane, his left sleeve swinging empty.