A couple of weeks ago, I called Shawn Sabau. Shawn is my financial planner. When I call him, it is hardly ever about the few dollars I can invest. However, when I have a vexing question, I can count on Shawn to assist me, which he has done many times over the years.
My call this time had to do with getting all my ducks lined up. Things in my life will soon radically change in an extremely positive way. I look forward to that opportunity; nonetheless, I needed to organize my life. As I mentioned an array of things that I had to do, Shawn listened, asked questions, and explored ways to address my concerns. Again, I thanked him as I have done so many times in the past.
After the call, I went back to my computer. However, something happened. I had a strange sensation or feeling. It related to my living a life well lived. It paralleled the realization that I experienced after doing the dance with death. Both events were transformative by reenergizing me. Dylan Thomas poetically expressed my feeling in Do Not So Gentle into that Good Night. This is the first stanza of his poem and sums up my Weltanschauung about living a life well lived.
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
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Grasp This Truism
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Doubting Thomas
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I’m Alive Because I’m White
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Ginger’s Tribute to Her Vet
“Thanks, But Can You Get Me Bigger Treats?”
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A Golden Opportunity
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A Suggestion of a Mentor
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Picking Mentors
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Witch Hunts
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03/17/23 |
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Music Explains Me
Music Drives Me
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03/03/23 |
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Learning from Lao Tzu
To Live Life Daringly
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02/13/23 |
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Fatty and Bo Bo Gyi
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02/06/23 |
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Let’s Get Honest
About White Camelot
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02/03/23 |
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Education is a Double-Edged Sword
How To Address Learning
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02/01/23 |
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01/30/23 |
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The Evolution of Aldie
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01/23/23 |
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What’s It All About Alfie?
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01/20/23 |
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My Quest for Eldorado
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Grasping Reality
I Can’t Explain It
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01/09/23 |
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The Benefit of Pain
Take Advantage of It
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It’s All About We
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Problems are Assets
Seize the Problems
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The Reckoning Day
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My Way
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A Picture is Worth a Billion Words
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About Immortality
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Camelot Revisited
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11/07/22 |
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As We Do the Dance
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Growing Up Without Transparency
And Finally Discovering It
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Facing Storms of Life
Another Either/Or Situation
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Trying Times
Testing Souls
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09/23/22 |
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Picking Mentors
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09/09/22 |
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A Tribute to a Thinker
My Thinker Shawn
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Seeing Things More Clearly
On My Yellow Brick Road
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08/24/22 |