Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
— Tennessee Williams
The only thing that I am certain of is that we are surrounded by uncertainty. We collect stories of terrible things that have happened to people and then we try our best to protect ourselves from these horrors by engineering our lives to avoid them. That’s the phenomenon that occurs with the news broadcasts. We say that we want stories that reflect the positive in our world and the good in people, but we don’t really react to these stories as we do to stories of bad luck, or murder and mayhem.
You may disagree with me, but I think that part of the fascination with these stories is that Continue reading » Out of Control
If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.
— Les Brown
I am not the only crazy person in my circle of friends. Several of us are learning how to trade stocks and options.
One of my trading friends, Susan, was just kicked out of a leading well-known brokerage firm because her account had been hacked. The hack was part of a “pump and dump” scam. The crooks buy a lot of a stock at a low price. Having cornered the market on a bunch of ABC Company stock, they then go out and buy a bunch more using other people’s accounts which they’ve hacked (the pump). When they have run up the price of ABC Company’s stock, they sell their own shares and then dump the shares that they bought using the hacked accounts. The end result is that they’ve manipulated the stock price and made a bunch of money over a short time-frame.
None of this is legal, nor is it my friend’s fault. The brokerage firm reset her account to remove the effects of the “pump and dump.” Shortly after all had settled down, they asked Susan to move her money elsewhere, claiming Continue reading » Just Ask
Sometimes you just have to give yourself a breather and enjoy the now. Share some of your G’Day-moments with us!
…happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
— Henri Frédéric Amiel
During these early days of Spring, 2010, I’m struggling to find answers to questions I can’t even get articulated. And I’ve decided to be patient as I grope for those questions/answers – so, although I’m neither young nor poet, I’m taking to heart Rainier Maria Rilke’s advice when he wrote: Continue reading » Wishing You G’day!
This is an invitation – an invitation to join a conversation about making the most out of life no matter what it throws at us. Ellie and I have been doing a lot of talking and we’d really like to hear from you. Please, join the conversation.
I met a friend for dinner over the weekend. We used to work together and we’ve been friends for a very long time. Not wanting to be pushy, I waited until the end of dinner to ask her if she’d had a chance to go out and look at our new blog. She said that she had, but that she didn’t know quite what to “do” with it. Since she isn’t the first one to express this sentiment, I thought I’d take a stab at what you “do” with a blog.
Continue reading » Is Anybody Out There?
Ask anyone from the Greatest Generation and they will tell you, WWII was a team effort. People sacrificed. They bought war bonds. Women worked in factories – something they had never done before. People planted victory gardens. There was focus on what everyone could do to contribute. I wanted to be part of our current effort – not so much as a strike against an enemy, but as a supportive action for our military personnel.
Continue reading » Bouncing Back Through Contributing
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