I got so caught up in what I was trying to achieve that I had even forgotten that these pages existed.

That can happen when your computer goes down and you loose everything that you had been doing.

By the time that you get all your information ‘back’ – basically starting from ‘scratch’ – after having a forced ’clean out’ – this sometimes leads you away from the ideas that you had been working on.

When I found these pages again I went through so many different feelings.

Glad that it reminded me, that putting down my thoughts was GOOD for me.

Sad that I had actually forgotten…

Impressed because I liked what I had written

Reflective because it reminded me of the  ’ head space ‘  that I was in when I wrote the posts

Happy to know that my hard work had moved me from where I was

Proud to realize that one year ago I started out knowing nothing

Excited to know that I have so much more to learn.

It was December 2009 when I made my last post… Wow how times have changed. At that stage I had just decide a few months before that I wanted to earn a living from internet marketing. It ALL sounded SO easy !!

‘Just follow these simple steps’ …’All you have to do is this’… ‘Make thousands of dollars in weeks!!’…. ‘Here’s a course for you that will give you ALL the information you need !!”….”- Just spend $10,000 and we will  GUARANTEE   that you will succeed”…… ALL so easy!!  LOL heard it all… and spent TOO much money…. Money that I didn’t have !!

There is SO MUCH MORE to internet marketing than any one person could imagine.

Regret my decision?    NO WAY !!     I love it !!

It defiantly is NOT easy!!  And it does NOT happen over night but when you have a passion, a goal, a dream, the difficulty does NOT matter!! It is ALL a learning curve… each and every hurdle.

And what makes it all worth while? The people that you meet !!

OMG there are some beautiful people in this world !! I have met some that just blow me away with their kindness… Their Belief in me… Their Support… Their Strength… Their Loyalty… THAT I would not trade for anything…

Thanks guys !!   SO MUCH !!

Till next post… Which hopefully wont take another 7 months…

Funny how life wont let you get away with too much.
So, it’s been a year of closes. Sorting out, finishing off, facing up to, dealing with and closing the door on. Leaving behind a part of me, a part that I have out grown, a part of my life I’m glad to have gotten through. It has been a hard year but all the tests that life sends us will only make us stronger. I beleive nothing happens in our life that we can not handle. I got through it, a little scared, a little hurt, a little saddened but Oh… so much wiser. Now is the time to leave it all behind and only take forward with me the lessons that I have learnt.

Things can only get better from here on in -
The start of a new year can also be the start of a new life and for me that’s just how I feel.
I look forward to this coming year more than I have looked forward to a new year for a long time.
I am excited with anticpation of what is around the corner.
Change is one thing the average human doesn’t like. We all feel more comfortable when we are in familiar circumstances. But change is one thing that will not stay still for anybody and how would we grow and learn if it were not for change. I too like the familiar, when everything is going right, but these changes coming are going to be welcomed with open arms.
Life has never really let me settle in one place too long. Something has always come along and uprooted me, led me in another direction than what I thought I was heading in, be it circumstances or living arrangements. 4 years is the longest time I have ever lived in one place since I was sixteen and that was many years ago. So, yes, I am used to change, not that I have ever had a choice. But to resist it only makes it all that much harder to deal with.
So, I say, come on 2010, I am ready and looking forward to what you are about to show me.
And this year, I feel with all my heart, is going to be a good year. A year where things will go right for me, a year where I will prosper, a year where I will be able to say that all the hard times have been worth it. It is all those hard times I have dealt with that have made me who I am now. And I’m proud to say that I am a good person.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter,
For always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
It is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
For the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
Many persons strive for high ideals,
And everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
For in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
It is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
Gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars;
You have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you,
No doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
It is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

What A Beautiful Way To Live Your Life.

It is a necessity these days to inquire about any program or system that piques our interest. Excellently presented, with security assured, these scams drain peoples hopes and dreams as well as their bank accounts.

Is it a scam?  Has anyone heard of  ‘such and such system’ ?   Does anyone  know of someone that has been paid by  ‘such and such’ ?

And as for the emails that we all get, telling us that we have won ‘this lottery’ or ‘that grand prize’, or some late Uncle who we have never heard of has left us some huge some of money. It never ceases to amaze me the different ways that these scammers can come up with to releave some poor ‘sucker’ of their hard earned money.

It is ALL so sad that this is the reality of our society today. Not being able to trust the people that we come in contact with, be it on the internet OR in our personal lives.

Why?

Do these people feel that the world owes them?   That if  ‘Fred’ has more than they do, that they feel they have the right to take from  ‘Fred’.   That  ‘Fred’  is fair game?

This is where I shake my head.

I cannot understand how these people can go out of their way, make up scams, falsely lead people along,  KNOWINGLY,  do what they do and still look at themselves in the mirror the next day.  That they can deliberately lie, scam, cheat, their way through life at the expense of others is beyond my way of  thinking.

Oh, don’t get me wrong, I know full well that it happens, unfortunately having personal experience with just such a person, but I wont go into that now.

Trying to understand how they can live with themselves is the part that I DON’T understand.

Does it actually make them feel good to rip people off?  Does this make them feel superior? Feel that they are ‘smarter’ than their victims?

All that says to me is that they don’t believe that they can or deserve to be able to acquire the things they want the ‘right way’.

Where has all their self respect gone? Where has their common decency disappeared to?  They are old enough to be able to put these ‘scams’ together they should be old enough to know the difference between right and wrong.

AND if they can put these ‘scams’ together WHY can’t they put together a legitimate system?

With all the time, effort and money that it takes to put together a proper working  ‘scam’  they would be SO FAR in front if they put all that energy into something that works FOR people.

If only they would realize that if they helped other people the money would come back to them ten fold. They would gain self respect for them selves and pride in what they are able to accomplish. A feeling of being worthy, of knowing what they have done has aided other people and  boosted their own self confidence and self esteem.

AND in the morning be able to look at them selves in the mirror and like the person who looks back.

That is a win/win situation.

As for the person who personally took me for a ride I wonder if they feel smarter? Think they are better?

I don’t think they could if they really looked at the situation.

They would have gotten SO MUCH MORE out of me if they had of  just continued  pretending to be my friend. The long haul would have seen them walk away with a lot more than they did.

Thank God for small mercies.

Our forefathers would not have been able to imagine a world where we could, not only be talking to someone over the other side of the world but also be looking at them as we speak.

It has opened up the world and given the majority of the human race the opportunity to know and learn anything and everything that they choose to.

All at the push of a button

It truly is the Information Age

The internet is many different things to many different people, each of us enjoying certain attributes of it that suit our tastes , lifestyles, business, choices and needs.

One thing is for certain it is the biggest ‘shop’ in the world.

Anything that has every been made, thought of, talked about, filmed,  photographed, written, filed, and the list goes on, is there on the ‘net’ for all who search.

Therefore it was only a very short time before the ‘entrepreneurs’ of the world found their ‘niche’ and with them, corporate companies and corporate money.

Millions of dollars a year is spent on the ‘Psychology Of Marketing’, so with technology, corporate money and the internet,  it really doesn’t seem like the ordinary human has much chance.
Would it surprise you to know that these ‘marketing specialist’ have spent so much money on the study of the consumer that they would know your spending and buying habits, likes and dislikes  better than you know your self?
They have their trade down to a fine art and their statistics are so detailed that they can group any, gender, age, geographical location, ethnic background, nationality, personality, religion, social and personal relationships, and tell you how you shop, what your likely to buy, when and where you will probably but it.

We are bombarded every day with logos and repetitious  jingles that stick in our subconscious without us even realizing it.

The colors,  the sounds, the lighting, and the smells all go into giving you the shopping experience of a life time, while getting you to open your wallet.
WOW…. Who would have ever thought that there could be so much thought, study, ‘Psychology’   behind the selling a toilet seat?

The details of these findings are then passed on to more departments within the marketing industry.  One of which is the ‘Copy Writers’.

Now here is another ‘art’ unto its self.

With these statistics of what makes a person purchase, the copy writers proceed to put these statistics into words. Words that are meant to get at the very psyche of the human nature.
You WILL buy this. You NEED this. You CAN”T go with out this. You just HAVE to have this. This is your LAST chance . GRAB it NOW before it’s TOO LATE.  The price will RISE in the next hour. This is the BIGGEST and The BEST. This one DOES more. This one does LESS.

Is it any wonder that people are opening their wallets, while an  hour later shaking their heads trying to understand why they thought they needed that brand new, heated, pink and purple spotted toilet seat ?

Do we really stand a chance?

This is a brilliantly written piece and reflects  the way the world has gone on rules, laws, governing bodies and  the breakdown of the family unit.

The family unit was where many years ago, certain ideas about morals, ethics, common sense and common decency used to be taught. These days with the parents both having to work so the children can ‘keep up with – not only with the Jones’s -  but with the marketing of anything new and electronic’ , I watch as generation after generation lose their grip on what used to be called Common Sense.

Today I see too many people ready to blame everybody and everything for whatever situation that they find themselves in. Never willing to look a little closer to home to where the real problem may lie.

One institution and it’s members were quick on the uptake of this human failure. Solicitors and Lawyers have a lot to answer for.  With their eyes on peoples hip pockets, their quick ideas and their quick tongues they have not only convinced the population but the Government Law makers as well. Rest assured, that if you find your self in a situation you don’t like, a lawyer will find the culprit.

London Times Obituary
of the late Mr. Common Sense

‘Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to come in out of the rain; why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn’t always fair; and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves failed to do in disaplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an Elastoplast to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; along with his daughter and son, Responsibility and Reason. He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I’m A Victim.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.