What moved into that old K-Mart building that closed over a decade ago this time?

    Are you old enough to remember the old K-Mart?

     If you do remember,do you remember the fun it was to be EXCITED about going to the BLUE LIGHT SPECIALS?

     Today I went to the new store that opened there and this time I think it might be in business for a while.

     Amazon took over the shopping in person and many great stores closed because SHOPPING FROM HOME became a QUICK CLICK OF A BUTTON.

     We used to SPEND TIME with friends and families as we SHOPPED but now we SIT HOME in our pajamas BY OURSELVES and JUST HIT THE BUTTON.

     UNFORTUNATELY that means that we don't end up SPENDING TIME TOGETHER SHOPPING and CREATING MEMORIES.

     We used to have fun SPENDING TIME SHOPPING at YARD SALES, ESTATE SALES AND FLEA MARKETS to HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF POSSIBLY FINDING things TOO HARD TO ACTUALLY FIND.

     Nowadays all you got to do is go ONLINE at sights like Amazon,  Ebay  and many other places and YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING and EVEN MORE than you thought there even was.

    Yes I understand THAT IS KINDA COOL but GETTING AWAY FROM YOUR PHONE TO GO LOOK FOR THINGS is well..... IT'S THE THRILL OF THE HUNT THAT FEELS GOOD.

     And YOU GET EXERCISE TOO.

     And by GOING TO YARD SALES and FLEA MARKETS then YOU GET SOCIALIZATION as you HAVE FUN TALKING JUST TO HAVE FUN TALKING IN PERSON TO A REAL HUMAN. 

     How about THIS YEAR YOU START TODAY ONLY BUYING YOUR GIFTS to others IN PERSON ONLY?

     

     

     

At least I aint the only one....

     Buying electronics is FUN for SOME PEOPLE and yet SOME PEOPLE FEEL LOST IN USING IT. 

      Unfortunately I had to get a NEW PHONE because mine broke and although THE PRICE WOULD BE SCARY it was about GETTING ALL MY PHONE to WORK ON all my OLD STUFF.

    Luckily MRS. VALERIE at the PHONE STORE took her time and SHE SUCEEDED and it literally brought tears streaming down my face. 

     I had written down all my addresses and I had my passwords to reopen anything IF NECESSARY. 

    But ALL THE YEARS OF PICTURES that I TREASURED but HAD NEVER COPIED could GET LOST and that would BE UPSETTING. 

     And MY OLD TEXT... WELL....THOSE WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO HOPEFULLY GET SAVED.

      AND I had two friends who had recently passed away and THEIR TEXT WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 

      I had told Mrs. Valerie how IMPORTANT IT WAS TO RETRIEVE MY OLD TEXT so as the wires were stretched from my OLD PHONE and my NEW PHONE I SAT NERVOUSLY WAITING to FIND OUT.

     And.....THANK YOU MRS. VALERIE ! ALL OF MY PICTURES AND TEXTS WERE SAVED as well as ALMOST EVERTHING. 

     BUT ON MOST OF MY GAMES I had to START BACK AT LEVEL ONE.

     BUT I GOT EVERYTHING ELSE so YEAH FOR ME!

     It made me start singing a line of an old song that said.... YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT but if YOU TRY YOU JUST MIGHT FIND THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED.

     Remember that YOU MIGHT GET WET WHEN IT RAINS TOO but....WE NEED THE RAIN SO BE THANKFUL FOR THE RAIN.

     And STARTING OUT ON LEVEL ONE ON A GAME wasn't fun but I AM LOOKING PRETTY COOL AS I FLY THROUGH THESE GAMES FAST AS LIGHTNING.

    

    

     

     

     

PERHAPS YOU COULD but.... SHOULD YOU?

      Just because YOU CAN may make YOU THINK about DOING it but whether YOU SHOULD DEPENDS ON whether YOU FIGURE OUT IF YOU SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T.

      The SHORTEST WAY TO DO SOMETHING may TAKE LESS TIME but DOES TAKING LESS TIME HELP YOU IN THE LONG RUN?

      A LONG ROAD may TAKE LONGER but the BUMPS ON THE SHORTER ROAD IS FULL OF BUMPS which can cause a LOT OF DAMAGE TO YOUR CAR.

     So a SHORTER ROAD will COST YOU LESS TIME but it WILL ALSO COST YOU MORE IN CAR REPAIRS. So ASK YOURSELF if a SHORTER DRIVE is WORTH IT?

     Have you ever HEARD the phrase.....If it SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE THEN IT PROBABLY ISN'T TRUE?

      Well TRUST ME...... IT PROBABLY ISN'T TRUE.

      But YOU ALONE GET TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU WILL DO so KEEP IN MIND that EVERYTHING YOU DO OR SAY during YOUR LIFETIME YOU WILL PAY THE CONSEQUENCES FOR.

      SO BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING OR SAY ANYTHING REMEMBER that IT IS UP TO YOU so CHOOSE WISELY.

       LIFE is LIFE and YOU GET TO CHOOSE WHO YOU ARE by WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO EVERYDAY OF YOUR LIFE.

       THINK BEFORE YOU REACT 🍄

     

DON'T let YOURSELF have TOO MUCH TIME because.....

      When YOU have TOO MUCH TIME on your hands YOU MIGHT SPEND TOO MUCH TIME THINKING about THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER.

      And THINKING TOO MUCH ABOUT NOTHING leads to LOOSING YOUR ENERGY JUST BY DOING NOTHING BUT THINKING.

     Have you ever GOT READY TO GO somewhere then OUT OF THE BLUE YOU spend SO MUCH TIME THINKING then OUT OF THE BLUE YOU NO LONGER WANT TO GO ANYMORE?

     I was EXCITED ABOUT GOING with everyone to SHARE THE MOMENT for WEEKS then the DAY BEFORE GOING I HAD THOUGHT OF SO MANY REASONS WHY I SHOULDN'T GO that I JUST NO LONGER WANTED TO GO ANYMORE.

    When RANDOM THOUGHT try to GRAB YOUR ATTENTION you can JUST FLUSH IT out of your mind so YOU DON'T LET IT WASTE YOUR TIME.

    To PROTECT YOURSELF from WASTING YOUR TIME just ALWAYS STAY BUSY THINKING ABOUT ONLY WHAT WILL INSPIRE YOU.

    It's YOUR TIME so REMEMBER that YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE that CHOOSES WHAT THOUGHTS YOU SHOULD HAVE that will INSPIRE YOU and the rest.... SAVE YOUR ENERGY and JUST FLUSH IT out of YOUR MIND.

    

CHANGE happens whether YOU WANT it to CHANGE or not

      Once you FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT then YOU WILL KNOW HOW TO DO IT, or YOU THINK YOU will ALWAYS KNOW.

      UNFORTUNATELY throughout YOUR LIFE'S JOURNEY things CHANGE and WHAT USED TO WORK SUDDENLY WILL NOT WORK ANYMORE.

      After YOU GET USED TO DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO then OUT OF THE BLUE things CHANGE and YOU HAVE TO ADJUST.

       Now of course YOU DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO CHANGE but IT IS WHAT IT IS and to KEEP UP with the CHANGES YOU WILL HAVE TO ADJUST.

     CHANGE is NOT ALWAYS EASY but YOU CAN'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE IN LIFE because LIFE is FULL of CHANGES.

       Sometimes YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE so YOU HAVE TO ADJUST and sometimes YOU JUST WANT THE CHANGE so YOU CHOOSE TO ADJUST.

     We only have ONE LIFE TO LIVE so ADJUST so YOU CAN ENJOY EVERY MOMENT YOU HAVE.

   

     

EVERYONE could be LISTENING so THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK

      When TIMES ARE TOUGH will YOU STOP and THINK BEFORE YOU REACT?

     When TIMES ARE PEACEFUL will YOU SPREAD PEACE wherever you go?

     When YOU WAKE UP EACH Day do YOU THINK ABOUT the PROBLEMS YOU COULD FACE TODAY?

     Or When YOU WAKE UP EACH Day do YOU THINK about HOW LUCKY YOU ARE to WAKE UP TODAY?

     YOU may NOT have EVERYTHING that YOU COULD EVER WANT but as long as YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED then YOU ARE LUCKY because YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED.

     YOUR MOOD when you walk into a room SPREADS ONTO OTHERS so try to always THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS.

     YOUR THOUGHTS DETERMINE YOUR REALITY which DETERMINES the REALITY YOU BRING INTO ANY ROOM so THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS.

     Have you ever SAW SOMEONE who was ANGRY when they came into the room and INSTANTLY the MOOD IN THE ROOM CHANGED and it was SUDDENLY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE?

      Have YOU ever WALKED INTO A ROOM and the ATMOSPHERE was so UNCOMFORTABLE even though YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHY?

      The other day when I WALKED into the doctor's office I KNEW that there was a BLOCK OF AWKWARDNESS CONSUMED IN THE AIR.

      In just a MOMENT a Lady was called to GO BACK to see the Doctor and the MOMENT SHE LEFT the room EVERYONE RELAXED and I REALIZED that APPARENTLY SHE WAS SPREADING THE UNCOMFORTABLENESS.

      When YOU are HAVING A BAD DAY learn how to take your negativity and JUST FLUSH IT out of your mind so you can have PEACE OF MIND that EVERYONE WILL FEEL when YOU ARE AROUND.

      What DOES EVERYONE FEEL when YOU WALK IN the room?

      The next time YOU FEEL FRUSTRATED make sure YOU DON'T SPREAD YOUR FRUSTRATION ONTO OTHER PEOPLE.

     

     

A FEW MINUTES is better than NO MINUTES

      You may have WISHED that the FUN OF WATCHING a FOOTBALL GAME could KEEP GOING but the FINALITY is FINAL and the GAME IS OVER.

      You may have HOPED that everyone WOULD AGREE but THE TRUTH is that NOT everyone will AGREE ALL THE TIME.

      Even though you DON'T GET TOGETHER OFTEN you LUCKILY can TREASURE the MOMENTS you DO SPEND TOGETHER.

       Even though EVERYONE has a BUSY SCHEDULE we can still SQUEEZE IN TOGETHERNESS for A MOMENT HEAR AND THERE. 

       As long as WE ALL TRY to MAKE SPENDING TIME TOGETHER IMPORTANT then WE WILL ALL GET TOGETHER because IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

       What do YOU WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER ABOUT the TIME they SPEND WITH YOU?

       MAKE EVERY MOMENT TOGETHER with EVERYONE SPECIAL because it will be SPECIAL MEMORIES that EVERYONE will REMEMBER.

       DON'T THINK ABOUT what COULD'VE, WOULD, SHOULD'VE HAPPENED and ENJOY LIFE while YOU ARE LIVING IT and ENJOY WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW.