It has been 9 days since I last posted. I can’t remember when the last time that happened. I apologize to people because I know visitors come with an expectation that there will be a new post at least every 3-4 days. So…this is my formal apology but there has been some great things happening.

I have not been away on vacation or off having fun somewhere (it would have been nice). No…I was working diligently on many various things. I want to briefly share two of those things before I get into the theme of today.

The first thing is my son and I have spent some time scouting for a new soccer team we are putting together for him. The story behind this is that we have been told by many people that it would be nearly impossible to put together a new team at this age and at this level.

The age group is U-17 and the level of play is Division 1 Competitive Soccer. By the time these young men reach this age they are typically set on a team or realize the fact that higher levels of soccer are not in their future. We knew going in that it is a tough task.

I told my son about 3 years ago that I would help him in any way I could to enable him to follow his dreams and passions to play professional soccer. There was one caveat to this that I clearly shared with him. That is, he needed to apply himself to learning how to create wealth. I didn’t just tell him he needed to get a job and work. He needed to learn how to become an entrepreneur, learn about investing and other things so that he could set himself up for financial success no matter what the circumstances were in his life or the life of the economy at large.

Well…he followed through and is diligently learning what it means to create wealth and also to follow his dreams at the same time. The other part of this equation is that I have coached all of my other children who play. The only two that I have not coached are my eldest and my youngest…who is too young. So we decided that if we didn’t make that happen now…it never would.

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Before I continue I simply want to state that although my blog is not political in nature I don’t want to neglect talking about important issues…even if they are controversial. I don’t consider these political per se because they are simply issues that affect our lives. They are put into the political realm by the media because political speech is somehow easier to discount if you disagree than simply pointing out the truth that people are having a discussion about things that truly affect their individual, family and communal lives.

If you have read my blog posts then you know that I will come back to issues that affect me and my family from time to time but it is not my primary focus. This is the first time I have posted back to back “issues related” posts.

I am passionate about life, freedom and the ability to live in love relating to God, my family, friends and my community at large. This passion entails healthy living in regards to relationships, personal healthcare, sports and activities and a life of joyous laughter and enjoying this great gift we have been given.

So you will see that my posts and articles relate primarily to these issues. Sometimes they have to reach into the controversial realm…but I just want to assure you that I have not changed my focus to simply speak on the national healthcare issue.

I will say though, before I continue, that the passage of the healthcare bill does prompt a great deal of thoughts in light of taking responsibility for personal healthcare. Now, more than ever, in the history of our country will it be imperative to learn what it means to take care of yourself.

Also…I think we will be entering into a time where individuals in the natural healthcare business can emerge even more at the forefront of not only true healthy living but creating opportunities for business that have not been tapped into before.

We may have to fight for our right to share what we believe…but as we overcome that hurdle we will find the mass energy of the public looking for ways that actually work to become healthy in a number of ways.

Are you ready for this?

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I don’t know how political you are or not…but I take much of it with a grain of salt and other things very seriously!

I have 7 children that I am concerned for…

The future of my 7 children is very closely related to the future of our Great Nation! I think in many ways we have lost our bearings. When I hear language from our politicians such as our rights come from the government…it makes me very uneasy.

The Declaration of Independence makes it crystal clear that we have certain inalienable rights from our Creator…and no one else. The constitution of the Soviet Union provided rights such as HealthCare, a job, education, food and the like and yet millions of people were forced into poverty and starvation because of the corruption and the failed attempt at trying to make everyone equal. There is no such thing as social justice…it has never worked in the history of the world.

Everytime a government grabs control over a people…the people lose their freedoms. It has never been any different and it never will.

If you have read the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy or seen the movies then you are familiar with the “one ring to rule them all”…the ring of power. No one could resist the corrupt nature of ultimate power…no matter how much someone wanted to use that power for good.

Tolkien understood the human condition that power always corrupts and it will never be any different.

Please watch this video and then I beg you to make a difference in the future of our nation by sharing it and by calling your congressman or congresswoman.

Thank you!

Congress is scheduled to vote on this Power Grab on Sunday…there is still time to do something about it. Share this video, contact your friends and neighbors and have everyone flood the phones and emails and faxes of our congress. Take some time and look this bill over…even if you don’t have time to read all 2,700 pages…and it is not complete yet. How many of our elected officials are going to read it? Honestly…

I didn’t quite know how to categorize this post because it entails some different aspects of things I think are really important. But…it dawned on me that if my perspective of life was not what it is, I would have missed this incredible 45 minutes of my life and a chance to bless a man who has given his life as a “living sacrifice” for our freedom.

I am going to break this up into a couple of different parts…

Living in the Now…

My perspective of life has very much to do with embracing the present moment to its very fullest as much as is possible. I have some very solid reasons, I believe, for approaching life in this manner.

I have been on a journey these past 28 years of my life (I am currently 46) that has lead me to a point of complete transformation in the way I view the world in which we live.

I was always taught that you need to map out and plan your life according to your goals and then to write those goals down because it really creates a powerful momentum and energy to take you where you want to go.

As much as I believe these are great things to do…for me I have found a way that enables me to live in such a way as to find great freedom and also to be highly productive in ways that are effectively taking me to places beyond where I wanted to go…places I hadn’t even conceived of existing before.

So…what am I talking about?

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If you have hung out here long enough you know I love to share things from my family life that has an impact on me. I believe these things are “given” to me to not only experience for myself but to share. There are people that need a lift today in this area and I simply want to help in any way that I can.

Just a few moments ago I got up from the computer to go get a drink of water. I spent most of the morning bouncing around visiting and sharing some of my favorite people’s content with other fine people I’m privileged to be associated with.

I share other people’s stuff with my friends and followers because I want to be a support for them in their endeavors and I also want to get good inspiration and information out to people.

We live in an incredible time when we have access to so much that can be helpful. Not everything is helpful to everyone…but if I can share something that will help one person today…whether it be from myself or from someone else…then I have helped to make the world a better place (at least on this day).

My Beautiful 2 Year Old Boy…

With that spirit in mind I just want to share what just happened with my youngest son. For those of you who don’t know…I have seven children and my youngest just turned 2 in December.

As I was walking through the living room on my way to the water dispenser I saw my youngest son watching my next youngest son (a month away from 6) playing with a toy. I am not sure what you call this toy but it had a wheel that moves along two curved rails as you move your wrist. The wheel lights up and it is a bit fascinating to watch.

My 2 year old wanted it and as I was walking into the living room I overheard my wife telling him that he needed to say please (he actually signs it at this point) or he would not get to play with it.

I saw his reaction and he just stood there. I could see that this was a moment of deciding for him. Was he going to listen to his mom or was he going to be defiant? You can see the thinking going on in his head. I stood and watched for just a moment and he chose to not listen…to just continue whining mildly.

As I watched I simply had an great desire to  “love on him.”  I came up to him, wrapped my arms around him and kissed his neck a number of times until he started giggling and his demeanor completely changed.

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I was reading a bit of of “Crush It” by Gary Vaynerchuk tonight. If you haven’t heard of it then you have missed out on some key insights as to what creates a profitable Internet Marketing career.

My eldest son and I took my eldest daughter out to dinner and then to our annual birthday trek over to Barnes & Noble to read. We had a grand time. I wandered on over and picked up a copy of Gary’s book to read while we were there because I love to be inspired and it is an inspiring read.

Anyhow…I read some more portions tonight. Every page really has a great deal of insight and fun to it. You can tell he just is a fun and energetic guy…even if you don’t know anything about him you can tell simply by reading the book. He talks a great deal about passion and how to actually make a living…living out and sharing those things that you love.

I absolutely love that message…because I believe it. I always have. That kind of message seems to resonate with the universe. I am not even one to give the universe special attributes or personalities or anything of the sort. But all of the stars seem to come into alignment with a message like that. (If you really want to talk about energy and how it works and interacts with itself check out my various blog posts on energetics both here and on one of my other blogs).

Doesn’t it sound great? I mean c’mon. Don’t you want to make money living out your greatest passion in life? If you say you don’t…I have one of two conclusions. Either you haven’t taken the time and energy to fully consider what this may mean for your life or somewhere you have simply lost the motivation to pursue your dreams…which is understandable in most instances because people get hurt when they take risks. I guess that is why they call it taking a risk…it doesn’t always end the way you want it to.

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There is a great deal of talk about taking action in the Internet Marketing industry. While I agree that you must take action in order to be successful…perhaps we should just take a moment and break this down a bit.

If you have ever read Charles Givens you may know where I am heading with these thoughts. There is a difference between being efficient and being effective. There are countless books, seminars, online courses and so forth on the topic of efficiency…but not nearly as many people are talking about being effective.

For instance…you can turn any endeavor from an inefficient endeavor into an efficient endeavor but it may not get you any closer to bringing you to the place you ultimately want to be.

I have an example of this from my high school years in Track & Field. I was a pole-vaulter. I was strong, fast, powerful and highly motivated. I had tons of potential…so much so that if I would have ever been able to put all of these things together at just the right time, I would have been a candidate for winning the State track meet. I’m from California…so that is quite a feat.

The problem was…I never really learned how to pole-vault while attending high school. I could tell you now how to be very successful in the pole-vault today (I learned in college at the University of Santa Barbara) but it would have been great to know these things while in high school for sure.

I am sitting here right now injured as a result of not knowing how to pole-vault in high school. I landed off of the landing pads more than I landed on them…many times on my feet. My back and neck were jarred and compressed over and over again…hundreds if not thousands of times.

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