Hello all! It's been too long since I posted and I will make it a point to keep up better! This picture was taken August 17th, in St. Albans, West Virginia. Jerry and I visited his folks in Lexington Kentucky and decided to go see where I lived from 1969 to 1972. West Virginia is an absolutely beautiful place and I really loved living up there. The bridge in the background is the one that connects St. Albans to Nitro, where I actually lived. It crosses over the Kanawha River and I used to sit on the banks of the river and watch the coal barges go by. It was beautiful to me! Not much has changed up there! I learned to love John Denver up there. When he came out with "Take Me Home, Country Roads", he sang it on the side of a mountain somewhere and we saw it and it was breathtaking, musically and visually! I'll never forget that! We had a great trip, went to Keeneland Park, where the Kentucky Derby is held, visited the Kentucky Horse Park where lots of renovations and upgrades are taking place due to the "olympics" for the equine community, which will be held in 2010, for the first time in the U.S.! Beautiful area! We stopped on Mud Island in Memphis on the way home! What an interesting place! It has a riverwalk along the Mississippi River and there is a giant man-made concrete, multi-level puzzle, following the course of the river and history maps, as well! It is just amazing! We drove by Graceland and it is such a shame to see the neighborhood around it has gone way down over the years. I had time to reflect and think on things while we were traveling and it was a wonderful and realxing trip! I have officially started on my book "Change Your Mind & Change Your Life". Everyone have a great day and I will post again real soon! Love to all!

Watching for the path

Sometimes in life we have no idea which direction we're supposed to go. At times it seems the path is so obscure we just cannot see it. Patience my friends, patience. Here's the challenge. Not to be impulsive because we want to move ahead quickly. Not to make wrong decisions because we can't sit still and wait for the answers to come. And, not to jump into a situation that we have questioned and still feel no real pull towards, we just jump into them simply due to impatience or idealism. To me, it's like finding the path that takes longer to see, but will take you to a better place in life because you had to make an effort to find it. Not like the path of least resistance, which is generally not the ideal way to travel. I spent many years of my life in a situation which affected many people around me in a negative way. I followed a path that I had left before, several times, only to find it would lead me to much heartache and grief and cause others pain as well. The reason for following the wrong path for so long is due to the fact that after I had committed to the wrong path, it became a "prison" of ideals which were all based on a shaky foundation. Why? Because that path was the wrong one and I was insistent that it was the right one. When I finally realized how wrong and mistaken I was, it was too late to change the negative results. So, what I'm saying is this. When faced with a choice of paths, and you're not sure which direction to go, wait, pray, think out all the options and make a faith based decision, not an "I want to be right" decision. You may even be resistant to that path, but in the end, it will be the better one for the future. I regret my impulsive decisions and my bad case of idealism. I have realized over the years that idealism is like a 2 edged sword. If it's used in moderation it's fine. If it's used as your main platform of decision making, you're in serious trouble. So, before you jump into any situation that will deeply and profoundly affect your life and the lives of others around you, take the time to find the right path. It's the beautiful path that requires patience and a quiet sense of faith.