Sunday, March 11, 2018

Certainty



“Springhill is growing…certainty”   

“No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else” -P.T. Barnum played by Wolverine, oops my bad, Hugh Jackman.  History makers are easy to write about, first because there is material about them, because they are noteworthy; almost always because they are controversial, but second because they nearly to a person, have enormous passion, large hearts, big souls; and Barnum had one of, if not, the, biggest heart of all time.  Abraham Lincoln is purported (in the movie “Lincoln”) to have asked two of his telegraph operators “Think we choose to be born into this world or are we fitted into it,” (dialogue of agent omitted) and that question, as regards big souls such as P.T. Barnum, is still being wondered about by many today. When you talk about lives that became forces, his is one that easily slides into a conversation

about larger than life ideas, salesmanship, elephants and the power
of a parade (Hey- who doesn’t love a parade!)!  It’s not studied much
but Barnum became a Republican and in his life did some great
campaign work on behalf of Abraham Lincoln and championed
the Thirteenth Amendment, the lives of big souls soon become
intertwined for the betterment of the world God created and rules,
such is often a certainty.

Economic Development moves through the motions

of big souls, such a notion isn’t easy to understand, but
it is easy to see here’s a clue.  You see people all the time
where you say, “I just don’t get how they are wealthy,
they suck as humans?” Your observation is then often put
down by your partner who might even wax biblical and
get all New Testament on you, “Well you know what Jesus said a
bout judging, you know judge not lest you be judged.”  
That statement isn’t true, what was said was very close to
the following “Do not judge, and you will not be judged.
Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive,
and you will be forgiven.” (Luke 6:37) Because you have
also seen people who you say “My gosh, they deserve what
they have achieved they work their butts off.”  A statement
which also isn’t true, you can look back there, they have a butt,
it’s a certainty.                                                              

Big souls is a factor of life that we’d rather
not have to play with, why are some people different,
is it genes or is it learned?  The debate is getting deeper today,
because we have unlocked the code of humanity,
the genetic key of human chromosomes is now mapped,
we know where blond comes from, and we know the genetic
keys of characteristics.  “OK, Dana, seems like your saying
we can make tall, handsome, blond and smart leaders every time?”
Genetics it turns out only lay the framework there are other
more complex elements. Think of it this way, the person is
like a car, genes are the gasoline, where the drive takes you,
is what gasoline and experience will provide.  That’s how
success gets brewed, not coming from a place of no mistakes,
mistakes are how we can learn that we don’t need to do that again.
Some folks it turns out, are great at processing that lesson,
some it turns out, don’t, for a certainty.  

 So now we get to it, the difference between don’t, and can’t,
and we run into a gigantic wall called life combined with
what genetic predisposition will allow.  People like Barnum,
Lincoln and others of that irk, make gigantic efforts
seem the normal actions of their day. They make
mountain sized mistakes but they recover from them,
and when they do, the entire act of humanity benefits.  
But our discussion would be, just normal, if we left it
there, but, you’ve come to know me, we aren’t going to
leave it there because there is a weird factor that some
people choose to lose? Life isn’t just a matter of
being here, it isn’t just a physical reality, that’s a
part of the definition, the other facts of life are how
you choose to spend it?  Suppose it works out exactly
like the greatest teacher of all history, Jesus, said;
suppose that different people are given different amounts
of life to spend, put the hours of your life alongside money
think of it that way, you can spend what you have and only
lay on the couch watch television drink soda (we should be
so lucky?), and do and accomplish very little with your time.  
Or you can do like the young men and women of

Louisiana Tech University who study how to
let computers and plastic composition elements
come together and instantly ‘print’ out a copy of
what you draw? Their life spending will amount to
multiplication that will benefit the entire planet.
The choice to make your amount of life amount to s
something which will benefit others isn’t easy; but the servants,
as they learn to serve, benefit us all.  Consider the
choice made by one local young man, to lift the weights,
to learn to run like the coach said he should, consider
the young ladies and the crowds who cheered him on,
consider all those hours of life, and consider that when he
finally steps out onto the field as a professional football
player, quite possibly the entire planet will get to benefit from
everyone's spending, that’s a certainty.

We live in times that challenge not our physical
ability to withstand assault so much, as they
challenge our ability to withstand the fear of knowing
nearly too much?  What we as a people of choice may
need to do is decide to determine that our future will
remain free, that we won’t give in to irrational fear and
that despite the desires of those who would limit
freedom we simply will not all that to happen no matter
when, no matter what, no matter who and no matter why,
if someone stands to assault freedom we will choose to be
brave and not allow it.   This choice to be bold and not allow
your individual nor collective right to expression to be put
away or limited in any way may be the greatest fight of all t
ime, that’s very close indeed to a certainty.
          
  Dr. Dana C. Richardson, drd4u on Facebook &
Dr. Steve Broe, author of, “Leaders in Transition.”

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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Christmas Money Helper!


When you find somebody who is successful
and they're making it work- you don't mind
sharing with folks how spectacular they are-
do you?  I've been very fortunate to be able
to listen to Layne (kneeling front center) and
his remarkeable partner/wife Tara (white
ensemble standing behind Layne) for a few
months now- and I have to share with you-
they're the top of the line when it comes to
knowing how to make stuff work.

My sense of Layne is that he knows how
to line up a success program for you, that
will add bottom line money to your pocket
book- and this time of year that can be
useful, so give the ol Doc a comment
here that you could use an additional
$1500.00 or more for the Christmas
chill...and we'll get with you!  Love you
peeps---keep on commenting and sharing!

OH- one last thing nearly forgot...Layne
found this Peach of a video to look in on
about how to become all the success you
need to be...we believe it, how about you?




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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

BEING THANKFUL IS...

Made much easier because you are a part of 
our DrD family.  It's true- just like the title says:
Being thankful is made easier because you are 
a part of the Drd family!

Being grateful is even easier than being thankful,
because with friends like we have, we 
are so much surrounded by so many 
amazing and talented and warm spirited
people that it makes us sad for those
who don't have that blessing.  

So our prayer for you on Thanksgiving
is that you'll feel the same sense of being
thankful and blessed and grateful- and
that your day will be memorable.  That
you will be able to spend it with friends,
with talented, warm, outstanding people
like those of you who follow DrD.

Stick with us, we have some great news
comin' your way in the next week...
until then - Thank God For You!


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Thursday, May 3, 2012

FLOOD the AIRWAVES

Folks have forgotten about the power of the quick
call in vote?  Shows still use it, don't they?  They
say, "if you want to vote for ...call..." they'd give
you a number, you'd call in, and you'd feel like
your vote was counting, right?  If you were
really a rabid fan of one of the stars, you
might call friends to call in as well- we had
a friend call us to vote one time.  So it makes
sense, doesn't it, that Facebook has come
along with a way for folks to vote for who
they think is best.  Now you think I'm talking
about the super easy "Like" button, only,
I'm not, that's too easy, this is a bit more
complicated, but once you get it, you get it.
So - do you want to get it?


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Thursday, April 26, 2012

You Used To Be

Those shaky feelings in the pit 
of your stomach-know what 
I'm talkin' about?  When the wind
that is blowin' - is blowin' you away?  
You feel strangely detached, 
you're in the show, but you just 
aren't real sure how?  Know
that feelin'?  Sometimes it 
comes on the heels of something heavy, sometimes not- but most of the time, 
isn't what happens to you pretty heavy?  
So those shaky
feelings in the pit of your stomach, they
might be, your wings comin' on?  Yeah,
maybe that's what that's all about, ever
wonder about shaky feelings much?  We
were hangin' off a cliff, there wasn't any
rope, there weren't any of those things you
stick in the rock to put a line in, it was our
hands, and the space below, some folks
would call that "a rush," yeah, for me it
was a shaky feeling in my stomach...


When Tom Petty sings about "learning to
fly," it has a whole new meaning to me.




But this writing is about you, not me,
it's about what you do, not what we
don't; so let's get to it.  You may not
really believe all that stuff they tell
you about how excellent you are, and
that's O.K., it's good to stay a bit on
the humble side; but the truth, well
we usually don't see that, do we, and
when it comes to us, well, we see what
we want to see.  So what we're sayin'
is - see yourself as you see you, and
then take into account what they say
you are - put them into a complete
colorful picture, and then, decide if
what they're sayin' is real to you.  Try
that for a while, cause one thing we
know for sure, if you listen to everyone
else, and you ignore your inner talk,
before you know it, you won't know you.


See in my mind, you used to be fun,
you used to match my joy with your joy,
and between the two of us, we kicked
up some fuss that was amazing.  You
used to be, so what happened?  What
happened to that care free person that
ran alongside me in the rain?  Where we
looked at each other, and laughed because
we knew it was nuts to run in the rain,
but it felt so good, so full, so much,
love.  Wasn't that love?  You used to be
the person who found those times,
where'd you go?  What happened that
you became another person?  You used
to not even think about it, you just
did stuff that brought joy, and then
you let me bring you joy, and now,
where'd the joy run off to?


If you get these things - then you are
well on the way to having your emotional
life move up a level, why not take that
emotional power and put it to use for
you in ways you may never have 
thought possible?

* Mr. Petty's video's used from YouTube
a public venue - BUT they stand entirely
alone on their absolute merit- and we thank
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for all
they have brought to our hearts.  Run
don't walk to the nearest CD/DVD store
(Amazon.com don't take much runnin'
and latch on to their latest...)

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Monday, April 23, 2012

NOT ME...

Security Don't Mean 
What It Used To...

My best friend, you'd think they'd love the same
things I love, go the same places I go, right?
Nope, in fact, we aren't anything alike, which
is why we're fast friends,
best friends, we are the
other persons wish list, I think?
Ever been in a relationship like that?
You know each other
so well that you pick up,
right where you left
off, and it doesn't matter
how long it's been
since you've seen or talked,
it just feels right?
It's the best of everything rolled into one.
But my best friend can't stand social media.
Can't stand Facebook and doesn't do it.
"I don't do Facebook."
"Well why not, it's cool, it lets you..."
"I don't care, don't ask me about it,
I don't do it..."

Something tells me that my buddy has
formed an opinion that doesn't fit into
my socket- at all, and they are missing
the wealth of "stuff," that my broad and
wide range friends contribute to my life.
Do they miss it, probably not, but would
it enrich their lives, probably so.

So today we want to share briefly about
the security of Facebook and how you
can actually control who sees what is
on your pages.  "Wow Dana that's been
covered by the experts, why are you
doin' it again?"  Simply put, it's because

many times, my friends aren't even aware
of them- so they don't get the benefit of
their teachings, and I don't want my
friends to miss out.  Plus many of the
people that I know are just a little
leery of public viewing of their stuff;
maybe that's you?

Security Hasn't Changed Much- But
Things Have Changed A Lot

When Facebook first announced that
it was going to change the way that
postings were viewed, it caused some
turmoil.  What I love to think about is
how folks reacted to the "new fangled"
digital phones, without a rotary dial?
You may not remember, but phones
used to be black, that was the only color
out, AND, they had a rotary dial, is how
the numbers got punched into the
analog system. It was just slightly better
than two cans and string, but it got us
talking over distances.  Over time the
digital devices came into being, but
just as today, on the Facebook timeline
some folks fuss, back then, they fussed
about the new phones.  Those same
folks, by the way, today, wouldn't be
caught dead without their "smart phone."
Just shows "ya" that some folks will fuss
no matter how small the change.

Facebook didn't originate with us oldsters
though, it originated with the college age
folks, and went into the younger than college
folks, before it migrated up the age ladder-
and, that's how change is done now- in our
present age, it starts with children watching
ads on Saturday morning while mom and
sometimes, dad, sleep.  Those cartoons are
fine tuned to attract the market.  From such
behavior it is just natural for them to take
to the new technology which is digital, and
the smart phone puts a computer in their
hand, and it tells them how to use it.  So the
Facebook generation is now fully mobile,
an interesting concept in and of itself.

First the normal drd4U Facebook page:
Notice that even with all the new timeline
stuff - the old home drop down arrow is there...?

Now we click on that arrow and see:


See those magic words...Privacy Settings...
That's where it's at and that's what we put
out mouse cursor over and...click...and we see:



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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Chapter Six - Ultimate Fear

The rocker Peter Gabriel talked about "your eyes," and
what I saw in Madeline's made me feel cold.  She was
terrified, and the whoosh, the jet; strafed us again.
"Chuck look at how it's going..."
I'd pulled off to the side of the road.
"It is making turns that a jet can't make, at least
no pilot I know."
"So," I had a pinch in my voice, "you're saying it's
a drone?"
Drones weren't new science, but I'd always thought
they were small, this jet was not small.
"Not exactly a drone, it's different, look how it's
behaving toward us."
Now I felt creepy, what would we have to do with
anything, we weren't big time, we were small town?
"No look Chuck, it's hovering as you pull over."
This wasn't making any sense, why would anyone
care what we were doing?
"Look Madeline, if you know some reason about
this, why don't you share?"
There it hung, apparently, she was debating what
to say?  I turned to her, looked at her expression
as she stared out the window, then she said this
amazing thing.


“Want to tell me something Madeline?”
She was scared, that was obvious, but
what she was scared of she’d have to tell
me.  Her eyes had real fear in them.  I
followed her eyes and saw it- disappear.
“No way…” Wasn’t I the brilliant conversationalist?
Then it thundered over the car again, rocking
the car with its intense whoosh.
“Chuck you may be in something that we
shouldn’t have gotten you into.”  Her voice
had a scared but distant quality as if she was
both afraid and pondering her fears?
“So from what you’re saying you know
what this is?”  I felt, more than knew that we
were actually OK, if it had intended to take
us out, we couldn’t stop that, so, we were
at the mercy of something we couldn’t do
a thing about, might as well be pleasant.
There was no whoosh from a turn around,
I didn’t see anything in the sky, and so, it
seemed to me to be smart to move.  I
put the car in gear, she yelped it out,
“Stop, don’t move the car.”
“What possible,”
“I don’t know, but it does, it somehow
uses that we think.”
“We?”
“There are a group of us who are trying
to figure out what we are dealing with,”
“a group?”
“Yes- and we’ve been watching you for a
while,”
“watching me?”  This was getting even
creepier, as if that was possible amidst
disappearing jets and fright?
“Give it a while, it will get bored, or whatever
it gets, and it will reappear, then move off,
we’ve seen this pattern for some time.  People
have reported it as UFO’s, only it’s not, it’s
not anything we understand, but it’s not
unidentified, it is, they are, being used.”
“Oh, now that makes sense, used by who
for what?  I’ve got to admit you are sounding
a bit nutty here,”
“We thought so too the first time we actually
looked at all the data was two years back, before
then the systems to analyze such big pictures
weren’t on hand, but now they are, and it
reveals some very interesting large scale scenes
that taken one at a time actually seem like aliens
visiting us and stuff like that, but when you look
at them from this much larger scale, chaos math,
actually- well, the picture gets much clearer as to
what may be happening.”
“Obviously you’ve thought about it and want to
tell me, do we have to hear this here, I feel a little
exposed?”
“That’s the point, this doesn’t think like we do, but
it does think; and as long as we are sitting here,
it won’t take as much notice of us, we’re still
an object of interest, like a child will pick up a block
and look at it, maybe move it, put it on another block,
then, grow tired of it, and sit it aside?  Well, right
now, lets hope it’s sitting us aside.”
“You keep saying it, what is it?”
“It is not what it appears to be, and it never is.
Imagine a Pawn, it’s the least powerful piece on
the board, yet, when put into place, operating
together, if you position the group of Pawn’s
together, a situation can be brought about where
on the very next move of the Pawn, no matter what
move you make, it will be checkmate- from the Pawn.
Now it appears to be a Pawn, not, the most powerful
piece on the board, but at that moment, it becomes
the most powerful piece on the board.  It is a Pawn-
what makes it so powerful is the combined front.”
Now I knew she was tripping and I wasn’t far behind.



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