My Final Blog Posting For October of 2012 !

 The Production has been intense since the Thirty- First of Joly! This is the 214TH Posting of this Month of October!

This is, wow!!!!!, The 640TH Posting since The First of August!

- Johnny -

God, You do humble me.

 I need Thee!. Oh, I Need THEE,. truly and absolutely, EVERY!!!!! HOUR !!!!!, I!!!! NEED!!!! THEE !!!!

November is NOW 2 Hours and 27 minutes away...

from beginning.

 I really am setting out with The Desire to have a Fun and Awesomely Amazing and Memorable Birth Month!!!

I also would like to end 2012 well and have a  TRULY Splendid and Sensational Holiday Season 2012- That also'"officially" starts once the First Second of November Arrives!


 Will my hope came to  be fulfilled by the EVENTS of the NEXT 61 Days?

Read the entries posted on Jauary First, 2013 to find out !

Have a Bountiful Birth Month. A Blessed Thanksgiving! And A Most Holy AND Merry Christmas and, Oh Yeah, - That WILL come around too- Won't it ? - A Happy New Year 2013!


- Johnny -

This has been a Good Haloween !

 I finally watched an Elvira Movie. It is difficult NOT to notice her VERY APPARENT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eyelashes and make -up!

I've always hated as being seen as weak and...

easy to be bullied and controlled.

 I'm taking steps NOW to battle against that. Seeing what my talents are and using them more and better continually. Not allowing setbacks to serve as my Titanic.

The crowning Jewel of This- Learning to strengthen myself physically and making it less easy for discomfort and pain to not as easily cow and deter me!

- Johnny -

A Blog ENTRY is a CYBER Message in A.....

 Bottle.

   You post it  not fully knowing who will read it and how they will respond to it!

- Johnny -

Smiles and Laughter on THIS MONDAY . . .

are great in these moments. It is a way to show that you desire to do well by yourself and that you wish to provide a message of encouragement, keep on going-ness and empowerment to others as well!

- Johnny -

I am anxious and tense at this moment.

 I love God. I trust in Him. I know , with strong certainty, that THIS TOO SHALL PASS!

A School Holliday

 through out the week in this area. School closed again tomorrow, Tuesday. I'm starting to think they will not re-open at all this week.

Listening To Weather Reports on Saqndy are...

more than a little unnerving! However, They are a better option than sitting in the dark and listening to The Storm in the background !

What have yopu done today to act to ...

make the future brighter , more hopeful and more prosperous for all of us ? Have you taken the opportunity to be kind and loving and supportive to a child today ?

I am A November Birthday Boy

 I'd be a liar to say that 2012 has been an easy or always fun year to live through. However, I'd equally be a liar to say that I have not been blessed richly and powerfully over the last few months!

RG THREE Again !

 You do not have to be a Redskins fan to appreciate what a joy and a privilege it is to watch him play Football

Mandy !

 Mandy is my Angelically Souled, sweet, gorgeous and talented Girl Friend and Best Friend!

 I !!!!! LOVE !!! YOU!!, Mandy!


- Johnny -

A Minor Celebration --

 Yes!!!! For The THIRD Consecutive Month , I have posted OVER Two Hundred Posts. That is good.

 This is important to my growth as a writer, communicator and a teachers! Having this opportunity ROCKS! I am glad that I've come again to see the importance of taking advantage of it!

- Johnny -

Lord, Please keep us mindful ...

 That you love us and have the power to still the Raging STORM!

Days like today - As A Hurricaine and a

Nor'easter are blending together and affecting my vicinity are clearly days when I get that so much is beyond me and is totally beyond my ability to control!

Am I willing to be truly forgiving?

 The best way top answer this. Do I want A- Rod to be on the Yankees' Roster in 2013? Do I want him to play Third Base ? Will I, as I lifelong Yankees fan be willing to cheer for him next year as he plays for MY !!!!!!! YANKEES !!!!!!!! ???????


 - Johnny-

God is Good all the Time!

 That does not change no matter whether I declare it to be so or not!

Hail to the Giants !

 I don't root for them. Yet, They played a full reason of gutsy, daring and cerebral and crafty baseball!

Hail To THE CHAMPIONS!

This has been a month of Great Blessing.

 I've had opportunities to invest in young people. I made helpful money tutoring. I'm also accepted by a talented Group Of Young Scholars.

I especially want to Thank Lynn Beal and The Lasers Speech and Debate Team of The Annandale HS of Annandale, Virginia.

 You bless me richly and honor me continually. I am humbly grateful for your presence in my life!


- Johnny -

I do like getting to serve as an Instructor....

once again!

 I 've spent a good bit of time preparing materials for a HS Debate Team that I am working with at Annandale HS in Northern Virginia.

These are impressively bright, creative and ambitious young people. I'm glad that I'm serving as a volunteers in this situation.

- Johnny -

Why is it that most men . . .

don't talk about themselves, are reluctant to let themselves be known and think it is great to be silent and say as little as possible ?


What is so strange is that women seem to really like men who are open, disclosing and who are willing to share.!!!


- Johnny -

Octobe 2012 has been a great month so far.

 I'm stronger, wiser, more engaged and more fulfilled today than I was when this month first started.

I've tutored more and tutored well! I've started well as an investor and coach in a brand new High School Speech and  Debate Team. I also, within the last week, have in a small but significant way upgraded my constant exercise routine.

October 2012 has not at all been a perfecta month. However, I am most grateful that it has turned out to be a much better month than I expected it to be!


- Johnny -

Johnny Versus Tom Brady

 I can't throw a 60 yard pass on the button! Can Tom Brady effectively respond to a Toastmaster  Table Topic in a Competitive Environment.?

- Johnny -

Table Topic is the Thrill Ride of

Toastmasters, especially when it is a competitive event. You are presented a Topic, without knowing that you are going to be expected to present on THAT SPECIFIC TOPIC! You then have 150 Seconds or less to provide a response that is coherent, cogent, well-organized and compelling!

- Johnny -

Moood ABSOLUTELY is controlled by Action

 The more I'm productively and prosperously involved in pursuing the better my mood TENDS to become!

I long so deeply for peace...

 Yet, I do not work wisely enough and with the right motives OFTEN ENOUGH to bring that longed- for peace into my life.

I know who I want to be The Next President....

of  The United States. I truly hope that my decision keeps  in mind that my desire should be effected by that which will be to the good of all of The Citizens of The United States.

The VERY ! Wise Person knows that-

Quick results are seldom results that any one really wants to brag about as quick results are often devoid of any quality or long-term benefits!

I don't like being sore, I have to force myself.

at times, to exercise. However, I do TRULY like the results.

There are no big deals...

 That is great to remember when you are prone to make EVERYTHING that is AT ALL connected to you a BIG !!!! DEAL !!!!!

When a Sports outcome that stings . . .

starts to provoke intensely morose and angry reactions within you, You are likely not keep that sport and or team within a proper and sane perspective !

Tomorrow, I will compete In A Divisional ToastMaster...

 Contest-in Division F in District 27.

 Should I win, I will get to compete at A Distinct Level Championship for  The 17TH Time in My Toastmaster Career. Toastmasters helps to scrub away reticence and fear and helps many people to discover that they can indeed develop into affective and polished presenters!

Tomorrow's Competition will be a Table Topics Contest .

- Johnny -

Library Book Sales are

Soul Food for the mind! They are one of my favorite events of each Spring and Fall!

Learn that not getting your way is a perfectly...

acceptable option that you can abide by. Deciding that this is NOT !!!!!! an option that you can live with is the paving material to build an elaborate road to disaster!

Alas Yankees!

 It is no disgrace to go out in the League Championship round! I will be charitable and leave my comments at that. Disappointments can be recovered from!

There is never a good reason to excuse

immature and non-productive behavior that CAN be changed! Petulance and Tantrums are NOT justifiable behaviors worth defending and  maintaining.

Moving on and Forward!

 I know that this has been a forward week. I am proud that now I've spent 3 sessions in My Apartment Complexes' Fitness Center.

 It is still modest but the trend is good!

Johnny, Enjoying rather than worrying

 would be a much better way to live.

This has not been the best day I can ever . . .

 remember or imagine living through. However, with gratitude and a large smile on m grateful face, I know that it is FAR !!!! from being the worst day that I've ever lived through.

Healing is often Therapy ...

 It can happen instantly. It can happen over time and it can and often does happen SO slowly that you are not always aware of it!

Great is Your Faithfulness

 You can always be relied upon.

Derek Jeter

Sadly, His injury ended any hope of a Championship this post-season for MY Yankees.

Lord, Help me to live

with You as my reason for living. Only You can help me to live a life that is of the highest possible quality

I'm now back to averaging 10 Posts or More

a day for each day of this month. On the 17Th Day of October, I've posted my 170TH Post of the Month

This has been a week of Pleasing Progress

. I am gaining new hope and I am re-gaining your footing.  I am slowly coming to accept more easily that all does not to be easy and that I can make mistakes and be highly flawed and still do better and live better as well.

- Johnny -

My Extremely Tiny Weight Lifting Begiining

 I finally started  modestly lifting some light weights rather than continually ruing how difficult it will be for me to do that.

 A small move into the future will always trump cringing in fear  as you consider beginning the venture.

Lost A " Thing " of Paper Towels

that I purchased at a dollar store and got my smoke alarm ringing when I became distracted while making breakfast.

I'm learning more and more about shrugging and moving more swiftly, a relative term to act to make repairs and engage in remedies rather than falling into the " whining , the pouting, the self-lathing and the Why mes."

All of the latter foolishness avails me NOTHING at all worthwhile. Tomorrow, I will go about making eggs and not a mess for breakfast - LOL!!!!!

Consistency begins with the Second Effort

 I decided, a few weeks ago, that I needed to do more with my physical exercise routine. I decided that I would begin this " Second Exercise Front" with stating again, to ride a life cycle and do some LIGHT weight lifting 2 to 3 times a week.

 I started this routine on Sunday, October 14TH . Today, Wednesday October 17TH, I performed this routine again. I know it is slight and modestly begligible. However, The path to a regular routine begins once you enage in the SECOND effort!

- Johnny-

Is It now impossible to root for A - Rod ?

Is he now just totally unlikable ?

When A Social Paradigm no longer works.

even if it has been cherished for 50 or more years, Is it incumbent upon those who delight in it to abandon it and seek to establish a more effective and justifiable paradigm.

An Eternal truth

 Trust and obey for there is no other way. I, the limited, trust in The One who can do all things!

Freedom means

responsibility. It does not mean that I have a right to decide how I will be treated and the option to tell / dictate to people how this must come to pass!

Would Blogging be easier if keyboards were not

involve3d in the process. Would speaking into a sophisticated system make spell, check, grammar check, sentence structuring and other associated matters not at all needed?

Johnny- 2012 has NOT been an easy year for you at all.

Yet, It has been a year of tremendous change and positive growth.

CBS Sports lays an Egg

 On the Broadcast of Sunday's Redskin Game- The Redskins Impressive Rookie QB was referred to RJ III rather than RG III.

 I guess no one fact checks CBS Sports!

It is valuable to remember

not to trap yourself in earlier made plans when better options are made available and all connected in the original plan are amenable to change.

I've now posted the equivalent of 100...

posts per month for ALL of 2012 with 2 and half months left in this year!

BE where you are - Bloom where you are planted

Cliches that actually suggest how to prosper and live well .

I need to remember that my security

is best rooted in trusting in God and wanting what I have where I am right now!

Knowing that today matter...

My plan is to make the most of it.

Does anyone really know what they want?

 The answer  to this question often seems to be  " NO" . People seem to prove that by not knowing how to deal well with what you ask for when you get it.

How do you really get to know someone

thoroughly?

 The fractiousness of 21ST Century America makes this a difficult riddle to solve.

Never allow not getting what you want today..

 to cause you to start being petulant. Keep in mind today or any one day the only chance you have at happiness.

My life is not my own

 It was bought, ransomed at the highest price imaginable.

Learning to think things out

 I wanted a special service project at my church, thinking that I'd work in a safe cocoon like setting. I'm now helping to train  highschoolers in competive setting. This is a  less secure but better, more personally nurturing opportunity.

RG III

 Seeing an elite athlete learn how to translate talents and potential into success is always a fun process to observe.

Derek Jeter

 We all age and we all have our times to walk away and do other things.

Voting to feel better about yourself...

is a fool's act unless you think that person wi you are voting for also live up to serving ably and effectively.

God is truly radical ....

 He wants us to live only to serve Him which translates to us being totally  willing to be of service to others.

People are always not right...

when they consider other people to be things.

Caring is not an option....

if you consider yourself to be emotionally healthy and alive.

Winning is an EDUCATIONAL Adventure

 Consistent winners have studied well and practiced carefully, pervasively and thoroughly what need to be accomplished in oder to gain the victories they are now attaining.

Treasuring the kindness of others ...

is one way to learn to live a life filled with gratitude.

Writing is not for the fearful

Perfectionist who want to do something once and move on are not likely ever to become effective authors.

Being someone who desire to be at peace

and to help others find peace is one definition of a healer!

The Genuine and The Open

are always thosde who are most worthy of being trusted!

Healing occurs best when a ...

person stops saying that he or she is " fine" and not wounded, injured and/ or hurt.

God is Light and....

in Him is NO darkness at all!

Drew Carey and President Obama

 The President is campaigning today in Parma, Ohio. At one point the theme of Drew Carey's ABC Comedy series was " Moon over Parma "

Carey is an Ohio Native.

Does decorum block communication, education ...

and  personal growth?

   I have a friend, a brilliant, creative and  questioning woman who treasures comprehension and accomplishment over social; meeting and conversation niceties.


 I've heard her interrupt people in mid- sentence as they are giving presentations asking " What does that mean, I don't understand." When told that it is unacceptable to interrupt a presentation, she will stand her ground and say, " The presenter needs to be clear and understandable."

 She is condemned by a number of people for doing this. Some even call her " rude, offensive asnd just " Clueless to the impreswsion she makes on others."

 I think that Rose- not her true name- just wants to understand and be spoken to clearly and purposefully.

Therefore, Can decorum be a block to clarity, informing, educating and progressing?

There are times to express that

it bis ok to hurt but not feel as if your sadness in a fatal disease. I'm learning about that more often of late.

The Nats' Lost last night was heart - breaking.

 I do think that this is only the first visit of this plucky team to the Post - Season.

The Nationals' Bats are alive tonight.

 On This October 12TH, The National are rapidly sailing to The 2012 National League Championship Series!

13 Days and The Pace ...

continues- the pace of saying ahead, that is 12 Days and as of now, 130 posts.

Lord, Show me each day....

How to improve in being an instrument of YOUR peace.

I am feeling great tonight.

This Columbus Day - Traditional- has been an energy dense day of discovery for me!

Be certain , Speak Clearly

be bold, direct and purposeful. Agaim, This is the self-talk I need to empower my brain with. Immerse it in such! I AM an amazing and gifted speaker, I just simply need to be comfortable to be who I am!

Know that you are

growing in confidence Johnny. I need to see these sentiments more often- this is the kind of self- talk that I need to engage in far more!

Today was a good day- all day

 I led a strong AA meeting and picked up my 21 Year Chip today!

This is my 2300Th Blog Entry

 No one knows if Christopher Columbus had any idea  of what the world would be like 520 years to the day after one of his sailors cried out  " Tierra,  Tierra" on the early morning of October 12Th, 1492 as his three ships navigated through the yet unnamed Carribbean Sea.


 I did not know that 2 years and 8 days after writing the very first entry on THIS VERY BLOG that today I'd reach the 2300 Mark. I have no certainty at all, if I am still alive and able to think clearly and be creative what I will be recording on this blog a month from now or a year from now!

 The issues of the future are not certain so I'm going to savor this individual moment. As I type this, while I can imagine it, indeed being BETTER, MY Life is good and I feel strongly empowered and most deeply and throughly blessed!

- Johnny -

The 100Th " Curly W" !

 Washington DC did NOT turn into Mudville on Thursday Evening, October 11th. The Washington Nationals, who the National media feels is cursed due to " shutting down" Stephen Strasbourg was not eliminated last night..

The Nationals still are in the hint for post-season advancement due to the heroics of one Jayson Worth- a player many Nationals fan have spent two seasons deriding as an " under performing and over -priced mistake." In a way, Worth is considered to be DC's Alex Rodriguez!

 With no one out in the Bottom of the Ninth in Game Four of the NLDS between The Cardinals and the Nationals, Worth sent the 13TH pitch to him over the wall to tie the series at two victories a piece.

 No one as I type this knows how the deciding game 5 will turn out, Yet, the First postseason win recorded in DC Baseball history since 1933 will  long  be remember fondly here in The Potomac Region no matter what transpires later today!

- Johnny -

Is Spirituality also the "Opiate of the Masses" ?

Karl Marx once derided religion, especially organized religion as being " the opiate of the masses".  He disnissed it as a way of hiding from life and making yourself free of living in the  real and prictical world by taking your attention away from issue and soaking your brain, emotions and coping skills in fairy tales meant to explain what people dod not have the scientific knowlwdge to decipher in long ago times.

Yet, I find , in 2012, many people steadfastly maintaining that they are not religion but rather spiritually focused and oriented. They see that life is not all about them! they see, perhaps even more astutely that all of creation is not defined solely by the sum of the lives, hopes, dreams and lonings of all of those who ever have lived, live now or ever will live on The Planet we call The Earth.

 Many of those who are spiritually focused differ on the Nature of this beyondness even as to whether that beyondness has a defined iondividual identity or is just undefinable- forever so!

Yet, Many believe that tthis " higher Power or Indluence" is present and is meaningful. It gives life preciousness, stability definition, nobility and a sense, somehow of everlastingmess. This few point seems anything but shallow, a chimera or a type of dedening hallucinagen  or narcotic.

 Perhaps when you define yourself and your fellows as all there is- and that what you decide masters and control all that matters and exists , perhaps, then ,you are creating your own designer opiate!


- Johnny -

Part of the Rot of Our Political System is...

that we care about categories and groupings of people. it is more about caring about caring rather than being effective by directly investing in individuals. I am learning that the best way to make lives better and see the growth and flowering of those you have come to grow to care about is by investing in the lives of INDIVIDUALS!

This has been a great week

 I have really strive to be more creative and more dedicated to caring about others. I also do feel so much more grateful.

Moving Forward is vital.

 Today was a vast step forward in enjoying living now and freeing yourself from regretting then!

I do love debate!

It is great to be an active investor in the creation of a High School Speech Team.

Youth really is more of a state of mind...

rather than age connected. We do have both fossilized and petrified 19 year olds and very youthful 70 year olds within our society.

Protect Me, God

 Let me today go forth in YOUR grace and with Your blessing.

Don't Ever Give up 5 seconds before...

the miracle arrives or occurs, I am so glad that the many times I wanted to totally give up that I chose not to!

The Spirit is willing

 I must be willing to be governed by The Spirit of the Living God!

I can be the most creative and personally ...

effective when God is having His WAY with me. Who can teach creativity better than THE CREATOR?

America cannot have a President

who has no heart for speaking well of America and who is not willing to effectively defend her!

Love must be an action

 The Bible's First Corinthians 13 defines love as a verb!

Could Mitt Romney be our Next President.

 A few weeks ago, He seemed dead in the water, but now ....

Reggie Jackson once said . ...

" If I say I am amazing and then go out and prove it, How can you say that I am bragging ?"

A little light and healing laughter

 can truly bring refreshing into a tired and worn life!

God as I understand Him

As God is vast ,complex and truly unknowable, All of us truly do relate to God based on what we understand of Him as majorly incomplete and inadequate that understanding of Him is!

Being Creative

is a superb way to paint well on the canvas that is life!

Teach a young person to be analytical,

thorough and determined and you can shape the destiny of those young people and those they caringly interact with.

The Love of Life

helps you to not run from pain. The splendor of a full live lived with ardor and gusto is worth the price.

I tutored today!!!!

 Yes!!! This is good and this is a confidence builder. Today has been a delightful day!

I finally won a Game of Madden again.

 I had to " travel back in time" to gain that victory. I played Madden 'O7 earlier today.

I am glad I am investing in The Debate and...

Speech Team at Annandale HS. That is a door being opened that I thought was locked and totally out of my life permanently!

This is My 100TH Post of October.

 One hundred Posts in this First week of October. This is NOW the Fourth Month in a row that I've posted  100 or MORE Blog Entries!

Learning Curves

 The Story Of The Washington Nationals tonight.  A First Time in The Playoffs for a sports team can be a time of overwhelming celebration and a Field of gaffes and horrors all at once.

My Sobriety is a gift and an honor!

 I am VERY AWARE of this on this night of my 21ST Anniversary.

Children who are shielded from having to " face...

 the music" for their misbehavior may find that they have been given the " present" of unpopularity, isolation, working menial jobs and just not being wanted by people who were made, as children, to deal with the consequences of their youthful deliberate misdeeds. The immunity accorded to the spoiled can become a great burden and curse later in life!

- Johnny -

There are times when, in the best interest of ...

all, to think that there might be a 2112 and live as if we believe it. It is good, from time to time, to think, widely and pervasively how the actions we engage in today will shape what the world will be like and how people will live routine 100 years from today.

 This means thinking of climate, the environment, space exploration, education, child rearing, how we cope best with other cultures here... and perhaps elsewhere.

The world of 2112 will be , no doubt, a complex and multifaceted place. We need to keep that in mind ass we go about seeking to live well today and engage in preparing the soil that the future will bloom from!

- Johnny -

How do you think Tom Brady ,Lebron James or

Miguel Cabrera would do fare at playing themselves in an Electronic Game duplicating their sport?

Would the electronic models of themselves have the same level of success if these stellar athletes duplicated their strategies on the Electronic Fields of Competition?

- Johnny -

Learning is based upon building blocks.

 The best students always take the basics seriously for that is the path to Academic Prosperity.

Religion is an effort to control God!

  It is giving Him the rules that we then EXPECT Him to control. God works best when you accept that He IS God and is not governed, in any way at all, by our rules!

Live your life

 Some situations do not work well if you are just a bystander!

A Word on the 2012 Election from EnVogue

 " Free your mind and the rest will follow, Be color blind. Don't be so shallow!"

My Satisfaction in my life would be better ...

and more serene if I would just remember that God is infinite and that all the days of my life were planned by Him, before I was even a single sell in my mother's womb.

If people could love people as they are...

 and remember that no one's picture is next to the word " ideal" in the dictionary, Would there be fewer divorces ?

Lord, Help me to remember that haste in past

days created harm and difficulty that I am dealing with in the present. Let me , thus, make wise decisions today in order to live better tomorrow.

It is good to remember that giving ....

people a break also means giving yourself a break.

The Yankees and Nationals Win !!!!

 That is just fun to type and record.

When you think flexibility ....

 You find yourself less often trapped in dead ends and no - win scenarios.

Joy is a product of realizing that...

 circumstances do not control and dictate to me.

Life is good

 no one ever promised however that it would be gentle, tamable and command responsive.

21 Yeers in AA -

today. That is 21 years of Grace and Better Choices!

Success, My Legal Pad is back in My

possession. It was where I left bit on Saturday. I'm proud of myself for  searching for it in a systematic and reasonable way rather than freaking out!

I am tired, today was not amazing,

splendid and delightful but it was as it was and it was all as it should truly have been!

I must be positive as Monday arrive and

diligent to seek out and cuddle with and cherish the good!

Lord, Let me see that today isn't an emergency

 I do not have to love all about this moment for my life to be a rich blessing to be contented with and eager to celebrate!

Thank you God for Grace.

Being a rules person, which I so AM!!! makes me far too rigid, unpleasant, critical, judgmental and antagonistic.

A lot has happened over two decades

 I'm ceratain that living honestly and candidly is, no matter what, The BEST!!! way to live.

Peace needs to be more of a constant. in my life.

 I don't value my personal peace enough. I'm too contentious and that comes, too often, at too high a price.

Life is better Today and ongoingly ...

No matter what I may think of this moment. This is a lesson from the last day of my 20TH year of AA sobriety.

Learning to just get through is sometimes...

the best way to navigate through a day!

Many Boozy Movies...

about writers seem to meander and simply go nowhere and don't really say much of anything.

Today started off ans an Amazing...

Day at Church- getting the realities of serving God! It is ending as a dull dark rainy night.

God, Thank You for

a Splendidly Difference making Saturday. I gained rich insights about myself throughout this day!

Johnny, You are a SUCH pain at many times---

but a delight and a wondrous mystery at many other instances!

The Building of A Better Johnny !

One of the vital focus of The Blog Entitled - A Voice of Intuitive Insight!

I need TONIGHT to remember

the valuable lesson I was taught 35 years ago- Treasure people and use things. People take priority absolutely and fully over things and possessions!

Why does losing items tear at me...

so deeply?  I, too often,  feel and believe that I have and own very little and that I am, PERSONALLY,  most unimpressive and that what I own is tacky and nearly valueless. Therefore, I see a loss as reducing me EVEN further.

Lord, Thank you for

pouring awareness and divine therapy into my life!

I know that I want success in regaining the items ...

that I lost some 12 hours ago. However, Whether that comes to pass or not, I need to see my through and careful efforts to cover all my bases as I look for it to be, in itself, successfully progress!

Blogging is healing, very healing for ME!

 I gain solace and the ability to think more intensely and explore more daringly through this venue..

When not every bump in the road alarms ...

you,, Then The Road, itself, can be seen as a friendly and beckoning byway!

I'm proud of VAST TOASTMASTERS -

 A Toastmaster Club in Fairfax County, Virginia that I am now serving as the President of. They showed up well at an Area Contest winning an attendance award and two club members competed superbly!

I am learning tonight

 the value of letting go, being gracious to myself and calming myself by practicing active, focused and targeted self- advocacy.

You really did well as ...

a Toastmaster today. Kept your poise through a lot of blending scenarios.

There are times to not

hate and berate yourself when you lose something. Admit it hurts, admit you are not perfect and make errors, do your best to find it and then let it go. I am more valuable and more worth caring about than ANYTHING I own.

1100 Posts in 10 Months and a Day...

 The Progress Continues.

So, Would a 2 out of 3 playoff

be a better way to focus Baseball's Wild Card Playoffs ?

The Infield Fly Rule....

will be hated for a long time in Atlanta! It hurts to be a Braves ' Fan tonight.

I know that sacrificing in October ...

will prove to be well worth it 2 months from the time I am typing these words .

The New Excitement ....

 Baseball's Brand New Adventure - The One Game wild Card Playoffs! 

Joy is said to come in the morning ....

 Do we miss it because some of us. myself too often among this number, seek to look for and stay in the darkness rather than pining for and doing all that we can to reach towards and bask in the light.

A Confluence of Events

 The Coach of The Indianapolis Colts, Chuck Pagano, has been diagnosed as having Leukemia. This is during a Month where The NFL focus on Breast Cancer Awareness.

A person who wants things one way and who....

dislikes having to weigh other options is a person to used to having his or her own way.

There is something to learning...

from that which you struggle from. Easy, too often, means that there wasn't much at stake or to be gained by the effort and the attempt,

Is Washington DC ....

A First Rate Sports town? By events and variety- Definitely so. Yet, There seems to be something that causes the rest of the nation to not want to view us as such.

Peace is not just the absence of violence...

It is a desire to be within contentment and serenity, to desire that both for yourself as well as others!

Sports are wonderful...

 It is never wise , however, to forget that they are hobbies, games and diversions and for most of us not life or having anything to do with our livelihood!

I've learned that when I ....

decide that " This is my belief, my ethics, this is what my conscience leads me to believe is right" however due to PRACTICALITY, I'm choosing to do this." , That I will pay a very high and intense price for opting for "practicality".

There are times where ...

 The Frustrated of Moving forward is better than the momentary relief that one might feel as he or she hides from and seeks , with all their worth, to avoid life life!

13, 000 Plus looks

at this Blog. I am excited. pleased and most grateful for that!

A Freedom - Creating Organization

 Imagine having ideas that you never share because you do not believe you can share because you believe that the way you present them will not inspire anyone to listen. Imagine feeling that the worst thing you could ever do to yourself would be to speak in public as a formal presenter.. Imagine acting as if you have nothing to say and that you lack intelligence and inspiration because you believe that you will make a fool of yourself if you tell others about them.

 This manner of self- evaluation can lead someone to live a limited, narrow, confining and joyless and adventure less life!

 Helping people gain the ability to communicate in public, to improve as a leader and a communicator and show people what they have fearfully hidden from them  is something Toastmasters has done superbly since October 22ND, 1924. This simple reality is one reason that I am MOST proud to be a Toastmaster!

- Johnny -

The Fall....

 Thank God for post- season baseball and the anticipation of A Birthday, Thanksgiving and Christmas! I'm not a fan of Fall, but it does have its' attractions.

The Yankees !!!!

 We may not win it all. We difd hold up under pressure and not fold to The Orioles. We refused to let the redsox slow us down and we did not succumb to The Orioles.

Madden 09

 A really well-designed game- One that I'm struggling to master. For some reason it seems MORE baffling to me than some more recent versions.

God is....

 Ho loves me and acts on my behalf. This is absolute truth.

Remember, I can act even when all seems to

be frustrating and in negative turmoil, Yes, In so many and various ways, I've lost a lot and hurt greatly this year but what I've gained is truly worth it.

I can relax...

 I can stop fearing that I will do something wrong. A mistake can be more easily recovered from than the stagnancy of inaction can be!

Did we learn a lesson ...

in 2008? Is it better for us to do something that will make up for past horrendous deeds? Or, Is it better to elect the man who is best able to govern us competently and effectively ?

The Nationals

 The Best Team in the Sport- Regular Season- 2012.

I am glad that ...

 I'm learning to breathe more. It has not been an easy year but there are goodly reasons to hope!

Find someone with souful eyes....

 When you do, You really can appreciate how mazing glowing and alive eyes can be.

Listening to you ,God

 Helps me to here the world better.

Help me, God, to treasure being alive more...,

Let me find more joy and fun in my life!

Love- It is risky but it is so...

worth it. It gets you to escape being too wrapped up in yourself!

My 2nd Blogging Anniversary-From 10/4/10 to ....

Today, 10/4/ 12.


   I've learned that I'm far too sensitive and too mu8ch of a people pleaser. I've learned a lot this year that people genuinely like me and that I do not have to beg and plead them to do so.

I'm gaining the ability to be confident in my own talents and to trust my instincts. It is paying dividends and it is just, as I am learning --- just such an empowering an effective attitude to have. I'm just seeing, as well, that it is an act of self-loathing and self torment to be so negative towards myself and about myself!

- Johnny -

Wikipedia as a Debate Tool- Not

 Too much non fact- checked information is available on Wikipedia.  Wikipedia can be a second or third source to further elaborate upon what you are already sure of and confident in.

Working with Debate again ....

 The value of helping young people to learn how to properly and skillfully form a strong argument and defend it. The value of finding flaws in another argument as you thoroughly explain the reasons that argument must be rejected.

 There is great and lasting value of helping young people to debate well.

When you keep moving forward ....

You are tougher to stop!

2200 Posts - Now Obtained

 This feels very satisfying.

There are times to take each

step carefully and watch those steps carefully.

I need to remember who I serve...

and what He is able to do!

It does help to let go...

and share with fun aqnd erby just enjoy chatting with a good, trusted, lovely and lovable friend.

Be Still....

 Allow yourself, Johnny, not to worry so much!

My Sense of Humor

An asset or does it make an azz of me, It does seem to stir up discord at times.

Yomorrow I become a Debate Advisor

once again, Back to where I was 12

If you let little things dismantle your poise,

 You will always be awry and easily bothered.

Keeping Your Promise....

In Times of Turmoil and Chaos , It is important that people prove they are trustworthy. If your promises are vital to you to keep and you keep them that truly matters.

A Bronx Tale - A Strong Movie.

 A Tale Of Hard Work, Crime and people figuring out what is most important and who they need to become.

If you come from a ghastly place or

back ground as a child, Should you keep that to yourself and not bring it out ?. Should you hide it ?

Freedom ...

 I need to free myself- be more relaxed and at ease!

The fans at Nationals ' Park are refusing to leave.

 Revel in The Moment. Wow, Go, Nationals!

I am blessed....

 I have people who care for me and who make me see that they are intensely devoted to me!

Nevver forget the building and developing ....

phase is never fun, Yet, Nothing worthwhile can come into being unless you are dedicated to doing those tasks well, moment by moment and piece by piece.

Baseball is a part of my life...

When a team you root for wins its' first title, It is a glorious moment.

October 4th is coming . . .

 The Second Anniversary of This Blog.

Keeping pace ....

 The more you write the better a writer you become!

I do need to trust more....

MUCH more.

In one month....

 The Holiday Season 2012 will arrive!

Panicking rather than thinking

is a behavior that I must learn to free myself of!

The Nationals Clinched Today

They are the 2012 National League Eastern Division Champions.

A differnt Johnny as a speaker...

I tried a softer, gentler more eye contact speaking style as I practiced a speech for a special moment later in the year.

Octoboo

Halloween month. A time for playful and creative explorations.