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I’m not Warren Buffet, David Bach or Phil Town, but I can Follow the Leaders! by Grandma Kris

Monday, May 17th, 2010

I’ve made many mistakes when it comes to saving for my retirement, but I didn’t make all the mistakes! I learned some along the way. Even old dogs can learn new tricks if they want to; and I want to! I only look back to the past to find mistakes I don’t want to repeat. I can begin, again, with a new plan.
Number one. Change my mind. Number two- get a plan. Number 3 Go research the idea at the library. Number 4 Read about people who are successful in life. Number 5 Start putting them into action in your life.
I started reading the Biography of Warren Buffet. The habits of youth of successful people carry into their future. Warren liked to earn and save money when he was young. He saved his money.
A Proverb says, Plow and plant your fields, and then build your house. You go to work and earn, or plant your fields, then while the harvest grows you water and weed it. Then, build your shelter for the winter months, chop your wood, dig a root cellar and store food for the winter. You can and preserve your harvest and pay your tithes to God Almighty, and sell your abundance. Now, you are ready for the cold harsh, winter months of snow, winds and ice. You don’t spend it if you don’t have it. No credit- means no bills to pay. Cash. Pay yourself first and for every dollar you earn 10% goes to God, 10% goes to you and 10% pays your taxes, and the rest is for housing food, clothes and play. Back to Warren Buffet.
Warren took his youthful savings of $9,500 and grew it into millions and then billions. Warren looked for mentors and people who were where he wanted to be. Harvard wouldn’t admit him. So he want to Columbia and studied under Professor Graham, who wrote Analyzing Investments. He mentored with Graham and learned from him and then found his own voice and trusted his decisions. Buffett didn’t listen to the phobias and false promises of Wall Street. He researched the companies and looked for ones that were solid business with good balance sheets and were under priced on the Stock market.
I am not Warren Buffet, but I can learn from his life. People connect and work and learn from others through neighborhoods, lessons, school, libraries and working together.
Peter J. Daniels, the richest man in Australia, started out as an illiterate brick layer. He saw Billy Graham in his 20’s and accepted Christ. He knew a man who sold real estate. One day that Realtor asked Peter if he would like to learn to sell real estate. Peter left his brick laying job and mentored with the agent. It was risky and hard, but he learned to read with a dictionary, asking people to read the meaning to him. You have to connect with others to get ahead. If your family, like Peter’s, is illiterate find someone to teach you.

So, turn off your TV and get out there and get going! Put one foot in front of the other, soon you’ll be walking cross the floor. Put one foot in front of the other, then you’ll be walking out the door. Get a vision and put it to work. You must take action!

I bought an outdoor play coat this weekend. Found a hiking group and ascended Beacon Rock on the Columbia River in Washington, this weekend. I wasn’t sure I could do it, but I had to give it my best effort. I did it! I was the oldest person there. Yeah for me, I broke a belief boundary and made my world larger.

David Bach is an author and financial Planner who teaches people to learn to be wealthy. You can find his books on the Internet and in the library. I recommend his book The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach. It tells in the first chapter how a common husband and wife can amass a million dollars using the daily cup of coffee or a pack of cigarettes factor of your every day work and live way to deal with your money. You must read to get ideas. If you are not ready for retirement your actions haven’t been working, so you must follow those who are succeeding. You need ideas and then put them to work. Books are borrowed ideas.

Phil Town is an advocate of Warren Buffet’s ideas on Rule #One by Phil Town. Rule number one is: Don’t lose money! Rule number 2 is refer back to number one! His second books if Payback Time.

I know enough to learn from others. Connect and learn, grow and be part of your community.
Grandma Kris

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Honoring my Mother and Grandmother on Mother’s Day 2010

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

Mothers are not perfect, but their love for us makes them the best Mom in the world. She taught, loved, waited, hurried, pick up things, washed them, taxied us, planned for us, counseled, mended our pants tares, wiped our tears, bandaged our knee, washed the soft rug in the bathroom, had clean towels, watched us play, planted a garden with vegetables, and cooked dinner, and read bedtime stories.

No, my Mom was not perfect and neither was Grandma, but they gave me so much and loved me, too.
My Mom has done things that caused a chasm between us. What turned me around? I went to consoling. The Pastor pointed out that the Ten Commandments are there as a short list to guide me in my life. The first four commandments are about how we react and honor, love and relate to the LORD God Almighty. The next one is: “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”

I want to love a long life. That is a nice promise. So, I decided to forgive my Mother her faults and look on the good that she taught me over the years. I really enjoy her memories, today, and all the simple and uncountable tasks I learned at her side. I was fortunate to have such a good person for a Mom.

Some of you never met your Mom or had a Mom, well if you are a girl, you’ll be a Mom someday. The LORD God Almighty gave us the Bible to lead us as a manual of how to live. You can change your history in your lifetime. Trust in the LORD and serve Him. He will be your family and lead you through your life. There are plenty of older women at church whose children are far away. Take one of them to church with you and have dinner with them. Both of you need one another.

Love is more powerful than hate. Love wins friends and brings joy. Love makes room for you and me together. Love is truth and honest sharing. Love is a joy for me and you. We are connected as neighbors and family. God first loved us by creating this world and us in it. He wanted to know we loved Him. He loved us first and gave us parents to show us love. Then we can love our parents and love the LORD God Almighty, too, for HE is good.

So, if you are alone, today, call someone: a neighbor, an older woman, and an aunt. Talk to them and tell them what you appreciate about them, today. Then, have dinner with them and share time at church. You’ll both feel better.

Happy Mother’s Day
Grandma Kris

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Grandma Kris’ Prayer for America May 6, 2010

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Psalms 89 Chapter KJV Bible

1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; 51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

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Mineral Selenium Missing in WA and OR by Grandma Kris

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

May First, 2010
Today is my Grandmother’s Birthday in 1879. She passed away in her 90’s. She was a farmer’s wife and country schoolteacher. She had seven children and raised them in Montana, USA. They farmed, had a garden and canned their own vegetables, fruits, jams and meat. We were healthy and had plenty to eat.
My sisters went to college. So, we stepped away from the land. I wrote a paper while I was in college on Selenium. It is a trace mineral we need in our diets. Cows need selenium in order to carry their calves full term. My friend had come down with cancer, and I was reading all I could to help her. Selenium is a mineral that is sorely depleted in the farms of Oregon and Washington. So the cattle must be given selenium in their feed to protect the calves.
People need it to protect themselves from cancer. If the soil is depleted, we must have suppliments to protect health. I was listening to Valerie Saxion, a naturopath doctor, who said a person can cut their risk of cancer by 50% just taking 200 mcg of selenium a day. That makes sense. If the soil is depleted, we must supplement our diets with the mineral selenium. It is very inexpensive and available at most health food stores and many drugstores.
Vitamin C is needed by the body. Citrus fruits and supplementing C builds our immune system. Vitamin D3 research has found most people don’t get 30 minutes of good sunshine a day. We stay indoors too much. Vitamin D3 is vital for good health. Seniors need to spend time outside.
I watched a one hour t.v. show called “Food Matters.” They said that food was the most important elements we take into our body. If we are deficient in the basic nutrients, it causes many diseases. If we take the growing food, organically grown, into our body, we are supplied with nutrients and we heal. There is a limited number of nutrients that do many functions within our bodies. When we take in living, organically grown food, our bodies heal.

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Honor from Childhood Throughout Life by Grandma Kris

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Remember when you were a lad or lassie, and you loved your brothers and sisters, your aunts and uncles? You loved to play with the neighborhood kids, and had a pact for life with those you loved: your brothers and sisters and neighbors. You kept your word, told the truth, shook hands on your honor, went to church, and believed in the ten commandments and endeavored to keep them. Your word was your bond. Contracts were not necessary. You could trust others and strived to do your best in school, while treating your elders with respect and dignity, because they treated you in a good manner, too. Your parents didn’t lock the doors of your home. Does that reflect today’s life?
It has changed in our lives since the 1950’s. What shall you pass on the the youth of today? Everyman could start with honor.

What is honor? Websters defines it in a 1940’s dictionary, because the newer dictionaries are corrupted with atheism and Darwinism. Honor-(honos, whence honestus, honest) Esteem paid to worth: high estimation: reverence: veneration: any mark of respect or estimation by words or actions: dignity: exalted rank or place: distinction: reputation: good name: a nice sense of what is right, just and true: scorn of meanness: a particular virtue, as bravery or integrity in men and chastity in females: one who is that which is a source of glory or esteem: he who or that which confers dignity(an honor to his country): title or privilege or rank or birth: one of the highest trump cards as the ace, king, queen, or nave(jack):, respect now restricted, except among the vulgar, to the holders of certain offices (judges) v.t. to respect or treat with honor.

The King James Bible defines honor in Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Deuteronomy 5:16 16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Everyman influences 200 people they know in their community along with relatives to whom they are related. This number was told me by a Funeral Home, who has funerals for people all the time. You can give anyone respect. You can be an example to your children, your neighbors, your friends and strangers. The two-hundred people was before Social Media! Now one blogger can reach around the globe and across social lines. Opinions can influence, educate, inspire and change the minds of others in a more positive way. We blog, twitter(old fashioned telephone party line), You Tube(home movies for the world to see) and Face-(ourselves and others on an Internet) Book. I love the idea that I can tell stories to all the children, besides my own.

Every person grows up and has to wrestle with our Father and Mother. It is like facing our own failings and wanting to blame them. But they are imperfect and so are we. We can accept them with all their faults and love them for the good they gave us. The way to restore yourself is to forgive them the pain and suffering in your own life you think they caused. Then, decide how you will live your life and move past their faults into your new habits. The Bible is a manual of all the faults of mankind and how the LORD can change your life into something new, for God has prepared a new thing in your life.

For those children whose Mother and Father abandoned them, there is a heavenly Father, whose Son is Jesus who said if you call on my name and accept me as Lord in your life, I will never leave you or forsake you. You will become my children, my heirs,and the adopted heirs of my kingdom for which there is no end. Jesus said I go to prepare a place for you(when you die) if it were not I so I would have told you. I know about abandonment, for my family abandoned me. It is very painful, but Jesus comes and fills that place that was designed for Him when he created you. It was His Master plan that you would never be alone. He love me and I love Him. And He will do the same for you.
So, when you are lonely, go help your neighbor. If you both walk together, you can help one another. Learn to help others and the good will come back to you. The Bible says give and it shall be given unto you pressed down, overflowing. Go and find a Christian Church and they can become your new family, for they are part of the kingdom of God on earth until we get to heaven.

I think honoring people is the best way insure that you have a place, too. However, a proverb says, “If you call evil good and good evil, evil will come into to your house forever.” You must use discernment of the character before you honor them.
You can respect everyone even when they are mean to you.

The hardest lesson I have learned in the Bible is this one. “Bless those that curse you, do good to them that revile you. . . ” When dealing with other people someone is going to offend you. It is better if you can learn not to take offense. It doesn’t matter what color your hair, your teeth or your shoe size. You cannot change that, and neither can the other person. You can change your mind, your attitude and your outlook of how we judge others. That is where we get into trouble: judging others. We have discernment between what is good and bad. That is built into us from childhood by our Creator. Judgment belongs to the Lord God. He says, “Love your neighbor, do good to them . . . ” Start there. Whatever is good, whatever is kind, make room for your neighbor to live beside you and give them graceful allowances for their differences that are not like you. One of you has to reach out to another. It might as well be you.

We desire to belong and connect with others. We want to be part of a community and neighborhood. Let it start with you. Give and it shall be given unto you, pressed down and overflowing will be given back to you.

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Lost Boys at Home by Grandma Kris

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Having all you Men overseas is hard on the little boys growing up at home, whose Dads, Uncles and Grandpas are away.
The suicide rate in teen children is highest in boys ages 11-18 years old.
#1 death is Driving with others in a car with alcohol
#2 Suicide of boys 11-18 years old
#3 Overdose of drugs by experimentation
Statistics from Focus on the Family. org.

When boys go to school, Women teach.
When they go to counseling, Women teach.
When they go to their parents, the Mom’s teach.
Boys are in trouble with all that women talk!
Young men need men to take them fishing, teach them to work on thier bikes, fix their cars and love them.
A man has the greatest influence in a family by 75% of the structure and influence, stated by Dr. James Dobson.

I was a single Mom for many years. I decided that when my son and daughter were in their teens, they would challenge my authority and beliefs. As a Christian, I told them that they thought I was teaching them something wrong, they could show me in the Bible, and I would change. If they could not, then, the rules stood firm. It caused my children to go to the Bible and search for answers to derail me. My children used God’s authority over mine. They learned. We discussed it. God was first. I was second. They were third. We lived in line of authority and it kept peace in the house.

Remember the lost little boys, when you come home.
You can help each other get well, until you can take your places again.

Oh, by the way, women will gladly relinquish their total responsibility when men step in and help leadership, again.

So:
God be with you while you are far away.
Tell America’s sons we cry when you’re away.
Stand up and be strong,
We’re waiting while your gone.
We are willing and wanting to say,
Welcome home again.

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The Value of a Man

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Written by my friends- Copyright Michaels Media
A man is just as good as a woman, for God made him first, then took a rib from his side and made a woman. So, they could walk side by side and let God be in charge of running the universe.
A man is a father in the family, our friends, companions and our soul mate. His name gives us a line of heirs.
A man is stronger than a woman. He is leaner and has more muscle mass. He takes in more oxygen and can work longer and harder. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and conquering. So he goes out to find and kill food, work and protect his family.

Men have many talents and abilities that makes him the right one to go and work long hours and team build with others. He loves a challenge and enjoys tackling big projects. He goes to war, and has a different frame of mind that allows him to deal with combat. He is a team builder, plays sports and likes to get out and fish and hunt. He works with other men and makes and creates buildings, ships and works to better his community and protect his country.

My friend, Bob, said, “A man should be kind. He should keep his word. If he says he will do it, he shall get it done. A man builds a fence around his children to protect them. If they get out of the boundaries, he pulls them back in. When the children show they can be trusted and keep the boundaries I give them, I widen the fence of things they can do. I know I can trust them and they can trust me. Having faith in God gives a man the boundaries to be a good man, because God is good.”

Jim likes to help others with their computer problems. He finds gratification in solving a problem. He loves to win at cards and he likes to help others win at cards. He wants to be useful and his kindness added makes a good friend.

A man with goodness, truth, kindness, generosity, planning, and faith has characteristics greater than himself. He can rule over his appetites and build up strengths rather than lust after vices that can destroy his health, his ability to bear children or kill him. He is a warrior in his youth. When he marries, he can settle into living for something greater than himself, because children are his legacy. He can fashion his sons and daughters to be his heirs, and they care for him in his old age, taking over the business that he has built to care for his family.

Freedom costs less than recklessness. A man must approach his life to self-governing actions. If he refuses, there is the police and Welfare system and government laws to make him pay or put him behind bars. Self-responsibility is the free man’s discipline to live with the least government interference. Young and older men who do not have children are free from the Welfare system and their financial grip on men’s money. If you have a child out of marriage you are genetically bonded with the child and woman the rest of your life. The Dept of Health and Human Services can go to court and demand your paycheck for the next 18-25 years.

One night of casual sex financial costs: Let’s add that up: $700 a month for one child care x 12 mo=1 year costs of $ 8,400 x 18 years= $151,200 for a one night of casual sex. Are you looking forward to paying that bill? That is the most expensive night date you ever bought besides a house or a business. You are in charge of your future- so -slow down today- and you don’t have to pay for 18 years! Your best option is kiss her goodnight and go home. If you find a woman who will marry you and you have a child out of marriage to support, the Government will continue to take your money, and it will hurt your family financial chances to support your future family. Remember, it was your recklessness choice that caused the child problem. It was your choice to pay $151,200 for a one night stand. Are you keeping your wallet closed and protected?

A man is valuable because he will work and build a family and this creates a community, a state and a nation. His family he raises is the future generations of our nation. I wrote another article called Lost Boys by Grandma Kris. Take care of your sons. Protect and cherish your daughters. Love your wife and God. Live a long and healthy life.

Men like to work with other men. They love to learn, build, explore and create the community, the home and the country. Spring is here. After they’ve worked hard all week, they head to the country. It’s past tax day. Let’s plan on fishing this spring and hunting this fall!

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How to Get into Heaven by Grandma Kris

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Grandma said, “How you gonna get there?”
You say, “I’m a good person. I do good things. I take care of my family and I’m not like Hitler and I didn’t murder anyone. I looked around and I will pass.”
The next day, you have a car accident on your way to work. It was a head-on collision, and you died-instantly!

Your spirit leaves your body and Jesus comes to get you and takes you to the gates of Heaven, for it is appointed for every man to die and to stand before God for final accounting and judgment of your life. Jesus disappears.
You’re standing at the pearly gates.
A booming voice says, “Why should I let you into Heaven?”
You say, ” I’m a good person. I lied once in awhile, and I took care of my family. I stole some paper clips from work. I didn’t pay my Sister back, when I borrowed money. Those are minor things. I really am a good person.”
The voice booms back, “By whose standard are you using? What is the name?”
You say, ” I use the standard that my neighbor uses to judge me, by popular opinion.”
The booming voice says, ” That is not My standard in Heaven or My standard on earth. Jesus Christ is the standard for Heaven and Earth. Do you know Him?”
You say, ” I went to church when I was young. My folks believed in Jesus.”
The voice said, ” You cannot be judged by what others do. You must know Jesus. Do You know Him?”
You say, “I knew of Him. I saw an e-mail that my friend sent me that said he would live like hell on earth, and just before he died, he’d accept Jesus and use that get out of Hell(jail) free card. Does that work? Can I still get a card?”
The booming voice says,”All chances and changes happen before you die, none can be made post-Morten. Your trial on earth is finished. Now, you must face the King of Kings and Lord of Lords- Jesus.”
You said, “Don’t I get another chance?” (sob)
Silence
The booming voice says, “Just a minute, Jesus will see you in the throne room through the small gate to your right. He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He will open the book of life to see if your name is written there.”
The small gate swings open. You enter and are standing before the judgment throne with a large book. Jesus is there to talk to you. Your life flashes before your eyes, nothing is covered and all is revealed of your entire life before you and the living Son of God.

If you are reading this, you’re still alive.
If you died today, based on the fact that Jesus will be your judge, would you go to Heaven or Hell this moment? Jesus talked about Hell 1/3 more than he talked about love in the Bible. Both places are real, just as the earth is real, All of us go there after we die. Where are you investing your friendships for your future real estate to live for Eternity? The word of Jesus said, “I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes unto the Father but by me.”
Do you know the owner of the Earth, Heaven and Hell? His Name is Jesus Christ (The Annointed One).

God created the world the stars and galaxies. He made the Earth as a garden for you and me. He loves us and wants us to come home to live with Him, like Adam and Eve did in the original garden. He created Heaven for our eternity together. His desire is to have us including you with Him forever. So, he sent his Son, Jesus, to save us from our sins(English word means to miss the target). If we believe on Jesus as our Lord and Savior who died and rose again for our sins, we are covered and stand free of condemnation before the judgment seat and are written in the Book of Life.

If you believed in the Earth, Heaven and Hell, you would change the ways you live your life, today. You would get to know the Owner of all the Heavens and all the earth, ie all of Creation made by His Father, God.

You must know Jesus to enter and He must know you, then, He gives His Word for you to enter His Heaven to live a life you have always imagined when you were a child and innocent. You name must be entered in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Ask a Christian Pastor what you need to do to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
To accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior:
Jesus, I accept you and my Lord and Savior. Please forgive me of my sins and unbelief.
I want you to come and live within my heart, and I want to be with you in heaven when I die.
Please forgive me.
If you prayed that prayer in sincerity, you are saved. Now, go read the Word of God in the Bible and find
a church where you can grow up in God’s lessons and be a part of your new family in Christ on the earth
until you join Jesus in Heaven.

Are you ready and prepared for your eternity that begins when you die from this world on this today?

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Senior Citizens Resources in Clark County, WA March 14, 2010

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

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American Senior Citizens count is around 75.8 million people Boomer Statistics. Baby Boomers born in 1946 to 1964 have begun to retire. Many Seniors are forced to continue working, because of the economic devaluation of their stocks and savings. So, Baby Boomers are reinventing themselves by going back to college to become doctors, lawyers and starting new careers. The new “vraix age” is 85, not 65.

The public must keep up with the Baby Boomers. The public can change their thinking about Seniors, whose intellectual resources can benefit and train younger generations with their education and experience. Boomers can pass their legacy to the younger generations called Echo Boomers, Generation X’s, Generation Y’s and Millennians.

The Public could see people of all ages for their abilities of contribution in society and give every group a place to reap the earnings of their labor. Businesses need to pay older citizens a fair wage, instead of offering them a place to volunteer. The current economic changes clouded Boomers retirement, so they must work.

My Grandmother, Mother and Aunts lived into their 80-90’s with adventure, activity and wisdom. I was amazed at their abilities to do such skillful work. My Grandmother liked to tell stories, she taught country school, and raised seven children on a farm. We need to see our Grandparent’s abilities to contribute and be paid for their labors. They are very independent people.

Connection and communications are keys to talk to our Senior Citizens. Healthy people are connected in society. The Traditionalists (born before 1945) read the paper, watch TV and listen to the radio. A majority talk to their neighbors on a phone that plugs into the wall. I belong to a Seniors group. Some are moving forward onto the Internet. About 25% of them are tech savvy, because their children are, but we can change and find ways to connect with most of them.

The National Home Builders Association has a program for builders called CAPS designation called “Certified Aging in Place Specialist.” I have that designation, which I used when I was a Realtor to help people decide whether they would move or remodel their home, while they continued to live in a neighborhood and places they were familiar. Remodeling builders of the BIA have the same re modelers and builders designation.

I have been reviewing Senior Services in Clark County. I see several marketing places for improvement: poor communication and isolation of older people, old methods of media such as radio, newspaper and flyers, lack of Internet connection with Traditionalists(born before 1945) and Boomers, advertising on illness verses health and antiquated ways to connect with one another between Boomers and Traditionalists for play and socializing.

I believe advertising companies can create positive ads that are better than selling sickness, rest homes and medical diseases on the television set. A study done of the 1930’s Depression Media Advertising show the same negative advertising by the marketing companies and newspapers. I find the TV ads, today, to be appalling and degrading. I click-change channels, when the doctors start talking of illness symptoms plus destructive medication that will destroy you if you swallow them. The next commercial is an attorney suing the pharmaceuticals for health damages. Even the most ignorant can see how destruction to their health if they take the pills in the first place. Who wants illness and death. If you’re dead, you can’t sue the doctor! We could focus on good food and health, which are better ways to provide medical help to our Senior Boomers. If I take responsible care of my food, sleep, exercise and connecting with others, I can live a longer healtheir life. I need health information, good food, housing and exercise. The Main social education and support to Seniors should make sure there is enough good food for healthy Senior people. Good food saves people from big medical bills, tomorrow. Food Inc. Movie

I understand the American Medical Association has a new designation, “Anti Aging Medicine.” Europe is far ahead, medically, because we are using an archaic method of medicine that focuses on catastrophic illness. Our medical system needs to get ahead of the learning curve and look beyond our current broken medical system.

I gained 20 lbs watching TV. So, I sold my couch and bought a Total Gym, when I realized that the couch was killing me in front of the TV! I have been researching Clark County resources for three months. I want productive ways to make my life better and increase the life qualities of myself and my neighbors.

The most damaging physically harmful attitude is “unforgiveness” toward others and yourself. The toxic emotion harms the grudge holder, not the offender. So, be quick to smile, slow to anger and learn not to take offense by other’s deeds or words. If you are hurt, forgive them and be free from toxic emotions.

I have a copy of the Senior Messenger, published by the City of Vancouver, next to my computer. My Messenger Paper review reveals that the Messenger needs some additional information. Where are the web sites for the ads and articles? Every ad and event needs a website and phone number. If The Senior Messenger editors add the Internet website, Boomers will search for more information on the website. Life is about change. Seniors know that, because they saw the 8 cylinder motor, six cylinder, Volkswagen, electric cars and hydrogen cars. Advertisers need to include Seniors in the Internet Age!

Jobs which pay Seniors keep them financially solvent. On the Government Clark County, WA site, there should be Education for Seniors and Job placement information. Age sixty is not old. Eighty-five is the new old. Dykewald wrote “Age Wave” in the 1980’s and said people die from being isolated, not so much from being old. They thrive in activity and social contact. We must work with all the talent and good that the Seniors have learned, earned and reserved, so we can train the next generations. I am amazed at their practical ability, smarts to create , building and making business and inventions. Their intelligence is a national asset.

These web sites connect Boomers and Traditionalists with agencies, others and fun:

Social Networking:
My favorite social website is Meet Up
Whatever you like to do, someone is planning and doing it! If you cannot find what you like, you can start a new group. You don’t have to do anything alone, again. What are you waiting for? Let’s get going!

Senior Messenger Newspaper online

Clark County Telephone Directory

AARP Safe Driving Class Locations

Go to Work:
Seniors need to work for income. We need to revise the state laws so older people can work and make our country strong and their lives useful. Americans are rebuilding our economy after our national financial crisis. Our Senior Citizens are a valuable resource, not a drag on the economy. Don’t be so fast to exit them to retirement, when their hair turns grey. Boomers have so much to offer the next generation. Society has a place for all our citizens. We will do better in the long run, when we work together, teach the next generation and share our knowledge, health and curiosity of living full lives with one another.

Go2Worksource dot com for Work

Clark County Job Openings

Federal Jobs in America

Fitness:
Vancouver Mall has an inside, morning walk. Doors open at 7 a.m. I was walking one morning. A fellow told me it’s a quarter mile around one lap of the indoor building. Coffee and breakfast stores are open, when you finish your walk. I met another man, who was 85. He told me that the doctor said he would die soon, because his heart was giving out at age 65. He could barely walk. He began with his walker and came every day. He walks normally without his walker. The doctor was wrong. He still living 20 years later. Exercise does good things for your heart and health.

Nautilus Training Playground
Nautilus has a walking, running, football, baseball and other sports at its center on Mill Plain and 164 Ave in Vancouver, WA. I stop and walk in the outdoor field, when I have business in that area.

Clark County Fitness

Senior Parks Fitness Events

Walking Guides in Clark County

Big Al’s Sports Center

Silver Sneakers Innovative Fitness Plan

WA Coalition for Promoting Health and Fitness

Firstenburg Indoor Recreation

Nevada’s County Commissioner Examples of Fitness

Seniors and Law Enforcement Together

Financial:
Coupons in Clark County

Seniors Free Tax Help

Music and Entertainers:
search: music and bands, Vancouver, WA
Sweet Adelines and Bravo etc

WA Old Time Fiddlers District 10 Vancouver

Columbia River Old Time Strings

Social:
Baby Boomers Meetup Groups National

Baby Boomers Meetup Groups near Vancouver

AARP Magazine Online Senior Fitness

Transportation:

C Tran in Clark County WA

Oregon WA Tri-Met Clark Co

Clark County Cab 24 hour service 360-887-0411

Battle Ground Cab Company– 360-666-7766
Clark County Cab 360-887-0411 or 360-666-7766

Golden Chariot Specialty Transport Service, LLC– 360-944-9833

Blue Star Vancouver Airporter3 a.m.-Midnight, door to door service, 30 minute leaving PDX, Low flat rate, 7 days a week 1-800-247-2272

Quad City Cab, LLC– 360-887-5066, Woodland, Kalama, Vancouver- Specialty Medicare and Medicaid service is billed, not a regular cab service.

Healthier Maximized Living:
Dr Troy Dreilling Absolute Life Chiropractic

I attended Absolute Chiropractic “Maximized Wellness” class on Feb 14, 2010. Many of the attendance were Senior Citizens, searching for a healing place to be healthier. I stopped eating cane sugar. My legs and feet healed and the inflammation went away. My feet look great. We should be looking for ways to heal, instead of focusing on sickness. I am very impressed with the “Maximized Wellness” teaching Dr. Dreiling. He has a TV show on Channel 11, the Community channel on Mondays at 7 p.m.

Dr. Troy Dreiling – Vancouver Mall Chiropractic was voted Clark Counties Best by by The Columbian Newspaper readers. Dr. Troy is a member of the Maximized Living Wellness Advisory Council, which offers services and advice to the governing bodies of USA Judo, USA Weightlifting and USA Wrestling. Dr. Troy airs the “Absolute Life Radio Show” – every Saturday morning at 11am on KPDQ 93.9FM. (This information was from Dr. Dreiling’s web site.)

Each of us must begin, today, and build a better, more productive tomorrow for all our selves and our citizens, regardless of our age. If we work together, we can help one another grow in our community. Copyright by Michaels Media. All rights reserved. Links only to this article.

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Baby Boomer’s Facing Public Opinion challenge of Seniority.

Monday, March 8th, 2010

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Every generation faces change and ideas must endure public opinion. Benchmarks tend to brand us, unless we see the future and react differently. We look forward into the future. So, choose your plans and words for the meaning! Words can transform your ideas, changes and future! Have you consulted your dictionary lately? Words are powerful. Words paint pictures. Do not allow others to label who you are! What a drag are the state offices, government agencies and the media label us Baby Boomers “ageism” and vraix! That means “old” in French! DSHS categories Aging and Disabled in the same group! Age and illness are not the same, for one can be healthy at 100. Your one hand may be hurt and the other isn’t. Your right knee may hurt and the other doesn’t. Your age doesn’t measure wellness. So, for now, set illness aside and let’s look at redefining ourselves, today, in positive words defining our ways.

Baby Boomers are the Birth Bubble nicknamed after World War II (WWII). Boomers are 70 plus million strong. I heard the blessings of so many births cause the schools to expand and boom for the next ten years. The economy increased after the war. It was a prosperous season in America.
Would there be some other descriptions of who we are? I checked the dictionary for meanings. I used a 1960 dictionary, because that was the time of the meanings and the socialists had not rewritten the words of our history.

Please stand still, for a minute! Where are you looking: backward to your youth or forward into the unknown and new horizons? If you have no vision for the future, pray and ask God to give you one. No man/woman knows the length of his/her days. Live each day with enthusiasm, love and hope. Exercise, sleep 8 hours, pray, eat healthy food and connect with family, friends, neighbors and new friends.

Plan your work and go to work. If you cannot find a job, work at finding work or start your own business. You can find resources. You can find someone to ask, direct and help you. Engage in life and talk to people. Someone has the answer. Persevere and work with fervor.

Research your options on the Internet is important, too. Your Grandchildren can help you get on the Internet or the Local Library has free computer access at no charge. It is important to be on the Internet, because all the information you need is at your fingertips.

Definitions:
Patriarchal, Matriarchal= honored Father or Mother, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Adults, Cousins.
Senior= elder, superior, opposite of junior, principal, elder, higher or more advanced in rank, more advanced in service, superior in rank and dignity than another.
Seniority=State of being senior, priority of birth, superior right to promotion, higher rank of office.
enough=an ample supply.
employ=to employ is to devote to one’s purpose,.
enterprise=adventure, any projected task or work, an undertaking 2 boldness, energy, and invention in practical affairs.
enterprising=Energetic and progressive.
enthusiasm=Earnest and fervent feeling: ardent zeal for a person or cause, exhaulted or ecstatic feeling, possession, an object of great interest to a person, earnest and commendable devotion, intense and eager interest, synonyms: ardor, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, ecstasy, excitement, extravagance, fanaticism, fervency, fervor, frenzy, inspiration, intensity, passion, rapture, transport, vehemence, warmth, zeal.
generous=honorable birth, family, honourable, magnanimous of persons or things, liberal: bountiful; magnificent, free of giving ; strong, full of spirit.
mature= fully developed in character and powers, highly developed, approaching perfection, thoroughly elaborated and arranged.
prime=first in rank, dignity and importance, first-rate 2 first in value or excellence, of excellent quality, first-rate 5 Having or pertaining to the strength and vigor of fresh maturity, blooming.
principal=first in rank, character or importance, chief, first, paramount 1 one who takes a leading part: one concerned directly and not as an auxiliary; one who is a leader or chief in some action 3. One who is at the head of some body, a chief, one in authority, a presiding officer as of a society, a head teacher or master in a public or private school.
promise your word=an assurance given by one person to another that the former will or will not do a specified act, the fulfillment or attainment of that which was promised, a promise or good faith.
zeal=burning earnestness, always tending to vigorous action with all the devotion of enthusiasm.

You can present who you are with actions more than the labels others try to put on you or tell you who you are. It is your choice, then, to put ideals and ideas into action.

The state and federal gov. call us names like:
aging= the minute you were born you started aging. No measurement here. This word is a negative, non-ranking word!

Boomers have been redefining their lives since the 1960’s. It makes no sense to stop now. So, we shall redefine our years to come.

Definitions are from Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary, International Edition 1960.

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