April 30, 1987 first day of basic training shit got real

One would assume that if you had $1 million to give away anyone in your direct circle of influence would be OK as well so the question is altruism would you give the money to one person and change one person’s life or would you spread it out among many would you send multiple children to college then deserve the money or would you donate to a foundation foundation It’s hard to say but if you had an extra million dollars the altruistic thing to do would be to spread it among many.

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What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail.

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I have a dream to operate with my son a ranch that stables retired horses, uses them as therapy from Autistic Persons, Disabled Veterans. The Horses Helping Humans Ranch would employ veterans and special needs individuals that want to work with horses and have a desire to help others.

The hardest, personal goal I set for myself, is to stop digging my own hole, and to actually forgive other people.

The world needs more

I think I’ve reached a point my life, but just doing nothing is the best part of my day.

Reassess, regroup, and restart

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What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind?

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I can’t say that I changed my view about Patriotism, it is that I am disgusted that the idea of being a ‘Patriot’ has been coopted so that those that actually served are turned off by the idea of flying a flag or doing anything that would show actual Patriotism.

Those that claim to be Patriots have no honor toward those that served because they, for the most part never did. Their leader questioned at the D-Day memorial “What was in it for them?” Having no concept of sacrifice.

I served, my father served, my brother served, I have Great Uncles that served in WWII, all of us signed on the dotted line and put our asses in the hands of service to our nation and the values it, still hopefully, hold dear. I am not say I agree with every decision that has been made, some decisions that were made came back to haunt us but that’s one drawback of being a democratic republic… not perfect but better than the alternative.

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Tell us about a time when you felt out of place.

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As an introvert with extrovert tendencies I often feel like an imposter at events, even events that I organize. Situation that involve gathering around food are always a struggle for me because it is very hard, usually impossible for me to eat at these functions, whether they are work, family holidays, I don’t eat. If receive an invitation to an event that is centered around a meal my first instinct is to refuse the invitation or I will come very early and leave before the meal or arrive after I know the food portion of the gathering is over. Sadly, I even have issues eating at events that I am hosting that I cooked all the food. I have been told that I have a form of Deipnophobia a form of social anxiety disorder, manifesting as the fear of eating in front of others.

This keeps me from attending a lot of events because I honestly feel it is less insulting to not attend than to go and refuse to eat if food is being provided.

Anyone else that fights this please let me know how you deal with it.

Daily writing prompt

Your life without a computer: what does it look like?

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Technology has brought us a long way really fast and our lives would absolutely be different without computers but would it be worse?

As a proud member of Generation X computers were not part of my life until I was in my 30’s and life seemed to be a hell of a lot simpler without this technology in everyday life. While it was evident that there are far more opportunities with computers, the advent of this digital world has limited other paths for knowledge. Kid in the 80’s and 90’s still thought about being mechanics, or carpenters, or even working in factories, this current generation think that they can be ‘influencers’ (whatever that means) so working with your hands has become a lost art form.

The amount of rapid information has made people too lazy to actually read a newspaper or pick up a book and learn something new because that information is at their fingertips. Its a great and terrible problem to have, I honestly don’t think that humanity as a whole it evolved enough to handle the constant barrage in information. Many have proven that they have an inability to differentiate fact from fiction and with the huge number of sources to attain information those misguided can always find a forum to support the skewed reality the wish to live in.

We have come to a point, especially in the U.S., where living with a computer and access to the web would be tantamount to going back to a world before automobiles and interstate highways. As much as some of us would like to go back to a pre-technology world that realty is no longer an option. I do fear for the generation that may be plunged into a world where technology is interrupted, temporarily or permanently, by something out of our control. They have not been taught or have they been willing to learn the skills that those that came before had to know to stay alive.