An Abundance Mindset

“What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?”
— John Green

Good morning friends, lovers, brothers, another, and enemies.  How are you? I just poured my first cup of coffee and was struck with a significant decision to pick a coffee cup.   We have choices here, do you go with the black rock coffee bar cup or the cup we picked up in Sante Fe.  Do you go with the cups from the farmhouse or the ones we bought at Magpies? For the record, the coffee cup of choice was the Black Rock Coffee Bar. I’m sipping FBS infused with some instant crystals to fire up the mind.

Like most Monday mornings, Bay is here; she came out for hotdog Sunday.  We had Willie, Mandy, and their two kids join us; we chatted around our new kitchen for a few hours, they left, and we played Gin.  We all ended up on the bean bags and watched American Idol; I slept like a rock and woke up and snuggled with my Queen.

A lovely weekend, errands, cleaning of the house, laundry, I’m sure our weekends tracked pretty well together.   I got a text from my men’s group yesterday; one of our members has been sipping a little too many beers and asked for some support.  Most of us, if not all, said, “I’ll join you for two weeks of sobriety.”  So for the next couple of weeks, I’ll be sober, Anson.  I need to lose a few pounds; it’s an opportunity to cleanse my mind, body, and soul.  My Queen is not aware of my declaration.

I’ve written before that I love to drink, but I also enjoy sobriety.  Sometimes I choose to soberize, and other times something triggers me to hit pause.  In this case, it was the latter.  I have a coaching call this morning with our business coach; a lot of good news to share, an hour of business strategy is good for the mind.  We are going down the hill to get our first shot. If you are reading these words in the future, we are at the end of a pandemic, and some of us are getting inoculated.

Not everyone is getting the shot; I find it funny that the liberal media blame only Republicans for not getting immunized.  I know both liberals and conservatives that are unsure about putting something into their body.  This issue is not a political issue, it’s a health issue, and I respect any decisions to get shot or not.  You do you; I’ll do me.

For those “praying for Patrick,” I think our friend is on the mend.  I woke up to a couple of messages from him; it’s his birthday.   He’s on the mend, again; thank you for keeping him in your thoughts; he’s a good egg and a giver to humanity.  For those late to the party, Patrick is a 35ish man, who got the VID, it put him in the hospital, and he’s now home recovering on oxygen.  It will be fascinating to learn what DNA, blood type, etc. had a relation to the virus.  It seems to pick on some and leave the rest of us alone.

PVHT is lying behind me; her tiny white hairs have become my foe.  I don’t have a rival; it’s good to have an enemy.  Between Zoom calls, my time is spent vacuuming those little burgers, and I’d like to shout out to my robot vacuum “robot dude” for all the assistance.  Thank you, RD.  I was taught how to clean at an early age, thanks, Mom.

We have a busy two weeks before we jump in the car and head back east.  I’ll be setting up my appointments for when I return to Indiana.  I have a lot of folks I want to see.  We are going to begin VRBOing our home when we leave.  It will be interesting to see what that new income steam might look like.  I think we will just invest all into crypto.   My investment keeps climbing; I’m raking a little money here and there—a fun little hobby for this kid from the cornfields that now live on top of a mountain.

The ladies are up; Bay is working in the kitchen, my wife is putting away some dishes.  We will work here this morning before splitting up to attack our work.  I’ve got some ideas on some new things to try with both companies. It’s an exciting time, with so many options and opportunities.  

We still have about 8 inches of snow here; it was warm yesterday, t-shirt weather.  It looks to be another sunny day today; snow will return; we have another few days of snow before spring arrives, and we can resume our weekend hikes. I’m working today on the list of potential hikers. Let me know if you want to be added to the list.

I hope these words nourish you; I hope I’ve given you something to ponder, dream about, or mull as you start this week of work.  There are no limitations, just opportunities. Limitations are just pieces of head trash you can remove through diligence and hard work.  You can be anyone you choose, but remember to be yourself because everyone else is taken.

Choose the mindset of abundance; scarcity is a horrific way to live.  There is enough for everyone to enjoy their best life.   If you are unhappy, get help, talk to someone, think about the possibility of medication if your brain is not working as it should.  You have one chance, one life, to kill it unless you believe in reincarnation.  If you believe in reincarnation, you might return as a butterfly and won’t have digits and appendages to do the work we humans can do.  Stop bitching, moaning, and complaining, and hold your head up high. Something larger than yourself made you, and you owe it to them and YOU to be your best self.

“What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?”
— John Green