I was walking down the aisle at Walmart, and a rather
attractive young lady looked at me, smiled, and looked away.
Well, I thought that was pretty cool – a nice boost to my ego
Of course, I was wearing my lucky sweater.
* I’ve nicknamed it my lucky sweater because it is my favorite sweater,
lightweight & incredibly comfortable. It is brown in color and those of you
who know me or have met me I guarantee you have seen it by now UNLESS
you met me on a hot day & haven’t seen me since. I will more than likely
pass this sacred sweater down to my son when he is 18, who will be gracious
in its acceptance and either tuck it away in his closet or donate it to Goodwill…

Meanwhile, back at the ranch… or in this case store.
A little while later, a couple of girls smiled at me & sort of giggled after I had passed.
Flirtatious vixens – probably acting all kinds of silly when a handsome young lad as myself is near.
My, I was starting to feel like quite the stud.
Even some dude gave me the nod – like I was all kinds of cool.
On the way home I was feeling about 6′ 4″ and contemplating
when I would start booking my GQ photoshoot
and what agency to represent me.

Brace yourselves; everything is about to come crashing down.

I went into the bathroom after I got home, looked in the mirror and saw
the huge stain of Baja sauce down the left side of my mouth… face.
(For those of you who need more background info on this – order a Baja Chalupa
with extra Baja sauce from Taco Bell. A basic Baja Chalupa won’t cut it –
extra sauce or you may as well forget it. Now, go eat it while driving…)

What I learned,
aside from remembering to wipe that delicious Baja sauce off my face:
(or should I say what I was reminded of)

There are things about us that we do not see – that we do not know.

STOP ! Savor that point.
Now, give me an example.
I’ll wait.

Make it a good one…

I’m patient.

Seriously – I can wait

Ya know,
even a small example would be OK…

So… I’m not trying to pressure you or anything,

but I would like to, you know – get to the point…

tonight

sometime…

I just need an example any example, OK ?

OOOoooookay then
– I’m just going to finish this up here while you’re thinking.
If you are still thinking & haven’t come up with an example,
that is exactly my point.
If you did manage to find an example – think again.
Tell me something about yourself that you do not know
something about yourself that you do not see.

You can’t, because you don’t know it’s there.
(Or as a very wealthy person once said -
“you don’t know what you don’t know”)

BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN’T SEE IT
OR DON’T KNOW ABOUT IT
DOESN’T MEAN IT’S NOT THERE.

It doesn’t mean that it’s not having an effect on your Life
and on those around you. Quite the contrary
– all too often it’s the things that we are not aware of
that determine and dictate so much of what we do and don’t do.

So… with that in mind; What do you do ?
That’s what I want to know from YOU.
I want to come back to this – but first I want to hear YOUR input.
And just for example – if you happen to be reading this
and decide to either not contribute or plan on
“getting back to it later” I have a sneaking suspicion
that this reaction occurs in other areas of your Life as well.

Perfect.
I especially want to hear from you…

– please