A famous person once said, "dreams are not goals but when you turn dreams into goals you create HOPE".
I have always been a dreamer or at least a visionary as my wife would say. Actually I do not know what I would call myself but I do agree that I think of a lot of possibilities. Perhaps I am a possibility thinker? I like that. One of my pet-peeves is talking about things and not doing anything about it. Let me give you a few examples:
I don't dance and everyone from Grainola, Shidler and college can verify this is true especially my wife. However, several years back I got tired of folks always (including Shouna) saying we should go ballroom dancing. I guess the Dancing with the Stars is what started this but it seems like the comments started long before the show. Anyway, I decided to start a ballroom dance club. Boy was that stupid. Well it went pretty well except that shortly after we started I had a motorcycle wreck and spent almost the entire year on crutches. Shouna danced with Richard who was nearly a professional for that time. I just set up each week and played the music. It really was fun and we peaked out at around 65 folks. Summers were devastating and after about a year or two we stopped plus the building got sold.
For years I talked about the stories my dad told plus the experiences I had in growing up in the Osage and of course the famous One Arm Bandit, pre-one arm, stories that I had collected in my desk. Actually I wrote several stories about folks I grew up with and put in that folder including Julian Codding who was and is the smartest guy you will meet. Well, it took the passing of Don Kelsey to get me started but that is when I started blogging. The truth is I did not start this for you but for my children and grandchildren of which I have one so far. She is Perfect! I also started filming my parents telling stories and history about their past. All of this is to tell you that a friend, Chris Johnson, and I have developed an APP for YOU to write your stories to pass to your children. It should go live in two weeks 06-09-2017 assuming everything gets finished. It is free. Now I should assume you don't know what an APP is. First it is NOT an appaloosa horse (spotted rear-end). It is not a test like an aptitude test. It is an application which you can load on these dad-gum cell phones. So it is another one of those things I got tired of talking about and decided to do something. I hope you get fed up with not doing something you know you need to do. Anyway, search the APP-store for MyLifeLegacy in a couple of weeks or sign up on Facebook by looking up MyLifeLegacy or go to the web page www.mylifelegacycoach.com . Boy that was a mouthful.
Oh ya, that quote at the beginning was mine. I just thought it funny to say it was someone famous.
So what do you learn in the Osage?
I have always been a dreamer or at least a visionary as my wife would say. Actually I do not know what I would call myself but I do agree that I think of a lot of possibilities. Perhaps I am a possibility thinker? I like that. One of my pet-peeves is talking about things and not doing anything about it. Let me give you a few examples:
I don't dance and everyone from Grainola, Shidler and college can verify this is true especially my wife. However, several years back I got tired of folks always (including Shouna) saying we should go ballroom dancing. I guess the Dancing with the Stars is what started this but it seems like the comments started long before the show. Anyway, I decided to start a ballroom dance club. Boy was that stupid. Well it went pretty well except that shortly after we started I had a motorcycle wreck and spent almost the entire year on crutches. Shouna danced with Richard who was nearly a professional for that time. I just set up each week and played the music. It really was fun and we peaked out at around 65 folks. Summers were devastating and after about a year or two we stopped plus the building got sold.
For years I talked about the stories my dad told plus the experiences I had in growing up in the Osage and of course the famous One Arm Bandit, pre-one arm, stories that I had collected in my desk. Actually I wrote several stories about folks I grew up with and put in that folder including Julian Codding who was and is the smartest guy you will meet. Well, it took the passing of Don Kelsey to get me started but that is when I started blogging. The truth is I did not start this for you but for my children and grandchildren of which I have one so far. She is Perfect! I also started filming my parents telling stories and history about their past. All of this is to tell you that a friend, Chris Johnson, and I have developed an APP for YOU to write your stories to pass to your children. It should go live in two weeks 06-09-2017 assuming everything gets finished. It is free. Now I should assume you don't know what an APP is. First it is NOT an appaloosa horse (spotted rear-end). It is not a test like an aptitude test. It is an application which you can load on these dad-gum cell phones. So it is another one of those things I got tired of talking about and decided to do something. I hope you get fed up with not doing something you know you need to do. Anyway, search the APP-store for MyLifeLegacy in a couple of weeks or sign up on Facebook by looking up MyLifeLegacy or go to the web page www.mylifelegacycoach.com . Boy that was a mouthful.
Oh ya, that quote at the beginning was mine. I just thought it funny to say it was someone famous.
So what do you learn in the Osage?
- If you put off doing something it will never get done.
- As my dad use to say, "let's do something, even if it is wrong"
- If you try, try, and try again you will win.
- Never, Never give up!
Thanks for listening,
gary@thepioneerman.com
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