Is life a goal or an objective or a passion or a journey?

Is life a goal or an objective or a passion or a journey? 

 Looking back to the Osage and where my first business venture took place, selling terrapins (you need to search the blog to know that story) will lead you to the story in this picture. 

 I should mention that every picture tells at least one story and this one tells a lot of stories. (2003 Shouna and Anne Beiler, Auntie Anne's Pretzels) For about 7 years we owned and operated the Auntie Anne's Pretzel stores in Oklahoma (8). The picture is of Shouna (my wife) and Anne Bieler, the founder of Auntie Anne's. It was a fun and trying experience and we learned a lot about business and ourselves. I learned to make a pretzel in mid-air and on a pretzel table. I learned that having 8 stores all over the state plus a full time job in the finance industry can put a little stress on the family and friends. The great thing is we traveled together, worked together expanded our relationships and our journey in life. Our children saw that we knew how to work and what it takes to be successful in business and most importantly in life and marriage. 

 What you don't see in this picture that I can see is a wife dedicated to her husband and his ideas and dreams and hopes. You do see the excitement in the faces of two ladies getting to know each other while on a mission to build a life. This is also a picture of a few of the threads of life that become part of the fabric which becomes in our case 46 years of marriage (December 21, 2021). So what I am saying is this is one picture that tells a piece of the story of our life.

Our journey is not complete but it has its twists and turns everyday and we embrace them in that we know God's plan is not our plan. I choose to believe this is a journey and I have passions of what I like and enjoy doing especially with my wife.

 

 So what do you learn in the Osage?

• Our experiences give our journey and our story color that we embrace, even if it is sometimes trying
• We can focus on the bad times or the good times but it is your/my choice
• If you are perfect then you do not have to forgive me for my faults
• My focus is not on what my feelings are but on the journey that Christ gives me

Thanks for listening,

gary

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I need your help writing a book

 

I am writing a book on, “1000 ways to save a few bucks”, the title may change but you get the idea.

 If you choose to participate you may be quoted and I might ask you to participate in a video/blog.  Of course you don’t have to.  The only compensation you will get is “thanks for helping” although if you help I will give you a special discount on the book and a discounted membership to My Life Legacy, mylifelegacy.co

 So here you go:

 Tell me at least one way to save money:  i.e. you bought an antenna for your TV and cut off your cable and it saved you $85 per month but the downside was I did lose the ability to record.

 If you are wondering why I am doing this there are a couple of reasons:

• I am retired but now I am spending a lot of time assisting folks who need help with budgeting and financial management.
• In particular I am working with single moms
• And I am a Preferred Dave Ramsey coach and I work with a lot of folks through that connection
• In My Life Legacy we help folks answer the question, “if something happens to you, will your spouse or family know what to do?”  and second, My Life Legacy assists folks in writing their legacy to reflect their life experiences so that it can be shared electronically or in a book for your family.

 So if you have any questions, feel free to ask me.  And above all else tell me how to save a few bucks!  I would really like to get this done quickly so please respond in the next few days or weeks and most of all respond.  Also you might let me know if I have your contact information is correct so that I may update your information.

 Feel free to share this and send your responses to gary@mylifelegacy.co  

Thanks,

Gary

 Gary L. Olson

Legacy Coach 

 

Cell: (405) 410-2918

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Hooligans - Momma told me not to grow up and become a hooligan

Now I don't know about you but when mom told me not to be a hooligan I knew it was something important and I did not even know what a hooligan was. Surely you were like me and you sensed that it was something bad the first time you heard the word. Isn't it funny how you knew you could know something was good or bad depending on mom or dad's tone of voice.  If I heard dad say "shit", I knew it was not the time to ask a question or disturb his thinking.  And back to hooligan, I never have looked it up but I assumed whatever it was had to be as bad as a bank robber or thief or other horrible person.  I wonder if I have ever met one?  

Thinking back I guess when David or Bob Harris or Eddie Harris or Jay Olsen or I turned over Raymond Dale's outhouse during the Halloween festivities we could have been called hooligans.  Or maybe it was the time that Eddie Harris and I shot up the signs on the McConaghy Ranch and got caught that we could have been hooligans.  Come to think of it there were a lot of times hooligans might have applied.  Maybe when Eddie Harris and I went fishing with dynamite or when we dipped all the tools in the barn in Alice Chalmers orange paint or when we killed Eddie's favorite cat (accidentally of course) or when we buried all of our trucks in the garden to see if we could grow more toy trucks.  Maybe it was when Jon Tanny Olsen and I were seeing how fast you could drive a pickup on ice?  Or was it when we shot all the insulators on the high line wire posts?  Or was it when we were hunting coyotes from the road at night?  Could it have been when Denise Logue's dress got ripped during a volley ball game?  Or Cathy Eaton getting a haircut at the 4-H livestock show in Pawhuska with sheep sheers?

You know for a pretty good boy I sure could have been called a hooligan at times I suppose.  Luckily I made it through.  HUMMMM?  Now what is a hooligan?  I don't think I want to look that up.

So what do you learn in the Osage?

• You only live once, so pack in those good old days
• Hooligans are for city kids, cause us country kids were always good
• Thankfully His grace is sufficient and even a hooligan can get to heaven

Thanks for listening,

gary

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The Leader Ship | Episode 19 | Gary Olson -- This is an interview in Dallas a few weeks back.. Hope you enjoy it

Chris Johnson made me look better than expected. So what do you learn in the Osage? A BUNCH!!!!! Thanks for listening, gary You might take a peak at mylifelegacy.co which is our new offering. And if you are interested we are doing OPEN MIC LIVE on Tuesdays right now on credit scores and why they are important and how to manage them. It is a four week course and we are into our second week. This is for Tuesday, January 2nd, 2021 at 6 P.M. Gary L. Olson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: My Life Legacy Open Mic Q&A Time: Feb 2, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Every week on Tue, until Dec 28, 2021, 48 occurrence(s) Feb 2, 2021 06:00 PM Feb 9, 2021 06:00 PM Feb 16, 2021 06:00 PM More to be announced: Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Weekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZYsde-hrj8tGdbnDBd3Br8eTuUxjSOCMbEh/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGqrzksE9SRtxqFRpwQBYjoM_PziClajadfkjvHB3NxcFvzAvd3KrhMP_v9 Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82126904732?pwd=aFhMRnBvWkNXOG1ES29HOWcvZXFxdz09 Meeting ID: 821 2690 4732 Passcode: 249998 One tap mobile +13462487799,,82126904732#,,,,*249998# US (Houston) +16699009128,,82126904732#,,,,*249998# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Meeting ID: 821 2690 4732 Passcode: 249998 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbjCmMKIzi