We are finally sorting through Christmas gifts and will make use of almost everything. My dear partner bought me clothes with the understanding that if they didn't fit right (or I didn't like them), she'd return them. That process is almost complete. The sweatshirts I can always use but the "bedroom" slippers are just "not me".
Kelly and Carlos gave us the first 4 seasons of "24". I had seen a few episodes in the past but you need continuity of the 24 one hour episodes to follow the story. When you own the dvd's, you can watch the series without missing an episode. We have watched the first season series and are half way through the second season.
Go Jack Bauer! He of course is the hero and undeterred in his quest to serve his country and fight terrorists. He is like the energizer bunny! He just seems to keep going. Gunshot wounds, severe beatings and mental anguish are normal for Jack. Jack understands the "end game". He knows how to focus on the goal. He knows how to win.
Jack doesn't clutter the landscape with little shit. Blast through rumors. Beat up thugs. Don't trust anyone. Sacrafice your own life if you have too. Golly, what a guy! In the second season of 24, a nuclear bomb might go off in Los Angeles. Help Jack, please help. Jack's first action is to get an informer out of jail for questioning. The informer refuses to cooperate so Jack shoots him (dead), cuts off his head and delivers it in a canvas bag to people alleged to be terrorists. It proved that Jack wanted to be a friend of the terrorist because he delivered proof he had killed an informer. Pretty gross stuff. But hey, what is one life of a "sleaze bag" to save a million lives if the bomb goes off in L.A.? Jack's staff is mortified that he chops off the head of a terrorist informer. To Jack it is something you do to save a million people.
Grasshoppers listen. Here is my lesson. In life we get so involved with the "clutter" and little things in life that we forget about life's goals. I'm not suggesting that you resort to the crass techniques used by Jack but I do suggest you keep the big picture in mind. If you want financial security, direct your efforts to achieve that. Don't be deterred. If you goal is to get in good physical shape, throw the bon-bons away and be consistent in your effort to reach the end game. You get the idea. Be like Jack. Focus, execute and celebrate.
Love,
Dad