This is a question I ask myself on a regular basis.
The other day I walked into Ralph’s and met a man who worked in the meat department.
His name is Johnny.
We looked each other in the eyes, shook hands, and then patted each other on the shoulders.
It was a big moment for me because I hadn’t done that since 2019.
After we patted each other on the shoulder, he openly said to me, “You never took a Covid Shot, did you?
I said, “No man, you can’t put that shit in me.”
Then he said, “It’s nice to meet another human. I only run into a few of you once in a while.
All I could do was laugh at myself because I sort of felt the same way.
Then we asked me if there was a particular cut of meat that I was looking for.
I said, “yeah, I’m looking for a nice piece of Filet Mignon.”
“No worries. I knew you were a human because you knew what cut of beef you wanted. You looked me in the eyes, and you weren’t staring into space.
“My entire family took the shots except for me and my cousin. A lot of my family are sick now and the ones who aren’t sick seem to be angry all the time.”
I said, “Welcome to my world. Yeah, it is what it is. I’ve had to learn to be quiet about that stuff. We are living in very strange times and if you look at the science fiction being produced it is all social engineering, predictive programming and sort of preparing us for the fake alien invasion that is coming next.
The truther movement as I usually like to call it may be full of shills, or controlled opposition or even “controversial control freaks,” regardless of where the path takes you, all you can do is authentic to yourself.
Over the past few weeks I have found a new peace in my own life because I have fasted (yes I believe in fasting), and yes I have prayed. I like to pray when I fast and I realized that I don’t have to wake up anyone anymore.
Why? People believe what they believe. To get them to be flexible and shift their position is so impossible because you have to look at a situation with fresh eyes.
No, I don’t have all the answers and when I get attacked online when I do, you know in a text or on a phone call, I just laugh and say most of the time: “I don’t know what I don’t know and your guess is as good as mine.”
Most relationships have a beginning, a middle, and an end.
For those that “get you” and stay along for the ride, I openly welcome them. For others, that make you “wrong” from the start, you have to love them enough to let them go.
Regardless of where this Substack Post finds you, I want you to know that there are no accidents and if you simply look at what is happening around you, it will all make sense after awhile.
We don’t choose who we love. Some people you’ll meet along the way and from day one you’ll just be pissed at them all the time, while others will come along, and it feels like you have always known them and you can’t imagine your life without them.
This internet thing is an amazing journey, isn’t it?
Doesn’t your life feel like an “APP” sometimes?
Aren’t you blown away with how many people come along and get you while others just ignore you.
It is good to live an authentic life. What is an authentic life? For me it means that I’m willing to seek the truth no matter where it takes me and I’m willing to tell the truth to another when it’s appropriate.
The biggest lesson of all?
Well, it was Jeff Bezos, who stated it recently in an interview:
If there was ever a time to live in truth it’s now.
Here is the challenge you face and we all face:
“Most people don’t want to know the truth.” ~ Jeff Bezos 2023.
Jack Canfield, who wrote the book “Chicken Soup for the Soul” and was very successful in the seminar business before he became a world class writer said to me, “Mitch, Tell The Truth Sooner!”
Well, guess what?
You either tell the truth sooner because the person you are talking to you love unconditionally or you are willing to tell the truth because you never want to hear from that person again.
This is the great divide in 2024.
My point of view?
1). The glass is always half full. (Avoid half full glass people).
2). There is a life we learn with and a life we live with. (Talking about your past proves nothing. Why? We are not living in that time anymore and the “cast of characters” that were in your life are Dead, Buried, and Gone.
3). As Les Brown (a great motivational speaker always says): “80% Don’t Care and 20% are glad it’s you!”
Here is the YouTube Channel where you can find the original video. It is presented here for “educational purposes only.”
Being an early adapter is not for the faint of heart. Now in retirement with 4 grown children and 3 grandchildren, I’ve been passionate about technology since my youth, I’m not as scared as others about the advancement of technology.
Of course, there is good tech and bad tech. Once you unleash something new onto a society, you can’t take it back.
In 1984 Pacific Telephone (Yeah, it’s an old MA Bell Company) turned on their first cellular system.
Side note: In my youth, I was in the finance business and later as an entrepreneur, I helped new companies raise their seed capital. It was so much fun, I’ll admit it! Seeing the look on the Founder’s face as you handed them that first $50K they knew their life would never be the same and they would have a lot of work ahead of them.
My employer at the time was the Orient-U.S. Leasing, a joint venture between two of the world’s largest equipment leasing companies.
The Japanese are very innovative and they wanted to give their sales team an advantage that other leasing companies did not have. My boss at the time was willing to invest in cell phones.
The phone cost $3700 Dollars (USD) plus tax, plus installation came in at over $4100 Dollars.
The phone transmitter was installed in the trunk of my 1983 Z28 that I had bought new from Clippenger Chevrolet. It took about two hours to get it up and running. It was a trip driving down the Hollywood 101 Freeway with the phone to my ear as people looked over at my car. I remember this one guy who almost ran his car off the road watching me. How old was I when this happened? 25.
There was something very special and magical about those first first phones.
Why?
It was considered by today’s standards to be a “dumb phone,” no touch screen just push the buttons and dial. It simply worked. You never had to look for a pay phone again, or ask an officer manager if you could use the phone in the lobby to call your boss.
Fast Forward to 2024
At first glance, since a.i. being so new, I know a lot of people are scared of it, not me. Maybe this makes me a “contrarian.”
We have to look at the “big picture” and open our eyes to the global population collapse that is coming. As more and more enter America through border states it used to make me nervous until I saw part one of this documentary. It’s something to think about. I had 4 children. Out of those 4 children only 1 daughter had 3 children with her husband. Do the math. It’s a fascinating transition.
If you read my post from yesterday and you have happily installed “Quiet Reader” on your Mac, I congratulate you for enjoying a cleaner looking “screen” to read a plethora of news articles and other “go to” websites that you look at every day.
You know you do!
Now let’s get on to today’s topic.
From my point of view the soul of Steve Jobs lives in Apple’s M1 MacBook Air.
I’ve owned 2 of them.
The first one was literally on for 16 hours a day.
It’s the original shape of the MacAir Laptop produced back in the day.
It was Steve Jobs “One More Thing” Moment!
The big shift when Apple shifted to the M1 chip was, no Fan!
If you are in America and you walk into Best Buy right now, you can pick up this original M1 Mac book air for only $749 Dollars (USD). You can always invest another $99 to 149 dollars and pick up an external 1TB or 2TB drive and plug it into the USB-C port and you are good to go.
As many of us have pontificated over the years, Apple charges way too much money for expanded storage and ram. (I know, some of you got the M2 MacBook Air because Apple brought back “Mag safe.”
This is what Marques Brownlee with 18+ Million Subscribers on YouTube had to say about the M1 MacBook Air in 2024.
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