For more information about this video, where the data came from and the company who created it, I again refer you to David Kusumoto.

Yesterday, while here visiting the site, Harris Warren asked for my “Top Ten Ways for Making Life Better.” This post is a partial answer to that question. I learned about this fanTAStic painter tonight while having the singular pleasure of being a guest on Harry Shade’s BlogTalkRadio program. I can NOT keep this GREAT story to myself. It is a story that MUST be told and re-told and re-told again! It is a living testament to the undauntability of the human spirit.

As a DIRECT (partial) answer to your question, Harris, one member of my Pantheon of Ten is something my mother always said to me, that — in fact — her mother always said to her:  Count your blessings and use whatever you have, from wherever you are, to be the BEST you can possibly be. That is, be ALL you can be(come) by putting all your assets in gear going forward, confident in your YOU-ness. If it flows for you, it’s right; else, there’s an inner struggle characterized by a state of constant UNhappiness. Unhappiness is your personal warning bell, telling you you’re going AGAINST your own grain. A lesson, BTW, it took me a WHILE to come to grips with. I didn’t believe unhappiness was my inner yard stick. I just thought I was in a stuck state. I was, just not way I thought. Right church. Wrong pew.) As Sinatra sang: You really DO Gotta Do You. It is who you were born to be. Too much? Not really. Not if you think about it for a sec. We all came here for a purpose. That purpose is in your you. It MUST be expressed sincerely, authentically, lovingly with the good of everyone else around you in mind. Else you will ALWAYS be sad inside. Being truly yourself is in my mind the context of deliverance on earth – in THIS life.

More to come, if you’re still interested, Harris.

In the meantime, please, allow me to introduce  Mr. John Bramlitt:

Feast your eyes on his inner vision in ALL its glory! Want to know more about John? There’re a whole SLEW of great stories on that site.

If you found this post interesting, you might also like this HubPages post. I invite you to me Mrs. Glenda Watson Hyatt, Blogger Par Excellence. If you’re inclined to: Leave a comment, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Peace and Love,
DeeJay