Friday, October 1, 2010

Have you ever...

Wondered what it would be like to be someone famous?
When most go through that they are usually in their teen years you very rarely hear of an adult going through that, and then again…what if…
Success is like anything else in life it can be finding a cure for some disease, raising wonderful independent capable children or making obscene amounts of money doing something you love.
Some may think with all my writings that I am anti-wealth and therefore success, but no, that’s not it at all.
Why just today I was watching Oprah again and she was interviewing JK Rawlings for those of you living under a rock she is the author of Harry Potter’s, those seven books and bestowed with the honor of being the first billion dollar author!
It was refreshing to watch two women from such different realms in the world and both billionaires talking so down to earth and finding commonalties.
It was actually wild to hear them tell it that they truly found things they could really compare notes on, mostly how they accepted their new identities and new found celebrity when it first occurred.

Both women are altruistic but did not discuss that aspect of their amazing unheard of wealth for women of any century and how they can give away anything to which they so desire and they have.
Both have filled the voids in their lives in different ways.
JK Rawling’s mother died from Multiple Sclerosis when JK was just twenty-five and the thread through her Harry books of him dealing with death which was related to that of her mother’s and was also responsible for her deep depression that she intertwined throughout her storylines has much to do with her own experience of how she was handling it for herself.
Shortly after her mother passed away she moved away with her husband who she ended up getting divorced from later and then went into a severe clinical depression from those two traumatic life experiences. Her writings, like it is for so many of us who write were her therapy in handling all of it with her young daughter by her side that is when she wrote her first Harry Potter book. She was unsuccessful in getting it published by being turned down twelve different times, but in her case thirteen was the charm!
Persistence and resilience are two factors in most peoples successes, have you ever noticed that?

Thinking about not ever worrying about most all expenses is the least stressful thing anyone could ask for in life.
Not necessarily having crazy over the top monies that the banks might invest inappropriately and cause losses that no one wants or needs.
But just the right amount to call ‘enough’, in my case perhaps to be self insured and with that knowing that no matter what comes my way medically it will be taken care of.
Ahhhh… what is the price of peace of mind?
I think many of you can relate to that concept just being just right, not being a burden to a spouse or family and that is priceless.
I know I think of that often.
I want for nothing but that.
My home is just the right place for us and perfect in every way for us; even Hubby admits that to me regularly, we are blessed in that respect but the fact that I have fallen between the cracks for insurances makes me especially nervous, and that is the only financial thing that does.
Family wise we have wonderful healthy capable independent sons and no one could ask for anything more… sadly I do miss them, but at 34 and 38 and due to distance of where they are it is not something a parent has any control over. I do believe they both know how much we love and care about them and them about us.
But isn’t that what we want for our children the ability to fly away to their own lives but to always know that you are there for them if need be.
Well, if not yours; it is ours.

And so when I so often lament my desire to be considered professional at this daily delight of mine that means to turn a profit… it is mainly because of those above concerns nothing more.
This is the only thing left that I love and am able to do with affection and joy, and if it could pay off… well that would be my little slice of heaven too!

On that suggestion of coming clean with my true desire for some wealth I will ask you to all have a very happy good night and to count those blessings and share those overages and we will too!

And next time be here or be square, OK?

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