Rick Jantz, Writer

“You are what your deep, driving desire is."

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That Foggy Future We Don’t Know

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“I watch people fade into the fog of their future as I gaze unknowingly into the haze of mine.”Our foggy future

Ah, the future.  What to do?  How to choose?  I want to be successful.  Will I be?  Will I be happy, have the things I want, live a good life?  Being rich and famous would solve everything, right?  Or maybe, for those of you who know the song, it’s an attitude of “Que sera, sera.  Whatever will be, will be.”  

I’m sure most of you have heard the phrase, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”  Great advice – if you’re feeling tough.  Not so great when you’re second-guessing and flip-flopping over every decision because you’re afraid of making the wrong one, so you don’t make any (which is a decision, by the way).

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Which Cliff Are We Jumping Off Today?

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Which Cliff Are You Jumping Off Today?Remember the Disney song, “Following the Leader” from the Peter Pan classic movie? Or the story of the Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump in Canada? Or the phrase, ” when I say jump you say how high?” Monkey see, monkey do is not a bad thing, is it?

If you want to follow the crowd, disappear into the crowd, or please everybody all the time then this post is not for you. The Sunday comics await or the gangs going out for burgers and ice cream…off you go!

Still here? Read on if you want to stand on your own two feet (you are allowed to sit down and read this).

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I Passed A Grunting Man This Morning

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Lost in my own private thoughts I saw a man walking towards me similarly distracted. For some unknown reason it behooved me to say, “Good morning”. He grunted, “Morning”

What? Wait! I believe that grunting is reserved for myself to give, not receive. There are others who  willingly give a curt grunt that, while it acknowledges you, it also says “leave me alone”? But for some bizarre reason I thought that delight was left to me. To be the recipient is not something I’m fond of.

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I Thought My Wife Might Be Lottery Lucky – Nope!

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Who hasn’t been convinced that they’re destined to be the next super-lottery winner? I was but after 20 years of only winning small pots (highest was $100) I figured I needed a new strategy. This time, being so lottery-savvy now, I asked my wife to go into the convenience store and told her exactly which lottery ticket to ask for. I was confident that with her “winning ways” she would become “first-time” lucky and we would be rich.

…Nope! Didn’t work, not even for a free ticket. Now what do I do? Send her in again? Ask for a divorce? Hmm…

OK, OK, I’m kidding. I won’t send her in again. And for everyone who likes a good love story I won’t divorce her because she has been my lottery ticket in life and has helped me become the person I am today (and, arguably, I’m a good person).

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