In response to Brenda who wrote to you about her predicament about men I agree with your advice to her about volunteering.  It is one way to feel better about yourself and help others also.  I recommend to those who wish to volunteer to look into joining their local chapter of the American Red Cross.  Just one of many excellent venues to help others.   A good way to improve one's social skills and to prove to yourself that you can still learn is to study for a ham radio license......(books are available at arrl.org web site) Joining a radio club which focuses on emergency communications preparedness can help the public in time of disasters and also is  a great way to meet people.  

Some times reaching out to others is a great way to learn about yourself.

Terry

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Dear Terry;

How interesting that you bring up ham radio and emergency preparedness. My husband participated in the annual emergency preparedness drill for many years. The last 2 years he was active, I went with him. It was fascinating, although I doubt many people understand the role that ham radios play in emergncy preparedness. We did meet awesome people who are community minded and good folks. Perhaps next week we will hear from Robert who can explain much more about the history and purpose of ham radios and the annual emergency preparedness day.

Thanks for writing in again, and for bringing up a new  idea for discussion.
Michelle

Donald A. Adams

IN FOCUS

In reading a mortality chart, I discovered something truly amazing. A

great number of people die each year from a disease I had never heard

of! Of course, there was the predictable number who died of heart

attacks, cancer, stroke, accidents and the like, but at the bottom of

the chart was one that surprised me. It was called "miscellaneous."

Appar­ently, a large number of people die of "miscellane­ous" every

year!

I think I understand why. I suffer from "mis­cel­­laneous" when I go

in too many directions at once. When I am scattered, the disease

begins to take over. Soon my self-esteem is

affected and I feel as if I'm doing nothing important. Flitting here

and there, I have no overriding pur­pose and I feel as if my life is

spinning out of con­trol. It must be a terrible way to die!

However, I believe there is a cure for the disease. It's called

"focus." A focused person is one who knows what is important and

follows the path. She may have many interests, but one calling. A

fo­cused person hears one voice more clearly than the others...and

follows. Some call it pursuing a mis­sion. Some call it knowing your

purpose. Others call it being centered. Whatever it is called, a

fo­cused life can be meaningful and happy.

Not every path should be followed, and not every goal should become a

life's calling. But a truly worthy focus can raise a life from

mediocrity and save it from a slow death by miscellaneous.

Are you in focus?

Steve Goodier

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