I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN A BLOG TODAY!

Hi Kat Palmiotti and Lise Howe .  Yes, I did get a blog written and was lucky enough to have it featured.  Ironic, don't you think, that I should write about the absence of the writing muse and be rewarded for it?  Writing about having nothing to write about when one lacks the motivation to write is a time-tested writer's tip.  I feel cheesy getting recognition for it, but hey, I've read worse (LOL).

Good morning Bob Crane and Michael Thornton .  Here's a thought.  When we can't write for ourselves, we can always lift up others among us in AR and showcase their introspections, ideas and opinions. I like the idea of sharing informataion and supporting fellow bloggers.  Both of you, in my opinion, have already mastered this practice. (Bob, I've already shared your re-reblog of Laura Cerrano's water fountain blog).  We can bookmark blogs for later use, right?

I hope we as a community don't lapse too often into the kind of unpleasantries exhibited yesterday, I think it was, in a featured post concerning an indivual's disagreement with "established" AR members.

Good morning Frank Castaldini and Thomas F. Scanlon .  Yes, to both of you.  Rest and recharge. One thing I am learning is that even without inspiration, I can still log in, read what my crew and the larger community are writing about and thank them for sharing their work.  Bingo!  It's 200 points with no effort.  Moreover, my interest in others validates them.  Don't we all want more of that?

My goal is to keep at it as both of you have done so well.   Good day to both.

Thank you Gay E. Rosen and Richie Alan Naggar author of books on Life-Love-Intimacy-Purpose .  What to do about that "life getting in the way" part?

"I coulda been somebody, I coulda been a contenda, instead of a bum, which is what I am"?   Anybody remember that classic backseat scene?

Hi Kathleen Daniels . As an Ambassador who's amassed 1.5 million points, I'd say you've earned the right to take a breather now and then., you prolific so and so.

And don't listen to the rhetoric that AR ambassadors  are elitists as one or two  have suggested in recent blog posts.  I've had nothing but good experiences with ambassadors every time I've called upon them for technical guidance and advice. 

I certainly do appreciate your participation in this dicussion.  Thank you and come back often.

John Pusa you're too kind.  Thanks for commenting.

Hi Sam Shueh .   I feel we need to remind ourselves a lot that our potentials are constantly in flux.  If we could just learn to allow our external world to be as it is and accept that our potential to achieve anything in it will vary  from day to day,  we might achieve more over time, just by keeping calm and ourselves in the race. Look at our 1 million plus point AR members.  They have reached and surpassed a prestigious AR milestone by staying active over many years.  I get too impatient but I'm trying harder to be more like my AR role models.

Good morning, Sarah & Les Oswald .  Thank you for your kind words.  They mean a lot to me.

And good morning to you, Jill Sackler .  Thank you, too.  Your comments are more than kind.  I'm not deserving of them, though. 

Hi Margaret Rome, Baltimore Maryland.  Quiet.  Don't share our dirty little blogging secret.  And, as an aside, I don't care what that self-appointed AR critic and keeper of the blogging flame David Barr says about AR ambassadors, I want you to know that I  admire  your status as an AR ambassador and especially admire your steadfastness over 1.9 million plus posting points.   Congrats to you. My hat is truly off and in my hands.

I just might surprise you Roy Kelley.