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LEAP DAY

This is a leap year.   Big things can happen in leap years.  Odd things.  Rare things.  Sometimes they're great. Sometimes not. Presidential elections happen in leap years.  That could be a blessing or a curse.  Depends on what side of the fence you're on.  Or wall, even.

It's also an Irish tradition that women propose to their man on Leap Day.  I read about that on the internet. Apparently, St. Brigid was given the Luck O' the Irish from Ole St. Patrick to "ALLOW" women to propose one day a year every four years.  Thanks for the permission.  I think I'll pass.

That's the news I read today on the internet.  That and the Oscars hullabaloo.  Not much.  Well, wait.  I did just get a message that 5 Hour Energy received a judgment against 6 Hour Power for up to 22 million.  Now that's some news.  Especially, knowing that back in the day I took the depositions of the top Founder and CEO of  5 Hour Energy.  It makes my head big knowing that my career choice has allowed me to take the testimony of  multiple "Top Dogs" in multiple major industries, but still humbling as well.

Oh, wait.  I digressed.  Not unusual for me, I must say it "ALWAYS" happens that I digress.  Even my life. It just goes places I never thought it would.  Like it's on autopilot and changes to an electric car with no driver, accomplishing things that were not in the plan.

That's the thing:  Accomplishments.  They're achieved in many, different ways.  What looks like a failure to one person was actually that same person's saving grace.  It's just that, maybe, they were too busy finding all the bad and negative things about life, it calloused their ability to see or experience happiness. That mindset is a hard one to grasp onto.

Accomplishments are different for everyone.  At the end of it all, the people you've touched, that's the real accomplishments of life.  I think.  Personal happiness. The assets column of a positive, fulfilling life outweighing all the negativity and liabilities weighing you down.

My rambling thoughts.  I just wanted to write a note on Leap Day.  This one fits.  It's odd.  It seems to be leaping around.  But I'm stopping the train now.  I've got to go make money, be productive, accomplish something with my life, buy a house.  Then, when they say, "I was thinking today how Darlene hasn't ever accomplished anything," it'll roll off me like water on a duck's back.

Until next time,

Me

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