Recently, my wife and I travelled to Savannah, Georgia, for a visit with family friends. We had the opportunity to have lodging at the Holiday Inn Express on Bay Street in the heart of the historic district. The hospitality of the Hotel, the Restaurants that we dined, the Tours that we made, and the many shops that we visited was exquisite and outstanding. The Southern Charm was felt in a very positive way that exemplifies the character of people who care about their customers. The visit was extremely memorable in many respects including the understanding of the significance of the historical developments that Savannah and her citizens share and have experienced over the more than two centuries of its existence. Thank you, Savannah, for giving us a wonderful gift: YOUR EXEMPLARY HOSPITALITY AND FRIENDSHIP! "People do not care what you know but how much you care about them." You are a special gem in the South!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
ACHIEVEMENT LADDER ENTHUSIASTS SALUTE LABOR DAY'S WORKERS' POSITIVE ATTITUDE
In your everyday adventures in your community, have you noticed the numerous workers who give 100 percent with their positive attitude in achieving their personal and company's goals? Do you admire the workers who go beyond the requirements of their jobs to create a positive environment for the customers as well as a positive image for their co-workers? Are you able to list the many examples of positive work-personship that exists in your neighborhoods and in your communities? As a consumer are your "voting" with your hard-earned resources for the workers who have made a solid commitment "to those who care enough to do their level best?" Your "votes" sustain the positive achievements of many Achievement Ladder Enthusiasts whose desire, dedication, and determination "put a stamp of approval" on a job well done. Let us celebrate this Labor Day Weekend 2010 by remembering all of those persons who have made a difference in your life because of their positive, 100 percent attitude about accomplishing an outstanding record of enjoying the dignity of work.
May the Ladder of Achievment for all Achievement Ladder Enthusiasts be a shining reminder to all persons to step up to the next level of giving the very best and earning the continued respect from their "voting customers." May the hopes and dreams of all who have lost their enthusiasm because of economic ups and downs in the job market be an inspiration to "get up rather than to give up." When one door closes another door opens for the Achievement Ladder Enthusiasts to show that the Spirit of America is renewed and transformed into a better America; and allow the glow of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship to expand and bring back the new technologies and the new work environment to the American Working Person who "cares enough to give the very best."
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
"WE WANT TO SEE THE WORLD"
In a recent trip to my favorite activity, I discovered a prayer card that caught my attention. The front of the prayer card showed a picture of an angel with full wing spand reaching out to an unborn baby in outer space with the words, "We Want To See The World." The text of the prayer is as follows:
"Dearest Guardian Angel, Heaven has entrusted every soul on earth, born and unborn, to your Divine protection. Hear the prayers we offer for all God's children and intercede for sinful man before the heavenly court, so that Our Lord in His infinite mercy and love may look with tender pity on our fallen world. Beseech the Holy Spirit to transform the hearts of our nation's leaders, especially those with the temporal power to interpret and execute the Constitution. Inspire them to restore justice and establish laws that preserve, protect, and defend the sanctity of all human life. May your guidance and example show them the way to perfect joy and peace found only in obedience to the will of our heavenly Father. Amen." (Children of God for Life=www.cogforlife.org).
On another inspiring pray card was a picture of a beautiful and innocent child with hands folded and eyes gazing in simple meditation. On the back of this small card was the following information:
"To counteract the movement for abortion, Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen recommended the spiritual adoption of unborn babies. During your earthly life, this child which you have adopted will be known only to God, but in the hereafter, you will enjoy each other's company for all eternity. Msgr. Sheen recommended the following prayer: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, I love you very much; I beg you to spare the life of the unborn child that I have spiritually adopted, and which is in danger of being aborted." (www.maryscall.com)
Since September 30, 2009, my spiritual adoptions of unborn babies include Matthew, Mary , Joseph, and Josephine, Robert, and Roberta. My prayer for these spiritually adopted unborn children is that their parents will spare their lives from the danger of elective abortions. May the peace of Jesus and the love of Jesus embrace the hearts, minds, and souls of the family, friends, and loved ones who encourage these abortions and lead them all to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to His Eucharistic Heart and Presence. Although elective abortions may KILL the bodies of unborn children, their souls will live on throughout all of eternity. May all Achievment Ladder Enthusiasts accept the challenges of spiritual adoption of unborn children, which is accomplished by praying for one particular but unknown child's life to be spared elective abortion and be allowed to continue to live. In every elective abortion, A UNBORN BABY DIES!
What you do as an Achievement Ladder Enthusiast does make a difference in eventually eliminating the more than 4,000 elective abortions performed every day in the United States of America. CHOOSE LIFE! The LIFE you save may be YOUR OWN! November 2, 2010, is the Feast of All Souls and also the General Election Day in the United States of America. Will you VOTE to save the UNBORN? the DEPENDENT? the UNWANTED? the HANDICAPPED? the ELDERLY? the DYING? the BRAIN-DEAD? TRANSFORM AMERICA!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
POST ELECTION CHALLENGES FOR ACHIEVEMENT LADDER ENTHUSIASTS
Now that the results are in from yesterday's elections, the challenges begin for all voters to listen, listen, listen and decide on November 2, 2010 the fate of our American Free Enterprise system as we know what that legacy can and should be for restoring confidence in our Republic. The working relationship with the public and private sectors of our great Country strive on the uniqueness of each Achievment Ladder Enthusiast's active participation. Even though "negativism" may be the way of some candidates, the voters are looking for the "positive thrust" that is expected from candidates who will represent the American People in all matters that have impact on the dignity and the respect for all concerned persons. The Founding Leaders of our Republic left the Amerian People with a principled legacy that is still appropriate in the 21st Century. Eroding the values of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution with a Bill of Rights opens the door to oppressive dictatorship that strips away natural and human rights for imposed bureacratic and secularistic humanism without effective representation for the individual.
Starting today and continuing until November 2, 2010, all registered voters and prospective registered voters are expected to read and to discern the TRUTH that will shared by the various candidates for public office. The holistic intelligences of the candidates need to be studied and understood to have an informed electorate that will make choices that go beyond the "obvious and the transparent." Consider all of the issues that are impacting our Republic in 2010. What are the priorities that need to be effectively addressed and accomplished by the "servants of the People" after the election on November 2 is over? Read, listen, research, and evaluate all of the information that will most important to the transformation and the renewal of the Achievement Ladder Enthusiasts focus on climbing up and down the Ladder of Achievment that will again bring America as a Country that can be trusted and appreciated.
Your vote always counts even when you think that vote is overlooked. History has taught us many lessons about Countries who have lost their individual involvement in the political process because of dictatorships and citizen's apathy. All Achievment Ladder Enthusiasts will exercise their privilege and their opportunity to vote for the candidates of their choice in the most informed manner possible. Using many sources of information will open the minds and the hearts of those American Achievement Ladder Enthusiasts who "care enough to send the very best" to represent their interests and concerns in public service.
November 2, 2010, will become the Transformation Day for all true American Patriots who accept their responsibility to make a difference for their America!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ACHIEVEMENT LADDER ENTHUSIASTS WHO VOTED IN THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS
To exercise a person's right to vote in a free society means a privilege and a responsibility to gather the information prior to casting votes for candidates. All candidates are expecting the registered American voters to take their civic duty serious in spite of any challenges that could derail a voter's good intention to actually vote. "Your vote always counts" means a free person ignores apathy and procrastination in making time to cast their vote for their favorite candidate who has indicated a willingness to "actually represent" their constituency in all of their future deliberations in a public office.
Today, my opportunity to cast my vote was accomplished in spite of a dreary, rainy day at my local polling location. To be "thanked" by the volunteers at the polling place for exercising my right to vote was graciously accepted and appreciated. Now the time has come to wait for the results this evening or tomorrow morning to determine the candidates for the general election on November 2, 2010. This is my 50th year voting in local, county, state, and national elections, which on many occasions was a "losing candidate" in my selection process. However, my encouragement to make my civic duty more than a routine process had deeper implications. Given the information that was received and available through the media and other reliable sources, my selections were made on reflecting and on understanding the philosophical and ideological principles that each candidate espoused. Although much of the political rhetoric is basically spin and "pie in the sky" promises, the voting records and the actual accomplishment of the candidates in serving the public unconditionally had high priority in the selection process.
In a Country that has prided itself on its uniqueness and its respect for the value and dignity of each human being, the time spent to exercise my vote was more than just a choice of this candidate or that candidate. My voting practices mean my vote does have significance in declaring a candidate a "winner" or an also-ran. Hopefully, the day will come when the expense of running for public office will be reduced to an affordable budget in order to encourage more reliable and honest persons to seek public office without having any stings attached to the outcome. All Achievement Ladder Enthusiasts who truly believe in our system of being a Republic and responsible to the American People will reconsider their opportunity to run for public office to make a real and significant difference in serving the American People with PRIDE, with COURAGE, with HONESTY, and with FIDELITY to the principles that have made the United States of America great during the past 234 years of Independence from foreign intervention.
Transformation Day for all American Achievement Ladder Enthusiasts is coming on November 2, 2010. Can we count on your active and total participation from now until that decisive day? Your vote always counts!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
IDES OF AUGUST 2010 ACHIEVEMENT LADDER ENTHUSIASTS' AWARD RECIPIENTS
Congratulations to all of the dedicated, professional educators and administrative staff members of all pre-K, elementary, secondary, and post-secondary educational private and public school learning environments. Also, congratulations to all parents who have chosen to home-school their children during this coming academic learning year. Providing effective and efficient learning environments for all of the children of school age is the monumental task of all "seasoned" and "rookie" learning facilitators. The Achievement Ladder Enthusiasts salute all of those individuals who are assisting and mentoring student learners in their pursuit of discovering the depth of their learning opportunities at various levels of educational endeavors.
Congratulations to all of the student learners who are giving their total attention to maximizing their full potential to their interests, aptitudes, and their altitudes with their positive attitude. Whether the student-learner has a "thimble" level of aptitudes or a "gallon jug" level of aptitudes, the attitude with which you use your time, talents, and treasures will make the difference in the long run in ACHIEVING YOUR FULL POTENTIAL UP AND DOWN THE LADDER OF ACHIEVEMENT in your life's adventures. Discoving your uniqueness as a human being in its holistic dimensions will be rewarding in your chosen careers or career clusters.
Congratulations to all of the IDES of AUGUST 2010 ACHIEVEMENT LADDER ENTHUSIASTS' AWARD RECIPIENTS. Welcome back to your Lifelong Learning goals of maximizing your unique talents and abilities in your educational challenges. "Always remember what you have learned. Your education is your life. Guard it well!" (Proverbs 4:13)
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