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		<title>K: Keeps &#8211; What It&#8217;s Really Like</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2015 06:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a series titled, “A-B-Cs – What It’s Really Like”. Each week a new letter and its word will be revealed. Each word’s explanation will illustrate significant personal meaning, application and ultimately demonstrate, What It’s Really Like…  I think at times we all struggle with keeping in general &#8211; keeping up, keeping touch, keeping time, keeping watch, keeping promises. Like a safe, we keep with us what we value and hold dear. Judgment plays a huge role in deciding what we keep and what we discard if presented with too many choices. I was once told that if it no longer serves you must stop holding on and let it go. It takes a strong sense of courage to be faced with a decision to release something that you once valued to potentially replace it with a more purposeful keepsake. Keepsakes are meant to hold pieces of precious memories. Time pieces are meant to keep time. Time is kept to place a &#8220;born on date&#8221; on memories in order to ensure proper freshness for consumption. Some of the items that we keep have no expiration date. I am finding that as I get older I am much more likely to compromise on the release of material items if in return my mind would have the capacity to keep and store more memories. Keeping up with the Jones&#8217; falls into similar categories as the poor company you keep and not being your brother&#8217;s keeper. Innocence makes us believe that bad things may never happen to us. When major adversity strikes it is difficult to keep the faith. In these situations it is important to keep your head, sanity and enthusiasm in proper working order. I think the line is, &#8220;KEEP SWIMMING!&#8221;, right? It is also important to protect what we value most and keep it safe. Besides your family, your dreams should be kept with great regard. Dreams should be protected with the watchful skill of a goalkeeper, maintained with the meticulous eye of a greens keeper and held close like a short-yardage quarterback keeper. Keep them as fresh as possible like a Tupperware food keeper, but readily and easily accessible like the Velcro on a Trapper Keeper…even if they are wild and possibly in need of being tamed by a zoo keeper. As corny as my analogies are and all joking aside, the things we keep are serious business. Life is all about playing for keeps. Casey Kasem had it figured out when he said, &#8220;Keep your feet in the ground and keep reaching for the stars!&#8221; By accident or total coincidence, Kasem also begins with the letter &#8216;K&#8217;. This post just keeps getting better and better all the time! &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Motorcyclists: You Look Stupid When You Don&#8217;t Wear A Helmet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Dear Motorcycle Drivers, This is the time of year that you start getting your prized bikes out from the garage and clean them up for a great season of adventure. It is also the time that many people start preaching about safety and being aware of you and your bikes on the road. We hear things like, Watch for motorcycles in the blind spot of your rearview mirror! or, When pulling out at a stop sign&#8230; look twice!! I have to agree that the advice we get is fine and expected. We should be careful and mindful of motorcyclists on the road, I am all for being cautious and keeping everyone safe. But here&#8217;s where I get a bit perturbed with all of this. Here&#8217;s a few questions for you: How about you do your part to keep safe and not weave in and around traffic so that we don&#8217;t unexpectedly hit you, because in normal circumstances, a vehicle wouldn&#8217;t be able to do what you just did? Why do you feel the need for speed when you&#8217;re on one of the most dangerous motor vehicles allowed on the road? And, here&#8217;s a good one, how about you put a freaking helmet on your head to save your life, just incase there is an accident?! Did you ever think of that?! &#160; I know somehow you&#8217;ve managed to get a few legislators in your pocket to pass laws that do not REQUIRE you to wear a helmet (in some states), but &#8230;really, if you&#8217;re not doing your part to be extra cautious and if you&#8217;re not using common sense to protect yourself, why the hell should everyone else have to go out of their way to make sure YOU are safe? Seriously! You actually look stupid when you&#8217;re flying down the road with your gross gorgeous locks flowing in the wind. Newsflash! When you fall off that thing, for whatever reason, you are probably going to smash your head on the ground and it&#8217;s going to be a massive tragedy to you, your family, and friends. I know this because I&#8217;ve been through it &#8211; someone I know and love fell off of their motorcycle and was killed because of a head injury 100% due to the fact that they were NOT wearing a helmet! Don&#8217;t force me to have to go to your bedside at the hospital, or worse, your funeral. I&#8217;m angry and annoyed that I am sad and crying because I can&#8217;t see or talk to you ever again because you made the stupid decision to get on that motorcycle without a helmet. My sadness and your death could have been prevented with one little choice. If you were to ride a go-cart, a bicycle, or even go down hill skiing, you&#8217;re expected, or at least suggested, to have a helmet on. But, somehow you get behind a 100 HP engine and leave it up to fate! WHAT? That&#8217;s STUPID! Believe me, you&#8217;re not THAT cool. And believe me, you REALLY won&#8217;t be very cool when you&#8217;re dead or braindead from not protecting yourself. You have the choice, use your brain (or lack thereof) to make a wise decision and put a helmet on! You can wear all your gear, get your tattoos, buff and shine the chrome on your bike, even buy a flashing headlight that helps cares to see you more easily&#8230;do whatever you like! But please, buy a helmet and wear it! I&#8217;ve already seen and heard of too many fatalities this year, and it&#8217;s only April. To your credit, in some cases a helmet might not save your life, but I think it&#8217;s common sense to have one on. Every time I drive my car I don&#8217;t have an option to wear my seatbelt, I HAVE to do it. Do I look &#8220;cool&#8221; doing it? Not really. But, it shows that I know and understand the law and, more importantly, the consequences of what would happen if I chose not to buckle my seatbelt. I think the least you can do, for safety sake, is to put your helmet on! All of you diehard freedom riders may disagree with me, but I&#8217;m sick and tired of seeing one after another of your brothers or sisters (who was not wearing a helmet) not surviving these accidents and it being blamed on everything BUT not wearing a helmet! So, how about I&#8217;ll buckle-up and you&#8217;ll helmet-up and we&#8217;ll look out for each other and stop this ridiculous nonsense. If I need to do my part to keep you safe by being extra cautious in my car, then you need to drive that thing like a responsible, somewhat intelligent human being and be extra cautious as well. Here&#8217;s my last big of advice: Wear a helmet, follow the rules, listen to my advice, and no one gets hurt. Bottom line: If you chose to not wear a helmet, you are choosing to look like an idiot. Sincerely, A Very Annoyed Angry Frustrated Patient Driver &#160;]]></description>
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