Splatters of Clay

I grew up with the phrase Merry Xmas. My mother always used the term Xmas to refer to this joyful frenzy we call Christmas. Many years ago, I innocently sent a holiday salutation to several friends that included “Merry Xmas” at the end. The response of one individual shocked me. It included ridicule and ranting over the evil and devilish commercialism that attempts to choke the true spirit of Christmas. Admonishments of not removing Christ from Christmas left me feeling quite foolish and guilty. “I didn’t mean to” was my only feeble excuse. Recently my wife put together a small display concerning how Christmas is celebrated in Greece. She discovered the most interesting fact concerning the X in Xmas. X is a common abbreviation for Christ and its usage can be dated as far back at 1021 A.D. Xmas may not be as anti-Christian as some might think. You can read more about Xmas on Wikipedia. Going forward I chose to cast of the foolish guilt of my xusage of X in place of Christ. To everyone...

It has been a little while since I last posted on my Blog. That will change in the coming year. I have been reading Why We Want You to be Rich by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki. This book has set my brain cogs in motion. Dissatisfied and concerned with our family finances and economic future, I have been feeling the need to study finance and welath more. Today I experienced a moment of enlightenment. I want to share this with people in hopes of generating a revolution of sorts within the United States and maybe even the world. "Think big" as Mr. Trump states. There are three main issues that I think everybody has to face: · Health · Wealth · Energy We are essentially consumers of all three. Most people have a sort of entitlement/victim like attitude about all three areas. I pay my doctor, dentist, nurse, therapist, etc. to keep me healthy I pay my financial advisor, CPA, Banker, 401K, etc. to protect and manage my money I pay the gas station, electric company, gas...