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Serendipity

By pure serendipity this afternoon while searching for an old email, my wife found my old blog from July, 2018. One thing that’s amazing is “that no matter how much things change, some things remain the same.” 

Read to the end and remember that this was written over two years ago:

Home Goods – “Thankful”

Yesterday my wife went to Home Goods, her favorite place. I can spend ten minutes in there on a good day, and she can easily spend hours. Whatever it is that attracts women to Home Goods . . . bottle it and sell it! Anyway while at Home Goods she bought a a white plaque that said, “Thankful” in nice black cursive on a white background. I liked it, and by serendipity she hung it on a wall that I look at literally a hundred times a day!

When I look at this sign, I reflect and ask myself, “What am I thankful for?” 

Of course, I am thankful for all of the usual stuff . . .  health, family, living in the U.S.A.,etc., but I am also thankful for a lot of other things that are going on these days.

I am thankful that the stock market  is at near record levels, and is sustaining there.

I am thankful that over 1.7 million new jobs have been created.

I am thankful that the nationwide unemployment rate is at near record low levels for all races, and I am especially thankful that the unemployment rate in California is at its lowest level since 1976 when this statistic initially began to be recorded.

I am thankful that the Gross National Product is humming along at levels not seen recently. Gross domestic product grew at a solid 4.1 percent pace in the second quarter, its best pace since 2014!

I am thankful that ISIS in the Middle East is all but eliminated.

I am thankful that the fiery rhetoric from North Korea has ceased, and I am thankful that it appears that North Korea is dismantling its test sites.

I am thankful that a conservative judge, Neil Gorsuch, was appointed to the Supreme Court, and I am hopeful that I will soon be thankful that Judge Kavanaugh, a jurist who believes in following the Constitution, has been confirmed to the Supreme Court.

I am thankful for the newly expanded Veteran’s Affairs health-care program just recently signed into law.

I am thankful that there has been a marked increase in the number of MS-13 gang members have been rounded up, including a recently arrested El Salvadorian national who is a high ranking member of MS-13.

I am thankful that there is now a National Public Health Emergency on opioids, and that  $500 million was added to fight the crisis.

As I go back and read over my “thankful” list, I realize that in essence I am thankful that Donald Trump is our president!

7/30/18

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