Chicken Roadkill

MENTORS

   You've seen those 3D Chalk Drawings being circulated around in the internet, right? When it first came out I thought it was a clever concept and figured it would be quite easy to execute. I never had the chance to prove my theory until the City of La Habra asked me to make one for an Art Walk for the kids. And so last Saturday I did. CLICK HERE to see what happened.

   Although I never actually made a chalk drawing, I knew that I could and volunteered to do it. Isn't growing up like that? You pick up skills, habits, knowledge and you add notches to your belt of experience. But there's a fast track to all this. They're called mentors. I'm having a blast meeting some genuine people --- older folk who give advice and mentor me to areas I've never been to. Last week you heard me talk about Heather (BTW, she's thrilled that she had so many fans who said very nice things about her letter to her husband).

    This week I met a senior named Beth, a Girl Scout trainer, who mentors young ladies and their parents. She inspires them to cook, to start a business, handle money responsibly and even tells them when to start wearing bras. She gets visits from women whom she hasn't seen for years just to get some needed hugs.

    I met with Terry a cancer survivor who almost didn't make it. He appreciates life so much more now. Reality about the silly rat race changed his priorities.

    Of course you need to watch out for the opportunists. They only call when they need something. Or they suck favors out of you and never reciprocate. Surprisingly, they're the ones who are constantly shortchanged in life. I guess it's true --- the more you give the more you get back.

   Anne, one of my readers said that Heather's letter last week inspired her to Pay Forward kindness and treated someone to lunch.

   Contagious isn't it?

Wisdom from Rey of Simi Valley, CA

Chicken Road Kill
Contributed by Heather of Whitttier, CA

A man was riding his sportscar past a friend's chicken farm and he ran over one of the chickens and killed it.

When he got off the car, and looked at the chicken he recognized that this was his friend's prized chickens. He was devasted and didn't know what to say to his friend.

His friend said, "Don't worry! That's not my chicken!
I don't have any flat chickens."

AND NOW THE CONTINUING SAGA OF ...

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If they start doing this, I wanna go to Med School.

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Superb cinematography. If you aren't a nature lover, this video will change all that.

These Budapest Air Daredevils could never get away doing these stunts in America. These are dangerously crazy.

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