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On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 9:32 PM Tom Martin < [email protected]> wrote: > HI Mope > > I'll be 67 August 11 and then my entire life I've never been is confused > and uncertain to what is going on is now except the only thing I have to > hold onto is that somehow this all means something in the big picture of > life > I have spoke to Christians Muslims Jews Hindus and all the different > beliefs of science-based logic and your name and everyone I've spoke to > seems disoriented and unable to get balance so they're resorting to > taking medication or talking to therapists and counselors to try to find > some kind of balance > At the same time if you just look at the last year or so there has been > more mass shootings entire history of the world has ever known it > doesn't even limited self to the United States as my cab company has a > call center in Serbia and they've even had mass shootings in Serbia just > as Covid was a pandemic I believe negativity and stress has also been a > pandemic > Recently the topic is been about artificial intelligence and let stress > that artificial is the key word yes > What has the entire entertainment industry and the industrial revolution > was about using intelligence in production marketing and in medication > and medical > So I'm going to propose to all my intelligent friends a dream that I had > the other night > > I believe when we slow down the mind like we used to think when we were > younger and take baby steps in stress and focus more on all the positive > experiences we had in life that were learned over a long period of time > the computers and cell phones have made the speed of processing > information so quick we cannot grasp it in a stress and it causes > traumatic stress disorder and makes us unable to function > > I've started getting many emails on Facebook from so-called famous > people from all walks of life that I've been a fan of however they seem > to be a lot of scams and rackets hucksters dinner just trying to get you > to email them with the intentions of sending money etc. just like a > Nigerian scam of the past > So to counter all this negativities I've taken several days turning off > my television working yet less Internet and slowing down everything I > noticed that people is a stress relief too many of the same things they > think by spending and shopping but it will lighten their lives when in > fact it can cause a deeper problem of debt > remorse after buying new things I did this when I was younger and > wrapped up charge cards to the tune of $100,000 it took me from 1993 > until 97 to pay them off with after-tax money > > So just as we take a diet with food intake we can diet who is spending > intake and acquiring material things matter fact the older I get the > less I wanted to possess as far as material objects the greatest thing I > found is memories and saw my son taking my scrapbooks of my musical > career and my letters from Adam West and things of that nature after I > thought about it I called him and said look you're my son I prefer you > over my memorabilia so if that will make you happy having my Momentos > even if he sold them or whatever > > So consider what is the most important thing I remember back with the > California fires when David kusoMoto grabbed his pet and wife and was > thankful > Remember Maria Shriver grabbed her pictures of her children when she > left her house in California > > > Many people have suffered recently due to forest fires tornadoes floods > in the lake in February my basement flooded and destroyed a hardwood > subfloor that was in my basement I received quotes of up to $21,000 to > fix it in my insurance company said I did not have backup train > insurance so then I thought if I just get a few of the planks replaced > would that not be sufficient since I'm currently not even walking > > The lesson I've learned is count your blessings and most of your > blessings our friendships with people and family and pets a baby > squirrel this morning was outside my wheelchair ramp and was in a crisis > I called the city and they told me that they don't pick them up until > they are dead he was not dead yet so a friend of mine who is the animal > activist told me about natures nursery place in Toledo that seems wild > life like baby ducklings misplaced opossums baby deer Eagles and all > kinds of animals and I thought how wonderful it was that there are > people that care about living things like the little creatures > ironically when the woman came by to pick up the little baby squirrel he > must've got resuscitated because he was gone I thought maybe he had a > Cesar so god works in miraculous ways and hopefully the little squirrel > is back on his feet > So my prayer for all mankind is that we all step back and slow down. use > less lights gas food resources > Just doing reverse of what caused problems seems to be the best cure > > Have a small picnic with a few friends or relatives > Go outside and sit on a bench taken all the beautiful nature on a micro > level like butterflies > The over abundance of media through the video television in the lake has > cluttered on mine so much that we don't know what to believe anymore > > Yeah it can also be fun to share memories of the past with others try > visiting the old nursing home and sharing some old magazines or historic > newspapers to conjure up their old memories > or educate young kids on who the old silent scream stars were or the > 70s or 80s movies because most of them if you question them have a hard > time even remembering who the Beatles were Ringo Starr just turned 83 on > July 7 it's hard to imagine the Beatles are almost 100 years old but > it's true > > Just imagine Beethoven in Mozart in the early thespians and William > Shakespeare and even the entertainment of BC and after like the Roman > Colosseum that David > Mentioned a man who is carving his initials into the ruins of him and > his girlfriend > I watched in my short lifetime of 66 years how people forget so many > people weeks after Day die my favorite TV show host was Johnny Carson > and it was just dark Severinsen's birthday he turned 96 on July 7 same > day as Ringo > > Let's hope we get to meet all of our favored pop-culture people in > heaven when it's our time to go yes I think that's what we were promised > whether you're Jewish or Muslim or Christian or Hindu even king tut > believe there was in here after > > So god bless you all > Tom > Hollywood dream factory® > since 1977 > > ---- > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com 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