Covid is Back…Stay Safe and TEST! HOME COVID TEST 1. Pour a large glass of red wine, try to smell it. 2. If you can smell the wine then drink it & see if you can taste it. 3. If you can taste & smell it confirms you don’t have Covid. Last night I did the test 19 times, & all were negative, thank God. Tonight I am going to do the test again, because this morning I woke with a headache & feel like I am coming down with something. I am so nervous!

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Yesterday, I had a moment of despair. I said to my wife, "What's the point of any of this. Evil is on the move. The Enemy has the high ground. What can we do?" An interesting fact is that this message will resonate with people of all political stances at this moment, no? We'll discuss who the real Enemy is in a moment, because it may not be who you think. She did what she is very good at. She brought me back to focus. She reminded me that the world is not my responsibility. Only my world is my responsibility. My community, my friends, my people. Darkness cannot be fought, but light can be shined, even a small candle eradicates the darkness. I find myself reminded of the scene in the Two Towers, the second movie in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, in which the good people of Rohan have fled to Helms Deep, and the endless sea of evil Uruk Hai are breaking through the gates. In his despair, feeling that nothing can possibly stand against such evil, King Theoden says, "What can men do against such reckless hate?" Have you felt this way? Have you looked at the news or your social media and asked a question like this? Have you wondered what evil has come over our land, and despaired? But Aragorn had an answer. "Ride out with me." Who Is "The Enemy" Perhaps, as I talk about forces of evil, you are thinking of particular people, or particular groups of people. ☠️ But who is The Enemy? The Enemy is not The Right or The Left. The Enemy is not Republicans or Democrats. The Enemy is certainly not your friend who disagrees with you. The Enemy is the one who wants you to believe that those people are the enemy. The Enemy is anyone who would seek to divide you from other people. The Enemy is whoever would turn us against each other. 🔥 Fire Cannot Fight Fire 🌊 When you fight fire with fire, you get more fire. When you fight hate with hate, you get more hate. When you fight anger with anger, you get more anger. But you can light the darkness with even a single candle.

A community, more than anything else, must come together around shared values, and these are ours. You will notice that they all say we "seek to." None of us are perfect, and sometimes we may fail to fully live up to our values, but we hold these values dear and constantly strive to achieve them as well as we can. We also support each other to live up to these values, not by judging them, but by supporting them to understand when we may not be living to our highest values. 🔹 Honesty - A Villager seeks to always be honest and truthful, and never uses deceit or deception to make sales. 🦁 Courage – A Villager seeks to stand up for values, take entrepreneurial risks, and be a light in the world that inspires others. 🤝 Service - A Villager seeks to serve people and finds income as a side effect of serving, rather than seeking money with service as a side effect. 🏘️ Community - A Villager seeks to help their fellow Villagers with their advice, network, and support. 👀 Watchfulness - A Villager seeks to protect their fellow Villagers, and all people, from Villains by warning them off and recommending providers with Villager Values. 😄 Fun - A Villager seeks to make work and life enjoyable for themselves and those around them, recognizing that both business and life are too serious to not contain laughter and smiles. 🌟 Purpose - A Villager seeks higher purpose in their own work and seeks to support the higher purposes of others. 💰 Abundance - A Villager seeks to bring success to all, recognizing that there is more than enough for all of us and that competition is a myth. 🌱 Growth – A Villager seeks self-improvement, always seeking to improve themselves as a person to better serve others and themselves. 🧭 Discernment – A Villager seeks to recognize nuance, understanding when one does harm through malice versus incompetence, and always seeking to see our fellow human through eyes of empathy rather than judgment. Which of these values most speak to you? How can you live out these values in your life and business?

I have skeletons in my laundry. #parentLife