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Making Me Great Again

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  • Towards “RETURN TO WORK” goal : there have been two moments of REVELATION in my recent journey with GBM (**) in 2023. Oddly, the first was not January 5 : My first brain seizure day, nor January 11 : the brain surgery.No, the first was while SCHEDULING the radiation + chemotherapy treatments on 2/10/23… I

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  • FaceBook Post from Feb 28, 2023 @ 7a Pacfic As month 2 with GBM (my brain cancer) winds down, it is evident my body has recovered from the corticosteroid I was taking… yesterday (including last night) I was asleep about 65% of the day! it’s bittersweet, though, since the 5-hour nights also came with anti-inflammatory

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  • Funny for the day

    How are you today? Better than average, and you? I am average. As with most days… Unless you are progressively getting better every day! Or unless you are manic, and very bad one day and very good the next!  Haha! I guess I should ask “How are you this moment?“ LOL!

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  • Wishful Thinking

    Wishful Thinking Imagine that if you will The ruptured still  Of the night that grabbed my skull Torn by confusion Alluding to nuances Never minded by sentient skill The illusion of time  The sweet slurpy rhyme Ever-pressing into this now How can it be Only I can see The creature I dub ET (IITII)

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  • Fragile life Even the borders are deadly It’s just a fence , it’s just a wall It’s only an idea that separates us at all   

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  • Will live on the summer breeze making time under the flower trees easy on the mind Hakuna Matata – how do you do ? A loving Ohana, starts with me and you

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  • Caught my lover Cheating with another cheat like me We discovered  Most of what we loved was make-believe You think I’d know by now Love is just another type of lie 50 years gone by; the tears not dry (B flat Hard strum)  The Christ and Bhudda say What you need should give away I

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  • My niece was talking about how I generally give her a lecture about important matters of life (like parenting and money and so on), she said : “some think you can be an asshole and you do get kinda stern… a bit “high and mighty”, she  told me “Uncle Joe , you are just passionate

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  • Humility and Teams

    Excerpts/extrapolations from podcast EntreLeadership With Patrick Lencioni on the ideal team player… Without HUMILITY, you cannot be an ideal team player. It all starts with HUMILITY. Humans start with self-centeredness from the womb. It’s contrary to American culture to put the needs of others (i.e. The needs of the TEAM) before your personal needs. Some

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  • Reminder

    Gratitude. Saying thank you, verbalizing compliments, empathy, teamwork, showing appreciation. 

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  • Woke up crying  Mourning for the only life I need Thought I’d be dying But the way I love so very much like greed You think I’d show my heart 50 years gone by  the tears not dry A love I had is lost but not the love for life

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  • We got our toes in the sand On a beach in paradise The ocean is peaceful There’s a twinkle in your eye  Love Is a simple dance  Just a leap and a twirl  And a beautiful world

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