July 29, 2024 My Progress

byMelWaller

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1 year ago

(Cover photo: Melissa Jeane & Mommy)

Hi everyone,

I have a lot of time to reflect on areas of my life lately so I see that as a gift when normally I am very busy and focused on what I do.

I've had a bad sore throat and congestion in my upper respiratory tract so I have not been feeling my best for the last 2 weeks. 2 days ago, I finally started taking some meds and it is helping.

I've had other physical issues since last September and I know many others who have far worse conditions than I.

Then I got to thinking about my older brother who was forever changed in a motorcycle accident back in 1973. He has never been the same physically or mentally and it was a great reminder to stop any form of a pity party or feeling bad for myself.

Oh, the stories our mind can come up with. So I am going to make a serious effort not to mention any health challenges going forward. I need to be thankful no matter what my situation is. To be able to open my eyes in the morning and take another breath needs to be appreciated more.

I posted a question earlier tonight about Medium and have decided to give it a try out. I've already joined for a year and submitted my first story. Its a blogging type platform where we can be paid based on people reading our content.

I will update in the future as to my progress there.

I have been reading a lot of books and news regarding the current world challenges and how they seem to be closing in on us all.

All I will say about that is that nothing is carved in stone and there are far too many possible paths to know what the outcome will be even in the near future.

For me as a Marine, I prepare in what ways I can for the worst possible scenarios, BUT I continue to live my life going forward, and living it to the best of my ability.

We can not allow anything to hold us back or cause us to freeze up. That's very counter productive and there are so many blessings that await us ahead.

My book publishing has been very slow while I was ill, but I am slowly getting energized to pick up the pace there.

Since June 15th, I have published 33 books and 10 ebooks as I push to more than double what I currently have published which is 1250 books & 323 ebooks. Never ending work.

I wish you all a great week and month ahead as we approach August!

To Our Success!

Mel Waller