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GENERAL
LIFE TOPICS
Financial: With twenty years of experience in the multiple-line
insurance business, I have a fairly good grasp of financial basics. Prior to that, in my younger years, I stepped into many of the major
pitfalls of poor financial choices and learned the hard way. Many
years ago, I had a side business fail which took me to the brink of
bankruptcy. Both my experience and training has covered a wide
breadth. Today I use, and teach, a 10-10-80 Biblically based debt
free living way of handling money and resources. This has carried us
well through the ups and downs of the economy. I believe it is the
best way of getting anybody into a position to be able to weather the
storms. It took me 15 years,
from making the decision, to get totally out of debt. But, it can be
done even from a disastrous starting point. A few weeks before I was
reworking this page, some friends were telling us about a wonderful
financial seminar they had only paid $100 for. Everything they
mentioned was the same teaching I have been offering free for almost
twenty years.
Business & Ministry (using your gifts): I was a
sole-proprietor businessman for over forty years. In my
lifetime I have set up three corporations, and did all the paperwork for
the filings which got the Teaching & Sharing Centers its 501c3 public
charity IRS approval. I have had employees and worked with
independent contactors. If you are wondering how to start, and what
basic steps should be initiated with governmental bodies, the guidance is
yours for the asking.
Natural Health: I tend to shy away from self-promotion in the
natural health arena. There is so much to it, I would not even begin to refer to
myself as an expert. But, when I see the lacking advice people are
getting from some not so bashful individuals and companies, I wonder how
to balance my misgivings. I have pretty much throughout my life
tried to avoid the use of medications unless absolutely necessary. Now, for over
25 years, I have been involved with taking and learning
about natural and herbal products. The marketplace today is flooded
with inferior and ineffective natural products. I have a number of
companies I use, and trust, who were in the game when it was more of a
passion than just a business to make money at. Since my quadruple
by-pass heart surgery in March 2006, I have
had to learn about diet, nutrition, exercise, and a number of health
alternatives. You only need to listen to the calm voice at the end
of a commercial to know what a disaster most of the advertised drugs are
for our bodies. The only drug I have taken after the initial
recovery period of my surgery is a daily
low-dose aspirin. Each person must become the choice maker
concerning their own health, but if you are wondering about the
alternatives - ask.
Mental Health: Do poets naturally have a wider emotional pendulum,
or do those with such swings of intensity just often gravitate toward
poetry? Either way, I have walked the paths of depression and soared
into the heavens. Suicidal thoughts were no stranger earlier in
life, and later along my journey, spiritual side roads have twice landed me
in a mental health hospital. Although it perplexed the medical
experts, one outcome of walking these paths is a first hand knowledge of
what it is like. Whatever you are dealing with, there is no judgment
or condescension here. The opportunity to be open and honest can be
healing in and of itself. Please let it be perfectly clear that I am
not a licensed therapist . . . just a fellow traveler who can listen and
share.
Spiritual: Last, but not least, is the spiritual piece of the
puzzle. In truth, I see the spiritual in everything that exists, and
every moment of our paths. But, intentionally making time to connect
with your Creator, and entering into a close personal relationship with
God (however you choose to perceive God) has benefits beyond anything else
you could possibly find within this entire site. It should be the
most automatic and natural thing we do in life. Yet, the reality is
that many people struggle with the details and a fear which has been fed
by so many conflicting perspectives. My journey started in what many
call New Age. I spent time with Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. and the
Theosophy of Rudolf Steiner. I walked for a number of years with the
twelve steps of Al-Anon, and have embraced many of the basic philosophies
of my Native American ancestors. Though I have landed squarely in
the hands of Jesus, the Christ, and spend a great deal of time in
Scripture, I particularly like working with the Friends of Peace Pilgrim
materials. The truth already resides within your very being. Nobody can make it happen for you. But, those of us who are already
committed to Truth and our own journey, can help you with your initial
steps and offer encouragement and reminders along the way. This is
the most precious service I offer.
The Feedback & Contact page has the most current information you might
need to reach me. My teaching and sharing is done one on one by
appointment, or more casually whenever I happen to be at the Teaching &
Sharing Center of Grand Ledge. All of what I do and offer is free. Some have trouble understanding this because they assume if something has
value it must come with a big price tag. There are quotes and
information elsewhere which dispel and explain the fallacy of such
thinking. Basically, at the very top of Truth is Love . . . . REAL LOVE IS ALWAYS FREE.
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