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Carol H Tucker
Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
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why am I here?
Today is the 1st day of the 3rd month, the 61st day of 2016 with only 298 shopping days left until Christmas. It is also:
- Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day
- National Fruit Compote Day
- National Horse Protection Day
- National Peanut Butter Lover's Day [AKA National Peanut Lovers Day]
- National Pig Day
- National Sportsmanship Day
- Peace Corp Day
- Plan a Solo Vacation Day
- Refired Not Retired Day
- Self-injury Awareness Day
- Share a Smile Day
- World Compliment Day
- Dadgum That's Good Day
- National Black Women in Jazz & The Arts Day
- Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day
- Zero Discrimination Day
In 752 BC Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrated the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women. March 1st seems to be a busy day in US history as in 1781 the Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation, in 1790 the first United States census is authorized, and in 1803 Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state. In 1954 the US detonated the Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, which caused a great deal of radioactive contamination. And in 1961, President John F Kennedy signed Executive Order 10924 that officially started the Peace Corps
Quote of the day: "A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: ‘This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!’" ~ Thomas a Kempis [priest/ monk/writer of the 1400s]
This quote floated across my virtual desktop today and gave me pause…. Do you know what the purpose of your life is? Can you articulate it? Well, I cannot. After six and a half decades, I still don’t know why I am here or what I am supposed to do. I have never had specific career or life “goals” that I worked towards. There are things that I wanted – to be needed, find my soul mate, have children, make a sustainable and interesting living – and things that I would’ve liked to have done – to serve, to make some outstanding contribution, to be remembered -- but for the most part, there was no overriding ambition or dream or sense of knowing where I fit into the cosmic scheme of things. I have gone through life, just doing the best that I can one day to the next with the resources that I have at hand. And I suspect that many others with whom I travel through life’s journey are in the exact same boat. Maybe that is what differentiates the “great” amongst us from the hoi polloi, [1] they know what it is they are here to do and [2] they stay focused on doing it.
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