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It has been a week of much realization for me. There seems to be such a huge flood of new bloggers everywhere I look. I want to discuss some things I find missing from so many blogs and apparently, lives. I rant often about money blogs and I want to point out that I am not against them. I just don’t like the particular ones without substance that are basically copies of more successful blogs.

Money: Money means absolutely nothing to me and it never will. Though I need this little piece of paper that represents value, it represents monetary value, not human value. It takes a person of great integrity to understand the value of money and the difference between it, and the value we put on our lives, families and friends. I would gladly give up everything I own for my family or friends and I have done it before. My mother and I literally lost everything we had when my father passed away. I had $27,000 in my savings account and gave all of it to my Mother in our very rough time following his death. The US government sent my mother a check for two-hundred or so dollars for my father’s passing. He died of cancer caused by agent orange used in the Vietnam war. The money I gave up? I would gladly do it again. We all need money to live in this world, but never let it replace your integrity and values.

Passion: Passion in a very female trait. This world seems to be run by by many passionless men and always has been. I have written much on all these subjects before and will continue for as long as I’m alive. Passion is what makes great artists great. Passion is what ignites the flames of real love. Passion is what you feel when you experience the joys in life. I am very passionate about everything I do in life and without it, I wouldn’t truly be alive. When you write your next post, find something that you feel passionate about and let it pour onto the page. Surprise your readers with an outpouring of emotion and don’t be afraid to let them see the real you. To all men readers: Passion as I have said is a female trait. Remember always that a real man embraces his female qualities and proudly lets the world know just how passionate he is about everything in his life.

Integrity: Integrity doesn’t just mean that you adhere to a moral code or system of values. I also refers to being whole or complete. Without integrity we are incomplete human beings. It is the glue that connects the sum of all our parts. When you blog, find your integrity and let it be the glue that binds what you write into the very fiber if your existence. Integrity seems to be a rare commodity in this world of greed and cheapened values. It is also about respect. Live for what is worth living for, and die for what is worth dying for. Most of all, live for this very moment and find the beauty of having integrity and passion in everything you do. One of my favourite authors of a rare, hard to find masterpiece of Japanese swordsmanship and haiku, The Last of the Great Dragonfly Hunters by Dr. Dan Netherland said:

Severing the edge
between before and after
the blade of today

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