Waiting for your ship to come in

I received a comment that some of my messages sound like I am a bit depressed. My reply was that often I learn the most about life when I go over some of the speed bumps. It is easy being positive when everything is going great for you.

It’s sort of like some of the televangelists preaching that God wants you to be rich. What they should be saying is, “God wants me to be rich,” while people who have better things to do with their money buy into their promise. Sure, they have lots of money. It’s easy to preach that when you wear expensive suits, have a huge luxury home, jet around the world and stay in presidential suites in hotels.

But money can’t buy you happiness, right? Have you ever noticed that it is mostly the rich who say that? Not may poor people saying it. Even if money can’t buy you happiness, it can certainly rent it for you for awhile.

Saying this is like the person who says that it doesn’t matter if you win or lose the game, but how you play it. If this is the case, then why do most games have a winner or a loser? Let’s face it, winning is more fun.

One of my goals in writing is to help people who are going through difficult times by sharing what I have done when I have been in similar circumstances.

I don’t want to paint the world with rose-coloured glasses. What I want to do is to encourage people to get up when they are knocked down, and if they need glasses, to get them, just try to get ones that give you a clear view of life.

Some of you may be waiting for your ship to come in, but you feel you live in Saskatchewan. If you don’t know where Saskatchewan is, click here. Pretty hard for your ship to come in when you are land-locked.

Andy Warhol once said that in the future everyone would have 15 minutes of fame. Have you ever felt that it may have come for you and you were on a coffee break?

Right now, I don’t have a full-time job and I am looking for work. Perhaps this is the reason for some of the negative vibes. The solution is easy. While I am not supposed to promote clicking on the advertisements to the left, I get paid when you click on them. So far, in three weeks, I have made $7.37! All I need is another 100,000 people to click away.

Through all of this, I have learned to laugh. Sure, I have times when everything doesn’t go my way, but life is still pretty good to me. Having visited many countries in the world, I know I am in the minority who leads a charmed life.

So, if I sound depressed, I apologize. Yes, like most people, there are times when I am down. It is at these times when I usually kick myself in the butt and rise to the occasion.

I’ve got it. I’ve just received the brainwave. I am going to become a demotivational speaker. There are plenty of motivational speakers out there, but I figure I will find a niche market and charge the big bucks the positive people, and there are many of them, get paid. My job will be to bring you down, so when the next guru comes around, you will have no option but to benefit from his teaching.

However, if you feel I am depressed and want to help me immediately, send cash to:
John Stevens
PO Box 2487
St. Marys, ON
Canada N4X 1A3

Yes, this is my real mailing address. All I can say is that by sending me money, you will know that the money is coming to me. It will be satisfying my greed. If I get so much in the world, I will eventually pass some of it on. What makes me better than some of the televangelists? At least I am being honest.