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01 May 2015

Well, as my car event has spiraled into hell; I'm a still trying to remain positive. But, just a little release, before the positivity. As far as Progressive Insurance goes, "Flo" is a myth. The real "Flo" doesn't care she can't get you in a car until 3 days after your wreck, even when you do her job for her & find a car available. The real "Flo" can't control when the tow truck will pick up your vehicle, although she told you it would be within an hour & you left work to take car of it & ended up having to use a half day vacation; BECAUSE IT NEVER SHOWED UP!!! She also gets real moody when you ask to speak to her boss. Now, car rental companies; Enterprise & Hertz, I'm talking to you. The most important part of accepting a reservation for a rental car, is having an actual car available to rent. The person who has no form of transportation, doesn't need the extra 24 hour period of no transportation while you get your shittaki mushrooms together per the corporate contract with the insurance company. I feel like Sheriff Bufford T. Justice in Smokey & the Bandit trying to get my blood pressure down. I was so pissed off, I didn't eat dinner; because dealing with the three stooges, caused me to miss the gym.

OK. Let this day be as refreshing to your soul. May the sun warm & lift your spirits on this mountain side this fine morning. Be tenacious in your efforts to plan your events this weekend, to avoid the pitfalls laying in wait to trip us up. Be fierce to confront the things that block the path you are traveling & defeat any outside forces that seek to impose negativity in our lives. Be focused to continue this climb by any means necessary. Be determined to put one foot in front of the other. Be compassionate to reach out to those asking for help; as well as those you see in need, but for some reason, do not ask. Be candid enough to not believe the lies that temptation places in our midst. Be brave enough to believe that you can do this, you are doing this, & that this is your exodus event. Be the faith that is the fortitude. Do not settle for mediocrity this day my fiends. This day we attack the climb & set a blistering pace for the weekend. Let's get out there & punch this weekend in the mouth. Be an aggressive climber. Be a lion. Don't concern yourself with the opinion of sheep. Do this for you. Have a peak seeking day gang!!!

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30 April 2015

Good morning to all the climbers on the mountain side this fine morning. I need to break this funk I'm in over my car & insurance issues & get back to my right mind. However, I have realized, I may actually have stumbled into my right mind without knowing it. I have surprisingly stuck to the plan as far as eating & calories. I have not consumed one single calorie over my sulking or or the stress of this situation. Strangely enough I find that very satisfying, that I can go through such an event without turning into a consumption monster; as I most definitely would have in the past. I haven't had a second thought on eating in association with being depressed & or pissed off at the same time about this situation. I take that as a sign that I may have turned a true corner in my life & my mentality in terms of new habits & how I cope with issues that are not to my liking. That's a powerful impact to my confidence. Although I am still sad, I have an underlying sense of being invincible; in terms of now being able to handle my eating habits. I have moved beyond the "need" to consume. I just can't find the description or metaphor that justifies the realization of that occurring to a person who has always been held prisoner by that urge. It's empowering. To paraphrase Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "Free at last. Free at last. Thank God almighty, I'm free at last." So I urge all of you today; identify that which holds you prisoner & seek to free yourself from it. It may be different from person to person & I discovered this purely by accident due to my accident; but that freedom will give you the fuel to complete this climb. This has always been more of a mental battlefield for me. Through my epiphany experience, your help, & the practices I have established; New Jon is finally learning how to be the soldier he needs to be. I am enjoying this climb gang. This beautifully unveiling climb is making me a better person; melting away the remnants of the monster I created; & rewiring all the bad circuitry in my head. I can only hope it is being as beneficial to others out there on the mountain side as well. So let's take full advantage to keep building a better you today gang. Go out there & have a peak seeking day!!!

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29 April 2015

Well, here is to today being better than yesterday. Feeling kind of down because of my car, but I will not let that break my spirit. May we all find solace in this day that has been given to us to continue our ascent this morning. To all the climbers on the mountain side, dig deep today & throttle up your efforts to keep building the better you. Have the perseverance to avoid the caloric temptations the demons place in our path today. Have the fortitude to put in the effort & work required of you this day to fulfill your pledge to be the person you seek to be. May the sages of wisdom allow you to navigate your day without interactions with the ignorant & unenlightened. May this day be a fresh view to those in need of seeing a path out of the the darkness they find themselves in. May your compassion also lead you to light your lantern to help those who are simply unable to see that path for themselves. Lets's be the aggressors on this climb today gang. Let's train our eyes on the peak & be fierce in all actions to move towards it. We are a legion of peak seekers; so let's have a peak seeking day!!! BAM!!! I feel better already!!!

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28 April 2015

Well my Tenacious Tuesday sucked!!! It had nothing to do with losing weight, but it definitely sucked. All my life I have wanted a Corvette. Grew up very poor, had a friend with one, & it was imprinted on me from the first time I rode in it. Fortunately I have been blessed & finally bought my lifelong dream car a year ago. Got a great deal because the seller thought it had a bad oil pump. Took a risk, turns out to be a bad sensor & switch; so bottom line, I made the deal of a lifetime. Well on the way to the gym this afternoon, I got rear ended; TWICE, by the same guy, in a damn monster truck! Said he couldn't see me the first time & thought something was wrong with his transmission the second time. Long story, short; my dream car now looks like a nightmare. I'm afraid it will be totaled. I will never find such a deal again without breaking the law. So sick I could cry. I love that car. Well, I still went to the gym; but I only had enough time to walk one mile before kickboxing. At least I got to take out some frustration. Does crying yourself to sleep burn calories?

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28 April 2015

Well gang, the successes & failures of last week are gone. They are the past. We are now working on today. So let's all regroup & recoup this day as the sun rises to warm our souls & minds to the new opportunities & possibilities that lie ahead. For this day is Tenacious Tuesday. A day for re-booting our efforts & sighting in our goals with a more determined level of tenacity. Today is a day dedicated to recovering from the fall. Today is the day we GET BACK UP! Today is the day we stand tall, have that crucial conversation with the man or woman in the mirror, & put them on alert. Today is the day we tell our old selves they are not going to like all the things we are going to do to them; but will appreciate the end result when it is done. Today is the day we cast off the sins of yesterday & enjoy this baptism by fire upon this mountain side. Today is the day we unchain ourselves from our demons & cast them down these cliff walls. This day, we get back to climbing this mountain gang. We climb it because it must be climbed. We climb it because we are building our better selves. We climb it because it is the way we now choose to live. We climb it because we are TENACIOUS!!! We climb it because we are a band of climbers of mountains!!! To the peak gang! To the peak!

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