I’ve read so much crap about the power of positive thinking and “intention manifestation” that I thought I would share a few (very few) of my practices. Esther Hicks aka Estherham (Esther/Abraham) was channeling her spirit Abraham and wrote that …we should practice saying: “Wouldn’t it be nice if…………..(fill in the manifestation) My take on the same situation is this, When something is unexplainable and you don’t know what the result is going to be, I go into positive mode by saying to myself: “I’ve got a good feeling about this”. Or: “I’ve got a good feeling this is going to work”. Now it only works if you’ve done what you were suppose to do and you’re not getting immediate results. Sometimes our manifestations make us wait. (Yeah I know it sounds like a “cop out”) But I can almost guarantee you this, if you say: “That’s not going to do anything” or make a negative comment, the chances are 9 times out of 10, you’re going to be right.
A+B=C is supposed to work. But sometimes A+B (Plus a little plumbing tape) = C.
Finally, A+B (and positive thinking)=C on its’ own. It’s a little thing but I believe there are principles in this crazy universe that can screw up our plans or deliver our wishes. The universe is full of untapped knowledge. Some of it we’ll never know. Some of it we better know and some of it is “good to know”. We can make it work for us or be its’ victim. It’s up to you to know the difference.
Politics is never to be discussed with the novice. And by novice, I don’t mean the idiot on the street who can’t tell you who the vice president is, but the Kool-Aid drinking Left or Right wing fringe prepper that live their life according to the news headlines. You can tell that they are because the “Talking points of their ideology become their tools of attack”. I’ve seen it from both sides. I think I know why people cannot talk about Politics in a civil voice any more.
We use to be: “One nation indivisible under God, with liberty and justice for all”.
Our newest novelty has managed to make us one nation divided. (Period) People on both sides feel if you attack their ideology, then you are either winning or losing. I’ve found that the left will beat you to death with emotions and hate. The Right will beat you to death with facts and hate.
I think anyone that agrees with one side 100% of the time is being misled 50% of the time. I’ve been a Democrat and I’ve been a Republican. (The latter most of my adult life) Now I consider myself an independent as they’re the only constituency that doesn’t constantly milk you for donations. And for me it boils down to this. The left has become the anti-white party. And that’s a fine strategy. It’s worked twice. But it has divided the country. The right has been developing an ulcer for 6 years and do not seem to be able to think straight. I believe it’s because they had a slam dunk and for some reason their 2012 candidate lost.
The reason why is still a mystery. I will quote Stalin who said that the people who vote in elections do not have as much influence as those who count the votes. We’ve seen how this administration used the IRS to manipulate the election.
Back to discussing politics with friends. Unless a person has seen politics from both sides, they see politics as a sport. “My side versus your side”. Sports in America has become as bad as soccer in 3rd worlds.
Dodger fans kill Giant fans (literally) in the parking lot just for wearing a Giant cap. I know this is not indicative of Dodger fans but you see how heated sports can get people in America. Once you remove the unsportsmanlike conduct in sports and politics, you can have a discussion. If not, the insecurity of the “Friend” you’re talking to will be stimulated.
Ann Coulter wrote a book called: “How to talk to liberals if you must”.
Michael Savage wrote a book called: “Liberalism is a mental disorder”.
I find both books amusing. But there is credence to Ann’s book. If your friend is not politically mature, leave it alone. Unless they can understand your political paradigm, and I mean from your POV not theirs. You will only alienate them.
Let me give you an example of what it should be like. Say what you want about Boston Red Sox fans (I find them loudly obnoxious and hard to understand) but unlike Giant/Dodger fans or even Yankee fans, they have an understanding and respect for the game. I was blessed with a chance to see Fernando Valenzuela (as an Oriole) pitch against Roger Clemens in Fenway Park. Fernando gave up a walk and a hit in the first inning. The hit scored the base runner from second. (Whom had advanced after a sacrifice groundout). From that point until the bottom of the 7th inning, Fernando did not allow another batter to reach first. His arm tired in the 7th and like a good manager, he was pulled after missing the strike zone and giving up two more hits all in the 7th.
I remember as Fernando walked off of the pitching mound how the other team’s fans (Bostonians) gave the former Dodger Cy Young winner a standing Ovation. They knew what a great pitching performance they had just scene. They were able to set aside partisanship and show respect for an amazing performance.
You need the same respectful state of mind in discussing politics. Most of the time it’s Right vs. Left spewing talking points. Most of the time once the side with baseless talking points runs out of explanations, it turns ugly. Then you reach the point I spoke of on conflict. You fight, fly or freeze.
My advice to you when a zealous friend is talking politics is to pretend you’re listening. Don’t try to talk sense. Just say: “I’ll have to look that up”.
Sadly if you have to do what I just mentioned, your political opponent is really not your friend. Friends, (I’ve found in the music business) know how to back off of sensitive areas. Those who go after you with disregard are not trying to converse, they’re trying to win. They’re rooting for their side. To hell with facts. Go ahead, boo Fernando’s 6 inning perfect game. Even Bostonians are smarter than that.
I Pray that this is America’s future and not underachieving little punks with Obamaphones and Food Stamp Snap Cards. This will make you teary eyed at times. This young man needs a scholarship to West Point.
“Never give up! Never give up! Never, never give up! ~ Winnie Churchill
This is often a mantra used when trying to attain success. Success rarely has a predictable timeline. If it does, question the sincerity of it. When someone calls you on the phone and says: “You’ve just one a vacation in Florida”, or “You’ve been chosen to receive a free trip to the Bahamas, and you know you didn’t do anything to receive a gift remember the horse of Troy.
But I’m not going to talk about success and achievement. I want to talk about survival. Humans can be benevolent creatures and and sub-humans are evil. After seeing recent pictures of 8 year old girls being beheaded in Syria just because they are Christians, it made me think of Daniel Pearl. We were all shocked as this was the first real public beheading put on the internet. I didn’t watch it but I’ve seen how these sub humans lined up behind a subdued human and began the beheading process. I asked myself, would I have allowed myself to be a prop for a terror organization? Being former military, I know the 3 responses to fear or conflict. It’s Fight – Flight – or Freeze. When you freeze, you “Give up”. “Never Give Up”! You think you have no weapon or gun to fight back with.
I’m here to tell you that God gave you 4 extremities that are very lethal used correctly. You don’t have to know Jeet Kune Do to defend yourself or kill your attacker. You can crush a wind pipe with your thumb and first two fingers. If you’ve been detained with hand and or ankle cuffs, You have two more lethal weapons, (or neutralizing weapons) You have a forehead which is the hardest part of your body. It is quite simple to break your captor’s nose putting him in immense severe pain with a swift forehead butt to the nose. If this renders your opponent neutral, use the second weapon God gave you to finish him off, it’s the weapon of the wild; Your teeth. You can not only crush your opponents windpipe with your fingers, but you can crush it with your teeth. Just to the side of his wind pipe is a large vascular structure called the carotid artery. One bite of that and he will bleed out quicker than being shot with an AK-47. If your mouth is taped shut, use your heels or elbows. Use anything. Use a shoulder to try and break through doors or cheap walls. If you get shot, you will only die once. Or you may even live. You won’t give your captures the satisfaction of turning your life into a dog and pony show. People on PCP can do the unthinkable. The human body is an amazing thing.
Finally, a story about a Starling. It’s a black bird that is not that attractive but they seem to be every where. I let my dogs out and the female who is supposedly part wolf found a starling trapped in some sod netting. We haven’t decided what to do with this huge area of our back yard. So there are still places where sod net is on the ground. After chasing off the dogs, I put on a pair of gloves and untangled this helpless creature from this awful plastic trap. But as I was trying to calm the bird down; it was using all three forms of fear response, it was trying to bite me with its’ little beak. It was flapping its’ wings to literally fly away and occasionally it would freeze, and calm down. This can be a good strategy to fool your capture. I knew that it saw me as a potential predator. But I watched as it used nature’s instincts to try and free its’ self. This little bird, not much bigger than a canary was biting at me.
When I finally got it untangled, I held it with both hands and rubbed the top of its’ head to let it know I was not a predator. After a minute of relaxing, I opened my hands and it flew away. I was impressed by the will to survive that this little bird showed. Although he was still in the palm of my hands, he never gave up. As soon as I opened my hands, he didn’t hesitate to fly.
Remember this if you are ever detained illegally against your will. Fight then flight. Use Freeze to gather your strength then surprise your attacker. Never lay on the ground and let someone kick you. NEVER GIVE UP.
With Argentina defaulting on a 539,000 bond payment, almost every stock dropped but a small handful. Dow is seeing lots of red today. After boasting about a great economic gain, Obama is back to 12/13 levels.
Cash is King. Europe is bringing down the industrial sector and earnings basically just suck. Big Pharma is down, Industrials are down, oil is down, and Social media nosedived as well.
The word on the streets is (according to economist Janet Yellen) that we’re looking at inflation. The market is and has for a long time been propped up by the fed. The problem is, the fed is playing Russian roulette. If the Fed skips a beat, we see the market drop. But today was a “Perfect Storm” between Argentina’s default, Germany’s poor performance for a third month and Janet Yellen saying the I word.
The only good news is that we didn’t see a rush to precious metals. Tomorrow’s close will give us better focus on what type of correction this is.
I want to say that the mechanics of the LOA is not something that science can define. It is empirically defined but I wouldn’t exactly use the term anecdotal. Just as trying to define “Energy” if you watched the video; it’s basically the same definition you will get if you asked a clergy to define God.
FAITH
The key component in the law of attraction is faith. As I began this article talking about faith the size of a mustard seed; I quoted Jesus who said faith the size of a mustard seed can move a mountain. I’m not talking about the mountain growing legs and moving its’ self. (Or a pile of dirt levitating and relocating its’ self. I’m saying that if you have the smallest amount of faith, something will happen that will move that mountain from point A to point B. I saw it at Mt. St. Helens. So compared to moving mountains, finding a parking space, increasing your income or finding a spouse should be child’s play. It just takes a small amount of faith. But what is faith? If I can quote Paul in his letter to the Hebrews in the 11th chapter: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”.
Let that sink in.
What are the enemies of faith? There’s really only one. (Possibly two) DOUBT. Doubt will kill anything you try to manifest. Keep in mind that you may be hoping for something and you may have doubt that it will happen, yet it does, how does that happen? Somebody else manifested it. You may believe that you deserve a promotion. Time goes on and nobody has said anything about you while others are showered with praise. You might say at this point: “This stuff doesn’t work”. Only to find that your promotion was held up by a poor administrative assistant. The person who manifested your promotion was your manager. In this case, your intention was manifested but not by you.
The other enemy of Intention Manifestation is distraction. To manifest something, you have to live in that paradigm. Everything you do should be consistent with your intention. If the company is laying off employees, you don’t call in sick on Mondays because going to a Sunday party was more important. That distraction takes your mind off of your bigger concern which is keeping your source of income. Your actions need to be in “alignment” with your manifestation. If you want to manifest a boat race victory, you don’t drill holes in the hull of your boat. People use to use the example of manifesting a winning lottery ticket. But if you’re too lazy to get your ass off of the couch to buy a ticket, you’re not in universal alignment with your intention.
Finally, you must know the difference between faith and belief. Although they sound the same, and belief may appear to be a stronger version of faith, they are not. Belief is accepting something as a fact. If I tell you I will pick you up after your dental appointment, it’s your faith that allows you to “Believe” that what I said is true. If I am supposed to pick you up at 2:00 PM and you are still waiting at 2:15PM; without faith, your belief dwindles and you call a Taxi. If we are connected on a spiritual level, and I am 15 minutes late, your faith in my word will not allow your belief system to change your mind about me. Faith will tell you that perhaps I got delayed but you know (by faith) that I would never forget about you.
Belief comes from your mind and Faith comes from your spirit. Spiritual faith is where miracles come from. Belief can be speculative and manipulated by doubt and belief systems can change consciously.
On D-day, June 6th 1944 there were those who were cut down on the beaches of Normandy France because they had no faith, and there were those who climbed the cliffs and defeated the enemy because faith is about all they had. On the morning of D-day, Brigadier General Norman Cota, at the age of 51 was crossing the massive dead bodies that had died on Omaha beach and rallied the troops on the beach that were in chaos.
Here is the Law of Attraction at its’ finest. Cota, a middle aged general was out in front of 17 and 18 year old kids and he gave them a quick speech that will live long in history. He said: “”Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Let us go inland and be killed. There are only two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are already dead and those that are gonna die. Now get off your butts, you’re the fightin’ 29th”. Cota’s men were able to climb up the 150 foot cliffs and take the enemy machine guns from the edge of the cliffs.
Belief can be paraded like a dog and pony show. Belief is a program that is launched in your brain. Spiritual faith is part of a personal relationship with the part of your body that is energy and never dies. This energy sends out intentions to the energized universe.
Once a belief is created, it can often be modified or even disregarded. My Oral surgeon confessed that 50% of what they practiced in the 80s and 90s was wrong and they no longer use “posts” in root canals. In the 90s, that was a common belief.
Once you achieve faith, it can never be abandoned. It will always prevail. You may walk away from it, but you know it is always there. The best you can do is pretend faith doesn’t exist, but once you have fait, it becomes as real as your shadow. Belief is a product of your Brain. Faith is a product of your spirit.
Finally, let me remind you that when manifesting an intention, you must manifest the desire and not the counter effect. Mother Theresa said: “No I won’t attend your anti-war rally. When you have a peace rally, invite me. I’ll go”. The universe only picks up the subject and not the verb. So if you are trying to manifest an end to something, don’t try to manifest an end to the war on drugs or the war on starvation. You’ll get more drug use and more starvation, because that’s all the universe picks up on. Manifest an abundance of food or an abundance of sobriety. Don’t try to manifest your child’s behavior from bad behavior, you’ll manifest more of it. Manifest or ask for a child that acts with intelligence, compassion and all of the good things. Do NOT MENTION NEGATIVITY. You will only manifest more negativity. This is why faith is so important. Focus on good things. Have faith that good will always prevail. Never seek an end to chaos, manifest peace and love. Never seek to be out of debt. You’ll only get more debt. Seek financial independence. Let your works be proof of your faith in financial independence. It’s not about what you ask for; rather how you ask for it.
What the hell are you talking about now Ace? What, you’ve never seen the Secret? In 2006 Rhonda Byrnes produced a cult movie called the Secret. The Secret was a movie that introduced the World to The Law of Attraction. Another name it’s been given is “Intention Manifestation”.
Before I explain how IM works let me give you the premise of the movie. The Law of Attraction is best described by three words: “Thoughts become Things”. Let me add a quote that I’ve repeated in many of my personal development articles: “You must become the person you want to meet”. The two have many principles in common.
Let me also start with a line that I’ll also come back to at the end of this brief article Jesus said: “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”~ Matthew 17:20
I think we’ve all (at one time or another) had positive results from positive thinking. That’s a start. Have you ever driven into a large parking lot and said to yourself: “I know there’s a great parking space right up front by the front door just waiting for me”. And it was there? When I was taking people on tours of San Francisco in the late 70s, one of the things I would almost dread was trying to find a place to park a “VAN” at fisherman’s wharf. (This was one of my first jobs) It got to the point where I made a game out of it. I would say, I’m going to get a great parking space really close to pier 39 today. It might have taken me a couple of passes, but eventually, I got that parking space. I think one of the reasons I found this space was because I could imagine it clearly in my mind. I was developing “Faith”.
I chalked it up to having a positive attitude. I started using this technique or attitude in everything I did when I was younger. When I bought my first house, it was like getting a bill passed through congress. Yet through it all, in the back of my mind I knew I was going to get the house. I’ll never forget the day that I got the phone call saying that I got the house.
I’ve manifested hundreds of intentions. I believe it works. Here’s the secret. The more you believe it will work; the more it works. Dr. Stephen R. Covey once said: “There are always two creations. The mental creation comes before the physical creation”. He compared it to the carpenter’s rule of measure twice cut once. It’s easy to see how it works when searching for a mate. It’s very easy.
If I’ve quit smoking and drinking, started working out, take great physical care of myself, if I don’t stay out late at parties, don’t do drugs, enjoy reading the classics or material on personal development; guess what kind of person I’m going to attract? Do you think a Pot Head is going to put up with my love and passion for personal development? Probably not. Yet when I’m out on a jog and I see that person that resonates in my soul, you can bet we’re both going to be heading down the same trail, both literally and figuratively.
If I’m at a party and I’m saying goodbye to a girl I just met that night and in parting I say: “Live long and prosper” and she does the Vulcan hand sign, (Making a V with the middle and ring fingers) do you think that was an accident?
Likeness attracts Likeness. It’s a common result that if you take 100 people and invite them to a party and two of them are alcoholics, the odds of them finding each other are very high. Likewise, if you have a party with drugs and alcohol and you invite 98 users and 2 Mormons, the same odds of the two Mormons seeking out refuge with each other are equally high. Why is this?
Is it our reticular activating system like Tony Robbins claims? If you’re not familiar with your R.A.S. it’s a part of your brain that cues your conscious mind to things that you are aware of. For example if you just bought a new red Camaro it would not be unusual for you to notice many red Camaros on the road. The same goes for that new blouse or jacket. These red cars or blouses were always there but you never noticed them until you owned one.
But the Law of attraction goes deeper than that. It works on the quantum physics level. “I think”. If you studied science, what is one of the first things that you were taught? The Periodic Table of Elements. Remember that chart with all of the squares on it that had H for Hydrogen and O for Oxygen etc….? If you were awake during that class you know that each element consisted of total sum of electrons, protons and the nucleus. (Stay with me) And they showed the nucleus as a red cherry in the middle and the electrons and protons orbiting the nucleus like sperm trying to penetrate an egg. OK, maybe the planets orbiting the sun.
The point I’m making is that everything in that atom is moving. The electrons and protons in all atoms are moving. So nothing is static. If you looked at the desk you’re sitting at under an electron microscope, you’re going to see this motion. Without the scope, you’re going to presume the wood or plastic or glass is solid, and some atomic structures are denser than others, but at the cellular level, or “Quantum Physics” level, you’ve got microscopic sub-atomic particles rotating around the nucleus.
What happens when you introduce electricity to atoms? You “excite” and sometimes manipulate the atomic cohesiveness of the object. What is it we do 24/7 in our brains? We have electric brain wave function. What is the source of this electrical function? Where is the conduit that this energy comes from? It’s not hydraulic, it’s not electromagnetic, and it’s not static/friction electricity. What is it? Some call it life force.
What do paramedics do when they’re losing a patient to a heart attack? They bring out the paddles. (An electro-defibrillator). It re-introduces electricity back into the heart. And you hear the paramedics yell: “STAND BACK”. Why? Because it’s delivering a boatload of electricity. So the electrical current that runs your body is no AAA cell battery. But more importantly, where is this “LIFE FORCE” energy source? Is it the idea that Nicholai Tesla was trying to uncover when he was trying to invent “Wi-Fi” electricity?
In 1910 Wallace D. Wattles wrote these words in his best seller “The Science of Getting Rich”:
“There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made and which in its’ original state, it penetrates and permeates the inner spaces of the universe”.
In closing for today; I’ll give you my personal interpretation of this proclamation. In what we perceive as our physical surroundings are objects made up of atoms. These atoms are held together by a force we have not identified. But in its’ unaltered state, this force (Which I feel electricity plays a role) penetrates and permeates (saturates) the physical objects we see and keeps them in a condition of stasis. If the original state is altered, as Dr. Wattles states, we can see ice turn to water then turn to gas. Our thoughts emit electrical impulses that also alter the original state of this “thinking stuff”. If done correctly, it can turn an empty wallet into a full wallet.
Let that sink in and we’ll talk more about it tomorrow.
I’m not talking about “The End of the World as We Know It” or EOTWAWKI. But simply the end of the World for mankind. President Reagan once said that America is the last free nation on the earth. He also said we’re just one generation away from losing our freedom. There are those who are envious of our freedom and rather than fight for their own freedom; they want to see us lose our freedom. This will result is a global war of good vs. evil.
The Bible talks about the destruction of the earth in the Final Book of the New Testament, Revelation. The Apostle Paul in his last letter to Timothy talked about the end of times.
Rather than go through Book Chapter and verse; let me give you the gist of it. He said Evil will do Battle with Good. We’re not talking about your side versus my side Evil. Or a Giants vs. The Dodgers good and bad. But that which represents good via Satanic measures vs that which wants the good for all. We could easily be in a situation where just pockets of humanity exist. Should Evil get its’ hand on WMDs, and other countries retaliate, the world will become a small place quite quickly.
We’ve been told that in the final days The Earth will shake. Fish will stack up on the beach. Volcanoes will erupt. The water will turn to red. There will be wars and rumors of war (Ukraine, Gaza, Syria, Iraq)? Paul used the term, tickled. “They will want their ears tickled”. An anti-Christ will arise. (Promising hope and change)? Finally, a great war will take place in the Holy land.
Have you seen Israel lately?
Rockets launched continually from Gaza
I will refrain from showing the multiple beheading pictures. Just know that it is coming to America. Obama has no plan nor interest in stopping it. As he proclaimed to Turkey, America is the largest Muslim nation.
What were some of the situations or signs that the prophets gave us that we could objectively look for?
“Remember that there will be difficult times in the last days. People will be selfish, greedy, boastful”
They will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent, and fierce; they will hate the good;
Christian girl in Syria
“They will be treacherous, reckless, and swollen with pride; they will love pleasure rather than God”
“They will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject its real power. Keep away from such people. Some of them go into people’s houses and gain control over weak women who are burdened by the guilt of their sins and driven by all kinds of desires, women who are always trying to learn but who can never come to know the truth”.
Nobody will know when. But it could be today, next week or next month. But we are that close. Don’t be fooled. Get right with God and get your house in order.
The 58 year old Rex Linn declared in 1975 that he really wanted to be an actor after seeing Jack Nicholson in One flew over the cuckoo’s nest. The son of a Texas attorney Rex later moved to Oklahoma City; Linn graduated from Oklahoma State University and landed a career in banking. In High School, Rex was doing a dance routine in a production of “Fiddler on the Roof”. He tripped and practically tore down the entire set. Linn was asked by his drama coach to leave the play and direct his energies in other avenues of academia.
With degree in hand, Linn worked his way up the corporate ladder of Lake Shore Bank and was eventually promoted to Vice President of Energy Lending. It wasn’t long after Linn’s promotion that Lake Shore Bank became insolvent. This led Rex to an Oil Company in “Field Operations” which afforded him the time to audition for roles in the Oklahoma City Market after he had landed a talent agent.
It was at the age of 32 in 1988 that Linn had a “Take this Job and shove it” moment and quit his job and headed for Los Angeles. Now, trust me when I say that for every Rex Linn, there are 100,000 Skipper Dans. But the Rex Linn story is a story of hope and meaning. In a way it’s the story of Rudy who played for the Notre Dame fighting Irish.
Rex Linn who is bald, pudgy and in no way resembles Rob Lowe or Tom Cruise was able to land a major role in the Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker movie “Rush Hour”. He also gave a great performance in the Sylvester Stallone Movie “Cliff Hanger”.
These would eventually lead him to a one time part on the CSI franchise “CSI Miami”. It appeared that the chemistry between Linn and the Show’s star, “David Caruso” resonated with the show’s audience and Linn was invited back for another show, then another then another until he had done nine episodes. He was brought back the next season for 13 more episodes and was finally made a regular cast member.
Rex Linn; you are my hero. Its stories like this and the Jimmy Morris story about “The Rookie” that give people hope. (Morris threw his first major league pitch at the age of 32). Especially those who chose to do the right thing and put their own personal wants and needs aside for the greater good. (Usually family obligations). When you read stories like the making of the movie Rocky, it gives you hope that one day the sun and spot light will shine on you. I believe that if God has blessed you with talent, He’ll provide an opportunity. How you approach the opportunity will reflect in your success. It’s hard to remember that God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. You may be the talented one, but it is talent you were blessed with by God.
And above all, remember; God promised Abraham a son. He came through with Isaac when Abraham was 100 years old. (Nobody ever accused God of not having a sense of humor)
Besides being painfully depressing, this video is incredibly brilliant. Al does more research than your average whiney pop singer. It shows that he takes his craft quite seriously. Then again growing up in L.A. a lot of this stuff is crap I’m sure he probably heard from his acting friends. But I love the subtleties in the making of this video.
*Note In the beginning when the alarm clock rings, there are two books on the bed stand, one says Dickens and the other “Ibsen”. (The father of modern Theater). The line: “I read my Uta Hagan and studied “The Bard”. Uta Hagan was to acting as Tony Robbins is to motivational speakers. (Only worth the money)
The Bard was the last episode of the “Twilight Zone” it was an hour long episode where a screen play writer has to come up with a “knock em’ dead script by morning. He’s given the power to conjure up Shakespeare and such for ideas.
All of this is indicative of the serious actor, artist or musician who really wants to be successful. It reminds us that there are vocations that take knowledge, vocations that take dexterity/skill and unfortunately there are those vocations which most people are passionate about that require “Luck” as in opportunity.
Even worse, you may need brains to recognize opportunity when it comes knocking and Good LOOKS to be recognized. Life is not fair and it doesn’t give you too many 2nd chances.
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