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So NOW it’s time to take a seat… Clean yourself up… Enjoy!!!

MAY is 1 of the 12 best months for loving, living and laughing…

Even in a Leap Year!!!

Each year Toastmasters Interna-tional has what’s called The World Championship of Public Speaking. It’s estimated that over 6,000 people around the world en-ter themselves into the competi-tion. The goal is to be crowned World Champion of Public Speak-ing. As mentioned in last month’s GBR, on Saturday March 7, I did win my Area 11 (Round 2 of 6). And by the time you were reading that edition I had won the next Round (Division) on April 3… as forecasted. Thank you for your smiles and spirit. Rounds 4-6 are awaiting safety precautions. Meanwhile I’ll be practicing and, more importantly, getting your Golden Brick Road out to you each month. As you can see in the picture to the left I’ve been out looking like a bandit in early April. Just as forecasted about the Speech Con-test I’m surely wearing safer gear and en-joying preventive precautions. One thing that’s not a precaution, but a glorious fact, is the picture up top and to your right… Let’s continue to welcome God into our homes and hearts!

Patience is a Part of every Pre-

dicament. Can you say that fast

3 times? Probably! Yet you can

also take one slow deep breath,

exhale and say it like you're

reading a Prescription of a new

medicine in a foreign language.

You are THE most important

Piece of the Puzzle in your life.

You may not necessarily touch

every other Piece, however you

are connected to each one thanks to those closest to you. Don't

allow the News to tell you you're stuck with these People. Allow

your spirit to remind you of what you've learned since they've

been a Part of your Puzzle. Your next lesson will be on your

next Page. It's called "Pace, Patience & Participation."

Can you say that fast 3 times? Probably!

The #1 Communication Skill

is Listening. "Hear" how peo-

ple pronounce their beliefs so

you can have an idea of who

they really are. And know

that people don't need to be

careful of what they say...

YOU need to be careful of

what they say!

Of course many of you know my Ac-

Firmation FAITH (Feeling As If

There's Hope), reminding you that the

only thing you cannot do is give up.

Don't confuse that with the fact that

there are times where you have to

prioritize, as well as appreciate that

you have people around you who can

take the lead when it's their turn. In

basketball they call it sharing the ball.

In life we call it sharing the power.

You're one of the many reasons

we're making it through today, as

we have over the years. You've got

some tough decisions to make

right now and saying "No" is one

of them. You can't do or be all

things for everyone else. Yet,

when you choose to upgrade your

compassion and empathy you're

making moves in the right direc-

tion. Push yourself harder to re-

main positive and make it a habit you won't want to break. Have a

safe next moment... repeat dose!

moth.er (muTH'.er) n.

Yesterday someone tried to define you. I laughed and told them you are unique. I explained that you are at your strongest

Whenever you seem to be weak.

And that though you are my mother, You are somebody's sister and friend. You put on "new hats" spontaneously

You work magic again and again.

I helped them understand that your wisdom is pure...

that your touch is comforting... that your voice is soothing...

Oh, I went on and on... (I hope you don't mind)

See, I'll always be your biggest fan For you'll always be one of a kind.

Happy Mother’s (Every) Day

© 1995 Sporty King

I was at the grocery store at 7:45 AM waiting in line to get in for the Seniors Only shopping time when a young man walking from the parking lot cut into the line up front. An older woman beat him back into the parking lot with her cane. He returned and tried to cut into the line again but an old man punched him in the gut, threw him to the ground and literally rolled him back into the parking lot. He ap-proached the line a third time and shouted, "If you don't let me unlock this door, nobody is going to get any groceries today." ~ Unknown ~ Thanks Sue S/IN

Just be careful because people are going crazy from being in lock down! Actually I've just been talking about this with the micro-wave and toaster while drinking coffee and we all agreed that things are getting bad. I didn't mention anything to the washing machine as she puts a different spin on everything. Certainly not to the fridge as he is acting cold and distant. In the end the iron straightened me out as she said everything will be fine, no situa-tion is too pressing. The vacuum was very unsympathetic... told me to just suck it up, but the fan was more optimistic and hoped it would all soon blow over! The toilet looked a bit flushed when I asked its opinion and didn’t say anything but the door knob told me to get a grip. The front door said I was unhinged and so the curtains told me to, yes, you guessed it… pull myself together ~ Unknown ~ Thanks Zytiin T/SC

OLDIES BUT GOODIES! My best friend became addicted to line danc-ing. It got so bad he had to enter a two-step program. Did you hear about the paranoid dyslexic? He always thought he was following someone. I've got two wonderful children. Two out of five isn't bad. If God had meant us to use the metric system, there would have been ten apostles. I'm a vegetarian and when I'm feeling wild, I eat animal crackers. As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools. Middle age is having a choice of two tempta-tions and choosing the one that will get you home earlier. Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Never drink and derive. You go to the ballet and see girls dancing on their tiptoes. Why don't they just get taller girls? ~ Unknown ~ Thanks Joyce S/FL

Hav

e you ex

perien

ced S

TU

FF

(Situ

ations T

hat U

nleash

yo

ur F

ocu

s &

Faith

): acciden

ts, ban

kru

ptcy

, chan

ge, d

eath, ex

citemen

t, finan

ces, gro

wth

, hap

pin

ess, and ev

ery letter fro

m A

-Z th

at can start a w

ord

ab

out w

hat’s g

oin

g o

n in

yo

ur life?

Then

YE

S (Y

ou’v

e Ex

perien

ced

Stress)! A

nd n

ow

it’s time to

be a M

ES

S (M

aster of E

very

day

Stressfu

l Situ

ations)!

Usin

g ev

iden

ce based

research, h

um

or an

d an

Uncle’s p

erspectiv

e…

this sessio

n is d

esigned

to h

elp p

articipan

ts gain

a better k

now

ledge

of th

emselv

es and o

thers th

rough p

eer/partn

er and self-ev

aluatio

n

and in

troducto

ry in

structio

n ab

out co

mm

unicatio

n b

arriers and w

arn-

ing sig

ns. S

econdly

, this sessio

n is d

evelo

ped

to facilitate g

roup self-

instru

ction in

com

municatio

n, resilien

ce, iden

tifyin

g areas o

f concern

an

d team

build

ing.

We w

ill discu

ss the b

asics of stress: w

hat stress is; th

e effect of stress

on th

e bod

y an

d m

ind; th

e differen

ce betw

een real an

d p

erceived

stress. Y

ou w

ill hav

e the o

pportu

nity

to p

ractice the fo

llow

ing co

pin

g

techniq

ues: relax

ation b

reathin

g, g

uid

ed im

agery

and m

indfu

lness

while b

uild

ing a m

editatio

n ro

utin

e.

Don’t ju

st man

age y

our stress…

Master y

ou

r stress!!!

Y.E

.S. (Y

ou

Exp

erience S

TU

FF

) Y

.E.S

. (You

r Exit S

trateg

y)

S

porty

Kin

g, U

ncle, C

SM

E, C

HP

, AC

S, C

L, M

L

The M

aster o

f Listen

ing

Th

e To

p L

ine…

LL

C

ww

w.sp

orty

kin

g.co

m

S

K@

spo

rtyk

ing

.com

Bew

are neg

ative self-talk

right n

ow

as

yo

u m

ake y

our ad

justm

ents. Y

ou d

idn't

com

e into

the w

orld

speak

ing; m

any

had

to learn

'hot' b

y to

uch

ing th

e stove

while it w

as on (an

d y

ou b

linked

won-

derin

g w

hy y

ou co

uld

n't to

uch

what

yo

u h

ad to

uch

ed m

any tim

es befo

re

while p

racticing an

d b

eing p

raised fo

r

walk

ing); m

any h

eard th

eir nam

es pro

-

nounced

differen

t ways acco

rdin

g to

what th

ey w

ere doin

g.... O

K, I h

ope I

did

n't tak

e you to

o far b

ack fo

r wh

at

yo

u n

eed to

focu

s on to

day

! We learn

thro

ugh rep

etition. B

e patien

t with

yo

urself an

d lik

en as m

any situ

ations

as possib

le to th

e accom

plish

men

ts you

celebrated

as a child

. After all, y

ou still

are... accord

ing to

God.

Even

as yo

u fit in

to y

ou

r ho

me in

hale th

e po

si-tiv

e breath

s that sh

ow

yo

u h

ow

to u

se this tim

e to

find m

ore p

eace with

yourself an

d o

rgan

ize yo

ur su

rrou

ndin

gs in

prep

aration

for h

ow

yo

u'll stan

d 'a

mo

ng' th

ose w

ho

stand o

ut. A

nd

kn

ow

that w

on

derfu

lly in

that co

un

t are tho

se w

ho

are curren

tly step

pin

g o

ut o

f their h

om

es to

norm

alize yo

ur p

endin

g celeb

ration

.

Esp

ecially in

yo

ur h

ou

sehold

, look at th

e peo

-p

le yo

u're b

eing safe w

ith rig

ht n

ow

. This is

no

t a time to

inh

erit the T

V's n

arrative ab

ou

t h

ow

yo

u're stu

ck an

d g

etting sick

of o

ne an

oth

-er. In

stead, th

is is a time to

solv

e with

on

e an-

oth

er wh

at yo

u'd

have to

do if th

ings d

on

't ch

ange acco

rdin

g to

YO

UR

timelin

e. Do

yo

u

share faith

? Hav

e yo

u ev

er cooked

for o

r com

-p

limen

ted o

ne an

oth

er's coo

kin

g? H

ave y

ou

ever relied

on

one an

oth

er wh

en y

ou w

ere sick

? Hav

e you

ever g

on

e shop

pin

g fo

r... rid-

ing w

ith... w

atched

togeth

er... laugh

ed ab

out...

too

k p

ictures w

ith... p

layed

gam

es... celebrat-

ed... w

aited fo

r... taugh

t... learned

from

…

smiled

at... mad

e a positiv

e differen

ce and

b

rough

t joy in

to o

ne an

oth

er's lives? N

ow

wh

at ab

ou

t the o

nes o

utsid

e of y

ou

r househ

old

?

In 2

017 I

cre

ated

a w

eek

ly

bro

adca

st o

n F

ace

Book L

ive

Cal

led “

GL

UE

Wed

nes

day

.” I

did

so

in r

esponse

to t

he

clic

hé

of

call

ing W

edn

esday “

Hum

p

Day”

… w

her

e so

man

y c

on-

sider

ed i

t th

e m

iddle

of

the

work

wee

k. H

ow

ever

… n

ot

ever

yone

work

s M

onday-

Fri

day!

So I

look

ed a

t W

ednes

-day

for

wh

at i

t re

ally

is:

the

mid

dle

day

of

a tr

adit

ion

al 7

-day

cal

end

ar w

eek…

the

day

th

at k

eeps

the

wee

k b

egin

nin

g a

nd w

eek

end t

oget

her

. I

see

it

as t

he

glu

e an

d w

hat

we

real

ly n

eed…

to k

eep i

t to

get

her

, w

hil

e “h

um

p”

has

the

connota

tion o

f th

e nee

d t

o g

et o

ver

. T

han

kin

g o

ur

sourc

e fo

r kee

pin

g i

t to

get

her

I n

amed

the

bro

ad-

cast

GL

UE

(G

od

’s L

ove

Undoes

Ever

yth

ing)…

not

that

he

tear

s it

apar

t, b

ut

that

wh

at i

s to

rn a

par

t he’

ll p

ut

bac

k t

oget

her

(a

cco

rdin

g t

o h

is w

ill)

. D

uri

ng t

his

pan

dem

ic I

’ve

exte

nded

the

GL

UE

to i

ncl

ude

Monday

s &

Fri

days.

Curr

entl

y w

e’re

doin

g a

S

erie

s w

her

e vie

wer

s se

nd m

e w

ord

s beg

innin

g w

ith t

he

firs

t le

tter

of

the

upco

min

g m

essa

ge

and I

wea

ve

thei

r w

ord

(s)

into

th

e m

essa

ge.

Tune

in o

r se

e th

e re

pla

y o

n m

YouT

ube

chan

nel

Are

yo

u s

ayin

g i

t w

ith

bit

e o

r b

elie

f?

Yo

ur

ton

e is

38

% o

f yo

ur

com

mu

nic

atio

n. R

ight

no

w y

ou

co

uld

be

giv

ing

it

a do

uble

pra

ctic

e:

1)

in h

ow

yo

u e

xch

ang

e in

co

nv

ersa

tion

wit

h o

ne

anoth

er

(wh

eth

er a

t ho

me

or

in p

ubli

c) a

nd

2

) in

ho

w y

ou

r el

ectr

onic

co

rres

pond

ence

co

mes

acr

oss

.

I put

#2

las

t bec

ause

I'd

lik

e th

at t

o s

ink

in

, si

nce

I b

elie

ve

we

are

oft

en m

ore

con

scio

us

of

ho

w w

e 's

ound

' in

wri

tin

g

than

we

are

in p

erso

n. A

nd

all

it

real

ly i

s, i

s th

at w

e ta

ke

the

tim

e to

tak

e a

bre

ath

abo

ut

wh

at w

e're

say

ing

. T

hin

k a

bo

ut

that

bre

ath

no

w a

s yo

u 's

end

' wo

rds

to y

ou

r m

ou

th.

A

nd

, of

cou

rse,

th

at's

ju

st m

y o

pin

ion

. P

leas

e pra

ctic

e.