Do You Know a Muslim?

In Nashville recently I noticed how many different religious beliefs 

20 year Muslim Reservist

were represented by the people attending what I refer to as the cosmic financial planners group.  There were Mormons, Christians, Quakers, Bahai, Buddhist, and agnostics to name a few. I wasn't aware that I was searching this information out but instead just noticed this in reflection after the recent comments about Muslims from Donald Trump.

In a previous blog from awhile back I compared Oklahoma City to Damascus, Syria.  There were many common themes regarding the regular people of each city.  My guess is the comparison would NOT be similar today.  One thing hasn't changed though and that is how the saying "If a million people die it is a statistic.  If one person dies it is a tragedy." 

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Fork In The Road

At a recent conference in Nashville, Ed, a therapist, asked if i would drive him up the road to pick up some medication he needed since he left it at home.  Ed and I go a ways back and he is one of those people who is chock-full of intelligent humor and sweet and meaningful anecdotes.  Hence, the rest of the story about the Yogi Berra saying.  

SWEET Potatoes may be the death of our healthcare system

Recently my dad has been in the hospital dealing with pneumonia and other issues related to not handling anesthesia very well.  However, after he was making an impressive comeback, he woke up with pain in his abdomen.  The doctors jumped in to action and ran a cat scan and x-rays 

Lucy's Last Wishes

LUCY IS FINE AND DOING WELL for a 17+ year old dog.  However, recently she was suffering from a persistent cough and after a few trips to the vet I had a moment.  Here is how it went--

The Wealth of a Nation

Adam Smith is often referred to as the father of modern capitalist economics. He was known to have said--"the decisions of individual owners to use their capital for their own gain, and of purchasers to buy for their own interests, would somehow be guided by an "invisible hand" to produce the greatest overall prosperity of society."
That was back in the day when money represented HUMAN productivity.  Needless to say our world financial systems have diverged from such a practical  measure.  Below is a clip from a piece that struck me as interesting, challenging and on some level bothersome.