Messages From My Friend
This website publishes my friend's 120 Blog Posts about his real-life experiences. They are Timeless & Priceless. Many viewers have expressed gratitude that "My Friend's Messages" "made their Lives breathe easier." The Blog Posts cover the 6-Categories Listed below:
Family...Relationships...Cultural Issues...Joy & Loss...Inspiration...and “True North”.
My friend's experiences are augmented by the writings of: Shakespeare, Kipling, Emerson the Books of the Bible, "The Book of Virtues", "The Breakthrough Effect", "The Seven Seasons of the Man in the Mirror, "The Quotable Lewis", "Things That Matter", "The Book of Joy", "The Greatest Generation", "1776", "Signature in the Cell", "Let There be Light", "The Purpose Driven Life", "The Traveler's Gift", "When in Doubt, MAKE BELIEF", the Seminars of Franciscan Priest, Richard Rohr, etc.
This website's purpose is to open minds, soften hearts, and touch souls to "Make even one life breathe easier", through the common denominator of shared experiences.
The "MOST POPULAR" Posts are listed on the Upper-Right of the Home Page. Simply "CLICK" on the Title.
"COMMENTS" are welcome and easily made at the end of each blog post. "Clicking" on the "Title" takes you to the blog post comment. (Simply "Scroll Up" to read the Blog Post)
EACH blog post has an "Embedded YouTube MUSIC VIDEO" which enhances the Theme of the blog post Message
- You can access All the Previous blog posts Per CATEGORY by "Scrolling Down" after reading each Category Blog Post.
- You can access All of the Previous Month's blog posts by "Clicking" on the desired month under the "Archives" section (on the right)
- You can access All Recent Popular Posts by "Clicking" on "Read More" after the brief summary Below.
Recent Popular Posts
Family: A Bride’s Choice of Two Men on Her Wedding Day - On his Wedding Day, my friend’s wife handed him a note. It read: “On her Wedding Day, a bride must choose between the 2 men that she wants to marry. One is Flawed, with good traits & bad. The Other is Malleable - able to be formed into the husband with whom she wants to spend the rest of her life.” She continued, “I choose you, AS IS – For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness & in health, until death do us part”. My friend has kept that note in his dresser drawer for 47 Years. It’s faded, with frayed edges, but its Value… (Read More)
Relationships: About Thriving Marriages & Lasting Relationships – At my friend’s youngest son’s Wedding Reception Dinner, my friend’s Bridal Couple Toast was,“Love is counter-intuitive to the Secular Culture’s Mantra: “What’s in it for ME?” Love is Less about Moonlight & Balconies, and More about Patience & Acceptance. It’s sharing who we are & what we have – Asking Nothing In Return. Love has No Conditions. Surrenders the Need to be Right. And Loves one another as God Loves us. My friend added, “I remember the 1st Time that God’s Unselfish Love entered their Souls – It was at their Baptisms. And from that day to this, how God’s Grace nurtured that Love, so they could vow to Love each other, for the rest of their lives.” For the rest of my friend’s entire remarks… (Read More)
Culture: The Saddest Words of Tongue & Pen, Are Those of What Might Have Been” – My friend had a Regional Fuel Additive Distribution Agreement. He secured the Exemption Permission of the US EPA to put his fuel additive into Regular Gasoline. And the State of Wisconsin’s Exemption Permission to use the State’s facilities to Test for Vehicle Emission Reduction. And the Exemption Permission from 3 Municipalities to use their vehicles for the Test Project. The result was a 6% reduction in Emissions & a 10 Cents a gallon reduction in Fuel Costs. As a result, the EPA gave Permanent Permission to Sell his product – Nationwide. My friend then negotiated a Distribution Agreement with a Major Company that would pay him 10% of Gross Profit, or Guaranteed Millions of Dollars for each year, thereafter. But my friend went BROKE - after 3 Years of Phenomenal Achievements. Because the Master Distributor… (Read More)
Joy & Loss: Reflections at Time of Passing – My friend was a Licensed Family Counselor at a beautiful Memorial Park Cemetery. One day, the parents of a young woman, who died 3 days before her Wedding Day, in a plane crash, walked into his office. The mother was sobbing uncontrollably. The father could barely speak. With no time to prepare anything, my friend asked, “Are you Christians?” The father nodded, “Yes”. Spontaneously, my friend began to recite appropriate Scriptural Verses. And ended with the Poem, “Miss Me, But Let Me Go” - by Edgar Albert Guest. The father asked my friend to write a letter about what he just said. A week after the funeral, the father called to thank my friend. His letter was on the mother’s nightstand, and taped to the dashboard of the father’s car. The entire “Reflections at Time of Passing”… (Read More)
Inspiration: Art: The Portrayal of God’s Creation, Forgiveness, & Reconciliation with Man – Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel’s portrayal of the “Creation of Man” captures the essence of Man being made in the Image & Likeness of God – to be Children of God & Heirs to Heaven. Rembrandt’s poignant painting of the “Prodigal Son” captures the essence of God’s Forgiveness – Through the Welcoming Embrace of the Father (of the Out-Stretched Arms, of the Redemptive Cross). To View Both 4-Color Masterpieces… (Read More)
True North: The book "Heaven", by Randy Adler - My friend’s Summary of the book “Heaven” turned all of his parochial Catholic Grade School & Catholic High School Teaching about Heaven – Upside Down. His previous teaching focused Only on the current, intermediate Heaven - a place separate from Earth. And was “Earned” by Keeping Commandments & Doing Good Deeds. The "Future Heaven", for the remainder of All Eternity, will be celebrated on the “New Earth”, with God Walking among us (in our "Resurrected Bodies"). We merely have to accept that God accepts us: “AS IS” – to enjoy the Companionship of God Forever. To learn the Biblical Basis for this New Understanding about Heaven… (Read More)