David's Life Blog

"Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow" . It actually seems as if this is a way of life for many people. Of course, this is a partial quote from Aaron Burr: "Never do today what you can as well do tomorrow, because something may occur to make you regret your premature action" . In today's world, I see many people simply reacting to every event that occurs in their life. As a result, they make many mistakes, do a job just well enough to get by and are in a constant state of turmoil. This is sad, and mostly preventable. Why do so many people react to life instead of being proactive? There are many reasons, but I think fear is one of the main reasons people find themselves constantly behind the eight ball. Now, before you conjure up thought of me being a "workaholic" or "anal retentive", let me explain. I actually agree with the second part of the above Aaron Burr quote (to a degree). One needs to be as proactive as possible wi

As I stated in "My Life With Polio (Part 1)" ,  once I "recovered" from polio, life was pretty normal as far as I was concerned. I started working early in life. Looking back, most of the jobs involved physical labor (which is ironic consider I was basically cripple). That did not stop me. Throughout school I worked in a grocery store unloading trucks and stocking shelves. I was Assistant Fire Chief in my early twenties. A very physical job. I worked in a factory which was very physical and really hard work. I worked in construction, all kinds of constructions. Roofing, plumbing, general construction, I did it all. Again, very physical work. During the early years of my marriage, we rode and raced motorcycles. I had my share of crashes and broken bones. I guess I did a good deal of damage to my body racing and riding. But it was (and still is) fun! I guess I was in my mid-twenties when Brenda and I became business owners. It was a good business. We did very well wit