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| Written by President Bill |
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Hello my fellow Trailblazers. It was a busy weekend and week so far with Judy's Friday Happy Hour at Squid Lips, my Saturday Dancing and Drinking at Grills Riverside, Fathers' Day Sunday and TBr Tasters Club last night at Toyos in Suntree. We are a busy Club with lots of good things happening. When I see y'all I get happy....I hope I'm not a PIA floating around and "pressing flesh" (shaking hands) but when a complete stranger says to me "Wow what a Club..you're an animal!", I think he's saying, "you guys are having a blast!" There must have been 40 of us at Squid Lips in and out. There was a large Meet Up contingent as well.I hope two nice ladies I met will be joining. Saturday we were rained out but the real party started inside with the lightening show and torrential rains all around us. People were guzzling their wine and getting happy. I met another nice lady, Nancy, who is an avid Harley Bike Rider and will be joining us. Happy Fathers Day and Mothers Day to all of us.....without them we wouldn't be here. Last night 17 of you showed up for Dinner. Thank you for coming out. Thanks Christine for bringing friends. It was nice meeting you Maritza. Thanks John and Pat for showing up and helping me with 14 women.....nah...I don't need your help. Without women the world would be a bore. Next month we'll do Italian at Amicis in Suntree on Tuesday the 12th. I hope you don't mind when I get a little philosophical or sentimental about things but I want to share so we don't think we're alone and hopeless. I was thinking the other week about how I use to feel about things...I was more in awe of the beautiful things in life and I thought that maybe I was losing the "joie de vivre". Remember how you felt in your 20s and 30s when everything and anything seemed possible? I want that back. I realize that we get numb and isolated in this new world. That's why this Club and the camraderie are so important. I get irritated when some members complain for nothing, do little to change things, or are looking for a free ride....but then I realize that they're unhappy about something else. They actually need us and hence, my irritation fades in to compassion. On Fathers Day my daughter called me from L.A. An overnight package had arrived Saturday with the most incredible hand written card, Money!!, and a music CD she had burned off for me. Even though she was 3000 miles away and my vision of family had drastically changed over the decades, I was so inspired because of her.... to try again. I'm ready to start. One of the songs she burned off for me rang truly in my heart and mind. I'll leave you with some lyrics and hope that we can all be ready to start again and recreate that "joie de vivre" and live life fully.....together. The song is called "Ready to Start" by Arcade Fire....best new band this year. Of course they are young and hopeful and probably not your "cup of tea" but the kids today are our future. The more I listen to the song the more I hear my daughter speaking to me and thus I get hopeful and appreciate my community the Trailblazers. Business men they drink my blood, Like the kids in High School said they would. I guess I'll just begin again, You say we can still be friends. If I was scared...I would, If I was pure...I would, If I was yours....but I'm not. All the kids have always known the Emperor wears no clothes, but you bow down to him anyways. I would rather be wrong than live in the shadow of the Sun. I'll open the door and step out in to the dark. My mind is open wide, And now I'm ready to start. I guess I'll just begin again.... NOW I"M READY TO START!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Maxine and Trailblazers for being the Sun in my life. I guess I'll just begin again too. Are you Ready to Start? |
