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Judy's - "James Joyce Stream of Consciousness" Random thoughts, ideas, shared memories and happenings.
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Do I have the courage to step across the threshold into the exciting world of possibilities?!?
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Thursday, August 21
New Orleans is on the horizon.
 I am excited and anxious about traveling to New Orleans tomorrow to do my workshop on Saturday. My emotions and memories are stirred up. The last time I went to New Orleans was for a Travel Agents International Convention. The Saturday before I had flown to Tennessee to share the day with my Mom. She helped me create a dress for the gala. I spoke to her during my flight change in Atlanta and she was having fun playing scrabble with family. By the time I arrived in Tampa my beeper went off with the heart wrenching news that my Mom had died in her sleep. I returned the next morning and stayed until after the funeral and then because it was something my Mom and I had shared I went on to the convention. I believe that is what she would have wanted. I miss my Mom. I miss my dad. This Saturday my workshop is for attendees at the Carlson Wagonlit Travel National Meeting as they announce their new brand. Many of the participants will be former Travel Agents International owners. It will be fun to see familiar faces however in the past my workshops in front of them were done in tandem with my partner David Hallal. Now I am going solo. I miss David. He died several years ago. Although I continued to train and David moved to Cleveland to own GNC franchises, when it came to this audience we were always a duo. Tropical Fay is adding to my anxiety. Thousands of people thoughout Florida are currently dealing with flight problems due to weather. Currently she is off the coast of Daytona but no one is able to predict where she will zigzag next. Carlson booked me on a flight through Atlanta. I am a nervous flyer so this storm exacerbates my nervousness. In the big picture of life none of this is worth worrying about. It is out of my control. The Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen. |