Dale-Time

So what happened to me in 2010? A lot of stuff. One of the most significant for me,  is that you are reading this. I started writing this blog. I’ve always had lots of thoughts about business and life that I wanted to share with People…. Anybody….., ..Somebody. I used share my thoughts at meetings or at dinner with my wife or talk to myself in the car a lot.

I call that Car Therapy. I have great discussions in the car by myself because nobody interrupts me  and if I say something stupid I can just back up and try several different sentences until I get the right one. I can get steaming mad and shout at people and tell them how I really feel and they never hear it, but at least I get it off my chest. I can also practice saying the really good stuff that I’m not very good at saying normally.  And I can calm myself down and reflect on what’s really important and figure out if saying/writing something will really have the effect I want it to have.

Well, writing this blog is an extension of the car therapy. I’m sure that some of my recent new readers wish I would just go back to the car therapy. And I want to thank my fellow blogger, Ray, for the recent wise counsel and the reminder of why we (bloggers) do what we do. He said we write to amuse ourselves. And that’s very true to some extent. Because the amount of people that read this blog is really small. So if I write something really profound, (at least in my mind) it’ not going to change the world. And in the same sense if I write something that doesn’t sit well with somebody it’s not going to make a major effect on anyone’s life. The words will disappear into the Netherlands of electronic space never to read again. And even though I agonize over every sentence, word and comma placement it really doesn’t amount to a hill of beans in the big scheme of life.

But for my faithful readers, thanks for listening and commenting and letting me know that I’m not alone out there in the world.

Now it’s on to a new year and new challenges. I’ve got lots ahead. I’m rehabbing our  old family center down to the studs so Jodi and I can move back into the funeral home (Story and photo’s to follow). Jodi’s book “Keep Your Money – A practical guide for helping your parents manage their assets through their golden years” is due to be published in a few months. Our new Pet retort at the crematory is being installed. New computer ID body tracking system. New website pages and enhancements. Trips, seminars and the weekly routine of helping families celebrate the lives of their loved ones.

Happy New Year.

I’m Dale Clock. Thanks for listening.