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Yep. All kinds of crazy today.
Mostly relationships that have been on the rocks for a while are starting to disintegrate, but I've heard things from stalkers showing up again after years to whole families getting into fist fights.

All in all, I've seen a big increase in overall aggression.
I, however, feel *great * hehehe.

I shot a new video today, the first in the while (as you may know); feels good to get back on the horse. I can confess here that I was waiting for a couple of positive breaks to come my way before I went back to shooting. Since for a while there I would have been faking my enthusiasm, and one thing I've always been is totally genuine in my videos...and isn't that the point of doing it, anyway?

But the reality is, positive and negative states exist only between my ears, and whatever challenges I may be experiencing really have no impact on my ability to help others and ease their burdens.

As I said yesterday, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet see their net worths go up and down by billions, and they have to keep their heads on straight; the least I can do is at least try and do the same.

Looking forward to a great week!

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Did you know Bill Gates lost 7 *BILLION * dollars and Warren Buffet lost TEN BILLION in 2008...terrible, right?

But they both made back 13 and 10 billion back, respectively since then, so I don't think they're doing too bad.

Imagine what you'd feel like if you lost that much money, would you personally have the heart and spine to hold on long enough to make it all back and more?

I had some good meditation time during the eclipse last night, and I realized something very important: I've been relying too much on 'hope'.

And I don't mean like the Obama kind of hope, or faith, I mean I put up a new product, and 'hope' people decide to buy it. Or, I send in a resume and I 'hope' they call me.

The problem is, there is no power in this type of thinking.
I put up my products and services because they are great, and change people's lives quickly and easily if they take the time to apply the tools.
Any place I've applied to would be lucky to have me, and should hope that *I * choose THEM as a place I'd like to invest my efforts.

Now with a new mindset, the planets aligned and the wind in my sails, anything is possible and there's nothing I can not do.

Stay tuned...and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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Well, technically I should write about this on Saturday's blog, but I wanted to give you a heads up:
Today (Saturday) has a lunar eclipse and a MAJOR alignment of the planets (A Great Cross); watch out for high emotions and people going a bit crazy, yourself included!
I posted a few links that will explain what's going on (and why you should care) here: www.facebook.com/BDaveWalters2?v=wall&story_fbid=108279805887879

In other news, 1 week left for Oprah voting! Please go back and vote again ( you can vote more than one time per day, and on multiple days); I would really like to be able to break 1,000 votes at least!

Beyond that, I am feeling good.
I am up very late to see the eclipse at 4:30 am; so late it's early!
Today was interesting, relaxed a bit, got to spend some time out walking with Lexi and chatting with friends. Beyond that I've been planning the meditation ritual I'm about to perform as soon as I get done here, so I can properly meet, greet, and integrate the changes coming from the planets.

I am ready for a change, rather than swim up stream I'm riding the waves!
Stay out of trouble today, and remember: the crazy people can't help themselves!

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No deeper meaning there, I'm just listening to That Was Just Your Life by Metallica while I'm writing this. Excellent 1 am writing music, wouldn't you say ?

Today was good; word is I'm still front runner for my (secret) position I was interviewing for. I talked to the HR lady, and she said they should know by 'sometime next week'. What the heck is that, LOLOLOL.

You may notice that I haven't shot any videos lately, every time I sit down to do it I just don't feel like it, but I'll get back on the horse soon. The problem is I've talked about SOOOO many things, it is getting hard to stay fresh and relevant unless it's a questions video.
Side note: you can ask me anything, even anonymously by sending it to formspring.me/bdavewalters

Good news coming soon, stay tuned!

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Before I begin, Lexi is fine; she had a ROUGH night last night, but had no fever at all today, so I think the worst is behind us (fingers crossed).

I have a confession to make: I am feeling a bit bummed.
Nothing happened today, but I think that's part of the problem: nothing happened today.

Deeper than that, though, I have figured out what is REALLY bothering me, deep down inside:
I am not afraid to fail at something. I'm not used to it, sure; but the concept doesn't bother me. The only people who haven't failed at something are people who never tried anything worth doing.

I'm also pretty much immune to other people's opinions and criticisms of me and what I do. What I'm actually quite worried about is, letting down the people I care about, and that includes you.

It doesn't bother me that my big goals have yet to manifest, even though I'm nearing my deadline, the fact is I picked that number out of the sky; if God wants to give me those things in 6 months, a year, 10 years, or more I'll be thankful and grateful when they manifest.

What bothers me is the idea that I can let down my family who depends on me to provide for them, and for you and my friends who rely on me for inspiration. I worry that people will look at my difficulties and see it as proof as what they *can't * do, instead of what they CAN do.

I feel like I have all kinds of power, brains, and talent inside of me, but I can't FORCE things into being; trying to force it only pushes it further away.
And while it might be a bit taxing or frustrating at times, I can tell you with absolute certainty I've done absolutely everything I can, every single day over these last few months, and will continue to do so in the future.

I don't think it's a secret that I intend to be someone who has major impact on this world, and as I look back over the lives of successful people across time it's always an uphill climb.

It may just be that God wants me to have a more interesting story to tell at the end; “I won the lottery” is nowhere near as interesting as a step by step journey to the top.

So I'll make a deal with you: you don't give up on me, and I won't give up on you; and in the very near future why all of this had to happen will make sense.

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So we ended up having to take Lexi in, and it appears like she has a little virus. Doesn't look like a big deal, just medicine, fluids, and rest (like we were already doing); but at least now we know it's not just teething.

Another seemingly unfortunate thing today is we checked in on our dream house today, and it looks like someone is buying it (!) which actually didn't bother me as much as I'd have thought.
Since in the end, I know if it's meant to be ours it will be; and if not, a better one will. I can't really mourn the loss of something I didn't actually have yet, so add it to the list of things I can only keep moving on.

I suspect when I have the capacity to have a multi million dollar home, I'll be quite pleased with whatever one we choose.

On a brighter note, I wrote 3 articles today (first time I've done that in a while) and I think I'll have some good news to report on another matter here in a couple of days.

At any rate, I'm off to bed; Lexi sleeps better when Daddy is near by. O=)

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So Lexi is still running a bit of a temperature (well, on and off as the medicine kicks in and wears off), but I think she's doing better over all.

We suspect she's got her last two teeth coming in, and they are molars which are brutal; and that's the cause of the fever. I have been keeping a close eye on her, since a fever I got from teething nearly killed me when I was her age.

Again, though; she's fine. Aside from being a big old cuddle bear and *very * picky eater, she's been acting the same as always. Wait...that's always the same too, lolol.

I've hit an emotional gray patch, in that many of my efforts...MOST of my efforts don't appear to be bearing any real fruit.
Two quotes gave me some comfort, though:

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.
Ross Perot
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
Ross Perot

I said when this whole thing began, I was going to the mountaintop, and you'd seem me waving from the top or dead on the side.
I don't think we're at the dead point yet, but this is one *serious * mountain.

I guess that just means I'm in for some good views from the top! O=)

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So this was my third official Father's Day (hopefully of many)!
Had a good day, a friend had a BBQ so I was able to hang out with friends (and the fam of course); Lexi started running a fever in the evening so we had a quiet night inside.

She went to bed early, but appears to be doing fine now; just one of those things I guess.

My sleeping schedule got all scrambled with all the weekend festivities, so it's off to bed and back down to business tomorrow.

Time to head back up the hill! One foot in front of the other. O=)

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Long story short: I was up and out the door at 330 am for my audition to get up Oprah's up coming show.

I got called up about 8:30 in a group of 12, and we each had about 30 seconds to explain who we were, what our show would be like, and why we were the ones to host it. I probably felt as nervous as I ever have walking up to the table, but I don't think it showed too much (I know how to stay frosty, hehe).

We had to submit our application that we'd filled out, and give her anything else we wanted to give her (people had brought books, pictures of themselves, etc).

So I stood up and gave her my application, and reached into my wallet and said “and anything else we want to give you, huh?” which got a bit of a laugh.

I went on to say:
“Hi, my name is B. Dave Walters, I'm 6'9” and no I don't play basketball.
My show would be somewhere between Oprah and the Daily Show in format, with a positive slant on current events, guests, and questions from the audience. And the reason why I'm the person to host it, is I am a Life Coach and I write two nationally syndicated advice columns, so I am very good at helping people sort out their problems, feel better about themselves, and learning how to be happy all the time.”

That was it.

I felt like I genuinely did the best I could; all I can do is keep moving on to th next thing, there is nothing I can do about this now but wait to hear back from them.

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