LEMONADE

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, MAKE LEMONADE!

THAT IS AN OLD CATCH PHRASE THAT PEOPLE JUST YAWN AT THESE DAYS BUT STILL HOLDS TRUE.

I REALIZED A WHILE AGO, THAT THE UNIVERSE WILL TOSS AT YOU SOME LEMONS. MY THEORY ON HANDLING LEMONS HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO CATCH THEM AND THROW THEM BACK AT THE UNIVERSE. I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT MOST OF MY PITCHES BUT SOME TOSSES HAVE LANDED FOUL. AT THIS POINT, I NEEDED TO EVOLVE. EVOLVING INVOLVES A LOT OF SELF REFLECTION PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. MOST OF MY EVOLUTION WAS FROM THE PROFESSIONAL POSITION OF, “WHAT DO I WANT TO DO WHEN I’M GROWN UP.” SO I DECIDED TO EVOLVE.

NOW EVOLUTION IN THEORY, “IS BASED ON THE IDEA THAT ALL SPECIES ARE RELATED AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TIME.” TRUE STATEMENT. I CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND LEARN SOMETHING NEW EACH DAY. MY MANY CAREERS COULD FILL A LIFE BUT THE ONE CAREER THAT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP IS BEING A MOTHER. THAT PROVIDES MORE JOY THAT I COULD EVER IMAGINE. BUT I DID NEED TO EARN SOME MONEY. THOSE OLD BILLS WILL NOT PAY FOR THEMSELVES. ONE JOB I ENJOYED IMMENSELY WAS BEING A TEACHER. BUT FAMILY CALLED AND I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF MY MOTHER. AT 92 SHE IS STILL AROUND BUT REQUIRES FULL TIME HELP. AND A TEACHER NEEDS TO BE PRESENT. BOTH FIGURATIVELY AND PROFESSIONALLY AND THAT I COULD NOT DO AT THE SAME TIME WHILE CARING FOR MY MOTHER.

BUT AS A TEACHER, I FOUND IT TO BE AS REWARDING AS MOTHERHOOD. NOTHING COMPARES WHEN A LITTLE ONE GIVES YOU A HUG OR A TEENAGER CONNECTS WITH YOU OVER THE SUBJECT YOU ARE TEACHING. NOW REACHING A TEENAGER IS VERY HARD TO DO BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THEIR OWN WORLD WITH THEIR OWN PROBLEMS.  SO I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET A POINT ACROSS WHEN PEOPLE ARE JUST FLAT OUT NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR MESSAGES. IN MY PRESENT CAREER WHICH IS PROTECTING FAMILIES THROUGH LIFE INSURANCE, THE ONE THING I HAVE FOUND OUT IS THAT NO ONE HAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT LIFE INSURANCE IS. THEY JUST GROAN AND RUN IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AS FAST AS THEIR LEGS WILL CARRY THEM!!  THEREFORE, MY QUESTION FOR MY READERS IS WHY? WHY THE FEAR? WHY THE FEAR OF LIFE INSURANCE?

I HONESTLY WANT TO KNOW. SO PLEASE SEND YOUR QUESTIONS TO MY EMAIL AND I WILL ANSWER EACH QUESTION THAT I RECEIVE. I PROMISE AN UNBIASED AND TRUTHFUL ANSWER THAT I HOPE REMOVES THE FEAR. I WILL POST THE QUESTION, (OF COURSE, ANONYMOUSLY) AND THE ANSWER IN MY BLOG AND THE FREQUENCY DEPENDS ON HOW MANY QUESTIONS I GET. I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE DAILY BLOG. 

IN THE MEANTIME, I WILL DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSURANCE AND HOW THEY PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. IN ADDITION TO ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS. I WILL ADD SOME LITTLE EXTRAS LIKE A RECIPE OR TWO, SOME HUMOR BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR IN THIS WORLD, YOU HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS!

GETTING BACK TO THE LEMONADE. MIX LEMON JUICE SQUEEZED FROM LEMONS, SUGAR AND WATER. THAT’S IT. BUT, WITHOUT THE SUGAR THE LEMON JUICE IS PRETTY HARD TO SWALLOW, RIGHT? IT’S SOUR. LIFE CAN GET PRETTY SOUR AT TIMES, RIGHT? SO LIFE INSURANCE IS THE SUGAR FOR THE UNEXPECTED SOUR TIMES LIFE HANDS US. THINK ABOUT IT.

REMEMBER SEND ME YOUR QUESTIONS, I’M WAITING!