Today’s name is March 23, 2023. What reality will you create for yourself today? Some people seem to want a reality where they are the victim. Some, where everything is about them (narcissists). Your personal reality is determined by what you think about. I don’t know about you but I intend to think happy thoughts and make my reality a good place to be. Now the list of holidays: Cuddly Kitten Day, National Chia Day, National Chip and Dip Day, National Melba Toast Day, National Puppy Day, National Tamale Day, Near Miss Day, OK Day, and Walk in the Sand Day. That’s a better list than normal. Now some history: On this day in 1775 Patrick Henry proclaimed “Give me liberty or give me death” in a speech in favor of Virginian troops joining the US Revolutionary war. On this day in 1839 the term “OK” was used for the 1st time in print. It stands for “oll korrect”. On this day in 1944 Italian resistance fighters bomb a German police station killing 33. In response the Germans kill 335 civilians. On this day in 1957 the US Army sells the last of its homing pigeons. On this day in 1981 the Supreme Court upheld a law making statutory rate a crime only for men. This is the day in 2010 that President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. Today’s life lessons come from the American author Og Mandino who sold over 50 million books on sales. Og said, “Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.” “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” “I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.” “Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same.” That’s a good quote to end this post on. Abide.