As the year closes…and a favor to ask

The year 2009 has been a very different one for my family and I as well as for friends of ours.  It’s been filled with hope, optimism, wonder, joy and blessings.  It has also been a year of dualities…sort of the one step forward, one step back kind.  I’ve had dear friends who have also had this happen to them.

…a favor to ask

One good friend is someone who rarely thinks of himself first and who has had many of the one step forward, one step backward events this past year in his life,  so I’d like to bring up the asking of a very special “favor” if I may.

Home safe and sound - HK almost died but Pat McKittrick and his huge heart stepped in to help save him

My good friend Pat has blogged about the near death of his friend’s cat very recently,  now named HK.  Before HK became ill he seemed to have no name other than “cat” 🙂 but an infection recently  threatened HK’s life and the caring staff at the Vet chose to christen him with his new name.  You can read HK’s  story here at Pat McKittrick’s Blog.  I’ve known Pat for a few years now but it wasn’t til this year that we really became good friends.  I’ve come to know him as a very considerate, giving person who will do anything he can for others.  He rarely if ever thinks first of himself and I have never heard him complain or even draw attention to his own personal hardships.  Unless you know Pat extremely well as his roommates do, you would find it difficult to believe that Pat had a care in the world.

His one dream is to set up his own Travel Guide business – something we’ve talked a lot about over the year.  You see, Pat’s been unemployed for almost a year now and although this situation would place anyone into a very stressful mindset, for Pat, when you speak with him or when he interacts with anyone through Social media etc., you’d never suspect that he was in this situation.  He has been trying to save up the $450 fee required to purchase a Travel Guide course so that he can own his own business but unexpected expenses and situations have eaten away at all his savings attempts.  Yet, he did not hesitate to do everything he could to save HK!

It took HK’s getting ill and almost dying to bring Pat to the point where he knew he may not be able to go this alone any longer.  With a vet bill of $650 Pat didn’t worry about how he would survive, instead he worried about how he would be able to pay the bill so that the Vet would release HK and allow the cat to return home to his friend!

This was important enough to Pat that he did something he very, rarely if ever would do … he bared his soul and told his story.

So, my favor?  To anyone reading this, if you are of the donating kind and would like to help Pat pay for the $650 Vet Bill…I would encourage you to send a few dollars Pat’s way if you can.  His plight is genuine, his gratitude is heart felt and you may even make a friend whom you will be glad to have in your life.  Pat is a rare individual in today’s world, with a huge heart, a wonderful outlook on life and humanity, and he is someone who never hesitates to help others even if it may put him in hardship.  Saving HK’s life was Pat’s only focus this past week or so, and then trying to figure out how he would  be able to repay the staff who worked so hard to bring HK back to health.  The documented Vet bill and Pat’s story can be read at Pat’s Blog and you can also view the Vet Bill.  For those who may have a few dollars lying dormant in your PayPal accounts that you would like to donate to this cause, you can also obtain Pat’s  PayPal address at his blog.

For anyone who would like to assist Pat in earning the fee necessary for him to acquire the “Write Your Own Ticket” travel guide business opportunity so that 2010 is the year he achieves the one dream he’s hoped to achieve, you can do so by simply visiting his affiliate link .  Perhaps you’ll find this opportunity one you are interested in as well.

I’m confident that 2010 will be a wonderful year for Pat…as Karma comes to him due to his unselfish desire t0 ensure his friend’s cat did not die.  Any small gift you may be able to give will help Pat reach the monthly goal of $60 he is to pay the Vet every month until the Vet bill is paid in full.  THANK YOU for your gift of generosity and may it return to you in goodness as well!!!!

…and as the year closes

We’ve all weathered the worst (hopefully) of the recession that hit and 2009 appears (to me at least) to have been one of the most “celebrity loss” heavy years in some time.  From long known celebrities like Walter Kronkite to newer celebs like Brittany Murphy, we’ve lost many well known entertainers and public figures this year.

On a personal slant, life during 2009 has been more like a roller coaster than many I can remember.  In our family we’ve had the joy and blessings of the birth of children but we have also had the shocking and unexpected loss of life of those who have been a part of our lives since childhood.

We’ve had the excitement of a successful business and the disappointment of a partnership  failure that now leaves us looking ahead toward a new and even more successful venture yet also leaves us shocked that a person we’ve known for some time has changed so drastically.

I’ve started a new course in life by taking on the challenges and the excitement that comes with a new path as a  Hypnotherapist and thanks to this I and my husband have become non-smokers this year!  In the New Year we have several who want to follow our lead and I’m excited to be a part of the transition.

As 2009 comes to a close, it leaves with each of us many, many memories both wonderful and not, but it also leaves each of us with the knowledge that we have grown in experience just a little more now and what we have learned will walk forward with us into the year 2010.

I firmly believe that 2010 will be a year of changes and growth as well as the continuation of more lessons to be learned.  For some of us we will achieve our highest goals and aspire to our loftiest intentions, for others we may experience our lowest lows or attempt to move forward from our deepest losses….but no matter what any of us may experience through the coming year…it is important for each of us to understand and believe that we are each our own Destiny designers.  We are deserving of great things and when we think great things, we can achieve and become great!

The year 2010 promises to be a year of new starts in my family – my husband is in the process of starting up a new business which I have hoped he would do for some time now.  Our children are grown and beginning to plan their own lives and this year promises that we will see at least one child leaving the nest but perhaps more.

I continue to have many goals set that I wish to achieve and I look forward to 2010 as an exciting and incredibly wonderful year of progress, opportunity and blessings – not only for my family and myself but for everyone I know!

May 2010 be the year that you achieve your dreams, aspire to your loftiest ambitions, obtain your most heartfelt wishes and soar to your highest dreams!  Believe, conceive, achieve – and remember to hold fast to the Secrets of Life!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

From my family to yours…

Lex