A Good Day is?

For some is just waking up!For most is going to school or work .For me is a little less pain and doing something positive toward my survival.Today another social services form so another hour average from.I often hear People say about those who are differently- abled. " oh you do so well" or when you tell someone who looking at you awkwardly and you explain Cerebral Palsy and how it effects your whole life in very minor ways, (as mine does ,just enough to limit my vocational desires and dreams)"well you should get the Government to help you".I truly understand most people are sympathetic to those with disabilities.I have met wonderful People through my travels as a musician.I have a story of pure kindness I was working At Fry's ( electronic store in U S) A couple remarked" how do you do this type of work" as I was visibly in pain and I said" I just do it" "Is there something I can help you with ? "yes !the couple were looking for some DVDs after I got them there items the husband had asked if I had any hobbies I said I am a musician and play the guitar and sing.he said I collect guitars.In the course of our chat ,I was asked to come up and to there home and they had a surprise !I had recently pawned all my instruments due to a bad relationship and a lot of bills! To this day I play that particular guitar and am reminded of the goodness in "rare"people.I have had many days like the above they are precious. I do say Life is just fine if you don't worry about what you don't have.I just would like some direction to people who would help me get a chance to make a living doing what I love performing and writing songs that's all.That would the best "good day. "

TODAY,I'M FEELING DOWN

Yesterday was a good day today someone in my family was talking to another member of the family and said "he has enough money to do all right he spends his money on the Internet,he needs to re-establish where he spends his money."First off I was shocked ! because I pay half of my disability to rent and about 80-100 a month on odds and ends( food )when we run out ,I pay' 58.00 for car insurance Gas and maintenance my car.Christmas was tight and I had some unexpected costs.I am trying to build a business that relies on the Internet so money goes to programs etc.We can only do what we can do with what we have .800.00 a month in Ca. is stretching no matter where you live! So tomorrow is another day ! and it will be what it is.

learning to ask for help: believing you are the best: attempt ,adapt and overcome

learning to ask for help: believing you are the best: attempt ,adapt and overcome

LIFE IS WHAT WE LIVE-HOW WE LIVELIFE IS THE QUESTION

I've heard it said many times ,"life is what you make it." Through the years living with Cerebral Palsy ,I have come to know a strength deep inside.A strength of Iron will to go beyond average achievements and in my own sense deify the na sayers and the learned academics who called me a "dreamer."This Iron will I got from my Father;brilliant Surgeon who I tried academically to be like but however fell drastically short. I love to learn and I also have taught music and creative arts.I have no degree yet I will put my abilities up against a degree any day. Don't get me wrong, I think everyone who has an aptitude for academics should gain as much education as they can. Their are those however that try as they might just don't have it. Those are the people who achieve success in other areas of endeavor:art ,music and acting:Creative people who "dream."
how we live our lives is the question ?Do we allow circumstances to rule our destiny or do we fight no matter how improbable our dream is to capture?I believe it is the QUEST for ,not the acquisition that MAKES ONES' LIFE FULL AND BRILLIANT!My life has been hard and at times tearful,painful and suicidal yet at those lows something says "one more go old boy your just about there!" When I feel like I can't do this life and all my dreams are still very far away,this voice keeps me going .I have LIVED! A LIFE MOST WOULD BE SHOCKED by how I survived The Bars,violence and my own intensity of the fast lane.!Waylon Jennings taught me a lot about performing and unfortunately I also learned about other stuff! the women were fast and money was never seen by me. My memory is a bit cloudy due to excessive use of ........drugs.I now see things differently being 15yrs straight and sober. All the fights and the drugs and that fast life I wouldn't change; for with those experiences I wouldn't be who I am today,willing to at 50 yrs old(soon)capture that ever so elusive dream of being" on stage"It really is intoxicating and makes life full and exciting ! GO AFTER YOUR DREAMS; THE QUEST IS WHERE THE EXCITEMENT IS! NOT THE END RESULT!

today is this the day you start believing in your dream?

I f I did not have a dream so consuming ,I know with out a doubt I'd be dead .I won't let anyone tell me dreams can't be real they just look at me .I am real ,as real as flesh and blood .I believe as I did as a young boy in braces "i will someday be a singer like Glen Campbell."Well I'm not wealthy or famous yet but I "believe in dreams "I have done things and played with stars and had a ball now I need to think about money ,retirement .....?? Hell....I AM going to live forever. !! or at least 100 !!!!!!!! Never dis believe anything because" Believe in your dreams and your dreams will believe in you."I plan a a show somewhere in San Diego Ca.in February If you have a Club contact me .If you Like my writing and are a publishers lets talk.Never give up who you want to become, be a winner inside .

life sometimes has it ups n down -just when you think you are going to do o.k.

No matter what I have gone through in life. I have always done things without help .I have however learned that I need help with sequencing and numbers ,banking and step by step instruction I can only track two things at once and some call it multi tasking I call it a headache!most multitasking done is not absorbed and remembered and most people who do multi-task usually have less then perfect assignments and seem to "throw "things together. plus if you are a person who multi tasks when someone is talking to you that is considered" rude" I multi task all the time even though I don't call it that .As a writer and musician I have timing ,words and notes to put all together at once; for me it's easy ,yet I can't be on the phone and write down a phone # unless I hear it repeated at least 4 times .I struggle with memory deficit(short term)yet I can sing you a song live on stage just from somewhere deep inside .I Try to record everything because if I don't I'll forget what I sang about .I study songs by reading them over 20-30 times to memory this takes 4 days with no distractions an hour at a time .when I'm on stage it as though A switch is turned on and 40 minutes later I'm done maybe 12 to 15 songs yet if you asked what songs I just sang I would remember maybe one! Words and music are sounds to me, if you have read my story (click, Don's story)you will come understand my dream and understand me greatly: as a differently -abled musician who has achieved goals and is continuing to accomplish even more I just need helping finding my way to the top of this mountain!