Dare To Be Happy...

While digging through the bookshelves in my room at school searching for who-knows-what, I re-discovered my copy of Don't Sweat The Small Stuff At Work by Richard Carlson.  

I'd written the date that I purchased it inside the front cover.  4/2000 it says, almost 15 years ago.  

I may have read some of it, most of it, or all of it, don't really remember!

I flipped it open to the first little passage, it's titled "Dare To Be Happy."

I read it, and it made a lot of sense to me. Without going into a major discourse on why it makes sense, I'll just reprint the last paragraph.

If you dare to be happy your life will change immediately. Your life and your work will take on greater significance and will be experienced as an extraordinary adventure. You'll be loved by others and, without a doubt, you'll be sweating the small stuff far less often at work. 

 

Solid advice, go ahead. I dare you.

The Layoff Ends......

 Welcome to my latest blog, CrossRoads TL, the 3rd in my series.

Before we go any further, let me state this, I am a writer at heart.  I've been an elementary school teacher for 29 years,with one to go, and for the most part it's been a fulfilling and rewarding career (more on that in future posts).  That said, in my next life I want to be a writer; sports, politics, food, whatever, I just want to write for a living.    I know, I know, it's a pipe dream, but one can dream, right?  Hell, yeah!

My first blog, Tupper Cooks was mostly about food, travel, and friends, and was a most enjoyable first attempt at blogging. You can visit it here!  I'd probably still be there had I not run out of space In Blogger (the Blog machine) and being semi-technologically illiterate, just ended it a little more than 2 years ago. I really liked Tupper Cooks!  (To date it's had over 100, 000 page views, so it was a success in my mind.)

In hindsight it was a good thing it ended, I realized, that while posting about food is fun, and I still will here, I'm no match for the 100's of real food blogs out there, some done by folks I've come to know and respect. I will certainly be writing about them.  

After Tupper Cooks! was retired I set up another blog using Wordpress, TupperCooks2. It was a definite misfire. I really didn't understand the workings of Wordpress.  I was way more comfortable with Blogger and in over my head with this new one.  I stumbled and fumbled on for about 6 months and then gave up the ghost in June, 2013.  I wasn't happy with it, my writing had become stale, I was bored.   

TupperCooks2 sucked. 

So  after a layoff of a year and a half, I have the urge to write. I name this blog Crossroads, because both literally and figuratively I'm at a crossroad, my hometown of Tupper Lake, NY is at a crossroad,  my profession of education is, New York State is, and on and on.  Lots happening, lots going on, lots to write about.  I'll be wicked opinionated and you won't have to guess about how I feel about anything.

I welcome your comments and thoughts on whatever issue we tend to be discussing.

So what image should I put in my first post on my 3rd blog? 

That's Red, she's my girl (well one of 'em, you'll meet the rest along the way).