The McDowell Memo

 I have been really dressed the last few weeks and was trying to find a way to settle down. Then it popped right into my head. There was a PBS special on Frankie Valli , as I watched every. Sing I knew the words to and I started to sing along pretty soo all the stress was gone. I was back to the mid 1970”s and nothing else mattered but the song and your girl friend Boy that is so way now but not then.  Here’s a concert from the boys  https://youtu.be/VL98N4MVR_4

Who is my Team this year As many of you know I am a  fickle football fan. I grew up as a Baltimore Colts fan with Johnnie Unitas, Raymond Berry, etc. I stayed with them till Don Shula went to Miami and I switched to the Dollphins. I stayed loyal to Mianmi for years. But then for some reason I think it was a mental breakdown I started to cheer for the Jets.  Now a new year and I am torn about who to make my Team. My kids are Cowboy and Bills fans, I don't think I could ever get that stupid.  So Below are the 4 Contenders Send me a message with your suggestion Raiders             - - Packers        Lions Bears

  In this world today we constantly face stress from so many sources, Is this necessary? I looked at my sources of stress and found that where I learned of the issue was 90 percent of the time from news media. Even on social media it almost every time referenced or linked to a major news site. So then I looked at the reason it caused me stress and found the vast majority of the items were announcing a negative claim. So how do we control this, I am going to eliminate items I don’t have sneed to see and concentrate on positive items as much as possible 

  https://youtu.be/dPmbT5XC-q0 Power outage on a sunny Saturday who knew 

  https://youtu.be/aHgfnO6Pkrg Time to stop and smell the roses Life is flying by At supersonic speed, but we are missing the best parts of it. So, let’s take a minute to watch a cloud drift by 

 R.I.P. Vin Sculley  https://twitter.com/BlakeHarrisTBLA/status/1554670543764197377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1554670543764197377%7Ctwgr%5E01ae12c28a2f4ec0fa266bb4b8b6318abece4d31%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fvin-scully-dodgers-final-signoff-baseball-broadcaster-death-video-1730559 For 67 years this man showed the nice side of baseball, always a professional. Vince was the person that remained calm and showed the inner side of the game, the personal side. He told us about the men and women of sports, making them human and a part of our lives. Other than Mark Twain no one ever conveyed the essence of America better than he. He talked about the struggles, the victories and impact on the peoplle listening. He was truly a GREAT MAN.  

  Why now because, we have allowed our judgement making to be corrupted by the media, politicians, educators and foreign governments. In our parent's times every almost attended church and were taught moral foundational norms. In our times we strayed from attending church and tried to be part of the scene, we had to be cool. We listened to those influencers above that presented that they knew what all of us thought and needed. So instead of putting our individual moral beliefs first we put  society's ethical beliefs first and then our individual morals. To put this clearer a moral is something you find is essential with your relationship with your creator. Ethics are items that you feel or are told society things is essential for everyone. So, we put other persons thoughts ahead of our relationship with the creator. Here is a simple example. Morally we know that sex out of marriage bonds it a sin, but society does not put as high a emphasis on this and...