I've said it before, and it bears repeating.....

Got to jump in and give you a friendly advice before you get too much bad advice around here.

Having a BJ career it may be a wonderful thing for others, but when your career takes over your life and you lose sight of who you are, that's not such a wonderful thing. It's been my experience, while playing BJ far more that I would encourage anyone, that for most people if you haven't taken care of yourself and discovered who you are, outside of what you do, it's nearly impossible to find balance in other areas of your life. For me, discovering what I wanted to be and where I wanted to go, has been extremely profitable.

I just want to say this,
Make sure you spend an adequate amount of time tapping into that source of spirituality in your life. Once you've determined who you are, the rest comes easy. You only get one shot at life. As important as careers are to all of us these days, without finding happiness, a career is just a shell that surrounds you. Careers are great, BJ is great if played the right way, money is great if you have the talent to make it, .., but no career no good time at the tables and no amount of money is worth the stress or losing sight of yourself.

Personally, I find the ability to see the funny side of everything and it makes so much easier to see the "big" picture, and most times makes life much more livable. So, treasure every moment that you have now.

Stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or new home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until you've had a drink, until you've sobered up, ��.., until you die and decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy...

So, above all else . . . Take a good shot at this life .., because is the only chance that you�ll ever get!

Sonia

Are you telling me that I should sell everything I own and embark on a career in blackjack? Now? Or should I wait until the kids leave the house? Do you reccomend smoking marijuana before a session? Speak to me please!!!

I must congratulate you Sonia. We think alike. I'm spiritual too. You have put bj in the right context and how without a solid "infrastructure" on a personal basis, bj (gambling) could lead one into serious life complications such as emotional and financial turmoil. Yes, good knowledge of what you like or want to do, like playing bj, is the right attitude. But, there is much more to life than that. You said that eloquently.

I'm so glad you posted that and imo, anybody reading that is bound to have some insight from it. I wish you the best. F

"...[its] the only chance that you�ll ever get!" Where did that limiting notion come from, darling? G

(nt)

...its much more scientific than "live only once" - I would say "live AS THOUGH only once is all there is" G

I have some inclination of believing in reincarnation. I wonder why, for instance, at age 7, we would see a violonist virtuoso, in a child, when we know to the average musician takes dozens of years to practice before reaching that virtuoso level. What's the explanation for that. I believe it may be part of the soul in that child that may come from a previous life of a great violin master.

The problem is that, the child prodigy will not know a previous life lived. Therefore, back to square one. The life that we have must be a unique one that we would know living on this planet.

What's your basis? Positive thinking? Or, may be you have an insight... as I know you are into spirituality, as I am.

"I wonder why, for instance, at age 7, we would see a violonist virtuoso, in a child, when we know to the average musician takes dozens of years to practice before reaching that virtuoso level. What's the explanation for that?"

Statistics, given enough people in the world there will be significant numbers 5 or standard deviations above or below the normal level.

"The problem is that, the child prodigy will not know a previous life lived. Therefore, back to square one. The life that we have must be a unique one that we would know living on this planet."

Karma says that everything done in this life will be carried on to da next. In physics this is true. Your body will break down into carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. And be used to produce something else in this world, a plant or a eaten by a dog to build it's muscles.

What you have done, the intangibles will affect society in subtlely or significantly. This is known as the "butterfly effect" in chaos theory. The obvious example is passing on knowledge.

Toaism suggest that everything is created with both positive and negative energy, like an atom. Like the supply and demand of Economics, things will always strive for equilibrium, that is when the balance of YingYang, Pos/Neg, Demand/Supply, Protons/Electrons, are in hormony with its environment.

People have to die, environment changes, it is a way to adapt to the world as the universe changes. Note: Darwin's theory of evolution.

Companies in the olden days are bankrupt by comapanies newly innovated. This is the creative destruction theory in Economics by Schumpeter.

Thus, all things die but it is for the survival of the species.

Interesting concepts on important philosophical questions regarding the mystery of life, creation, and destruction. Thanks for your response. Have a good day.