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Don't let a setback hold your back...

 ...because a setback is not a holdback. So I mentioned vaguely in my Saturday night post that I had something done in the morning only to have it undone  just minutes later. It was something I had waited so long to do and I was finally happy to see it accomplished. And I paid a pretty penny to the workers who did it on the side for me. This is a part of what I wrote on Saturday: This morning, I got caught in a one thing scenario. I had looked at all that had happened and I was happy with it and moments later, I decided to pursue this one thing I didn't need and could've let it be. My friend said:  to look on the bright side, "you'll learn a new skill".  (You can read the full post here ). I was striving for perfection and in trying to do so, I dissembled the whole thing. Well, I had reached out to someone and asked what his company would charge to have someone come help. And they were here this morning and it was done so quickly that by 0830, it was fixed. This ...

You Reap What You Sow

The Evil That Men do...  Sumo had an exciting ending today. I mean exciting! So much so that I am so excited – it elevated my mood by 1000% and I was just laughing and just expressing myself at what I watched.  First, I wondered who was the last Rikishi to fight Hosh and realized I had not seen Wakamotoharu . Sure enough, it was him. It’s interesting how I keep a banzuke in my head and realize who I have not seen. Yesterday or the day before, I thought to myself that I didn’t see Midorifuji and Daiesho and when I rewatched, it turned out that they fought each other when I got up for a brief moment. I tend to learn from Sumo so I'm going to share one of my Sumo Lessons today. Well, why was today’s final match exciting for me?  Let me give a little history here:  In the last tournament, Hoshoryu , the Yokozuna , side-stepped Wakatakakage , who was a Sekiwake at that time – the third highest rank. Yokozuna is the highest rank. A side-stepped is called a “ Henka ”....