Tough Ruckers Are Training For The Boston Marathon

I guess you're like I was and don't know what a Tough Rucker is. I thought you may like to read how I learned about these amazing people.

I met Eddie through a friend of mine. Since I had lived in New Hampshire, I couldn't help but to notice that he lives in Massachusetts. We chatted things up a bit and I laughed about my being forbidden to visit some areas of Massachusetts when I was a young adult. Fortunately, Eddie doesn't live in one of those areas so, we continued our friendship.

While we were chatting online, Eddie told me that he was preparing to participate in the Boston Marathon with Tough Ruck. This brought back a ton of memories for me. Being in Georgia meant that I had watched for the marathon results but, I have been removed from the area and I had forgotten about the excitement associated with this iconic race. I shared some of my behind the scene marathon experiences with Eddie and he didn't waver once when I threw questions at him about his training for the marathon. It's probably difficult for you to imagine how excited I am to have met a Boston Marathon participant that is in training!

In Eddie's case, he isn't going to run the race but instead he will march the 26.2 mile course with the Tough Ruckers while carrying a 35 pound Ruck Sack. The Tough Ruckers are a group of military and civilians who will Ruck in honor and memory of a fallen service member, while raising funds to support the surviving families.

I find the dedication of the group to be breathtaking and I have immense pride to know one of the people that is willing to devote their time and effort to support the families of one of our fallen which not only includes Military but also Police, Firefighters and EMTs.

Here's where Eddie runs into a problem. He made a modest post on facebook about being on the Redneck Ruckers' fundraising team but, he has too much pride to ask people for donations even though he is raising the money to support others! I am not too proud to ask you to donate. Please give what you can to the Tough Ruck Redneck Ruckers' campaign to help support the families of our fallen heroes.

Tough Ruck is operated through the Military Friends Foundation.

MFF is a 501c3 dedicated to serving Massachusetts. Donations made are tax deductible.

Tough Ruck Redneck Ruckers

Teach Your Children About Savings Accounts

I  uploaded a little bonus to the debt management page today entitled, Teach Your Children About Savings Accounts.

I can't believe how much time I wasted because of the word, intimidated. The more I started to think about how intimidating banks can be to children, the more I laughed.

I laughed because I was such a fool when my children were younger. Why didn't I use the bank to my advantage? Whenever I took my children into the bank for them to make a deposit, they walked out feeling a little bit taller and they behaved better. What had I missed?!

It's too late for me but, knowing that I could have bought my children off on a regular basis by handing them any amount of money and then taking them to the bank made me laugh. In my experience the tellers smile, are always nice and polite and then they give the children a lollipop.

Besides, if I had bought my children off this way who was going to gossip about how I was a rotten mother since I got my children to behave by handing them money and taking them to the bank. Well, somebody probably would have found something to say.

If you or your children get into the idea of money management, I suggest that you view the Feed the Pig site. Their have great tips and tools for visitors.

KaraMiller.Net

Please like my facebook page where I help veterans make B2B connections.

Attention: Veterans and Civilians. I Need Your Help

I have a plan. The problem is that my schedule has been interrupted and I can see that this will cause a delay in my plan so, I decided to jump ahead a few days and let the plan flow where it may. That's why I need your help.

I am seeking veteran owned businesses that have interest in creating B2B (business to business) connections. I have established a facebook community for businesses to post their information so they are able to connect with one another. Please like KaraMiller.Net on facebook and we can get this community off the ground. You can be a entrepreneur, be working on your startup or have an established business. The community is there to help veterans gain success.

I started the community in conjunction with my web site which is focused on sharing resources with veterans. I'm still working on the web site and adding information to it but, it's a slow process. Apparently, I need a team of four or five to keep up with 20K people that I am in contact with throughout the month.

I know that you are thinking it is an exaggeration to say that I am in contact with 20K people each month but, the numbers don't lie. I was shocked to see the tally. Seriously, it's little old me and the information I share on the internet is reaching that many people. Sure, I don't speak with each person individually me but, I want civilians and veterans to help veterans achieve success and we have to start somewhere.

You probably know that I am a believer in proper planning to prevent poor performance but, if I allow this interruption to cause yet another delay I know there is a possibility of postponing the launch date to mid May. This way, you can like KaraMiller.Net, post your business information and ask questions you may have in regard to your business. This is your opportunity to get in on the ground floor. It doesn't cost you anything, just a few clicks.

Ladies and gentlemen. it's time. Let's do this!

Metaphysical Law of Attraction, My Thanks to Mom

To me, referring to the Metaphysical Law of Attraction just makes me sound smarter than I actually am but, it's fun. Metaphysics refers to abstract philosophical studies and is the part of philosophy that is concerned with the causes and nature of things. Since we are spiritual as well as physical beings, our experiences are to be used for learning. Anything metaphysical is of or relating to things that are thought to exist but cannot be seen. When you say, “I want _(fill in the blank)_”, you are planting a seed in your mind. The seed's growth is based strictly on what environment you provide for it.

I have studied the law of attraction and manifesting positivity for 35 years. Not full time but, I'll explain and you can decide.

My father was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, my mother was his sweetheart from early years. They grew up in a small town. It was so small that my paternal grandmother was my mother's Sunday School teacher. The two of them had been together forever and then I showed up.

So, they are in a fairytale relationship and my sister and I are raised by this mom and dad team that had their act together. Mom knew exactly how dad liked his steak and dad knew which piece of candy she would choose from the box when he handed it to her.

Things weren't always perfect and there were problems but, the family muddled through. Since I was the younger child I probably didn't get as much attention. Nobody cares about that and that includes me but, being the second child meant that I sat back and watched the people around me. I observed and probably made subconscious notes about people's behavior.

In my teen years, Post Traumatic Stress appeared on the scene. I didn't know what was going on and I like to believe that since my dad preferred it that way mom supported his effort. Actually, nobody had officially given PTS a name back then and when I asked mom to clue me in she shook her head and said something about the reconnaissance missions dad he had done in Korea. I was over thirty years old and had two children of my own before he gave me the slightest bit of insight about his time in Korea.

Anyway, mom gave me a Norman Vincent Peele book to read so I studied it. Mr. Peele taught me that, “Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.” My extensive study of manifesting and the law of attraction had begun.

Manifesting isn't sitting back and expecting God to fill in the blanks. The Law of Attraction doesn't mean that if you think of Unicorns they will arrive at your doorstep. Assuming that you are as cynical as I, that cynicism needs to go out the window. Cynicism only confuses the Universe and those around you as to your true intentions. To manifest and see the Law of Attraction work requires you to focus on your desires. It's work to rewire your brain and give two positive thoughts for every negative thought.  

Using a dart board as an example, you face the board and know that you want to hit the bullseye. You focus on the bullseye and prepare to throw the dart. You breathe in and lift your hand. Just as you release the dart somebody to your right stands up. Your dart misses the bullseye but lands just up and out to the right. In that millisecond, you lost your focus and instead discovered confusion. It's not a big deal. That happens to everyone. Two positive thoughts can be, 1) you threw the dart 2) it hit the board. You need to refocus in order to manifest a bullseye.

The idea of manifesting and the law of attraction is not something new. James Allen wrote As A Man Thinketh in 1902. Dr. Peale had The Power of Positive Thinking published in 1952 and the law of attraction is why one of my heroes, Rocky Bleier was able to return to playing football after serving in Vietnam.

Anna sending positive thoughts that I will share my cookies.

Positive thinking always works.

KaraMiller.net Is Live

Last week I purchased KaraMiller.net as a new website. I did this because as much as I have always enjoyed working at Georgianna Hardware Corporation and I still do, the activity on the Veteran pages that I had published showed me that there was a need for civilians to be more involved.

I guess that knowing, loving and caring about veterans is something that is just natural to me. Veterans have been in my life as long as I can remember, be they relatives or friends.

When I started to follow Matt on The Long Trail Home it broke my heart to think that there were 22 a day that didn't have the desire to go on. These are our children and those 22 a day generally remain faceless and nameless.

I simply cannot ignore what I know is the truth and decided to take action.

I'll be overly honest with you. I know that I am highly opinionated and I value my freedoms immensely. By owning KaraMiller.net I will not be hiding behind GHC. It's me, as a civilian taking advantage of my freedoms. Thank you, veterans.

The first pages that I published are Veterans page 1, Veterans Debt Management and Credit Score. These pages are suitable for both veteran and civilians and since I had to start somewhere I started with what somebody would need to know when they arrived home and were starting a new life.

This is my first blog post for KaraMiller.net. I have a lot of work ahead of me but, I think I should be able to get it all together in the next few years. Please, join me in this venture. I'm only six days in and I already have a few stories to share so I expect it will be fun.

Cat Prince, host of  Calderara Universe