Today I met Marquez. Jonathon has been telling me about him for some time. He is an artist and a part of his art is jewelry making. I have heard of positive thinking and positive speaking people and on most occasions, I try to be one, but Marquez has a vision for his jewelry and when he tells you what it is…it is powerful. He assigns a positive word to each of the bracelets that he hand makes. Mine is Balance. When Marqueze speaks of his love of creating…you simply want to go out and create… Marquez and his wife Cree operate their own business Project Human X. He told me that he is having an art show at the Sharp Museum on the campus of Southern Illinois University @ Carbondale. Now I have on my wrist a bracelet from each of my sons.

I had a lovely telephone conversation with my lifelong friend Jeff yesterday. He had just sent me a photo of my long-lost twin that I did not know I had. The photo had an uncanny likeness to me and I had to study it awhile before I could be certain that it was not me. Jeff is one of the most positive-thinking people that I know. He even told me that the famous author Norman Vincent Peale’s recordings on YouTube remind him of me at times. Jeff’s mission is to help people and inspire others to strive for success. He and I have been friends for over 50 years. Jeff is a Horatio Algier story…Rags To Riches…and thus has caused countless others to achieve in their lives what he achieved in his.

Marquez told me when I left him earlier today that he hoped that Jonathon and I and he could connect again and create together… I hope so as well…