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Rich Naran


Last Updated: 11/5/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Divorced
Age: 54
Sign: Aquarius

City: Hamilton
State: New Jersey
Country: US
Signup Date: 9/12/2007

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Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:18 PM

Current mood:Filled with Gratitude
I bear the responsibility for this error. Those of you who know me well enough know I don't do substances and formerly only drank on occasion. Now due to medications which I will be taking the rest of my life as well as my heart condition, I can never drink alcohol again.

Email responses
I was very surprised so many found themselves surprised I possibly had and addiction. That would have been the ultimate hypocrasy since I campaign against addiction and have a family history in addiction which skipped me. Well, my only and only permittable addiction is to women.


Thanks for caring
Rich




 
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:12 PM

Current mood:Putting it all together
As most of you know I have been offline and recovering from a long illness. I appreciate all the emails and the Get Well wishes. I believe I answered everyone by now. The results of the heart tests have not been divulged to me in full. I have been informed my ticker is stronger than 4 years ago and slightly better than the norm for my age range.

Ahhh, the but!!!!
It appears I had a possible heart attack in that span and the doctors are trying to confirm that. The result is I am going into a second stage of rehab and still not cleared for many activities outside of a light workout.

The Rehab
The programs I have been in have been outstanding. I have to say the care on all levels is outstanding. Monday I get discharged from this level and begin the next on that immediate following Thursday. I have been in hospital care since September 28th both as an inpatient and outpatient. Of course rehab includes all the people who call and check in on me from time to time.

A common question
How bad was this? Well, I had to be brought back twice on September 28th. While I lost consciousness, I didn't lose awareness. I will detail the experience at a later time.  I can tell you the health problem as I have been told may have been building over the course of 5 years.  It went undetected through my own inability to realize it's presence. The last year plus supplied the mounting of stressors that put me over the top. 

As for lifestyle
The totality of the events pulled the rug out from under.  My earning potential went from turning the corner to 80G's to "pennies for the poor, dear sir" in the wink of an eye. So, my lifestyle got an unwelcomed makeover. But my personal outlook is positive and upbeat. A big turnaround from September 28th.


Thanks again for the emails and phone calls

Rich



 
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Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:14 PM

Current mood:Getting There
Hello to Everyone

I have received some great and gracious emails about my not being able to do the Mafia Wars parody for this years Halloween Special. I won't promise but I will attempt to do a Halloween Special Short Story.  No promises but the Mafia Wars Parody will be reworked for a later time.

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,
 but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

 Maria Robinson


Never regret you past if you make a better today. It is the past that helped you get that better today. Using the lessons of your past to create something new and positive is one of the greatest things you can do in life.




 
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Sunday, October 18, 2009 4:53 PM

Current mood:Feeling Stronger Even Day
Hello, I am still offline and depending on the kindness of friends and the neighborhood Dunkin Donuts to access the net. Since I have no TV either I have reconnected with one of my original loves. (No not the hot babe one) radio. A former deejay during my college years it's almost like old home. It doesn't look like I will be online in time to produce my yearly Halloween Special. That's unfortunate I was working on a parody of the popular Mafia War games. I had actually been assembling a acript and lining up voices to participate. Hey, that's life.

I am hoping to be online during the holidays. I will be back to remind everyone who can volunteer on Thanksgiving at a local Soup Kitchen or Shelter to call in starting Oct 31st. I don't even make an appointment anymore. I just go. Your special smile will help make the today for many people. I am hoping I can go but the doctors have the last word (or so they think) on that.

Take care

Rich


 
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Friday, October 09, 2009 7:46 PM
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,
but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
 Maria Robinson

I have written time and time again about our life options. While we cannot start completely new, we can start new from this point on. The decision is hard and only one you can make. Of course, making a decision and committing are not the same. Committing is the key. How well you use that key determines your future as much as anything else.

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I will be online sporadacally for a while and I hope my readers bear with me. As soon as I can I will be back stronger than ever.

Thanks
Rich
 
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Monday, September 28, 2009 4:35 PM

Current mood:Living it
People will lie to you just to fit their own agenda. That's no secret. Apparently, some have no shame and will ask you to help them and then put the screws to you. How do you deal with this?

The answer
Fight it. Don't back down but be sensible. Perseverance and sensibility are a great team. And you have to work them to prevail. There are no clear cut answers as every situation is not the same.  Just as important is to watch your health both physical and mental. Finally get a support group. Not a yes group but a group that will office support and help with objectivity. Yes people offer you too many false validations which will lead you down the wrong path.
 
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Friday, September 25, 2009 9:47 PM

Current mood:saying on yeah
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“Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.”
Mark Twain

Sam Clements (Mark Twain) and I have a connection in many ways. One is we like to look at the realities or truths in and of life. Another is we have our faults and we don't run from or hide them. One of those faults is at times we take great relish in one or two of them.

Circumstances take place that...
There are moments when our faults take the stage front and center and we don't mean to. One of the most angelic women I ever met once dropped the f-bomb in such a moment. For ten years prior I never even heard this person say “ oh darn.” Dropping the bomb would have been comical if the situation wasn't so tragic at the time. What this happens there is always one person who overacts. One who finds having their person on a pedstal take a step down more of a traumatic fall.

We can't do that to people
Seriously, we have to allow a person to be a real rounded person. We have faults. We all do things on occasion out of character and none of us need or want to be put on trial for the moment in time.


One other post today

 
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:50 PM

Current mood:Prepared to a point
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Beyond Life's Usual Challenges


“You have to take risks.
We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.”
Paulo Coelho


As we try to live our lives life and other lives swirl around us. That brings us a wholesale supply of the unexpected. This leaves us in situations and circumstances that we have no idea how to deal with. You and I need a plan for when this happens. The unfortunate part is the event usually calls for “needing it yesterday.”

The pre-plan plan
Make time to find someone to talk yourself straight. Not a rabble rouser type of person but a person who can listen and be supportive. The main focus of this is to work through the emotional part out of our system. Once you have accomplished that you can get your rational thinking gears churning and begin to handle the whatever that has transpired. No matter the situation without a foundation that comes from the rational, you are bound to be on the negative end. So, having a support base with the kind of person or people who can work with you is important to have at all times.



A few posts from  me today

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Variety and Voice
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Your Success Sign

 
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:41 PM

Current mood:Success against all odds
“If the odds are a million to one against something occurring,
 chances are 50-50 it will”
(No one is willing to claim this one)

Why won't anyone claim this quote because it sounds like a Yogi-ism (The national icon former Yankee baseball player Yogi Berra). It also sounds like someone in the grasp of the half empty cup syndrome. I could be down beat too right now. I am trying to finish my work competing against an electrical shutdown due to repair work. Yeah for about 15 minutes I was in the grasp of "The Self Defeating Mindset" and then I broke free. And when it happens to you, so can you too break free.

The reality glasses
Just as I have a lot to lose by not finishing, if I don't give it my best, I have no chance. The best part is by going for it and fighting through this wacky race, I can't lose. Many of our problems are like that. All we have to do is put on and look through our reality glasses. The "Woe is me" attitude is for losers. I don't know about you, but I am not a loser and I don't believe you are either.  Any challenge you accept is win or lose. So, there is the 50-50 that quote talks about. Just aim for the finish line and go for it. That's all you can ask of yourself.  And to that point it looks like I made it with time to spare. As I say the choice is yours.

 
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:17 PM

Current mood:I said Psyched not psycho
If You Can Ask, You Can Show Your Gratitude
Richard L. Naran

It doesn't matter the who or what. You don't have to be religious. Showing appreciation for  receiving anything that you had to ask for from whoever assisted you is important. Thank you is never enough in my book. Anyone can say it. Your actions and showing you care and appreciate getting what you needed in part or in whole is the difference.

How lucky am I
Right now I am lucky enough to do what I love to do. I create, write, and so much more. Part of what I do is in the sharing. I love to share my creative efforts not for show but to see someone enjoy. Not everyone is lucky  enough to do that even one day in their life. I get to do it everyday. I love doing it and I appreciate the now thousand who share in it. If famous is being well known than all who do follow are very famous. Why? Because I pay homage to you everyday in what I do and to everyone I see and or communicate with. Sure this may not last but hey it is a fantastic opportunity to have been able to share each day with everyone.

Thank you

Rich




 
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Monday, September 21, 2009 10:46 PM

Current mood:I made my choice...again
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“Start every day with a smile and get it over with.”
W.C. Fields


A startling quote to hear from old W.C. when consider most of the characters he portrayed were grumps of one sort or another. It's all about whether you are creating facades or living them. Happiness is a choice.

A choice?
You bet it is. You have a choice to look within you to find real happiness or without you and make happiness the whim of someone or something else. If you choose to look outside of you then you choose fleeting or temporary happiness that can only be shallow and deep. You want someone to be committed to you. You start by being committed to yourself and sharing that which is you and your true happiness.



The Links Posted by me today

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Consider The Possibilities With Me
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The Creativity Studio Monday Movie

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Sunday, September 20, 2009 11:00 PM

Current mood:Not Just Another Pretty Face
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“Life is just one damned thing after another. “
Erbert Hubbard

This man Erbert Hubbard is quoted all over the place but no one seems to know him. There's Tommy C's Elbert the founder of Scientology and a guy named Herbert but no Erbert. So that's another damn thing in life I guess.

I have to say
The quote at present will be tattooed on my forehead when I die. Seriously, this is like the 50's Wayne Boring drawn Superman story where the Man of Steel had his face covered like a mummy. Apparently his Clark Kent press credentials got tattooed to his forehead and he didn't want anyone to see. I know the feeling. But like the Kryptonian Knight (yeah I invented that too) I have to have faith and believe I will found a way out of this Morbius Loop.

It happens to all us
You and I at one or more times in life go through what seems to be an endless chain of tragic or bad events. No matter what choice we make, it never seems to be the right one. While Supes had his Kryptonite eventually he would find the lead to stop it's effects and get rid of it. You and I and with persistence can find a solution to overcome our problem. Our lead shield? Belief in oneself. When you and I belief in ourselves it radiates to others. And by holding on to that belief with a lot of hard work we do overcome break the chain and achieve success.


 
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Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:20 PM

Current mood:Feeling Coooool
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Gratifying

A do a lot of work around the net. I now have over ten blogs, three podcast and a video site all online. Plus I write as a contributor and a ghostwriter elsewhere. The latest podcast I created was just on a whim. Basically, I put it up without any fanfare or online advertising. I looked today and already I have a number of subscribers plus an email. The one subscriber thanking me for creating that podcast page which is on internet marketing. Previously, they were following me at a content site not my own where I did much the same. Actually this has a bit more to is as here I do written and audio where at the other site I just did audio podcast contributions. In fact I will be resuming there as well

Gratification
You and I do things all the time because we enjoy them. When people offer a gesture showing appreciation we get that feeling of gratification. What's even greater is when it is unexpected and we did not realize anyone was even noticing. To further that I will be you have noticed others doing something you appreciate in what they are doing. When you give a gesture of appreciation you feel what you give. There's a real win-win situation we all enjoy being in.


Here is  from that new podcast site


Here is the complimentary article



Here is A Song Sharing Gratitude

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Friday, September 18, 2009 9:45 PM
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“Consider how hard it is to change yourself
and you'll understand what little chance you have
in trying to change others.”

This anonymous quote says a lot about the nature of people in general as well as you and I up close. We are always trying to break habits, lose weight, improve at something or other and it is a challenge. Then again so is trying to inflict change on others.

Before you ask
We need to understand why people as well as you and I do that things we perceive to that need change. Did you know that one contributor toward so many people are overweight is that food is used as a reward. It is used as a before reward and after a reward. It's used as a pick me up and so on and so forth. I only use food as an example because it is a pattern ingrained in all cultures. Most things we want to change have the same anchors. So, before you ask for change, you need to know the why that needs it be changed is what it is.


Today from me to you

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Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:45 PM

Current mood:Ok I admit it but do you?
"Don't let the opinion of another drown out your inner voice"
Steve Jobs


In the Creativity Studio PodCast (I spell it that way on purpose ok?) this week I talk about the negative inner voice that hold us back. The series I am conducting teaches you how to breakthrough that negativity. But the other inner voice (yes we all hear voices but whether or not you admit it is not for me to say or is it?) is the one that comes from the center and that one is a whole different story.

The true guiding voice
It's called instinct. You have it. I have it. We all have it. But you know we listen to that nuisance negative voice (think Animal House with the devil and angel) more than we do the instinctual voice. Again as we are trained to learn that negative voice, you and I are trained away from our real instincts. And because we are you and I miss out on many things or wind up in situations that could have been avoided.

How to listen
First you have to get in touch with yourself. Meditation, silent walks and swimming are ways to do that. I know I just told you to go swimming. Being an avid swimmer I know it is the only pure exercise where you use your full body and have to establish a rhythm. Learning to get in touch with your instinct comes with learning you and your body. (Yeah I know where were Micheal Phelps instincts a while ago?).  The more you learn how you move and feel when you move the more your instincts come alive. And yes the louder that instinctual voice becomes.


Other podcasts and post from me
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The Otherside of Email

 
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