Art and Photography of L.A.Steel

Imagine living in a wonderland of awareness. A place that is the Perfect Present, when you are aware of everything around you. The sun, moon and sky are present when you are. In a quiet walk on a sunfilled September day or a cool mornng when the air is fresh. Geography makes a difference to our awareness but, where ever you are stay in the Perfect Present without thoughts of the past or future. It is a remarkable feeling of the present awareness of who we are, what we are, and where we are. May all my readers find their Wonderland of Awareness and embrace the clarity and calm, as they move through the day.

The Devil bestows anger upon us as his amusement. I have been stolen from, assaulted, and threatened by people who hate. I have forgiven many for my own sanity sake. Allowing an insult or injury to bring out the worst in me for revenge is a waste of time and energy. As a child I believed in self defense from school yard bullies, and it felt good to hit back with blunt force and enough anger to injure them. Once you have proven your strength and anger in the school yard creates fear in any would be assailent not to taunt or tease you into a fight. I have had great injuries over the years from former romantic and business relationships however once they happened I could not retaliate in a forceful way. I eventually forgot the injury and moved on with my life leaving them all in the dust of bad memories. I cannot allow insults to affect me and I ignore them all. Once I was attacked and insulted publicly by the local newspaper attacking me and my cohost for our first Liberal radio show broadcast. We were insulted by the harsh criticism but laughed at the ultra conservative writer who after the editorial against me and my show he was promoted to Managing Editor. It was a farcical promotion that I mentioned on my next show.

It is hard to forgive the unforgivable but once we do the burden is lifted and we are free to live on without hatred or resentments. Forgive and forget is wise but we must never forget the worst injuries so it does not happen to us again. We simply allow it has happened and learn from our mistakes to prevent them from happening again.

It is a beautiful sunfilled day today. I met a dear friend at church this morning who I hadn’t seen in several months. Her warm and authentic smile always ignites our friendship. I took a walk this afternoon in the breezy warm air and enjoyed it greatly, Between meeting my friend and a happy mile walk I Am pleased with this day. As I write this post in the late afternoon I Am grateful for the happiness I feel. Meeting a dear friend and having a good afternoon walk has made my day in the 5th Dimension.

750 million dollars vanished from my mind this morning when I checked my Powerball ticket and found out I lost. It would appear that everyone else in the world who played Powerball yesterday lost also. Not even a second place winner. It’s odd how we all hope for the big win and when and if it happens what do we do with it all. It may be easier to lose than win since so many big winners have gone bankrupt within a few years after paying taxes and going on a spending spree. I will reserve judgement on how I would react to a big win as I intend to buy another ticket for Wednesday’s’ drawing of over $800,000,000. I believe I could have more fun with 800 million than 750 million. Wishing everyone good luck,

I Am happy today as the winner of Powerball. Unfortunatelly not the 643 million dollar prize but, I got the Powerball lucky # of 1 winning a grand prize of $12.00. Not so bad for an investment of $3.00 included Powerplay. A $9.00 dollar profit on a $3.00 bet, Yes life is a gamble win or lose but I feel very lucky as I won Powerball last week, and my horoscope says August 2025 is a very lucky month for me. Hopefully I will have my next Powerball win this Thursday, after the Wedneday Powerball drawing,

Getting hacked is no fun and throws off my creative balance. It has happen several time to both of my websites. Finally my server host fixed the issue and I Am back up and running. I thank you all for your patience and continue to thank you all for your great support. Thankfully the website front end has been fine these past few days and many visitors have come to read it.

Today begins new with sun and an odd temperature of 51 degrees this morning. It should rise into the 70s but not the 90s like it did last week. I hope all my readers are comfortable and cool today throughout the world.

Don’t faint I won $8.00. I got the PowerBall # 2, It was still a good win since the ticket cost $3.00 and I’m $5.00 ahead. Gambling for a few dollars is fun but for more becomes stress. Keep your gambling light and all wins will seem big and all losses seem small.