This blog is a celebration. Life is awesome. Literally. I am in awe as to how challenging, joyous, stressful, sweet, frustrating and full of beauty life can be. My loving and challenging wife never ceases to amaze me. My loving and challenging offspring never cease to inspire me. My job, that I could love, has been more challenging than I could have ever imagined. And I am fortuitous to reside in such scenic splendor, never tiring of commuting while admiring the chalky blue sea, the wildflower covered hills, and the general lack of potholes.
Yet, it is the tribulations of my vocational journey that have left me creatively drained at the end of most days; thusly, blog postings have not lived up to my original intent or output level. But blog on I must, leaving a written record of this odd annum and sporadic sermons for my progeny. So, here is the 2-cent philosophy of a stock operator:
Life is like the stock market. There are up days and down days. History has shown, that over time, there are more up days than down. You've got your "head & shoulders" and your "double bottoms" (both stock chart patterns). One can be bearish (a gloomy Gus) or one can be bullishly optimistic about the challenges ahead. There may be flash crashes, but they are ephemeral, and an extended rally is always around the corner. Don't fight the trend and don't sweat the things out of one's control. Cut your losses and let your winners run (something I'm still trying to master). And most importantly, family is the only true and lasting asset of real value.
And if there's only one thing that this universe has taught me, it's: the more I know, the less I know. But that hasn't stunted my yearning for learning. Oh, and if there's a second thing that Genesis (the band, not the Bible) taught me, it's: you got to get in to get out. Rock on and buy low/sell high.
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