"Eighty Dots"
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The average life-expectancy in the US (from birth) for a male is 75yrs, and 80yrs for a female. But once you make it to 60yrs, the average is about 80yrs. Since I'm 63, the odds are good I'll make it to 80yrs.
Above, I've shown eighty dots, with separators between each set of ten dots. I've shown the last seventeen dots two-high, to show how many more years I'm likely to live on average.
It's interesting to view one's life in this manner. For example, the fewer the double-high dots remaining, the more precious they become. But the remaining dots are perhaps also more rewarding, because of the wisdom and infrastructure acquired and nurtured in the previous dots.
For someone who has invested well in the earlier dots--in family, relationships, and financially--it is a time for harvesting.
For someone who has not invested well in the earlier dots, it can be scary. What can someone do to redeem a life with too many wasted dots?
Death is the ultimate statistic: one-out-of-one people die. So death is a part of life, just as birth is. The fact of death reminds us that every day is precious.
When contemplating my choices in life, I like doing two thought-experiments. I call them the "Credit Card Game," and the "Death Bed Test."
In the credit card game, I imagine what I would do if I had unlimited resources: a credit card with no credit limit, and I never have to pay it back.
In the death bed test, I imagine myself on my deathbed, looking back on my life. What things did I do, or didn't do, that mattered?
Then, I like pondering all of it from an eternal perspective: what things did I do, or not, that made an eternal difference?
Then, I like to consider Jesus' words from his "Sermon on the Mount."
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
What really matters? That's what I'm going to try to emphasize.
May God bless you in the coming year. Choose wisely! Every dot is precious.
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The average life-expectancy in the US (from birth) for a male is 75yrs, and 80yrs for a female. But once you make it to 60yrs, the average is about 80yrs. Since I'm 63, the odds are good I'll make it to 80yrs.
Above, I've shown eighty dots, with separators between each set of ten dots. I've shown the last seventeen dots two-high, to show how many more years I'm likely to live on average.
It's interesting to view one's life in this manner. For example, the fewer the double-high dots remaining, the more precious they become. But the remaining dots are perhaps also more rewarding, because of the wisdom and infrastructure acquired and nurtured in the previous dots.
For someone who has invested well in the earlier dots--in family, relationships, and financially--it is a time for harvesting.
For someone who has not invested well in the earlier dots, it can be scary. What can someone do to redeem a life with too many wasted dots?
Death is the ultimate statistic: one-out-of-one people die. So death is a part of life, just as birth is. The fact of death reminds us that every day is precious.
When contemplating my choices in life, I like doing two thought-experiments. I call them the "Credit Card Game," and the "Death Bed Test."
In the credit card game, I imagine what I would do if I had unlimited resources: a credit card with no credit limit, and I never have to pay it back.
In the death bed test, I imagine myself on my deathbed, looking back on my life. What things did I do, or didn't do, that mattered?
Then, I like pondering all of it from an eternal perspective: what things did I do, or not, that made an eternal difference?
Then, I like to consider Jesus' words from his "Sermon on the Mount."
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
What really matters? That's what I'm going to try to emphasize.
May God bless you in the coming year. Choose wisely! Every dot is precious.
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See the attached screenshot for the graph explanation
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"Trump did not win. Kamala and the Democrats lost."
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"It's Happening Again"
Four years ago, I was clicking away on my computer, analyzing 2020 general election data for several states. Little did I know that Mike Lindell would discover my work and produce a documentary about it... then 10 million people would see it, and start asking me for help to audit their own elections.
Four years later, 650+ public presentations, and 48 states later, I have a lot more experience. I know what the problems are, and how to assist local groups to begin effective election reform. I know what works, and what doesn't work.
Most people addressing the problems are doing things that have little effect, if any. I call it "hamster wheels;" lots of effort, little net effect.
Four years ago March, I was staring at a stack of seventy requests. I prayed, and asked God to intervene... to set my priorities. Amazingly, it seems I was always in the right place at the right time... my God is outside of time and space, so can "work all things together for good."
I don't charge any fee for my work or presentations, I rely on "passing the hat" when I visit to cover my expenses. My schedule is typically very packed... I joke that I'm in such demand either because I'm good, or I'm cheap!
The requests are already piling up...
Here we go, again.
Almighty God, I am at your service; your will be done.
Kyrie eleison.
Four years ago, I was clicking away on my computer, analyzing 2020 general election data for several states. Little did I know that Mike Lindell would discover my work and produce a documentary about it... then 10 million people would see it, and start asking me for help to audit their own elections.
Four years later, 650+ public presentations, and 48 states later, I have a lot more experience. I know what the problems are, and how to assist local groups to begin effective election reform. I know what works, and what doesn't work.
Most people addressing the problems are doing things that have little effect, if any. I call it "hamster wheels;" lots of effort, little net effect.
Four years ago March, I was staring at a stack of seventy requests. I prayed, and asked God to intervene... to set my priorities. Amazingly, it seems I was always in the right place at the right time... my God is outside of time and space, so can "work all things together for good."
I don't charge any fee for my work or presentations, I rely on "passing the hat" when I visit to cover my expenses. My schedule is typically very packed... I joke that I'm in such demand either because I'm good, or I'm cheap!
The requests are already piling up...
Here we go, again.
Almighty God, I am at your service; your will be done.
Kyrie eleison.
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