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Steak but No Teeth 27 Jan 2012
 Hava Nagila, just a song right? Well it is connected to a dear lesson to me at the age of twenty. I was a single mummy of an amazing gift I labeled Song-guy. I performed a gig only weekends by choice as a private duty nurse at a Jewish Nursing home. During that time, I met a man named Joe. He said my presence intrigued him and that he was not happy that I worked just weekends.    The two precious days during my breaks and lunch I created time to spend with him. He lessoned me on the Cold War and the Holocaust even deeper than my papa did and we always sung a few songs yet "Hava Nagila" was our favourite. We danced and twirled in the club house. You see after spending time with Joe for almost three years one of his feet was amputated yet I wheeled him and we sung. Yes, I am a child at heart.    One day he had tears in his eyes. Indeed I was concerned and I inquired. He shared that he had issues chewing his delicious top prime steak, it was impossible. I said would he prefer me to relate a message to the eatery for him but he said no for he was still learning.    I said,' Yes, I am clear that I am a student of life as well. I will graduate when I leave this earth physically.'
 Well the tears flowed even more. He was so cute with his light blue Kangol hat. Remember Kangol? LL Cool J? He made them his trademark besides licking his delicious lips but that's another story, another time. I know like I know that after this share Kangol is going to make an amazing profit. The ones who used to wear Kangols will start wearing them again and the ones who are just learning about Kangols, I know your researching and will get one. Tell Kangol to send me a couple. What a cutie that Joe, beside sharing our stories we had that in common. At the end of my shift I let my hair down and slipped on my Kangol. I had them in various shades. Yes, MJ was always cool. That simply means I was always me. Who else can I be?...Crickets. Okay, back to the nature of business.    Joe the cutie shared with me that when he had teeth he was too cheap to buy steak. After all he was a multi-millionaire yet in his now which was then when we encountered one another there was plenty of top grade steak at no direct cost to him however he couldn't enjoy due to not having any teeth. His dentures did not allow him to. Yes indeed I was teary. I got that what we feel that we are saving for 'someday/soon-time' doesn't exist.  There is Sunday through Saturday yet never ''someday/soon-time'. Enjoy life. Make the best of what you have. That dress, the suit, those pair of shoes, that trip, the phone calls, that letter, the time you want to spend with your children, parents, lover, family because it may never come. You got it, well do it in your now. 'Someday/soon-time' never arrives. Please enjoy your day. Design your day. Live in your now and in gratitude.   I thank Joe for sharing with me. You see sharing is powerful. It is years later yet his share lives in me. There was a trip I had been putting on hold for pleasure, well I took it and enjoyed it in my now. Business trips can be pleasurable but I decided to book and take the trip just because. I will always remember with joy and admiration the man with the little light blue Kangol hat that sung and danced with me even in his wheelchair. Hava Nagila, Hava Nagila...dum dum dum dum dum