@OldBastard 20 December 2021 more from that month

From Zero To A Million In A Year? Ever since mad scientists in the USA and China created an enhanced virus, and then let the frigging thing loose a couple years ago, life has been hard for many folks. Never one to miss an opportunity to kick folks while they're down, Mother Nature recently let loose some awful storms, from the tornadoes in Kentucky, USA, to the typhoons here in the Philippines. People have lost their homes, possessions, and, in some extreme cases, their lives. In an attempt to prove that it is possible to come back from "rock bottom", a millionaire by the name of Mike Black set out to prove that he could rebuild his net worth from zero in the space of a year. His "experiment in alternative living" is nicely summarized here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMiNoVRUd4Q . Spoiler alert: he did not succeed in creating a net worth of 1 million dollars. But watch the video anyway, because he DID succeed in saving up quite a bit of money, substantially improving his living conditions, and dramatically impacting the life of at least one other person. Mike is strong advocate of the belief that, while we can't control what happens to us, we can control how we react to it. During the course of his year of trying to rebuild his fortune, he had to deal with many serious setbacks, setbacks that quite frankly would have discouraged me to the point of giving up. Mike's "Million Dollar Comeback" YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpOZchteNM5MMZHbbLqXAWw . So while we can't stop a tornado or typhoon from ripping the roof off our house and destroying our belongings, or a bunch of irresponsible scientists from releasing the next plague and causing our businesses to fail or our jobs to be lost because of it, we can control our ATTITUDES towards whatever life gives us, and know that, as long as we are still breathing, we are still able to positively impact the course of our life. As they say, it ain't over until the fat lady sings, even if sometimes we have to stick a sock in her mouth! Bonus Fact: "On August 13, 1990, [Curtis]Mayfield became paralyzed from the neck down after stage lighting equipment fell on him while he was being introduced at an outdoor concert at Wingate Field in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. Afterwards, though he was unable to play the guitar, he continued to compose and sing, which he found he could do by lying down and letting gravity pull down on his chest and lungs. 1996's New World Order was recorded in this way, with vocals sometimes recorded in lines at a time." ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield ) When there's a will, there's a way!