Rodney Grubbs : Helping People UP http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com An Irregular Dose of Common Sense for Life, Love and Business Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:10:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Celebrating Christmas Again! http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=169 http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=169#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:33:40 +0000 admin http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=169 I’m ready to celebrate!

I’m celebrating Christmas again this year.  Nothing has changed.  I’ve been celebrating Christmas for over 50 years.

My parents helped me get started years ago.  We’ve always set up the Christmas tree sometime in December.  We’ve alway sent out the Christmas cards sometime in December. I’ve always celebrated Christmas, and I’m going to celebrate it again this year. 
There are those political correct people who suggest that I say “Happy Holidays” this time of year. 
Hey if they want to celebrate all the holidays, more power to them.  Those PC guys must be real party animals. :)  
Me? I do hope everybody’s holidays are happy, but I don’t celebrate everybody’s holidays. I haven’t celebrated ‘em in the past.  Can’t imagine why I would start now.  Why would I hold a fake celebration if I didn’t really mean it.  That would be disrespectful of me.  No, I celebrate according to what I believe, and I happen to believe in celebrating the birth of my savior Jesus Christ.
Hey I respect everybody else’s  holidays.  I respect their beliefs.  As a matter of fact, I believe everyone should believe in something or someone.
And I am especially happy and thankful that we live in a country where everybody can celebrate their beliefs in peace.
So let the celebrations begin.
As for me and my family? 
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!
]]> http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=169 0 Keep away from small people who try to belittle… http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=166 http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=166#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 03:06:42 +0000 admin http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=166 “Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that, you, too can become great.” -Mark Twain ]]> http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=166 0 “If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. ” – Lawrence J. Peter http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=157 http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=157#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:58:41 +0000 admin http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=157 “If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. ” – Lawrence J. Peter ]]> http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=157 0 Book Review: Promptings – Your Inner Guide To Making a Difference http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=109 http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=109#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:04:45 +0000 admin http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=109 We’ve all had them.  They are that tiny feeling you get that you should do something right now, but then we don’t.  It’s that urge to pick up the phone and call mom.  It’s the tiny voice inside telling us to send that sympathy or thank you card, but again, life gets in the way and we never get to it.

Think of the difference it would have made if only we would have taken the time to pen that card or pick up that phone.

Author Kody Bateman tells us his life-changing story about why he no longer ignores those promptings.

Promptings is an inspiration-filled book that helps us all listen to that tiny voice and take action.  It is filled with many short stories and examples of that tiny voice and why it should be heeded all the time.

Bateman teaches us that your tiny voice is always right and it almost always is trying to get you to do something that will positively impact someone else.

If we will just listen to, and act on, those promptings, we will not only help make someone elses day, we will methodically change our own lives for the better as well.   You will enjoy Promptings!

]]> http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=109 0 Do Not Judge Each Day by the Harvest… http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=103 http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=103#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:33:29 +0000 admin http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=103 Do not judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you sow.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

]]> http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=103 0 That Person Is A Success Who… http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=101 http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=101#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:31:14 +0000 admin http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=101 That person is a success:

Who has lived well, laughed often and loved much;

Who has gained the respect of intelligent people and the love of children;

Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;

Who leaves the world better than he found it,

Whether by an improved poppy, a perfect engine or a rescued soul;

Who never lacked appreciation for the earth’s beauty, or failed to express it;

Who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

]]> http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=101 2 The Power of Simple Acts of (Customer) Service http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=95 http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=95#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:17:11 +0000 admin http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=95 Sometimes we spend a lot of time trying to come up with a great customer promotion or advertising campaign. Sometimes the best way to the biggest impact is the simplest.

Authors Ken Blanchard and Barbara Glanz have come up with the greatest example I have ever seen. This short movie shows the impact that a sincere, simple act of service can have.

Have a look and enjoy!

http://www.stservicemovie.com/

]]> http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=95 0 Book Review: Always Looking Up http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=89 http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=89#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:57:12 +0000 admin http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=89 Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox

If I can do it, so can you. Of all the very intimate stories and poignant moments in this book, the over riding moral of Michael J. Fox’s book is that you can’t let life’s obstacles keep you from doing what you want.

Fox delves into many of the obstacles that have come his way since his original Parkinson’s diagnosis. And he has certainly had many to overcome.

Micheal shares many of his life’s stories, including entertaining tidbits about his encounters with celebrities like Mohammed Ali, Robin Williams and more.

Some will make you laugh and yes, some will bring the tears.

But overall “Alway Looking UP” is a very enjoyable read that heavily emphasizes the power of the positive attitude.

And for those who know me, positive attitude is everything!
Enjoy this great read.

]]> http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=89 1 The Purpose of Life is not to be happy… http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=81 http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=81#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:31:38 +0000 admin http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=81 “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”  – Ralph Waldo Emerson

]]> http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=81 0 The Way Congress Should Be: Reform Act of 2010 http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=72 http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=72#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:03:08 +0000 admin http://www.helpingpeopleupblog.com/?p=72 I don’t know how we would ever find a person in Washington to sponsor this act, but if we did, things would get better in a hurry with Washington going back to working the way they should for us.  Maybe Evan Bayh would take up the torch before he leaves.

Congressional Reform Act of 2010


1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.

A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

2.  No Tenure / No Pension:

A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

3.  Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately.  All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, server your term(s), then go home and back to work.

4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.  Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned  citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.


8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.

The American people did not make this contract with congressmen, congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned  citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

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