You might have wondered if I was OK,
and I thought you didn’t need me around,
but I’m back… to let you know…
that now I’m really gonna write some down.
But, do you Love me?

ahhh… they wuz the daze.

Adapted from lyrics of “Do You Love Me”, from Brian Poole and the Tremeloes
(or the Trems, as we knew them) from 1963.

The question is…

Did yuh miss me when I wuz away?
Did yuh hang my picshur on yer wall?
Did yuh miss the things that I like to say?
Or did yuh even miss me at all?
Did yuh even miss me at all?

Hello… Hello…
It’s good to be back

again, ahhh… early ’70s, I know, but they wuz still the daze.

“Hello, Hello… I’m Back Again” by Gary Glitter (the alter-ego of Paul Gadd).
Maybe best not dwell too long on the artist, due to his latter years publicity.
Sad end to a career that brought so much fun into a great many lives, in an era where pop suddenly had glitz and glamour as well as good music.

So… “What’s all THAT got to do with the headline?” you might ask.
Then again, you might not ask… or even care about the connection.

I mean… a previous post only made brief mention of a few words oft spoken by the late Hughie Green and it provoked a comment.
Who can tell what response might come from anything that you or I write,
or what memories might be invoked in the reader?

Anyways… my absence since (I don’t know when, and I’m ashamed to look) might well be accounted for in the fullness of time. If not here in this Blogsite, then elsewhere on the ‘Net. And I don’t mean from a newspaper headline.
But then again… not ALL news is negative. Who knows?

Let’s begin with a Thank You to Mandy for showing concern for me, or (at least interest in) my whereabouts. Thanks Mandy… I appreciate that.

Before anyone jumps to a wrong conclusion here, Mandy and I are not dating.
Myrna wouldn’t approve, Mandy wouldn’t want it, and… to be honest… I don’t need anymore confusion in my life right now or in the far distant future.

But Mandy’s kind interest, her question, and three other recent small gestures, the latest being Sunday just gone, caused me to come up with the analogy mentioned in the headline. The note I wrote at the time follows next.

“Internet Marketing, especially for beginners, is like an online dating site.
You get lured in by hype and fancy promises, then, when you hit a snag, you find that support is thin on the ground… if, indeed, there is any support.”

Lots of previous and recent experiences caused that little gem to manifest.
Those experiences were mostly negative, yet the positive gestures were what actually caused the thought to germinate and find its way to the tip of my pen.

It’s as if the yin has power over the yang, which we all should know that it does, but not always do we notice when the good has actually triumphed.

My birthday occurred during my absence and two members of an online Group, where I’ve been Welcomed, each chose to leave a birthday greeting.
I’d not been in there since way before any thought of my birthday, and the last thing I might expect would be birthday greetings from the membership.

Their messages weren’t found until weeks later, and then, on Sunday as I was clearing up a pile of eMails, one email from another business said there was a message for me in my members’ area.

I’d not been in that place either, since whenever, so I went there and found another birthday greeting. Now… you might be wondering “What’s the big deal that makes a 60something guy get all fussed up over a few birthday greetings from strangers?”

Well… I hope you’re not thinking that, but if you are, take my advice and go sit quietly, on your own… in silence… and try… just TRY to imagine what it would be like if you were like that all the time… on your own and nobody cared.

All three greetings were from the hearts of those people.
None had an agenda.
There were NO sigfiles, NO pitches, NO URLS…
nothing but genuine interest and a demonstration of interest, care, and…
what I believe to be a genuine desire to communicate.

Unlike so-called member forums where almost every invitation to be “friends” comes with a pitch for the best thing since God created Woman.

What makes me Believe so strongly that those greetings were sincere?

I can only answer for the two from the same source.
And I can do that because only last night, the Sunday referred to above,
I was invited again to visit the Group providing the source of those greetings.

A big celebration was to take place,
but why on earth should they choose to invite me?

Folks… I’m gonna tell yuh…
Providence DOES provide,
Faith WILL move mountains,
and a Sincere Heart WILL bring resources to your door.

On my previous invitation to the Group Conference, there was a member speaking of a charitable project he had been working on to provide a school for children in southern India. He spoke of his project, gave a demonstration of a product he had created to raise funds, and praised the support he had received from the Group in order to make all that happen.

He also spoke of his future aims, goals, and dreams.
Last night he announced that he will leave for India within the next month.

Is it a coincidence that I have a similar dream for another part of Asia,
that I should find that Group and be invited to join their previous conference when nobody, not that I’m aware, knew what my dream is…
or where it might be for?

Especially when there’s another guy in the Group DOING something similar for similar results in another disadvantaged part of the planet, yet also in Asia?

And ask yourself this… is it another coincidence that the Group’s organiser invited me again… a passing casual who showed an interest months ago…
and invite me on the night when the same guy announced “Dream Fulfilled”?

There’s a little bit more to this, but I’ll leave you now with that to ponder.

Oh… and the analogy of the Dating site?
Glad you asked.
Think about Relationships and you should have the answer.
Or was it a feeble attempt at spider fishing? Waddya reckon?

Namaste, Shalom, God Bless.

Ken