Okay, this one's for you... Have you always wanted to write The Great American Novel? (with apologies to my international readers) Invent something? Learn to skydive? Take up painting? Climb Mt. Everest? What's your secret dream, your lifelong desire? Do you think it's too late? It isn't! If I can help encourage and convince just one other person (besides myself) in this lifetime that it is never too late to take action and reach for your dreams, I will have fulfilled my purpose here. Or even put two people together so that they encourage each other. Of course, I'll be even happier if there are a lot of you! It will mean I was right, and I do love to be right. Come on, don't be shy. We won't tell, will we, gang? I'll even bet that if someone here knows a way to help you, they'll step up and offer. It takes a lot of courage to get real in a public forum like this. You don't know what dream-stealers may be out there, just waiting to pounce on your dream and rip it to shreds. But I've seen a great deal of courage in this community, as well as genuine love and caring, even in the short time I've been a member. I believe we're safe. How about it...ready to share? No dream too small or too large, all dreams are welcome. Cheri -------------------------------------------- Cheri Merz is a real estate broker and home-based business entrepreneur. She also publishes a web-based ezine that explores the pathways to success at any age. Visit Never2Late4Success for more articles, stories and celebrations of subscribers' success. These are some of my favorite success books. Please also visit My Offers.

Hi Cheri, You have been busy :) I actually do have an invention I'm working on. A hands free umbrella. (I do have it register with the patent office, so no thieves need apply). I have the theory and sketch but I need a mechanical engineer to help develop a prototype. Any engineers out there interested in a services for stock exchange?

Gina, Thanks for being the first to step up! I'll get busy looking for a mechanical engineer for you. Have you ever heard of a group called IBI Global? It's an entrepreneur club that emphasises cooperation in business as a model preferable to competition. They teach inventors, people with business ideas, people with intellectual property and more to get their product to market. It's the first place I ever heard about exchanging stock in the future company for needed services. Can't wait to get that hands-free umbrella! When you're not busy, would you please invent a small, lightweight purse that levitates along beside me and carries everything I need, no matter how large? It would be a real help, lol. Cheri

Thanks I will check out IBI. I'll get right on that levitating purse, although there is one available now... It's called a husband :)

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