Hi Diane,
I like this title. I'm not quite sure though what I want. I know that the title refers to money, a successful venture in the marketing field, perhaps a new car and a chance to take a vacation of your dreams. Aside from all that I believe that what I want, or perhaps a better way to phrase it would be 'would like to have' is respect. I am the youngest of ten, and my other brothers and sisters were all successful in their lives. They all went to college and my older brother went to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. However, I noticed that although they had very successful careers, spent a lot of time within their career environment and provided a great home and education for their children, if you ask them anything that pertains to outside their protected cacoon, they could not answer you. I am proud of them, however at the same time their path in life makes me very sad. I have struggled pretty much my whole life because I did not want to be a carbon copy of everyone else. I saw my father work two jobs and on the days that he wasn't working he sold Pop Corn in his Pop Corn truck. In the summer, after he retired, he rented a Hot Dog Stand at a local beach. Therefore, when I turned twelve, my next seven summers would be spent cooking hot dogs, hamburghers, steak, and at times Ham for Ham sandwiches. When not doing that, I would be scooping ice cream, pouring sodas, or cleaning up. I believe I was given a $5.00 a week allowance. My friends would come down to the stand and ask if I could go to the movies with them,or to the county fairs but I couldn't because I had to work. Once in a great while I was allowed to go, but was never given that much to spend.
As I got older, I worked. One job. Not two, and no other ventures on the side. I did try a few ventures along the way, however during all that time I read alot. 
I read three books, (thick bools) on theology and on completed that, I read three books on Ancient Roman History. A lot of the Roman history matched up with events in the theology books. The main reason that I did this was because in school I became very dissappointed in the one sided view on history. This habit continued when I served in the Air Force and as I was stationed at Lajes Field, Azores in 1964 and 1965 I was a long ways from Viet Nam and had plenty of time to study. Basically, I self taught myself in subjects that I wanted to learn more about. Without going into long details, the subjects that I was most interested in included Religion, Ufology, and Politics. Ufology is prominant on my list 
because I have had several experiences in the field and interviewed people on their experiences.
On the subject of marketing, as you know, I recently ventured into the Survival Food category. I posted this link on my website
that takes you right to the company that I am an affiliate for. However, I am not sure if it is set up properly and if 100 people ordered from this company I would not get a cent. However, I don't care. You see, I don't believe I ever expected to be rich, nor did I ever expect to have a smooth ride through life. The reason that I waited so long to even try to go into a venture is quite simple. Even though I joke a lot, (I have to. I look loke Yoda naturally) and even though I would like for things to be better, I can't compromise myself. I have to believe fully in a product before I can advertise it. I am not going to tell you that I received a check for $300.00 in the first week if I didn't. I am not going to say that Shirley and I are going out to eat, but first I want to share this fantastic opportunity with you, unless we are going out to eat and it is fantastic. In short, I am not going to lie to get your business. I have my beliefs and reasons for those beliefs. I do believe that with all the storms, floods, wildfires and other natural disasters taken place around the world it will not be long before grocery prices skyrocket. If you start to order survival food, a little at a time, you will be able to survive. Unfortunetely, we are living in a time when we can see the changes that are leading to the end times, and we can no longer rely on our governments to help us. I love the fact that I was born and raised in the United States of America, (If my father were still alive I believe he would want to go back to Quebec, {People talk funny there}) but I don't like all the secrecy like they mat have to cut back on Medicaid and Medicare because there is not enough money. Of course not, the CIA is giving it all to a WarLord to protect us against the WarLords (Where is Yoda when you need him?)
I am me. I don't expect everyone to like my jokes or agree with my reasonings, I just ask that you respect me. By the way, if anyone knows that Blonde with the Space Craft, tell her I'm looking for her. Shirley doeasn't believe in UFO's or Aliens, and besides that she thinks they are creepy? (If you don't believe they exists, how can they be creepy) So, if she doesn't believe in them and if I took a ride in the Space Craft......she wouldn'y believe me anyway........so, I could tell her the truth and get away with it.
GOD BLESS YOU
~Mike~
http://www.countryvalues65.com
