… I dream and dream … soaking in sweat … restless … anxious … breathing hard, shouting and snoring in my sleep and making wild gestures … chasing ghosts and night monsters …

… and GOD touches my face .. touches MY face (?!) … and I fall asleep … dreaming gentle dreams … and GOD smiles upon me, strikes my grey hair and I whisper “... Hi Daddy, how are you doing, man?” and I embrace my father, my eyes full of tears, I hold him so tight, shivering and shaking, until he starts to laugh, gently removes my arms and says to me: “Don't take things too serious in life, son, enjoy and flow with the river, flow, flow, love and smile, love and smile …” I will be watching upon you, son, … I promise, I see you later, much later … listen to the music, open your eyes, drop that weight from your shoulders and enjoy, enjoy … enjoy …” and he strikes my hair and I fall asleep …

Hugs and Kisses,
Joey

Dear Friends, I just returned from an amazing and absolutely thrilling holidays … in my back yard … only me and my wife, some brave birds and squirrels, no-one/nothing else … nice neighbors … wonderful house …sun …. sun ... rain …. excellent fridge filled with the stuff we like and a BBQ that never fails to work. Thank Thou, Lord!

To be honest with you, I was exhausted, I had no more energy left in my batteries;  I needed a lot of time to recharge them.
While recharging I spent a lot of time thinking about …. well, you know, daily thingies …. common thingies … but especially … about time …. tick … tick.. tick… another second of YOUR/MY LIFE! GONE!@ … (what did I do??) …

Time seems to be so insignificant when you are young, but, believe me children, time is a silent killer, time is the untouchable assassin griming at you while you feel confident, and sharpening his knife while you feel untouchable  …

I have spent many years of my life working for companies/organizations/groups, often “consuming time” and keeping my mouth shut while I was full of anger, tolerating the stupid behavior and decisions of so-called “upper management”.  Why? Because I needed the money to feed my family.

Nowadays, having no more obligations, I am free and I keep training my brain to free itself from these ridiculous, acquired attitudes of obeying and accepting unacceptable things.

Let me interrupt this blog with a direct question to you: “What would you be willing to pay for an extra year of living?”
Think about it .

OK, now think about the following question:  How much time did you spend during your life for the benefit of someone/something else?

How much money represents your last answer? Use a calculator, if needed …

My conclusion is that we (“I”) have been much too kind/tolerate to stupidity and macho behavior, afraid to loose money.
The Earth is being raped, the weather is changing in an alarming pace, the World “Leaders” are tangled in futile issues and we are nearing the moment of total world melt-down. Most likely you and I will survive, okay, but the next generation, our children and grand-children, will encounter extreme problems, environmental disasters, terrifying wars, terrorist attacks and millions of people dying of hunger …
I am not a pessimist … but please, just look at the facts … what have we been doing? … what are we doing and when … when?? will we come to our senses?

Joey.

PS: Most likely some idiot, sorry, “educated spirit”, will react by saying that “… things are not so bad as Mister Dalton exposes them ..”
Please … use your common senses … use the Internet, visit your local bookshop/library or ask Mister Obama, but get some solid facts … as long as this is possible …

It’s summertime ! Enjoy, relax, love each other, be careful and don’t forget me

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Hugs and Kisses,
Joey

Yesterday evening, lying on bed, drowsy from sleep and exhaustion, I watched the best movie ever made: “Sin City”. I don’t remember how many times I have seen this wonderful masterpiece. I know every dialog by heart … and every time I see this movie again, my mind quickly slips into another dimension, silently integrating in this amazing world. I am Marv … I can fly … I am a man of steel and have no fear.

Somewhere in the distance my friend Bruce, sorry, Hartigan is trying to save the life of Jessica –Nancy Halligan.  Benicio del Toro is “Jackie Boy”, the most hilarious criminal I have ever seen. Devon Aoiki is a wonderful oriental killer and Rosario Dawson plays a very impressive women gang leader.

I fell asleep before the movie ended … my mind still dwelling in this fascinating black&white&red world … I dreamt restless dreams, sinful dreams … and woke up exhausted and disoriented, not knowing where I was … who I was …

Don’t forget when you are going to rent a movie: Sin City …

Hugs and Kisses,
Joey

Yesterday was a chaotic day. The phone rang early in the afternoon, “Hello sir, I am from the Kansas City Hospital, are you mister Joey Dalton, brother of Jack Dalton?” My heart accelerated and my vision blurred … “Yes, that’s me, what’s the matter with Jack?”. ”Nothing serious mister Dalton, but you better come to the hospital right away … your brother needs you”.

I don’t know how I succeeded in getting at the hospital unharmed … after ignoring all traffic lights and making many suicide short cuts. I even shaved while driving.

Jack was nursed on the seventh floor, I took the stairways, not wanting to loose time waiting for the elevators.

Looking for Jack, a friendly nurse took me with my arm, pushed an oxygen mask over my head and made me sit down.
”Relax mister Dalton, your head looks like a huge pomegranate and we don’t want it to explode, do we?”
After some time I came to my senses. “Where is Jack???” I shouted. At the same moment my brother Averell arrived … laughing like a mad man, tears running all over his face. “Hi, bro”, he managed to say, “… did you see Master Jack? Listen … relax and enjoy …”

The story of Master Jack

Jack was a bit restless the latest months. “I am getting old … my bones hurt and I feel stiff like a wooden plank” he often complained.
”You are in the best of your years, darling”, his wife Cathrine said, “… do something about it!”.
Jack did.

The same day he downloaded a computer-aided Yoga training, turned on the volume of his PC speakers and started to do some basic Yoga exercises.

Now, Cathrine had to do some shopping and arrived home late that afternoon. As soon as she entered the house she heard heartbreaking moaning and yelling. She found Jack in an awkward position.

How hard they tried, they were not able to untangle Jack’s limbs. Cathrine decided to dial 911 …
According to the doctors Jack will be ok in one or two weeks, his muscles need to relax and that may take a lot of time.

I have bought Jack a nice souvenir, so he will always remember his first computer-aided Yoga experience:

Hugs and Kisses ,
Joey