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Disclaimer and Terms

Vital financial trading considerations for you:
Futures trading should only be done with risk capital that a trader can afford to lose. These futures markets are highly leveraged markets where the risk of loss is often in excess of risk capital utilized. Past performance is no guarantee of future success. So, speculate at your own risk, using your risk capital only. Caveat emptor! Recall, too, that hypothetical performance is just that, hypothetical, and thus has inherent limitations and differences from actual trading. Therefore, no representation is made, stated or implied, that any trader will achieve results, profits or losses, even remotely similar to hypothetical results. Indeed, actual trading performance often differs substantially from hypothetical performance, due to a number of reasons, including the very nature of trading markets.

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Bull's-eye

We enter this world alone, uncomfortably, out of control, with nothing, facing the unknown.
We depart this world alone, uncomfortably, out of control, with nothing, facing the unknown.
In between, we spend our lives (for the most part) avoiding being alone and uncomfortable, controlling,
Striving to accumulate something, fleeing the unknown.
Why?
It's foolishness.
We flee the inevitable.
The finish is like the start.
Besides, in between we know not how much time we have.

Life's key then is to be settled, relaxed, at peace with being alone, uncomfortable, not in control, with nothing, and the unknown.
All else is a futile escape from reality, a self-styled delusion,
a cruel joke we play on ourselves, self-deception.
We are frantically busy unconsciously chasing our own tails.
We can never return to the known security of our mother's womb
where we were never alone, were comfortable, controlled, and wanted for nothing.
The full illumination of this folly stops us dead in our tracks.
Then we can at last be still, alive, and know God.
We can more fully appreciate good company, comfort, order, the trappings of life and knowing.
We can be human BEINGS instead of human DOINGS.

How then shall we live in this precious, precarious, short middle?
Consciously, compassionately, considerately, caringly, lovingly, faithfully, responsibly, humbly.
When we face the truth of the beginning and the end,
we can more wisely live the middle.
We can live truly free, discarding our invisible chains.

For what unique and higher purpose have we been created and called?
When we discover and develop that plumb line, that living laser beam, and abide in it,
we have enveloped the essence of life.
We have escaped the snare of self-deception.

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Our Lives' Four Seasons

The first season
We are like seeds
Thrust into the dark, warm earth.
We have no energy or life of our own.
We are programmed
The product of our genetics,
Our heredity, and our environment.
We have no choice concerning our ancestors.
We do not pick our parents.
Nor do we choose where,
Or the conditions under which,
We are raised.
For nearly all of us
What happens in these first two,
Three, six and and even twelve years
Determines our beliefs, thoughts,
Emotions and actions
For all of our lives.

Ironically, the second season of our lives
Is the most important in terms of self-determination.
What we choose to do
How we spend our time
Between the ages of 13 and 30
Establishes for the most part
How we spend the balance of our lives
Doing what, with whom.
Best to be wise here
Rather than "old too soon, smart too late."...
Our seeds have grown in the daylight.

The third season
Is our productive season.
It is when the heritage and history of our first two seasons
Begin to produce and expand.
It is when the essence of what we are
Personally and professionally
Comes forth and exhibits itself to the world.

It is when the struggle for consistency,
For harmony, for focus, for balance, emerges
As the dance of notes between our genes,
Our environment, our parents, our peers,
Our significant other,
Our work and our play
Seeks the sound of symphony
The resonant chords that are uniquely us.
We here bear the fruit of our seeds and growth.
It is our "rush" of life
Our statement to the world
Which holds both the stamps of approval and affection.

The fourth season
Our final one
Is our harvest
When we reap what we have sown
When what has gone around comes around
When our lives are hopefully better, not bitter.
Our harvest years begin between 55 and 65
And last until we,
Like our forefathers before us,
Collapse back into the earth
Dust into dust
The linear progression of the cycle completed
Our legacy of memories and mementos remaining
And, God willing, the laying to rest of loving good seed.
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Take Heed

Take heed, my child
For if they always praise you
One day they'll pull their knives
To cut and slash and slay you.

If they speak honeyed words
And tend to condescend
Don't believe what they say
Their hearts are a cold wind.

Never ever let yourself
Be put up on a pedestal
The tide can quickly turn
And you'll end up The Great Infidel.

You've often heard it said,
"Don't judge a book by its cover,"
For what appears attractive
May not love you like your father.

Do always beware
Of those who look so good
For when it comes to substance
Often they're decayed wormwood.

If they draw their strength
From fluff and stuff about them
Be assured no light's within
That can radiate from inside out of them.

If they only want to borrow
And never care to lend
Then you'll know when trouble comes
On them you must not depend.

Life is full of selfish takers
Few are those who love and give
Takers are miserable and dying
Givers have joy and light to live.

Take care and watch with whom
Folks spend their days, time and money
This will tell you who they are
If they're to be trusted or if they're cunning.

Steer clear of those obsessed
Who must at all cost win
For ruthless competition
Is a deadly sin.

Avoid like the proverbial plague
Those ruled by just their feelings
They justify anything in their dark hearts
Leaving your heart bruised and reeling.

Instead use truth to guide your mind
As you choose your life's way
Then let your heart soften your path
As compassion leads day by day.

Cling to mentors with a vision
Those who have a long-term view
Making principled decisions
They know what's right to do.

True fortunes don't come easy
All that glitters is not gold
Hard work and service are what last
Wise men have long told us so.

Carefully choose your calling and your mate
These two decisions will mold your life's fate
It's not even a subject open to debate
Choosing either badly is a disastrous mistake.

Pick work for which you're suited
Matching motivation and aptitude
Such will bring you re-creation
Work that's drudgery makes you brood.

Pick a partner for your lifetime
With like interests, values and flow
Supporting and balancing each other
Is worth more than you'll ever know.

Observe, too, carefully
Who you call your true friend
Mirroring each other
You two should stand through thick and thin.

Link up with those who cooperate
Who have abiding peace and quiet
Their friendship's good as gold
For no price could you buy it.

If in your gut you feel a knot
And your breath begins to shorten
Pay notice to these clues
For there may be something rotten.

Life will give you subtle signals
And if you'll only pay attention
Such will keep you out of trouble
Out of love all this I mention.

And if you always put God first
Do what's good, honorable and just
Sunlight will follow your shadows
As spiritual gold is spun from dust.
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Winning In Life

You say you want to win in life
Accomplish all of which you're capable
Then get up off your procrastinating duff
Take action, be responsible.

Decide clearly and precisely
Exactly what you want to do
Then with persistent perseverance
Work hard to see it through.

Don't be distracted by urgent stuff
Focus on what's important
Make plans progress toward your goal
Then to creativity's voice you shall harken.

Next, build a team of kindred souls
Who share your heart's desire
Working together, all with a stake
Fans the passion for your fire.

Look to serve before you're served
Make everyone a winner
The whole is greater than its parts
The pie gets bigger, not thinner.

Listen closely to what others say
Be humble and empathetic
Holding your tongue while others talk
Reaps dividends that are more than cosmetic.

Last, neglect not care of yourself
If you do, others also will
Growth, love, diet, exercise and rest
Such sharpens all your skills.
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