I refuse, Lord NOT to be happy this morning.  I refuse to wake up sad from last night.  I refuse to add all the negatives together and add them up to misery today.  Today is a new day.  There is joy out there.  It came knocking at my door this morning.  I refuse NOT to NOT answer the doorbell.  Meaning I am about to get up and answer the door with expectation.  I am expecting GOD this morning.  Halleluyah.  I am gonna enjoy this day.  I refuse to waste it.  I am starting this day off on the good foot like James Brown.  I am choosing to be happy whether I have a million dollars in the bank or none.  I am choosing to be happy whether I get call-backs, auditions or "No, don't ever come back" slapped all over my face.  I am making a choice this morning, Lord and the choice is to be joyous.

I thank you for this day.  I thank you for waking me up this morning.  I thank you for Purpose Driven Life.  I thank you for the lessons I have learned thus far.  I thank you for my wife.  I thank you for Genesis.  I thank you for my house, my car.  I thank you for all the things that you have brought me into and all he things you have brought me out of.  Halleluyah.  I pray that this day, I do everything for you. Lord.  I want to glorify your name.  I want to praise you...worship you...exalt you, oh dear Lord.  When people look at me today, I want them to see you shining right through me.  And everything I do, I want it to be for the glory of GOD.  Halleluyah.

I pray for strength against temptation, Lord.  Keep me strong on the eating tip.  Keep me away from the foods that I am not supposed to eat.  Halleluyah.  Keep me strong on all tips!!!  Keep my mind focused on positive things.  Keep my mind on righteous things.  Keep my mind on Godly things.  And most of all, Lord...keep my mind.  Don't let me lose it.  Keep my mind.  Keep me sane in this insane world. 

Bless me indeed and enlarge my territory.  Keep your hands on me and keep me from my enemies so that I may cause no pain...halleluyah.

Keep it Natural.    

Wow!  I am doing surprisingly well on my fast.  It is late at night right after the Lounge and I am NOT hungry.  This is a first to me.  I am always hungry, first of all, but really, really hungry after the Lounge.  Well, at least, I think I am always hungry.  Does anyone else ever eat when they are not hungry?  I think I have asked that question before.  I think I also have asked...does anyone ever sweat when they eat?  I do.  Not because I am fat...okay, maybe because I am fat...I thought it was because the food is hot and I am trying to gulf it down as fast as I can.  I eat like I am in a race.  Crazy?

I think I have asked this before, too.  Does anyone stink behind their ears?  I know I have asked this on stage, but everyone looked at me like I was crazy.  I have to know that someone else stinks behind their ears, sometimes.  I am not talking all the time...just sometimes.  Anyone?  You can write me back anonymously.  I won't tell anyone.

Okay, I have a good one.  When you are down about one thing...does anyone else ever automatically find other things to be down about?  It seems like when I am sad or mad about something, I seem to find a million other things that are wrong with my life.  Or other things that I should be mad about.  It turns out that I end up forgetting about what I was initially disturbed about.  I just put it all together and walk around discouraged.  I hate that.  That happened today.  So, I am praying that I go to sleep and wake up forgetting about it all.  I enjoy being happy.  Don't you?

I am broke.  Are you ever so broke that when you find three dollars in your pocket you are happy as I don't know what?  What did that comedian say?  Oh yea...don't you hate when you put all the money you have in your account, just to end up with nothing.  Meaning you were so negative, that after the time you put money in...the balance was zero.  I need to put a one in front of my zero.  And then I need to add about 6 or 7 zeros after the first one.  Man, that would be nice, right about now.  I need some Deal or no Deal type of money right now.  If Howie Mandel offered me 20 dollars...I wold take the deal...forget that.  I ain't stupid.  Give me my money.  I ain't greedy.

Overall, life is good, though.  I just hit a snag in the road tonight.  I should be fine in the morning.  Why?  Cause joy comes in the morning.  At least that is what they say...

Bless me indeed and enlarge my territory.  Keep your hands on me and keep me from my enemies so that I may cause no pain...halleluyah...ammmmmmen!

Keep it Natural.