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  • My Brother’s Project Has Meaning

    Dr. Ricardo Mejia, Dermatological & Hair Transplant Surgeon
    Dr. Ricardo Mejia, Dermatological & Hair Transplant Surgeon

    In the past few weeks, I have embraced my new work with excitement. I have been mainly focused on the projects that my brother wants me to organize. He is  a very talented Dermatological & Hair Transplant surgeon.  His practice is thriving and has a good staff in place to support all the services he offers.

    There are not that many Doctors who do both hair transplant and dermatology.  He was in need of someone to set up all the dermatology services he offers on a website since his current website  is only focused on hair transplants. He does Follicular Hair Transplantation. It is the same procedure  that  Dr. Robert Burnstein does, and who was featured on Oprah a few months ago. It uses ones own natural hair. Basically, if someone has had bad plugs, he can fix this. (more…)

  • Gratitude in My Heart Prevails Anxiety

    red-flower1I started this blog with the idea of starting a business in publishing with my sister.  We have a layout of a book that was supposed to be written a year ago. Maybe the book needs more time. (It is different than the manuscript I wrote myself). If you read my last post, I have let go of the plan we had, at least for now.

    To create a new business while still holding on to your other business or work requires a tremendous amount of effort, focus and time. There are alot of sacrifices to make if you want to move on to something different. I want to do something different not only as a back up plan, but because I truly have the passion in my heart to inspire people. What better way to inspire, than to not give up on your dreams in the midst of great challenges.

    I haven’t given up on my dreams. They simply have been revised. One needs to have flexibility in order to survive what is being thrown at you. I had another  real estate deal fall apart last month, when I thought things were getting better. And then…Sparky… So this month, in a few short words have been very heavy.  (more…)

  • When It Rains It Pours

    rain with umbrellaI got back from the vet around 7PM. I have been raining tears down my face for a couple of hours.Sparky has cancer. That is why he didn’t have energy. The x-rays show it already has spread to his heart and lungs, so it looks pretty bad.  It is not related to his paw.

     Just when I thought he was getting better, and now this. And the weird thing is that in the afternoon right before I went to the vet, I made one of the best connections in the last six months with an asset manager. My thought was wow, just when I was throwing in the towel, I finally get some potential good news on my business. It still has happened yet, but it was a very good connection.

    I am still processing this feeling with Sparky. I have never loved a pet so much as I have him. He has been my constant companion. I brought him home and chose not to put him on IV’s and chemotherapy.  My brother says it is the best thing to do for now until I see him in unbearable distress. He is walking and ate tonight. What a long road this has been. (more…)

  • Time for Transformation

    Caterpillar in My Garden April 19, 2009
    Caterpillar in My Garden April 19, 2009

    Since I am talking about my brother being bipolar, I want to first say that I love him very much. I don’t know all the medical terminology or current ways of dealing with bi-polar. I just know what it is to have a family member live with this. I suppose one day he will write his story. He is only one year apart from me and is turning 50 next week. So the story is long and also inspiring.

    His life took a bad turn while he was in high school during the ’80’s when he indulged in many kinds of drugs. After many years of treatment in hospitals, he found a new path through meditating. He was able to be without Lithium for the past  20 years. It was a remarkable turnaround with no drugs or alcohol. He became a total vegetarian and even stopped dating for many years. He almost lived like a monk, except that he is not a recluse. On the contrary, he is very extroverted and is Mr. Communicator and knows many people in the community and in all kinds of social media. (more…)

  • Keeping Calm During New Challenges

    sparky-april-19I just took this picture a few minutes ago after yelling at Sparky to stop  chewing on his bandage. Since my last post I have had a few stressful incidents. On Thursday, Sparky tore off his whole splint while I was away for a few hours. I bandaged it in a hurry hoping that the last 10 days of healing were not a waste. 

    After taking him to the vet the next day, he gave him a sedative to help this out of control behavior. He said to use it as needed. As soon as we got home, Sparky went after the bandage. I popped the sedative right away, though his stomach couldn’t handle it.  Things have been calm for the past three days until a few minutes ago when I snapped this picture. (more…)

  • Spending Time with People I Love

    My goddaughter Nicole
    My goddaughter Nicole

    I had put the intention that I wanted to be with people I love this week. With all my time focused almost 24/7 in the past months restructuring my real estate business, I have had hardly any time to spend with friends. I do see my immediate family, but that is about it. After the Triathlon I went to see my goddaughter who is a delicious five year old ball of energy. I spend the day at the pool with her and her father. And it turns out that her father wants to buy a property. And tonight I got a call from someone that I hadn’t heard from in a long time and said he wanted to buy a commercial property. Cristian said I should take vacations more often!

    I have been mainly focused on getting bank listings because of my fear of having other deals fall apart like they have in the past two years because of overextended mortgages(potential short sales) or lack of financing. It seems that the foreclosures are the ones that are selling quicker. (more…)