Introduction - THE END OF THE BEGINNING

     Wow!!!!  Retirement, something I have dreamed of for almost 30 years and it is finally here!!  I was so excited, here i had worked all my adult life and most of my teenage years and finally the time had come - freedom or so I thought.  I have had no regrets with my decision whatsoever but life is different now for sure.  My hope with this blog is to re-live some of my past experiences both as a child and then growing up and becoming the man I am today and along the way my hope is to share with my readers, my mistakes, my accomplishments - maybe tell a few "war stories" along the way and bring people into the brand new world I have discovered and the new friends I have made, none of which I have actually met in person but people that I know I can turn to when needed.  My life has been adventure, some good , some great, some bad but that is life isn't it?
     I have been truly blessed in life, I have a wonderful wife who has stood beside me when times have been truly horrible and we have celebrated the good times together and now is my chance to give something back to her for putting up with me over the past 18+ years.  She has sacrificed so much because of my career - buy hey she knew that going in but perhaps not to the extent as it turned out to be.  So we will explore these changes throughout my life.
     Maybe this blog will help those wanting a job in law-enforcement, those that want to work at home www.southernbellemarketinginc.com (my latest adventure) or perhaps those wanting to start a family - who knows, we will travel the road together and see where it takes us.
     This may turn out to be the ramblings of a man trying to make sense of his life, why it turned out the way that it did, who knows?  I do know one thing for sure - I wouldn't change a thing - well maybe one thing - make that million dollars I never did, buy hey what are you going to do?  Life is not always easy but you take it one day at a time, try to do the best you can, take chances along the way, some work out - some don't but you know if you don't try you will never know and that is what it is all about - taking chances, otherwise it is just moving from day to day and that is just boring.  Live your life to the fullest every day, make mistakes - learn from those mistakes and don't be afraid to say "hey that was pretty stupid!!!".  Never life your life based on what other people think, you will NEVER get any where - it is your life, try to make the right decisions, most of us know right from wrong.  I spend most of my life dealing with those that didn't care if it was wrong or not and not a single one of them ever made something of their life and that is no way to live!
     So I hope you join me on this adventure, I will try to keep it motivational, sometimes it will be sad, sometimes happy but always entertaining.  There is a whole world out there that most of you will never see except on TV and unfortunately it is not like it is on TV.  So I will try to bring some reality along with me, I hope I don't scare you off!  It will be an adventure that is for sure.  I have met some truly exceptional people in my life, a few famous people and even a couple of Presidents - so hang on - it could be a bumpy ride!!!  One thing you will always be able to count on, it will be the truth, no matter how bad it may be - what would be the point otherwise.  Now having said that - this WILL NOT be a gloom and doom blog, what would be the fun in that, but life does throw you some curves along the way and how you handle those curves determines your true character.  So let's build that character together and you can decide for yourself if the ride was worth it!!!!



Jack (Tommy)Carter
www.livethegoodlife.ws