When Are YOU Happy?

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      When are YOU happy? I’ve said many times before that I’m not ALWAYS happy but I ALWAYS come back to happy! However, each and everyday, especially when the days are the most difficult, I try to make sure at least once that I smile and remember happiness is MY choice and can be found in each and every situation! It REALLY can be! Will you allow yourself to be happy even through the greatest obstacles…sorry, I mean opportunities, ha,???  Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Keep Working, Keep Trying!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      In life it’s EXTREMELY important to always keep working and to keep trying! If you continue to get back up each day and keep persevering and never giving up on yourself, you really will be a success. It doesn’t matter how many times you fall or if you never get exactly where you want to go in life as long as you continue to work to be the best you YOU can be and never give up! Of course it’d be REALLY sweeter if you accomplish all you desire, and even though I know you can do this, it’s more important that you remain true to you, THE REAL YOU! So, please be positive, be kind, do good, and keep continuing to do your best as you keep working, keep trying! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

YOU Are?!!!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      Do you know how wonderful YOU are?!!! I know I’ve talked multiple times about how great you are and can be and so forth but, I really do wonder if you believe me and know I’m telling the truth? I’m actually having a lot of brain trouble thinking lately because I’ve been so busy with moving and am beyond worn out, even more beyond worn out than I’ve been for over 20 years. So I apologize If I’m not giving you the best JOEtivation I’m trying to. But real quick today I just wanted to ask if you REALLY know how wonderful YOU are? If not, go ahead and read my over 200 blog posts until you realize I’m speaking the truth when I complement you! I hope YOU have a great day today and everyday!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

What YOU Do...

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      What YOU do is completely up to you! You might not often be able to control your situation and the wonderful times or the challenging times which will come. Things may be extremely gratifying or very frustrating, but how you react and what you do is up to you! The opportunities everyday will bring will be what they may, but YOU can always do something positive or negative with what each day brings. So, what will YOU do with the opportunities YOU receive everyday? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

If YOU're Having a Tough Day...

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      If YOU're having a tough day, smile! If YOU’re feeling angry, smile! If YOU feel negative in ANY way, smile!!! A smile might not solve your problems, but YOU’ll definitely feel better. And if one smile doesn’t make you feel any better, smile as many times as needed until things improve, I KNOW it’ll help, stay positive!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! Short Blog Posts...

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  Joseph Brann

        For this “Talk to Me Thursday!” blog I just want to inform you that for the next little while I’ll be posting short blog posts! I’m going to have to post these short posts in advance because, while I’m in the middle of finishing moving, I’ve no idea how much time, if any, I’ll really have to be blogging. I’m still going to be blogging but you’ll see my posts will just be a few sentences but as soon as everything’s taken care of with the move and all, I fully intend to get back to posting like regular. I still hope to bring you the positivity and JOEtivation that’ll help YOU in your life. Keep your head up and NEVER forget how valuable YOU are to this world and me!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Sometimes it's SO Difficult to Keep Going!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

             The truth is, sometimes it's SO difficult to keep going! Life is often very difficult but sometimes it’s even harder than usual and maybe even harder than we’d ever expect it would or even could be! Yet, YOU don’t have to be overtaken by it! You CAN face what you have to and overcome it. Unfortunately, often the most difficult things we face are overcome by simply continuing to deal with them and moving forward in spite of whatever the challenges may be. I know what it’s like when I want to overcome something SO BADLY and don’t know how to do so. 

              I know I've talked about this before but I’ve realized that facing my challenges, smiling through the pains, and even crying while not allowing myself to be defeated by all I’m facing, is how I overcome it! And, everyday I'll continue to overcome it! I hope YOU’ll realize that by not giving up, even when feeling defeated, you’re actually winning the fight this life often is! So, even though sometimes it's SO difficult to keep going, STAY POSITIVE and KEEP GOING! I know you can, do YOU? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

If it's Good and YOU Want it, Get it!!!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      Referring to strictly positive things in life, if it's good and YOU want it, get it!!! It’ll probably take A LOT longer than you desire, but if you keep working and stay focused on your goals, you really can accomplish them. I’m saying this now, when A BUNCH of my goals have still not yet been reached. However, I’m focused, I’m driven, and am determined to not give up so I’m still doing everything I can to get where I want to go. Of course there’s a chance things won’t work out like I want them to. If you look at the vast majority of my life, you’ll see that as of yet things haven’t even ALMOST worked out like I desire. 

      But I still believe in me and that it’s only a matter of time before I get where I want to go. I keep clinging to hope because if I don’t, I’d have little to cling to. What about YOU? Are YOU determined and will you do what it takes to get where you want to go? I know you can, so don’t give up, stay positive, and keep working because, like me, I REALLY believe it’s only a matter of time until you accomplish all you desire! Stay JOEtivated and don't forget that if it's good and YOU want it, get it!!!,  I know I will! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Another Quick Reminder for YOU!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      Today’s post is another quick reminder for YOU to decide to be positive and happy! I know I talk about these things all the time but they really are that important! You might feel as though there’s NO reason to be positive because there’s so much negativity around you and you may think that happiness is something you’ll NEVER have. But I want YOU to know YOU can overcome ALL negativity by working to be positive and can be happy by simply deciding to and continuing to fight to be such everyday! Rarely is it easy, but it’s DEFINITELY worth it! So, what do YOU choose??? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

The Winner Within YOU!!!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      Right now, I want to talk about the winner within YOU!!! The winner within each of us is most definitely there! YOU’ve been created to be the winner I know you are. Do YOU know this? Sometimes life will beat you down, sometimes life might destroy the you I know you are, and sometimes EVERYTHING you face may seem to suggest you are not a winner. But the truth is, you ARE a winner and NEED to know this! When everything tells you you can’t win and you’re not a winner, that’s when you’ve got to stand tall and shut up all the negativity by reminding yourself, believing, and even knowing you are a winner! YOU’ve ALWAYS got the winner within you! Now find it, know you are incredible, bring your inner winner out, love life and show all who you encounter how incredibly awesome I know, and hopefully you know, you are! Let everyone see THE REAL you, and be the winner I know YOU are! You’ve just been JOEtivated!!! Ha! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

NEVER Be Defeated!!!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      In this rather short post, I want to stress that you NEVER be defeated!!! The way this challenge is accomplished and overcome is by simply NEVER giving up! Of course, if you live on the same planet I do, you probably know this is MUCH easier said than done. But it can and should be done by continuing to face your challenges, deciding to love them, seeing your obstacles as the opportunities they really are, and NEVER allowing yourself to be overcome by what you face. So, instead of being overcome by your challenges, you will overcome them by believing in yourself, continuing to work to be the you YOU want to be, and refusing to ever be defeated in life! I know you can, now go be the winner we both know YOU are!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Character Development!

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  Joseph Brann

               Today I’ll be showing just a little about how I changed over the roughly seven years, on and off, which it took me to write my memoir. I’ll share quotes, some spacing may be changed, but two quotes to show said change. However, if you want to further find out the full story, you’ll have to get my memoir off amazon.com either as a paperback version or ebook. You can do so with this link, bit.ly/tcsom I KNOW it can help you, will YOU let it? It’s titled, “The Challenging Side of Miracles! My living nightmare from having been reported braindead!” I thought I’d feel no different from when I started writing to when I finished it. The first quote’s from the beginning and the next’s near the end, but, I know the whole book can help you and I REALLY want to help EVERYONE, especially YOU! If you’re unable or don’t want to get my memoir it’s NO problem at all, but if you do get it, read it, and apply it, I know it can positively change your entire life.

              On page 6 I say, “I have chills and tears in my eyes as I write this. So I am afraid to live another second. I am filled with fear, which I conceal as best I can, when I think about what I face each second of everyday! Although I try to be positive and happy and help others do the same, I have a confession to make. I REALLY wish I was not alive because of my challenges. I go to sleep each time I go to sleep afraid to fall asleep and afraid to wake up. I am afraid to fall asleep because I know I will wake up later. I am afraid to wake up because I am afraid of the numerous pains, challenges, obstacles, the constant nightmare and hell I live in, and all of the other things I face! It’s crazy.” 

              But then, the quote on page 220 is, “I say I will always be here to remind you nothing is impossible because my books, YouTube video, and hopefully videos should always be around. I guess that's added reason to see my video and read my books. Overcoming what I used to see as obstacles has helped me to develop into who I am now and I finally love all of the difficulties I’ve faced, do face, and will continue to face. You should be able to see how things were as I began writing and then to show you how I’ve changed! Talk about character development, right? Haha!” We can all change, improve, and overcome our deepest fears by the choices we make! I hope my blog and my memoir will help YOU develop even more into whatever astonishingly amazing person YOU want to be!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! Thinking's Hard!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

                For this Thursday post, have YOU ever found that thinking's hard! For me at least, sometimes thinking can be very hard. I’ve overcome it A LOT but often my brain apparently likes to go and go and go and try to think about everything that has happened, stuff I want to happen, things I’m positive won’t happen, although nothing’s impossible, and a whole lot more. When I’m having conversations with people, as opposed to the one’s I have with myself, ha, I’ve often been in the middle of a sentence and my mind will just flip over to some other unrelated topic. Either that or I’ll completely forget the point I was trying to make. Then there’re other occasions I’ll have a bunch of difficulty thinking about and finding the words I want to say and if/when I find them, I’ll have even more difficulty getting them out of my mouth. 

        On multiple occasions, after my brain’s been spinning so fast with so many different thoughs, I’ll literally get headaches. The most fun headaches are the migraines, ESPECIALLY when they take several hours or even days to go away and I want to rip my eyes out because of how bad they're hurting, so SO fun!!! Ha, just joking, they’re horrible, but they can be overcome, usually with medicine. Has any of this ever happened to YOU? Can you relate to what I’m saying now? And finally, do you agree that, at least sometimes, thinking's hard? I know people will joke about how thinking’s hard, but sometimes, at least for me, it really is, ha! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Love Your Life, Be Happy, and Love Your Life!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

                Love your life, be happy, and love your life! If YOU want to love your life and be happy, then all you NEED to do is follow these three guaranteed steps to doing so! Yes, it's redundant and love your life is repeated, so really it’s only a two step process, but I want to reiterate the importance of deciding to love your life! I know it can seem much easier said than done, but it really isn’t. It’s just as simple as it sounds. Of course there are many, many things which will work to detract us from loving our lives and being happy, and that’s exactly why I repeat and stress how important it is for you to love your life! 

                Just try it out? If you’re feeling sad, angry, or any such emotion, that’s okay and very much a part of life. But if/whenever you experience these emotions, or if you feel extremely happy already, take a second to smile and tell yourself to love your life, be happy, and love your life! Just test it out and I’m beyond positive you’ll feel much better and if you’re already feeling fantastic, you’ll feel such even more! Now go try it and LOVE your life!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Do Something Different!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

                Towards the end of my speech, I’ll invite my audiences to do something different! To make a change, big or small, which’ll give them better chances at reaching a goal in their lives. In today’s blog, this is exactly what I’m inviting YOU to do! Overcome your opportunities by first making the decision to do so. In most cases, it’s probably not a change or a goal which’ll be accomplished right away, but by making the decision to work towards overcoming your challenge, or challenges, you’ll be well on your way to overcoming them! What do YOU want to accomplish in your life? What’s it going to take for you to accomplish it? Maybe you want to make A LOT of money so you can help A LOT of people? Maybe you want to eat healthier in hopes of shedding some extra pounds?

               Maybe you just want to make it through a day without complaining about someone or something that bugs you? Whatever it is, make a change TODAY, which’ll get you closer to accomplishing your goals! That’s how I work to overcome everything I face each day. That’s how YOU can work to begin or continue overcoming your challenges today! I’m not always successful at feeling as though I’ve overcome and accomplished what I want each day, but I keep working and try not to beat myself up over my shortcomings. So, what are YOU going to change to get you closer to what you desire? Whatever change it is you want to make, YOU can do it, now go do it!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Keep Your Head Up!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

                Things are extremely hectic today and I’ve got a lot going on but I just wanted to give YOU some real quick JOEtivation! PLEASE keep your head up, know you are awesome, and can do whatever good things you desire in this life!!! ESPECIALLY when life tells you you’re not good enough and should just quit, YOU’ve GOT TO push yourself to KNOW you’re amazing in SO many ways and should NEVER quit or give up! No matter how tough life may be, YOU can succeed, so, remain positive, find the great within the bad, and always keep your head up! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Will YOU Push Yourself?

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

               I overcome and continue to endure and persevere by focusing on what I need to do to get where I want to go and continuing to push myself to accomplish what I know I can. Will YOU push yourself, continue to work towards your goals, hopes, and even dreams? You might feel you’re too beaten down by life and don’t have the strength or even the desire to push yourself to go any further than you already have. I’ve felt this way many, many times, and that’s okay! But you can’t allow yourself to be defeated and MUST continue to push yourself because, believe it or not, you CAN succeed! YOU might no longer want to push yourself to deal with your life or you might not even want to use the ability you have to breathe to keep breathing. I’ve felt this way, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and even physically because, especially with the allergies I have, even breathing can literally hurt and I’ve just wanted to stop! 

        If you’re reading this, then you’ve been pushing yourself already, whether you wanted to or not, to keep going because you’ve not given up, so CONGRATULATIONS!!! But don’t spend too much time patting yourself on the back because, if you do, you’ll waste A LOT of time you could be using to go even further than you already have. But you do deserve credit for everything you’ve been through, everything you’re currently going through, and everything you will go through in the future. Whatever you’re facing, I know YOU can overcome and even defeat it! But YOU’ve got to know this is true! YOU’ve got to know you’re incredible and more than capable of succeeding in every way you want to! You’ve got to know how spectacular you are and can become! So, will YOU push yourself, NEVER give up, and become all you’ve ever wanted to become and more? I know YOU can!!!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

It's NOT How Difficult Your Life is...

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

                It's NOT how difficult your life is, it’s how YOU respond to and overcome the difficulties in your life that’ll determine what you accomplish. If we respond positively and stay driven and determined, we ARE undoubtedly successes! You might have to work just as hard, or harder, tomorrow to accomplish more, the same, or even less than you’ve accomplish today but, if you persevere and NEVER give up, you WILL overcome and succeed each and everyday! Life can be a nonstop hell, but even that can be overcome!               

                Not trying to pat myself on the back or any such thing, yet, I overcome and succeed everyday by continuing to push forward, work to stay positive and happy, while also dealing with what I have to. Some days are harder than others and sometimes I want to quit. I might also get angry, but that’s life and if I continue to come back to happy and keep going, I will overcome and succeed each day! I definitely know YOU can do the same everyday, will YOU? If so, daily, you will continue failing to fail!!! Failing to fail, where've I heard that before? Oh yeah, now I get it! Ha! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Overcoming Life's Struggles!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

                Lately I’ve had a lot more to deal with which makes it difficult to work on my speaking, promoting myself, my blog, Twitter account, and my books, because I’m very busy and in the middle of packing to move. I won’t be moving far, probably still in the same town or just outside of it, but I’m definitely going to be moving real soon. In this and future posts, I intend to discuss a lot more about overcoming difficulties in life. Today’s post is about overcoming depression in life! How is that done? I believe YOU and I will overcome feeling depressed or even just negatively, by first deciding we don’t want our adversities to overtake and have power over us. In this and future posts, I intend to start talking more about adversities I face, things we might all face, and any other adversity I think I should discuss, and most definitely about overcoming it all. A big part of overcoming obsta…I mean opportunities, is first deciding we want to overcome them. I’ll reference a lot, if not all, I discuss about overcoming to what I face because that’s the adversity I overcome daily and know best.

        However, I’m doing so in hopes it helps YOU work to overcome your challenges and to know you can. So, to start talking about overcoming in a little more specifics, let’s touch on something I’ve touched on already in past blogs and discuss a little how I work to overcome my depression and such by making myself concentrate on the positive, taking my medicine which helps with such, ha, and I keep knowing happiness is a choice I make! Depression is a VERY strong task to work to overcome, I do so pretty much daily but I know I can overcome it each and everyday by once again taking the medicine which helps with it, choosing to work to overcome it, and NEVER giving up! YOU can do this too, will YOU? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! I LOVE Writing Fiction!

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  Joseph Brann

                Today’s Thursday post is very short and it's about how I love writing fiction! I do so in part because I get to decide where the story goes and how it gets there. When I started writing my first novel I’ve published, I knew how I wanted the story to end, but I’d NO IDEA the story would become much more than I’d intended it to. With my latest novel, once again I knew how I wanted it to end before I started writing it but the story became SO MUCH more as I’ve written it, however, it’s not published yet so it’ll probably change even more. I love how, in fiction, anything that’s completely crazy and though it’s chances of happening in reality may be COMPLETELY slim, can become reality in just one sentence or paragraph even. So these are a few reasons I LOVE writing fiction and I’m REALLY excited to get my other fiction books published hopefully sooner than later, I’ll keep YOU posted! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Today's a New Day!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

                If you read yesterday’s blog, you know I was rather frustrated, but, today's a new day! Some things have improved but most things have pretty much stayed the same. However, I’m allowing myself to be much happier. The other day, I think on television, I saw a woman talking about how happiness is a choice. I’m pretty sure she MUST BE a dedicated reader of my blog and using my words to try and help this world, or she’s trying to get credit for my work without my consent, hmmmm…I might need to sue her, I’ll contact my family’s attorneys REAL soon! 

               Just joking, I don’t really think she’s ever even heard of me, what I’m working towards, or my blog. Regardless, I’m REALLY happy to see I’m not the only one who knows happiness is a choice, do YOU? No matter how frustrating yesterday was, or yesterdays have been, each new day is an opportunity to work to do better and overcome frustrations of from the past! We can also use each new day's opportunities to choose to be happy and keep working to do better, get better, and be better than the day before. Though I'm not perfect with this, which yesterday's blog proved, I still work to do just this, will YOU?!?!?! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Frustrated Lately!

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  Joseph Brann

               I’ll be completely honest with YOU, I’m going to tell you some things which’ve been more apparent in my life recently which I’ve allowed to leave me frustrated lately! I’m SO tired of people not keeping their word, not being trustworthy, and not following through. It seems more people recently have decided to tell me they’ll call or do something on a specific day, at a specific time, but don’t. I’ve had a good friend of mine who’s like second in charge where he works talk to their boss about having me speak for them, his boss said he was excited and would call me, but never did. I’ve also called another similar business to the one my friend’s at and the boss told his secretary they already know who I am and were very excited to talk to me and would be calling me on a specific day and time. Neither of these bosses called. I’ve still not heard back from multiple other people I’ve not met before but contacted about speaking.

      I realize a lot, or most, people aren’t going to tell you they’re not interested and’ll say stuff to string you along because they don’t want to tell you what they believe you don’t want to hear, I still consider this a cowardly way of doing things. And it’s not like I’ve been friends with the people I’m contacting but we’ve either NEVER interacted before, or I’ve not spoken with them for over 20 years, more or less. I’ve still had some people not business related who tell me they’ll call me and don’t and/or stuff like that, which is annoying! But, pertaining to my speaking and all, this is BUSINESS so stop lying, stop leading me on, and stop wasting my time. 

      Just because I’m mentally and physically disabled doesn’t mean my time’s not valuable, so treat me as a human being, not a brain damaged charity case, I DON’T WANT charity!!! It REALLY bugs me when people feel sorry for me, think they know what I want to hear when all I want to hear is the truth, and act like I’m not smart or valuable enough for them to treat me like everyone should be treated. I know I’m venting here some but if anyone thinks lying to me, deceiving me, leading me on, or any other such thing is going to ease the disappointment of them rejecting me, they’re MORE THAN a great bit WRONG!!! Anyway, this is part of who I am and I know I’ll overcome these disappointments, but sometimes I just need to feel what I feel, allow myself to be human, and express what I need to in hopes of helping others in their lives, and myself in mine, and let people know what their lies and deceit can do and why they shouldn’t do either! Keep your head up, there’re are great things coming!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

The Value Of Helping others!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

               Recently, I found out a friend of mine had a loved one of their’s who’d just received a Traumatic Brain Injury, or T.B.I. and I reached out to them to see if I could help any. My friend asked me to contact two family members of their’s and to share what I could about my story and so forth. I ABSOLUTELY loved how my friend was allowing me to help with this horrific situation, though I’d never wish any T.BI. on anyone. Honestly I’m a good bit scared about what their loved one and they are already facing, and even more afraid about what they may and quite possibly will face, though I’m hoping for the best and firmly believe things’ll be okay. Yet, I’ve been able to use what I’ve been going through for over 20 years to help them. Times like these are what’ve greatly helped  me to LOVE what I face. I’ve actually encountered others in my distant and not so distant past who’ve had people they love and care about who’ve acquired head injuries and who wanted or even said they needed to hear what I had to say because of my experiences. 

      My friend’s newly developed situation with their loved one is the most recent traumatic experience I’ve been more than happy to help with, but within the last I think month or two, I’ve come across at least two other people who’ve had T.B.I.s and I’ve reached out to both of them and’ve been blessed to be told my doing so has helped them. These situations scare me SO MUCH, but they GREATLY add to my purpose, my love of my life, it’s value, and I SO want to help all of these people, and everyone, and hope I am doing so and will continue helping them. Though I don’t always like, and’ve even despised what I go through, at times like these, I’m able to much better love the “opportunities” I face, which’ve nearly destroyed me in the past, and I REALLY get to experience the tremendous joy I receive from the value of helping others! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

What Can I Do For You?

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

              Today I’m wondering, what can I do for you? I actually think about this often, believe it or not, BELIEVE IT!!! Ha! I am not looking for credit or thanks or any such thing but I know I came back to life for multiple reasons but they were all to help others, ESPECIALLY YOU! Don’t worry, I’m not going to get religious or even spiritual on you AT ALL, and even if you believe what I’m about to say is only true in my mind, that’s fine, but I still believe and know it's true in my mind! Regardless, I know I was asked to come back to life by the only being powerful enough to create life and I was more than willing to do so, because I love everyone, because I love YOU! I’ve had many times where I’ve thought coming back to life was a mistake. I thought so largely because it seemed to me like all I’d become to the many people who’d prayed for my survival was a “braindead memory” of the guy they’d prayed would return. Then they gave great thanks when I came back, but later realized I wasn’t the same guy and I believed I’d disappointed them by being mentally, physically, emotionally, and even spiritually damaged. I didn’t understand who I’d been, who I’d become, and truthfully, I still am somewhat uncomfortable being this new Joe who is often a stranger to me. 

                But I’ve decided to love him, for he is me, work to remain positive, and to overcome and even accomplish the things I want to which I’ve been told are “impossible” for me to overcome and accomplish! NOTHING’S impossible so NEVER give up! My life is a miracle, I’m not the miracle, I’m just the man living the miracle, or, depending on how you choose to view things, I’m the guy living the nightmare which is a byproduct of the miracle. I hope you’ll view the life I’m living as the miracle I know it is? Regardless, I now love it. I work and work and work and try and try and try to be the best me I can in large part to help YOU realize how amazing you are and can become! I hope you know I love you, I love my life, and am honored if I’m able to help you at all! So, once again, what can I do for you? If I’ve already done, then STOP BUGGING ME AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!! Haha, I’m TOTALLY joking there, and if I’ve been blessed to have done something for you already, I’ll be more than happy to do it again, or anything else I can to help YOU! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Even Loving the Pain, Hurts...

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

              I’ve made the decision to love everything in my life, so, of course, this means I love the pain too! Yet, even loving the pain, hurts…REALLY bad! Though the physical pain’s noticeable to me almost nonstop, I still love it because it’s a part of who I am and I LOVE who I am! You can love who you are too, will YOU? I sure hope so! I feel almost everything in my life is pain, that’s A LOT to love, ha! I don’t currently know of ANY part of my body that I’ve not felt the pain, in. It’s burning, stabbing, lightening shooting through, MANY needles stabbing wherever they want, and more ALL OVER! If you’re wondering, “Joe, have you hurt in 'this area' of your body or…?” 

             I can definitely tell you the answer to have I hurt in any and every part of my body, other than my hair and finger/toenails, is YES! It’s the worst in the most sensitive places. How, or why, would ANYONE decide to love these horrific pains? To answer my own question, it’s because I HAVE TO, the alternative’s NOT an option and when I’ve taken the alternative years ago, EVERYTHING hurts more! I REALLY don’t want YOU to end up like me SO PLEASE be careful?!!! You’re amazing and awesome, but you’re NOT the exception! Please take my word for it, please, oh please? I know I’ve talked about my loneliness and missing the wonderful lady I don’t know but still love SO MUCH, but this is the MOST painful scary thing I don’t want YOU to EVER deal with. I’ve no idea how to put it into words, but these horrible physical pains are NOTHING compared to the loneliness, not being able to reach out and touch her hand, and knowing, when I go to sleep tonight, I’ll do so without her and when I wake up, she’ll still not be here. Yes I was just crying, like a baby, about this last night!

              I figure at least one of my male friends, you know who you are R….., ha, will say I shouldn’t care about this and I’m being a pansy or whatever. Truthfully, it’s funny to me and I’m not worried about it. I’d NEVER want ANYONE to deal with what I do, I still figure others have it worse, but anyone who says I’m being weak or whatever, and, though I’m not comparing my life to anyone else’s, I feel the ONLY way anyone could honestly say this would be if they’ve gone through what I have, then I’ll listen to them try and disrespect me, ha! PLEASE be careful, remember, YOU’re NOT the exception! MAN, I LOVE LIFE, though that means, I love the pain and even loving the pain hurts! Keep your head up, YOU’ll be alright!!! YOU'VE JUST BEEN JOEtivated, ha!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Find Me on Twitter for Even More Daily JOEtivation!

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  Joseph Brann

                 I think I mentioned this before but, did YOU know I’m on Twitter and have been for a good while now? To find me on Twitter and get even more and shorter yet equally powerful daily JOEtivation, search for @joe_brann on said site. Today I got a notification there which said, "Your Tweets earned 2.4K impressions over this 28 day period” That REALLY surprised me and was totally unexpected. I’m positive 2.4K impressions on that site is probably tiny compared to a lot of others on there, but, who am I competing against again??? 
                Man I’m having trouble remembering, oh wait, no I’m not, ha, I’m ONLY competing against myself. And, since I only compete against myself, I’m VERY pleased with how things are moving forward and I’m beyond excited to develop and work to get better each and every day! Anyway, if YOU wouldn’t mind following me on Twitter, and following my blog, I’ll REALLY appreciate it! Need help doing so? Call me at 210-380-7965 or email me at publishjoe@gmail.com Either way, I love you and YOU are amazingly AWESOME!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk To Me Thursday! Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud"

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  Joseph Brann

                 It's time for yet another AWESOME "Talk To Me Thursday!" post. I listen to and LOVE, A LOT of music. For a good long while, years and years ago, as I was realizing what I face and trying to deal with it, I spent what I consider nearly countless hours trying to keep my mind off of what I face by listening to song after song after song. One singer I really love to listen to is Ed Sheeran. Off the top of my head, I don’t know of a song of his I don’t at least like very much. His song, “Thinking Out Loud” I think is a great song. However, in the song he says, “And darling I will be loving you ‘till we’re 70…” This line to me begs the question, what happens if he and his “darling” live past 70? Once he or both of them reach this age, is he planning on just instantly stopping being in love with her and is their relationship just going to end??? I’m sure this line just fits in well with the rest of the song and 70's a good age to live too being in love with the same person.

        But this is the type of stuff I think about. It’s rather annoying to me how my brain wants to dissect and be obsessed with questions like this, even though the answer to my question’s insignificant and makes NO difference, I have to stop myself from being obsessed with stuff like this. I believe I do a very good job overcoming being obsessed with stuff, but it's still an issue I face and work to overcome. I’ve seen some stuff on television about people who have o.c.d. and what I’ve seen, I consider is MUCH WORSE than what I deal with in respect to this topic. I REALLY hope YOU don’t have issues with this condition and anyone and everyone who does will be able to overcome it as best they can. There’re some great medicines that can help with these and other issues and I hope people will use them and be able to even better overcome any and all such conditions. But yes, I love to listen to music and love Ed Sheeran’s songs, check them out if you’ve not already and you’re welcome in advance! Ha! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

I Give Up!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

                 I give up! I give up…on giving up! It’s VERY easy to give up on stuff if things just won’t go your way. If you’re involved in stuff you shouldn’t be involved in, you also need to give up, on giving up on working to overcome those bad and negative things. I’ve given up on things that were good and which I REALLY wanted, but now I’ve come back with more determination than EVER to achieve those things. I’m MORE THAN ready to succeed at giving up on giving up on these extremely positive things that, as of yet, have not worked out like I want them to. I’ve actually already accomplished some of the things I’d started and given up on, such as having now written and published a comedy novel and my memoir, both of which are over 200 pages long and, you probably already know if you read my blog regularly, both are available on Amazon. There were multiple times before where I’d started on my memoir and then gave up and got rid of the what I’d written.   

        But the many, many hours I’d spent writing it before did not go to waste. I used the memories I had from working on my original memoir, or I guess memoirs, to help me write and improve my now published memoir. I think my memoir’s pretty incredible and can help ANYONE AND EVERYONE, but of course I’m MORE than extremely partial to it, ha! I’ve also got more things I’m working on, yet don’t want to talk about until they actually come together, then I’ll let YOU know. So, make the decision NOW, to give up on giving up, work as hard as you need to and then A LOT harder, and YOU’LL BE a success!!! I truly believe this, now go give up, you know what I mean, ha, and succeed EVERYDAY with the confidence YOU need to get where you REALLY want to go, and I KNOW you’ll be a great, great success at life!!! If you read my blog everyday, I KNOW you’ll get the JOEtivation to accomplish EVERYTHING you desire! YOU’ve JUST BEEN JOEtivated!!! Ha! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Why is Kindness So Foreign?

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  Joseph Brann

                 Why is kindness so foreign in the world today? I’m the type of person who always wants to be kind and help others, no credit be to myself, that’s just how I was created. But it’s extremely crazy, and a little funny, to me when I’m out somewhere in public and see someone doing something, like struggling to put groceries in their car or any such thing, and I walk up and ask if I can help them and they look at me like I’m crazy for asking. It almost seems they’d be less surprised, and more comfortable, ha, if I walked up to them with a weapon and tried to rob them, which I’d NEVER do. I think it’s sad that so many people would apparently rather ignore another’s struggles or suffering than to offer a hand of friendship and help. The world would be SUCH a better place if more people tried to be kind and help others instead of being so self-involved that, no matter what another’s dealing and obviously needing help with, they’re not willing to even try to help. 

                 I realize most everyone probably has A LOT going on and A LOT of responsibilities and pressures they’re dealing with. But if people, even complete strangers, would at least try to help others instead of being so self-centered, the world would be SO MUCH better off. However, I know there are people who pretend to be in need of help just so they can rob and/or hurt other’s for no reason. Hopefully if we try to help someone they actually need the help and I really want EVERYONE to be safe and have wonderful lives. So, I suggest we stop making kindness so foreign, but try to be smart and make the best choices we can and hopefully no one tries to take advantage of kindness. Either way, I wish kindness was the norm in the world and self-centered rudeness was the exception. Maybe one day, but I’m sure it’ll happen one person at a time. I’ve already made the decision to try and be kind on a regular basis, will YOU be the next one to join me in my efforts? I sure hope you will!!! Don’t forget though, YOU’re awesome, so BE awesome!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

It's ALL Within Your Reach!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

                Are there any good things YOU desire in life? If so, it’s you can get it and it's ALL within your reach! You, more than likely, will have to work, work, work, and work some more. You, more than likely, will have to persevere, persevere, and persevere some more with the determination to accomplish whatever you desire, while believing in yourself and NEVER giving up, but YOU DEFINITELY can reach your goals!!! I believe in myself. I believe in YOU! I know we can succeed in life, but YOU and I most definitely can get what we want out of life! Now go get it!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!