Happy Birthday To Me!

Baby It's Cold Outside
Michael Shinafelt

Since today is my 51st Birthday I thought: "why should I celebrate anything but myself?" Especially since the past four years have been the most challenging of my life and I have survived them. Which has made me stronger, it has also brought me to the best place I have ever been in my entire life. 

Yes, it is a day for me to celebrate indeed. I am someone who has went through a clinical depression and came out the other end of it. It took a lot of work, therapy and self examination. There were a lot of times I never thought my life would ever be good again. 

Let me say to those of you out there who may be in the same situation. Never give up! It may seem bleak, but if you hang in there and give it time, care and mostly be kind to yourself, it will get better. Sure there are things I still want that I don't have, but I know I will get them. Why? Because when you overcome it you will have the power to achieve anything! 

It's 44 degrees at 5:03 ayem here in Los Angels, CA on December 18th 2016, the day of my 51st Birthday. I am thankful for my Family, Friends and most of all my amazing Life! 

My wish for my Birthday is for all of you to have one of the best days of the rest of your lives.

Happy Birthday Everyone!

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"You Can't Have Empathy Without Pain"

Baby It's Cold Outside
Lady Gaga & Taylor Kinney

What is now an annual tradition for the couple, Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney took the Polar Bear Plunge in Chicago as a show of support to the Special Olympics.

The mighty Gaga took to Twitter and tweeted this about it: “You can’t have empathy without pain, Get FREEZING cold so they can feel your warmth. #SpecialOlympics #PolarPlunge.”

Cool sentiment, from one half of the hottest couple on the planet IMHOP. 

Freezing With Strangers
Lady Gaga 

Well at least the Lady got to cover herself some to fend off the cold, her poor fiancee sported nothing but swim trunks and a baseball cap as he carried her into the freezing water to take the plunge.

In the end it's all in good fun for a good cause and nobody gets hurt.

Happy Monday, hope you don't have a Polar Bear of a week!

Find out more about the Special Olympics at:

http://www.specialolympics.org/