The Lessons I hope that our learned

The Lessons I Hope that our Learned !!!Time and events happen so rapidly, it's our new reality. The lessons I hope the young and people will learn our these.
On page 1 of the web-site vidanusa.com our my hope for our future generations, writen 5-6 years ago. Maybe because life changing events were part of my life's experience, this why these thought became my first page. I’ve worked on my book of raw history in the first person kinda all my adult life. Known the important part was the lesson’s learned living life, lesson’s often learn overtime, at times hard, often lonely, and complicated with learning an on going process that never ended. It could be that's what pointed me to these basic facts I verbalized as best I could years ago. This is the most inportant part of my work, the point I want to share today.

THIS IS HOW ANYONES GOD SEES OUR WORLD !

The point many are missing, all bases of power will be challenge or changed by the fact that the power is shift toward the masses of people everywhere, that the people will have a seat at the table. The real challenge for those in positions of power with plenty will be to understand equality, when is enough - enough. More important what is the point ! On the side of the masses of people it will be how to create change using the rule of law and order to created the rules, policies, and laws we will move forward under.

Equality for all dose not match our human spirit. However In-Equality has always been man-kinds downfall, certainly the ability to have the opportunity to learn & participate (education), the right of all people for the basics of food, shelter, medical care of our time. If we can't provide that, it has to always be the goal of humanity. This is to me what it means to be human ! This depends on what priorities we as individual people demand. Our we today at that point on human evolution and development ?

I believe today, if we look, we can see that in our world their are limits, we have to share our world with all living things and people. On a personal level for people it will mean dose more and bigger bring what all have long desire, the ability to provide for their family, share love, to have good health, a meaningful productive life and to know joy / happiness, to me it is that simple. 

I believe life has seasons, in each we live out our lives according to each with our abilities and awareness. If we reach maturity I do believe for a content and meaningful end of life season, that is found in giving back to our world, sharing with others, time or money. This effort to leave this world just a little better then we found it, the rewards our great, is part of being a human being. To be responsible to our home the earth, to have human kindness for others, sharing and helping one another is powerful, sometimes called human LOVE ! 

Richard L Iverson

Remember Happiness is Oh so simple, that a grateful heart is the beginning of wisdom, that Effort is essential for anything worthwhile in life !

vidanusa@mac.com

I'm an Optimist and Excepting Reality

                                                                                                                   
 


             

Like all of you I’m facing the fact that what seem impossible just days ago, today is my reality also, the fact this has happen a few times in my life may help in some aspects, however I’ll be the first to admit because of my rather unusual life it’s taken time and effort. In-part because I'm 73 ½ years old in all honesty healthy but battle scared, emotionally more sensitive, simply older and slower. In life I was force to fine the way forward, learn hard lesson and then attempt to live them out. Please let me say one thing, the reason the world, our country and everyones lives will never be the same is because we our all being force to learn hard lessons. It’s through hardship that humans have always learn the most, rose up to the challenges, found the best way forward finding our highest human ideal, concept, thoughts and our oneness as people so interdepend.
The Optimist Creed
Promise YourTo be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to everyone you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be to large for worry, to noble for anger, too strong for fear, and to happy to permit the presence of trouble. 

The reality of this COVID-19 virus, this disaster and the pandemic it has become, it simply didn’t have to be so harmful economically, so sad with high loss of life that it is now. All virus come from animals, mutate and cross over to humans who have no immunity to it, every virus operate the same with different advantages, but always kill. We have a lot of knowledge and in-fact experience, GW Bush faced-1 Virus, Obama faced-3 Virus but science was followed. This virus of course spreads easy Yes, but we know regardless of their actions all viruses that cross over to humans must be taken very serious, actions to stop and defeat them taken immediately. Several leaders around the world failed their people (by Not take their position of responsibility serious) to care for the public health. Why, well the same old thinking of the pass, pride, greed, power, economics, and different cultures / beliefs. Today’s reality makes fun of all the nations obsession with Large Military’s, Air Craft carriers, Gun’s, budgets cutting back on needed regulation in 2020, disbanding of systems already in place to protect the people. Sorry I better leave it at that. 

Yes, of the 240 million people in the USA, the fraction of those that will die is a very low number per our population, the number that will suffer throw this could be quit high and will leave an impression on many. The elderly, the poor, the homeless, those with health issues in the USA and world wide of course will suffering more. Those younger, those with means, homes with space to separate and heel up in, with back-up and money to buy food luckier, as I said in my second post in several places of the world the ability to wash your hands impossible. Having said that the COVID-19 knows no difference in your economic condiction, sex, race or belief system & politics. The point is event badly managed our country and people of the world will win over this Virus and go forward. What lesson our learn while living it our very important.

Pic-1 Is a simple incomplete chart, age has a big impact on who lives and dies, age a factor as is overall health. It’s a fact witch event the common flu shows us every year. So +60 +70 means something and is reality. As always how a society treat and care for their most vulnerable among them tells something about the society, this is an aspect of our humanity. Yes, event in this group a high percentage will recover from it, I want to say this as one of this group, if you have a belief system that provides comfort and hope thats great, it's why we have these belief systems, to my follow journeyers in life be not afraid, enjoy the smallest comforts, be Happy in your memberies as they belong only to you. Every life is meaningful and important, know your our part of a remarkable event we simply call it life. 

I also want to say something to my favorite population group, Babies and their Mom’s, young Children and their Parents (these two groups) my heart yearns for this event to pass quickly as any harm that befalls you weigh's so heavy on my old heart I admit. Then their our the young becoming teens & young adults, this generation will end up being the ones who will have to become the vanguard of change, lead and push hard quit soon. All together your our future, also that of our world and spices. 

Pic-2 Chosen years ago as my Logo, for me it so humbles me, the only blue planet we can see with all our technology looking light years out into space. At night when I look at the star’s I’m always reminded they our but a sun for another cluster of planets and their moons, it’s my way of comprehending the vastness if the universe. 

Pic-3 Me aware and so Thankful this event happen while I was here in Vietnam. However this pandemic makes me feel strange & lucky once again. My small beautiful room near the beach, Vietnam where my second life or awareness was born 54 years ago in war. Today it’s a land where there our no gun’s in the hands of the public with the thinking (for what reason would anyone want a gun). Located on the border of China, Vietnam started reacting seriously to the news of the Virus back in January with social distancing, a proven old method when their is little information. A land of 96 million with only 241 cases, adding only 1 case today. 

Pic-4 The one thing thats been proven to me over and over again in life is that everything come from our Brains and what we Think. Our position in the world as humans come from the fact we have evolved with these remarkable big brains. Of course humans our a complex being but the controlling organ is our brain, what we think. My only hope is that the right lesson our learned from this pandemic !!!
My first life changing event left me with a deep feeling of Guilt, (a guilt for being alive). It’s a dangerous feeling, often men of war make the wrong turns, choose the wrong comfort. It was shear luck I chose the way that brought me to today, of course often misunderstood. My second life changing event came at 22 year old in Hawaii on my way back to Vietnam. Naturally the event involved violence and near violence, things that add nothing to this post. I’ll will share it in my book, but Yes, my choice was not to take revenge, to not participate in hate, the reason that thought won out over other feelings was because event in war, in battle, in combat I had never acted in hate. Yes I went to war with misguided information from the country of my birth. This lesson and solution to that feeling of guilt while returning to Vietnam in 1968. The power of our minds to change our very being is something I do believe is possible and good. 
     

Naturally a story behind this creed. At age 21, out of the hospital from wounds in war after almost a year I went home to Fort Collins, CO. I moved from the family home because I was a man, my best friends like Nancy was off to college, as was Butch Gorshing, another friend Jerry Magie was still in the air force. Jerry’s Dad, Morse Magie hired me to bar keep as he owe the (Town Pump on College avenue), the best beer bar ever that served hot dogs. He also ask me to join the Optimist Club, me a kid among these older guys. As a person I was in already deep into thoughts from the Bible, motivational speaker, (Poem’s learn and read in the hospital thanks to another friend of 51 years Joey) This creed inspired me, verbalized what made perfect sense to me.

Richard L Iverson

Remember Happiness is Oh so simple, that a grateful heart is the beginning of wisdom, that Effort is essential for anything worthwhile in life !

vidanusa@mac.com

Recognizing the Harshness of the Battle

 

In this battle to fight this COVID-19 Virus, to me it's best to be open to reality, to recognize the Harshness of this battle. I do get the need to Socially isolate from each other, I understand why but openly admit this is very hard for me. I can not imagine how hard it must be for young parents, for couples to not hold and touch each other and loved ones. I’m not a trained writer so it's best to stick to my person experiences.

It is true if a loved one tests positive, or to be serious and responsible about being part of the cure, we have to separate ourselves from everyone except for necessary things that must be done. I thankful I'am an Grand-pa now days.

I started these post with the realization that it’s maybe better to try hard to share the most important lessons learn in life while I can. Maybe event publish to my blog or in some form a free overview of my book of raw history in the first person sharing the most important lessons learned. There were lessons learned in my life and lived out to a great deal. 

One of those Lessons is to live each moment of life, to take in the whole aspect of the moment your living. To never say goodbye to anyone without making it as If it was your last goodbye. 

Of course an old marine might say such, yes it was obvious in war for me also. For me the human touch, the importance I put on it or the lack of it was always big. In life did that make me strong or weak, that probably depends on your value system in life. 

Like everyone I fear for those I love, some like me a little old, some with health issues, all children and one pregnant 🤔

Pictures: Keeping with the theme of raw history in the first person. The first pic’s our of Lisa & Allen of Da Nang Vietnam, in the early months of 1969. There father was an Italian sailor, he worked on the costal water ships & in the shipping lanes of Asia. There Mom a Vietnamese about 2-3 months pregnant when I meet her. 2nd set of kids is Tricia and our 4- children in an old pictures. 3rd is my Mom who lived to 90 years old. 4th Nancy Shine More, my first girl friend at 15 and friend for 42 years 😊

Lisa & Allen were living in the smaller, unapproved housing that popped up near city’s & military bases durning the VN war. I had already had my 8 months of combat, my final battle becaming a survivor. A year in the hospital, another year attempting to figure out life, so I returned to Vietnam with no job, connections or money but I was able to find a job selling military club supplies, sent to Da Nang to set up & sells to the Marine Corp clubs 😊

The war was at it’s highest level ½ million US troops in 1969, I went to the clubs, meet the Sargents in charge a few hrs a day. I had free time, I walked to the Military PX as I had been granted a temporary retirement from the Marines so I could use the PX system 😊

Walking along the rows of house there sat these beautiful kids, dressed so differently, so clean and when I said Hi they spoke back in perfect English. Naturally I stop & talked, meet their mother. Later at the PX I purchased apples, candy, comic books, all kind of thing a 23 year old kid would thing kids would want.

So begin several months of a friendship, one nigh I speeding several hrs in the sandbag buckets with them as rockets came in while I was their, me stuck at their place for the night due to the curfew 11:00 PM no one can traveled.

These the first children that stole my hear, bent and shaped my personality in those early days of searching. Like a few other memories, clear like yesterday these two children hold that position like others. Meaning they engaged my whole emotional system and personality, why I never forget them. 

The remarkable thing is that in April 1975, I ran into there Mom & Dad on the streets of Saigon, me able to give them the letter or affidavit of support to exit Saigon. I had help create that letter working in the evacuation of Saigon, explain how & what to do. She offered to take me to see Allen & Lisa but I was extremely busy and declined. 😒I am sure there somewhere, most likely in Europe age 53 & 56 today.

Yes, this is a real and true story, the beginning of a lesson learned.

Without education I became an electrician, work came from overseas because of my overseas experience. Working 22 years in the Middle East, 2-years in Iran family status, a revolution came so we had to run, then spending 20 years in Saudi Arabia, found the oil field & worked different schedules for 20 years flying home ever month or two.

There was so many times I pray to all the Gods to please allow me to return, just one more time to my family 😒🙏🙏🙏Please Please let me see and hold my family one more time !!!

Yes, another true and real lesson learned in My life. 

My Mom lived to be 90 so it became a fact for years each time I saw her it was as if our last time 😊 I had the luck to spend her last week alive with her at my brothers house, my last night she woke up different and passed 3-days later. No I did not return for the funeral 😊(There was no need), of course often others will never understand but that’s fine. 

Nancy my first girl friend and close friend for 42 years. A few weeks after my Mom passed on Nancy had informed me she was still not feeling well, the same as when I was at home to visit my Mom. We communicate by email, her quit sure it was limes disease, a week later my friend Butch called and told me Nancy had cancer, was in the hospital with only days to live. I found it best to send flowers & notes I will share those notes in the book.

This was 2007 and she was not only my friend, she was going to help me write my book to try to make the world a little better place 😊 We had planned everything in case something happen to me chasing all over the world, we never had an argument so was always a nice goodbye. But no we never talked about if she left our world first 😒 Then what 😊🌈🌈🌈

This concept of learning from life, from our accumulated days of experiences, from self study with a desire to know the truth. These were things Nancy also believed and lived 😊

I sense or feel at this moment of this human challenge and change the lessons learned our very important. Of course humans will win over this Virus and the lessons learn applied to our lives 😊

Page - 1 of vidanusa.com with maybe an idea to think about
Blog - vidanusa.blogspot.com

My heart goes out to anyone that dose not get to say or be with, touch a loved one sick or about to pass 😒

To be Honest I have to add one other truth. From experience when I was at the edge of life for sometime, the truth is death is very personal, who comes by to say goodbye, who your with or alone, this though was not an issue for me. Our bodies, our brains our so remarkable they produce chemicals that seem to ease the way. 

Maybe I should not say this but it is the truth for me.

Happiness is Oh so simple, a Grateful Heart is the beginning of wisdom 😊

The Wonders of life & Nature

 

 

In this fast moving crisis 5 days seem so long ago, certain numbers double, as dose our fears and uncertainty. 

With less advice (I hear the Thank U / Thank U) Just want to share some sights of my village by the sea, maybe a thought. Also let me admit personally the harshness of this moment for me a baby kissing / hugging Grandpa, hand shaking never meet a stranger personality, it sucks and is hard 😛 Life, well it goes on like always. 

Pic's, The Awesome mornings befor the sun rises, a young boy on the beach being a boy & showing off, my young friend who also happens to be an Annty with her niece in a recent picture, (witch one it's hard to tell), is the most thrilled & Happy. The quietness of these times and the elderly person watching as other's pull in the fishing nets. Yes, life goes on. 

On a personal level, like Hong Kong, Vietnam is making sure the early strong measures our not lost by letting up to early on pushing methods of separation or social distancing. So more stringent measures, mask worned always when out side, alway thinking Ur enffected and U don't want to bring harm to others. Many closers of business with me wondering will the government create a safety net to help the people ? 

Maybe some of us might not see the end result of this historic uphevel, I am quit sure however that the young will learn the right lesson, that is by work together for a common good under the law with consern and caring for others that wins the day and this war with the Virus 🙂

To those that know me be aware I always hold all good thoughts, moments, feelings and love in me always. These feelings & memories never change. To those I write for, the Young. Try to create a more positive, loving world, aware your the first generation in history that for the most part, most have rejected the fear of the other, or sit in judgement of others life styles or belief's. In general reject or qustgen the Imaginary Gods of your parents. Have a sense of Equality for others life & rights. 

Do take the time to think about the concepts of page -1 of vidanusa.com.Several good thoughts and inspirational thinking and other things at vidanusa.blogspot.com . Most important have a nice day, be aware, be kind, share and work together for a new world and thinking.

The Heart of our Problem !!!

 

FaceBook showed I had posted this one year ago, so I will re-post it because it is so much to my whole thinking 😊

Life dose go on, lessons learned !!!

                                                                  

I’m still in Vietnam, in the sleepy fishing village of Vung Tau. Yesterday Vietnam closed all inbound flight, left the schools closed another 2-week so going on 8 weeks closed, has a population of 95 million with only about 80 cases confirmed of the (COVID-19 Virus). Hundreds of of permanent residents from around the world reside here also, most older in retirement.Some our leaving, others and some tours have been coming and going for the last month. 

Yes, I & Tricia our better off hear then at home witch seems strange, how can that be, how did that happen. 

Only 12 days since my last post and the world is becoming aware of the fact this event witch started in January is in fact a historic changing event in our world and in human history. The personal point will I a healthy 73 year old with sleep apnea be able to dodge this (COVID-19 Virus) for the next 1 1/2 year, while hear and traveling to do necessary business this year 😊  Like millions maybe / but maybe not. What that means for me is I must take steps to be sure the most important things I learned in living this remarkable life our shared, it’s the lessons learned that our important. (STOP) Yes I get it it, Every life is remarkable and special, to end it early sad, I don’t mean to sound detatached 😊❤️ In the end it’s how U live Ur life that matters 🤔 

It reminds me of a thought, so how is the best way to describe it so others can understand. In life when the Un-imadginable happens, when what was simply impossible becomes your reality, that’s a life changing event, then life goes on. It’s the lesson’s we learn, the way we react or act at these moment that create our future and the future of the world. These Un-Imaginable, imposable events that become my reality start 53 years ago when I became a survivor, and a few times in life where my reality was challenged. That of course means nothing to anyone today, but the lessons learned might be very important I hope and think. Page one of vidanusa.com has been up 6 years, never have I received many commits on it good or bad, today makes so much more sense. Please take the time to read !!!     

One other point important for all of us is always remember, if you look up someone always has it better, and if you look down someone has it much worst. In Yemen  people have been in starvation because of booming (that we supported) for political reasons, in Syria & Iraq the world has turned their head as people rushed in for the soils of war, In Palestine, in nations around the world, in refugee camps, different nations in Africa the most basic way to stop this Virus is to wash their hands but to wash their hands is impossible. This has to be our first thought, why it’s that way, how lucky, how blessed am I or what ever you want to call it. The right lessons must be learn and put in place as we go through this, life will go on and we will come out of this.     

Ur thinking, Ur words spoken, Ur every action done, this is who U our, this is what others see and feel. Our these thoughts  positive or negative. Our these words full of kindness, encouragement and love or just hate and argents races thinking.  Our Ur actions most for our self's or for others, for things that might be helpful or people. This Virus has no Passport or Nationality, it cares not what you believe, it’s bio-logical like us.  

In life I did experiencing both the grandest things in life like love, the joy of giving, so many satisfactions, so many adventures, just more then one person can experience in life. Also the Ugliest things in life from physically, to mental expressions in words and deeds like war, useless living and the heartless striving for power and money 😜

Remember we our not going through just an uncomfortable event but a world and human history event that will change everything. Your part of it and what U and Ur kids do in it and after it is what the future will be 

Richard L Iverson

Remember Happiness is Oh so simple, that a grateful heart is the beginning of wisdom, that Effort is essential for anything worthwhile in life !

vidanusa@mac.com

A good time to re-enter the world of media

   

 

Well a good reason and time to enter back into the discussions of events and post plans.

March 8th was International Women's Day to Honor the Women of our world for all their Achievements, Advancements against and over many challenges, it's been to long for this day to come and to recognize and To Honor the best and better half of Humanity 😊

I'm living back in Vietnam since the middle of January, visit and enjoyed Tricia and Hope Tennis Star team in Ho Chi Minh. Enjoyed TET in Vung Tau with a visit from my best friend, Hubby and Son. Got together with many old friends and made new ones, got to hold and Love several Children as many of these friends our at that stage in life. It was a grand and busy February moving into March already. 

I've started the art / digital work for the front & back cover of my book in English and Vietmanse, contracted to my young friend of several years, soon to be a Graduate of Universe at HCM in Graphic art.

So much has happen and going on in the last couple months. Do I have opinions ?

1st a remark about the joy and peace of living back in a country where the citizens have no Guns ! In fact few Police have Guns, more important the thought of event why anyone would want a Gun, simply not their 😊

2nd. I have not mention the guy sitting in the white house for over a year, said in the end he would resign because he was so wrong and a coward. Today a little Virus, biological and natural has show the unintelligent moves and policies of that guy in the white house. His failures and the sugar high economy and the total Con Job he pulled on the American people.
I would expect after folks realize the Con Job is Over, the lies to cover lies has no end and many of a folks will want the idiot hung or jailed and again he will try to resign because he is a coward and always has been 😠

America will struggle more now because of insane policies and acts against protecting the common good of the people, having destroy, fired or defunded the people and system in place to protect the people ☹️

When will we except that we our biological living beings of the human race, a very remarkable race but one people ??? I will complete my book this year, raw history in the first person and most important what I learned living this remarkable life I got to have, both of them 😊
Stay tuned: vidanusa.com Hopefully this web site will be updated and mistakes fixed, I just need time and money, one gets shorter and the $ seems this year maybe enough to move forward 😁

Pic's our of my same hotel, 1,000 steps I try up to walk often up to a statue, the shore line 2 blocks away. So Yes, Life is Good, Vietnam very aggressive in deal with the Cornavirus, schools closed already for a month +, old proven methods used when a new Virus appeared, so I feel sorry for America, worry for friends and family. Me, well I sense & feel safer here in Vietnam 😞 Sorry but that's the truth.