It’s Humpday Dumpday time!  It’s Humpday Dumpday time!

That’s how my weekly “status update” on Facebook reads; I then give a link to this blog.

Yes, in a weird and backwards sort of way this blog is talking about, well; this blog.   Kind of a Déjà vu of sorts!

We have been here and done this before!

Two of my “friends” (and I use “quotes” because that is what Facebook lists them as being rather than because of my typical sarcastic use of “quotes” as if saying “NOT”) responded with an interesting dialogue. 

One “friend” said; “the question is whether or not Humpty Dumpty was liked well enough that his subjects would put him back together again?”  Another “friend” responded; “it’s not important if your subjects ‘like’ you; it matters if they respect you; if they know that you are in their corner so that they “would put you back together again.”

When I was a kid whenever one of my friends or sisters would stop and say; “whoa… I am having some serious Déjà vu (French; meaning:  “Already seen”).”  I would always say, “not me; I’m having Vuja da—I have never been here and never done this before!  Let’s go!!”

Years later, one of my favorite comics, Stephen Wright, had a joke that he once experienced; “amnesia and Déjà vu at the same time” where he; “couldn’t remember experience something before.”

Which brings me full circle to one of my older “co-workers” (I use quotes here because if she were NOT a co-worker I would simply call her a “Friend” – but I don’t think she is on Facebook yet!); who recently joked that; “where are my golden years?”

I said, “You are living them!”

“Yeah right!” she said.

To which I said; “your life is perfect, you just don’t know it yet!” (I learned this sometimes annoying but true statement from my friend Commander Drew Brown at www.DrewBrown.net)

“Yeah right!” she said again.

“No seriously… you are having Amesia and Déjà vu at the same time; you can’t remember experiencing this before!”

“What are you talking about?”

I then reminded her of our earlier days together where we cried on each other’s shoulders: abuse relationships (not with each other); health scares; career failures; child issues; failed marriages, etc… 

In perspective; THESE ARE THE BEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES!  These ARE the GOLDEN YEARS!  You have never been here before; never experienced this; be excited!

Sometimes we forget what we have been through and therefore fail to have confidence in our own ability to put ourselves back together again (this is the central message of “Get Out of Bed and Go to Work!” and the underlying theme of “Defending The Caregiver!”) and, alas, the whole point of Humpday Dumpday!  Enjoy and embrace life today; on Humpday!

Celebrate the moment!  Be enthusiastic!  And while you are at it; check out Stephen Wright http://www.suslik.org/Humour/People/wright.html — in my mind he is one of the funniest men ever; but perhaps because of his under-stated, dry sense of humor he never quite got the recognition I felt he deserved.

Here are a few of Stephen Wright’s zingers:

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.

If everything seems to be going well, you’ve overlooked something.

Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

~~ and on a final optimistic note:

          I intend to live forever – so far, so good!

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Lon Kieffer is proud to announce the re-launch and re-vitalization of an old program; ‘Defending the Caregiver!” in a new format.  A one-man play, a Dramedy (comedic drama), celebrating, “The Caregiver!”  To learn more visit:  www.DefendingTheCaregiver.com

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Lon Kieffer, author of “Get Out of Bed and Go to Work!”, Speaker, Consultant, Expert on Workplace Culture Change and Generational Conflicts, gives seminars, keynote and plenary addresses, runs annual sales meetings, and provides Common Sense Consulting at:  www.LonKieffer.com. He can be reached at:  (302) 462-6748 on Facebook or via email at:  Lon@LonKieffer.com