Finally, I begin this diatribe....

So.... hello.

I'm a tall woman and I'm middle-aged.

Bet you knew that already... People are pretty smart, sometimes.

I can't sleep.

I've written down every idea for every room in my house that still needs to be remodeled. That's no small feat at this time of night - 16 rooms. I usually find lul-land by 10 pm CST.

Okay, I've had a few caffeinated drinks this week. I'm paying for it now-

I'm tired, but not sleepy. Don't you just HATE that?

Geeze... it could be worse. It's cooler the last few days, get over it me.

Some people on Facebook never get to sleep. I see it all the time. "I can't sleep, again."

I'm not so weird then. But, do all those FB friends have a brain that won't shut off during this sleep strike? UGH

So, this is what my brain came up with, after all the remodeling ideas were used. Ready?

- It will blow your mind.. especially if you are wide awake, but with heavy eyelids- like me.

The power of ONE.

SO original, eh?

Yep, ONE and the POWER of IT. LOL.

I still have the right to the pursuit of happiness.. I think- didn't see a FB post about anyone taking it away yet----

So I'm assuming....

The power of one- So simple. So overdone. So needed.

ONE person invited sin into the world, ONE person saved the world from sin.

One person saved Eygpt, and ONE really screwd it over--

We all have heard how "much power begats much responsibility"- right? Well , I have...

So what now?

One person can't do anything of value nowadays. I mean one vote-doesn't win presidental elections. One inch of rain doesn't water anything. One dollar.. ha yeah - you know.. nothin' baby~ not even the dollar menu anymore-

Well, what if..... What if one person voted one time, the FIRST time. Would that make a difference?

Maybe....

If lots of people voted one time for the first time... we saw that work already.

All the middle states have recently seen what happens when one inch of rain falls in every centimeter, every second... FLOODS. Big difference. ONE inch , One centimer, One second, One day, One week?

So you say "but that's a group"- yes, One group of rain drops but they acted as ONE.

So, I'm a bit lazy and I also get bored easily. I have many hobbies.

What can this ONE thing do for me, or you?

Today..... this morning.... very early morning... I grabbed ONE item. that I no longer need. while on the way downstairs to the computer.

So big deal...

Well, let's think about this.

I do this every morning for the next month, that's an average of 29.5 things gone to be recycled, dontated, sold or at least out of my home. That can be a big difference with only ONE thing happening each day.

So I might miss a day or maybe I will not find anthying I no longer want, need etc.. it's still a lot for an almost non-thought chore. if you will....

Flip side. I have many craft patterns that I've been sorting through. I am going to sell them online. I usually sit with a large pile and make myself get through it before I do anythig else.

I've done several big piles and it's kinda getting boring so I've neglected them. scowled at them even-

SO.. today I will list ONE.

Tomorrow I will list one more.

I don't get super bored and stuck at my desk, but in a month I will have 29 more items listed for sale in my "online store".

OKay- it gets done but slower. I can do ONE and move onto things I have to do...

At lunch time. I'm going to cut how much I eat. So one whatever, not two. One snack later, not two. One drink. ONE.

I work online and do "odd jobs" so to speak. I've not been doing this for the summer break BUT if I start again, I can increase by 29.5 times if I do ONE per day.

Save one dollar from your paycheck- depending on how often you get paid it could buy a nice lunch for you while you're Christmas shopping. If you get paid every week, you could take your Honey out for a romantic meal- ONE time.

Donate one hour to charity each month or even ONE time ONE month. Call and see when it's most needed.

Donate one meal for one family ONE time a year.

Take an eldery shut-in one meal and visit one hour.

ONE- is it really that simple?

Humans have tried to save the world all kinds of ways, everyone sending a dollar to one person. Lots of money for stamps but it does pay ONE day of a postal employee pay - or week or whatever. But that's not what I'm talking about here- not giving people cash like a lottery game, chain mail etc... I'm thinking about changing me, you, us, we......One thing, ONE day, ONE person at a time.

Let's try something.

You be your ONE and I'll be my ONE. That makes TWO. Or does it? One man plus One woman can make 3 or more!

I take away one bad food out of my diet for one year- am I healthier? I bet so....

Maybe an entire diet is just too much for our lives at this time. ONE.

Years ago, I used to go by Sonic drive-in and order ONE slushy drink every day- yep I admit it. Then I read a book- I can't recall the title, but it was bascially about saving money and figuring how much that slushy is costing PER ONE GALLON. YIKES~~~ I ONLY go to Sonic during Happy Hour now- and not every day- one time per week or less. I don't need that stuff at this age anyway-

One gallon of slushy- One year cost of cigarettes.

One gallon of wine- now now...the costs, not the volume. FOCUS~

One year of getting your nails "done".

One gallon of gas at the much higher station. Or ONE trip per week to the town with cheaper gas.

One family donating outgrown clothes to a clothing pantry BEFORE school starts.

ONE isn't so small now, is it?

Really, ONE is very powerful. Think about 1 then a bunch of zeros.

How many people will donate outgrown clothes now? 10 ? ONE idea is now 10 families donating. Clutter gone, recycled and helping others. One can be very rewarding, very helpful and very SIMPLE. We can ALL do ONE thing. One time, One day, once a day, one month, one trip, one item.

Need more cash? Gather aluminum cans for one day. Some have one yard sale. I do one more job per day. Some work one extra day per week- 6th day theory.

One day we ALL decide to not buy gas- that would hurt some business.

ONE day we all decide to eat at home- ouch again.

ONE day we ALL decide to call Congress- wow!

The power of ONE. It can be one single item, one job, one gallon, one group, one Nation, one world or one blog entry. I hope at least ONE person is helped by this. It's helped me, so I've already met my quota.

Goodnight from ONE tired, middle-aged Amazon. Thanks~