Rick Garcia Fitness

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads! I love you, dad and miss you everyday! ❤️

Mike Johnson, this is for you.
Concerning Social Security payments, my contributions were made for years on every salary I received. Those jobs may not have always been the work I wanted to be doing at the time, BUT I always had a job. The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment?" I'll be part of the one percent to forward this.
I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it. The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a "Federal Benefit Payment." This isn't a benefit. It is our money paid out of our earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too. It totaled 15% of our income before taxes.
Congress took our money and used it elsewhere. They forgot (oh yes, they knew) that it was OUR money they were taking. They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them. And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer. And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a "benefit", as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.
Just because they borrowed the money doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!
Let's take a stand. We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government.
Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it. Then call it what it is: Our Earned Retirement Income.
99% of people won't Cut and Paste this to their timelines. Will you?
Please, for the sake of our country, Copy & Paste. It's important.

Here is one of those brief moments in the past three months where I genuinely felt like smiling and felt joy. Grief is so complex, unlocking parts of you that you never knew existed if you’re able to stand in your discomfort and let it transform you. I understand now that grief becomes a part of you and hopefully you’re able to mend the hole it leaves in you. This is what my integration looks like: spending more time on vacation; cultivating my relationships with my family and friends and having fun. Thanks for stopping by my Ted talk.

I practiced a loving kindness meditation and I wish this for all of you my friends:
May you feel safe;
May you feel healthy;
May you feel loved and may you be at peace.
❤️

My father passed away on Sunday, March 15th. The days and weeks following, I felt lost and searching for meaning and purpose for my life. I came across Arthur C. Brooks book, The Meaning of Your Life. I bought his book and planned a trip to get away, start my new read and begin this new journey. I have been reading his book the past few weeks, throughout my vacation and implementing his suggestions. I’m walking through the airport and who do I run into, Arthur C. Brooks! It was a pleasure connecting with you, Arthur and thank for you for sharing your insights!

Remembering our brothers and sisters who sacrificed their lives for our country. I honor each of you.

I practiced a loving and kindness meditation this morning and I wish this for you:
May you feel safe
May you feel supported
May you feel connected
May you feel at home in yourself
❤️

The queen posing in front of our favorite tree ❤️🫶🏾. I love this tree. I’m a secret hippie and tree huger in disguise.