#PositiveVibes - Riptide

By John R. Nocero & Nicole M. Palmer

 The VIBE: It’s the game of life. There is no manual. All you can do is try your best and always be the best version of yourself.

John: I don’t know why this bothers me so much, but the more that I think about it the angrier I get. The other day, I reshared one of Nicole’s posts. I don’t remember specifically what it was but I remember that someone commented that “wow I love these things, but what is the action?” What is the action? Hmm. Okay, you mean now I have to tell you what to do? Like, you are reading Positive Vibes right now and are saying, boy, I hope Johnny and Nikki will tell me what to do here because I can’t figure it out for myself? This doesn’t make sense to me. We can eat, it doesn’t have to be spoon-fed. We can eat, it doesn’t have to be read. It’s like when Mickey was dying right before Rocky went out to fight Clubber Lang for the first time, and he asked Adrian, “What am I supposed to to?” He looked at him, dead in the eyes, grabbed him by the lapels of his robe and said “What do you mean what are you supposed to do? After all these years together, you don’t know what you are supposed to do? You should be ashamed of yourself! Now go out there and do it.”

Yes, do it. Think. Figure it out. Can’t you read it and make up your own mind?? We appreciate the fact that people read us, but here’s a secret – she and I don’t have it figured out either. We go through and try things and if they don’t work, we try something else, but we keep moving forward. We want you to do what you want to do, not what we program you too. You need to make up your own mind, like we do. Run your own experiments. Synthesize your own data. Maybe you will come to the conclusion that we did – that we won’t justify the way we live our lives because we are the ones, living, feeling, tasting them. We don’t mind if you follow up, but we are not wasting time because we like where we are going – on our backs floating down the river in our own riptide. The water is just fine, isn’t it Nikki?

Nicole: I embrace the haters. Keep commenting on my posts and creating content. If you don’t like my posts, why do you still follow me? Something is bringing you back. Maybe it’s the boomerang? If you leave a negative comment, I will always challenge you to think of a positive way at looking at things. For example, that’s one way of looking at it. Can you think of another? Maybe from a positive point of view? I don’t get angry at these posts. I provide empathy.

I find it sad that some people can always find the bad in things. Out of every bad situation, you can find something good that came out of it. Sometimes we have to give people the dots and help them connect them to see the picture. I feel honored that someone was reaching out to Positive Vibes for help. We are always here for you, especially when no none else is. We will always be there for you. We are here to guide and coach you. Not tell you what to do. We will be your biggest cheerleaders when you feel like no one is watching. If you fall, it’s okay. Get back up and try again. It’s the game of life. There is no manual. All you can do is try your best and always be the best version of yourself. 

We will continue to spread the vibes for as long as we shall live. We just want to roll with positive people and we welcome you when you’re ready.

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