✨🌴 2️⃣0️⃣ YEARS OF PURPOSE, POWER & PROGRESSION 🌈🔥

20 years ago, this started with a decision.

Not a perfect plan.

Not a clear roadmap.

Just a choice to show up and create.

And for a long time, that’s exactly what happened.

BUT LET’S BE REAL… THE JOURNEY WASN’T PERFECTLY CONSISTENT.

I stopped showing up the way I used to.

Not because the vision disappeared.

But because life shifts. Priorities change. Energy moves.

And sometimes… you pause.

HERE’S WHAT MATTERS… I DIDN’T QUIT.

There’s a difference between stopping for a moment

and walking away completely.

This was a pause. Not an ending.

And now, 2️⃣0️⃣ years in…

I’M CHOOSING TO SHOW UP AGAIN.

Not halfway.

Not occasionally.

But with intention.

Daily.

BECAUSE 2️⃣0️⃣ YEARS TEACHES YOU SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE NEVER LEARN…

Consistency isn’t about never falling off.

It’s about having the discipline to return.

Again and again.

This blog was never just about posting.

It was about growth.

Reflection.

Real conversations that actually mean something.

And that doesn’t disappear just because you took a break.

SO THIS ISN’T JUST A 2️⃣0️⃣-YEAR CELEBRATION.

It’s a reset.

A recommitment to the process.

A return to discipline.

A decision to build something even stronger than before.

The mindset is sharper now.

The purpose is clearer.

The approach is more intentional.

And that changes everything.

2️⃣0️⃣ YEARS IN… AND I’M JUST GETTING STARTED AGAIN.

Thank you for being here 🙏🏽

Whether you’ve been following from the beginning or just found this space…

you’re part of what comes next.

🎉 HAPPY SWEET 1️⃣6️⃣ 🥹

 We've made another trip around the un. This space was launched it what seems like a lifetime ago! Despite the challenges, we made it through with YOUR love AND support.

From my heart, please know I am immeasurably grateful for you and the fact that you are still here with us. Every step – subscribing, leaving comments & share our stories I hope made your world a brighter place.

HAPPY  BLOG(O)VERSARY!

🎉 HAPPY 1️⃣5️⃣th BLOG-O-VERSARY 🙏🏽

Fifteen years ago today, May 1^st, I launched my little space into the world. I We had no idea back then just how big an adventure I was embarking on. I just wanted a space where I could write about my thoughts and seek connections.

A decade and an half later, this space has a beacon of hope and humanity and I am thrilled to count so many of you as allies and I thank you for loving my unique brand of humanity and enjoy seeing the world through my lens.

A lot happens in the world and there has been so much positive change on the whole, as we became so increasingly connected to each other ... more understanding and empathy, more collectivism, more love and hope. We must give credit to ourselves and celebrate how far we have come.

I vow to provide a message here for as long as I can, to ensure that the last ten plus years of messaging will continue. I promise to continue storytelling with our uplifting and feel-good perspective, with LOTS of eye candy.

So while we can’t celebrate in style this year, a simple THANK YOU – for being here on this journey is more than enough. I really couldn't have done this without YOU!

Hopefully, we'll be able to cheers fifteen more years together on our 30^th birthday. 

HAPPY 😃 😊 BLOG(O)VERSARY 🎉 🎊 CHEERS 🥂 TO ANOTHER 14 YEARS 🎈🌈

At this time of celebration, I celebrate the brilliance of the light within you, and know that you possess a divine spark that has the power and potential to illuminate our world.

 And your light has never before been so needed. Thank for you continuing to stand with me, so that our greatness can grow even stronger than before.

Thank you for participating with me and being part of what present here.

I love and appreciate you so very much.

With lots love and blessings.

HAPPY BLOG-O-VERSARY...11 YEARS & COUNTING

It’s been eleven years since we started this amazing journey and what an incredible journey it’s been as we, together, threw our 2 cents into the pond. 

I hope you feel my personal gratitude to you, whether you’ve been here from the beginning or just joined us.  I am honored to be on this journey with you.

HERE’S TO US J

¡THE 6,000TH MILESTONE!

HERE'S TO ANOTHER 6,000 ENTRIES! 

HOW SHOULD WE CELEBRATE?

HAPPY 10th BLOG-O-VERSARY...

TO YOU & ME!  I can’t believe that I’m celebrating a decade as someone who daily put fingertips to keyboard. 

Many thanks and kudos to Bare With Pride & Lord Patrick for encouraging me.

For 10 years I’ve paid attention to what pleases me, annoys me, strikes me as odd and perplexes me.

Many thanks to those of you whom have given your time to read my blog, comment and share.

HERE’S TO ANOTHER 10 YEARS! 

¡THE 5,000TH MILESTONE!

HERE'S TO ANOTHER 5,000 BLOG ENTRIES!

WE ARE 9 YEARS OLD TODAY!

We are 9 years old today.

Thank you for staying with us along the journey.

1 Universe, 9 Planets, 204 Countries,

809 Islands, 7 Seas, 6 Billion People

a~n~d 
You Still Heart My Blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

4736 blog entries and can safely say that I have now amassed a body of work that can safely be called "pointlessly unique." In the history of literary efforts, there has never been a literary effort quite like this one. Okay, literary might be pushing it, but I don't think I'm engaging in hyperbole when I say that it's highly unlikely my achievement will ever be duplicated, let alone surpassed. Why?

Well, most of the bloggers that left have better things to do and those of us that are left (a goodly number), are simply compelled to vomit up daily offerings of painfully personal, petty, mock-metaphysical, self-congratulatory, rage-filled, and regretfully sarcastic entries that occasionally haunt us forever, but I digress.

Anyway, I wanted to use this momentous entry to celebrate my accomplishment because, well... no one else was jumping up to do it :-)

¡THE 4,000TH MILESTONE!

WITH MY 4.000 ENTRY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU!

¡THE 3,000TH MILESTONE!

WOW 3,000 BLOG ENTRIES! WHERE DOES THE TIME GO? 

I FEEL LIKE OPRAH {YOU GET A CAR, YOU GET A CAR, EVERYBODY GETS A CAR!}

 I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THAT STUCK WITH US & I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO DO YOU PROUD.

¿¡¿¡MILESTONE!?!?

Okay, I don't know about you but I'm impressed. Six years of
blog
C'mon, that's really something. As a personal feeling towards numbers, I LOVE
5! But I can now look back with pride on having had the discipline to
communicate something of value for 6 years.


Now I know some of you are thinking the phrase
"something of

value" might be overstated. Well, may I remind you,
I've always had the option to create blog entries which had value only to me.
Instead, I chose to wrestle words into some sort of meaningful form...for six
years. Have I been successful? That
will have to be determined by people who haven't written a blog entry (ok those that still blog can jump in as
well).

¡HAPPY BLOG-O-VERSARY (THANK YOU)!

I've got to share this blog with you for 6 years now. Every
time I 
write an entry, I'm quietly astonished that I get away with putting
these things on the net daily. I mean think about it, at the end of each entry,
I get to communicate whatever's on my mind directly to you. This is a
remarkable thing, folks. Messages from a non-writer using one of the most
powerful medium the world has ever known.

Six years of blogging means I've received a lot of time to THINK
OUT LOUD! Six years, I wonder if in
years to come, if people will talk in hushed tones about the fabled blog called
thegaytekeeper. Its very existence will be debated. Did TGK write for that long?
Could it be that 6 holds the vital clue to the puzzle, the enigma, that is/was TGK
(graduate thesis, anyone?)

One thing's for sure, if you're reading this, you know the
answer -- but don't let that discourage you from talking about this blog in
hushed tones.

¡THANK YOU BLOGEAGUES FOR 6 YEARS!

1,000,000 & COUNTING...

According to Google’s Analytic
report, we’ve covered a milestone in terms of traffics; something I
anticipated to happen sometime next week…we’ve crossed the 1,000,000
page views mark. I’d like to thank you guys, particularly the regular
readers, feed readers because you guys helped make this possible. 

I BLOG BECAUSE "THEY" AIN'T COMMENTING...

Should I have said to him, ‘‘NEVER ask
a question when you know the answer is going to be the truth ?’ 

They tell me that silence is ALWAYS bad news.

They tell me that comments
guarantee a blog; but does it guarantee self-esteem?


I think bloggers like me blog because we are IMMUNE to
the masses! 

I find this space safe to blog openly and honestly because they're not
really commenting. Hmm, does that mean they are NOT reading?

So who are the two players
in this game you say? Predictably it is bloggers that comment and bloggers that
just read. Telling them apart is simple. Just look @ the comments I DON’T get!

The next time I am asked
about the comments (or the lack thereof) on my blog, I will
simple ask this: when a commentator ‘evolve’ into readers,
does that mean they've had their fill and I've reached
my ‘each one, teach one’ goal OR does
that mean they're insecure about their blog and need a cyber-hug?

¡THE 2000th MILESTONE!

For 2,000 entries I sought to open the mind and heart for myself and others. I know that some things can seem repetitive but my message of you can be ANYTHING you want to be still stands. As I blog here daily, with LOVE as my mentor, I knew I could keep this going. So as we celebrate this milestone and look forward to the other 1,000^th I say:

Walk side by side with love.
Sit down by the fire, feel and see love.
Make love your partner throughout life’s many challenges until you and love depart at death.
Always lie side by side with love.
Accept whomever you are.
Accept the world as it is given to you.
Accept a ‘rebirth’ by being here in the moment.
Let go of what’s not working as you know it can, and be the ‘new man or woman’.
Blow out all the cob webs that obstruct your journey to the new and real you.
Be friendly with your heart, and get to know what opening it can do to your life.
‘Supersize’ your love and compassion!

¡THE 2000th MILESTONE!

For 2,000 entries I sought to open the mind and heart for myself and others. I know that some things can seem repetitive but my message of you can be ANYTHING you want to be still stands. As I blog here daily, with LOVE as my mentor, I knew I could keep this going. So as we celebrate this milestone and look forward to the other 1,000^th I say:

Walk side by side with love.
Sit down by the fire, feel and see love.
Make love your partner throughout life’s many challenges until you and love depart at death.
Always lie side by side with love.
Accept whomever you are.
Accept the world as it is given to you.
Accept a ‘rebirth’ by being here in the moment.
Let go of what’s not working as you know it can, and be the ‘new man or woman’.
Blow out all the cob webs that obstruct your journey to the new and real you.
Be friendly with your heart, and get to know what opening it can do to your life.
‘Supersize’ your love and compassion!

¿DO YOU KNOW?

¿DO YOU KNOW THE STATS OF THIS BLOG ?

WITH A TOTAL OF...

9665 COMMENTS

1941 BLOG ENTRIES

840,000 PAGES VIEWS (MAY 2009 - MAY 2011 & RISING)

&

TOP POSTS OF:

WITH AN

AUDIENCE OF (PAGE VIEWS BY COUNTRIES):

¿HOW CAN WE THANK YOU?

THANK YOU...¡AGAIN!

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