Holiday shopping is in full swing and some economists worry about spending not being as fervent as anticipated AND people maxing out their credit cards. Basically, economists are accountants without a sense of humor. A Chatsworth family shopping on Black Friday came home to find $200,000 worth of items stolen from their property. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the biggest shopping days of the year for both consumers and businesses nationwide. However, another arguably lesser-known shopping holiday falls this weekend: Small Business Saturday. Founded in 2010 by American Express and officially sponsored by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) in 2011, the Saturday after Thanksgiving – and the day immediately following Black Friday – has become an integral part of small business’ busiest season. Listen, Clark, maybe you have some Norman Rockwell perfect Christmas tradition in your mind but cutting your own Christmas tree is a waste of time and energy.

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Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher who lived about 2000 years ago. He was born into slavery and remained a slave for most of his life. When he pleased his master Epictetus was instructed to teach the master philosophy. When he did not please his master he was punished. Once, by having his leg twisted until it snapped—a fracture that left him walking with a crutch for the rest of his life. Such was the life of one of the ancient world’s brightest minds. Epictetus died a free man in the year 135, age 85.Victor Frankl was a renowned Austrian psychiatrist—a respected contemporary of Freud and Jung. The Nazis forced Victor Frankl and his wife Tilly to abort their pregnancy, and nothing after, before they’d been married a full year, Victor, Tilly and Victor’s elderly parents were arrested and deported to the concentration camps. Somehow, Victor Frankl survived three years in Auschwitz. His loving parents and his beautiful wife did not. Such was the life of one of the 20th century’s brightest minds. He died in 1997, age 92.Not long after the war Victor Frankl wrote about his own philosophy—one formed from suffering and loss and anguish in the crucible of those years. I own a well-worn copy of that book. It is not large, but it is deep. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankl, is now regarded as one of the ten most influential books of the 20th century, selling over 10 million copies and translated into 24 languages.I mention both Epictetus and Victor Frankl because I believe if they were sitting here with us today they would offer us much the same counsel. They both endured unbelievable suffering and injustice but they both did more than just survive their circumstances—they thrived. And if we were to ask them how, the answer would go something like this …Frankl said:“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”Epictetus said:“You may have no choice but to be treated like an animal. But you always have the choice to not behave like one.”And Frankl again:“The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond … Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”I share these thoughts with you at the outset of the holiday season because the holidays—as joyous as we hope them to be—don’t shelter us from loss or pain. But what they can do is remind us that despite loss and pain as long as we draw breath we have the power to choose life and light and love.I don’t mean for that to sound trite or easy. Choosing life never is. But what I don’t want is for you to ever be convinced that power can be taken away. To choose hope, to choose love, to choose dignity, to choose meaning—these are the powers that no one and nothing can ever take from you. Hold onto your power. Claim your power. Use your power. Choose. Choose to keep going. Choose to not surrender. Pick up your tools and choose to keep building yourself a beautiful life.

ICYMI: Later, with Mo’Kelly Presents – Mark Rahner’s review of the new Apple+ TV series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” in ‘The Rahner Report’ - on KFI AM 640 – Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app

ICYMI: Later, with Mo’Kelly Presents – “This Weekend” & “Last Call” with Nick Pagliochini sharing details on everything from “Holiday Ice Rink” at Pershing Square in Downtown LA to the “The Mom Collective: Fullerton x Brea” at the Fullerton Arboretum in Fullerton, CA and more - on KFI AM 640 – Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app

Wayne Resnick hosts this Black Friday Bill Handel Show. The Fork Reporter Neil Saavedra joins the show with a fresh edition of ‘Foodie Friday’ featuring people experimenting with ‘Exotic’ meats this holiday season and how to feng shui your fridge to prevent food waste.

Wayne talks ‘Cool Space News’ with Rod Pyle who speaks on the Space X Starship launch, hydrogen in moon rocks and what it means, and NASA being one step close to fueling space missions with plutonium.

Heather Brooker hosts today’s Wake Up Call. Host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard comes on the show and goes over the Black Friday deals you need to know and how to find them.

Heather Brooker hosts today’s Wake Up Call. Host of ‘Home with Dean Sharp’ joins the show to talk about ‘As Seen on TV’… Fabulous or Fab?

ICYMI: Later, with Mo’Kelly Presents – A conversation with Actor/Comedian Rob Schneider, who joins the program to preview his new movie ‘Daddy Daughter Trip,’ which tells the story of a “Daddy, Daughter spring-break trip with a series of unfortunate adventures” - on KFI AM 640 – Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app