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Happiness

"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present."-- Jim Rohn

You are the company that you keep

"Tell me who your best friends are, and I will tell you who you are." How often have we heard this



If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl.

But, if you associate with eagles
you will learn how to soar to great heights.

A mirror reflects a man's face,
but what he is really like is shown by the kinds of friends he chooses.

The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom
you closely associate - for the good and the bad.

The less you associate with some people,
the more your life will improve.

Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others,
it increases your mediocrity.

An important attribute in successful people is
their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.

As you grow, your associates will change.

Some of your friends will not want you to go on.

They will want you to stay where they are.

Friends that don't help you climb will help you to crawl.

Your friends will choke your vision or stretch your dreams.

Those that don't increase you will eventually decrease you.

Consider this:
Never receive counsel from unproductive people.

Never discuss your problems with someone incapable
of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves
are always first to tell you how.

Not everyone has a right to speak into your life.

You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when
you exchange ideas with the wrong person.

Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere.

With some people you spend an evening:
With others you invest it.

Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions
along the road of life.

Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships.

Believing in your Higher Life

Powerful Beyond Measure

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

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Believing in your Higher life,

BREAKTHROUGH with Tony Robbins

http://www.breakthroughinsider.com/

At the age of seventeen I started my personal growth journey when my Martial Arts master gifted me an entire tape series by Anthony Robbins. They sat on my shelf for weeks until one night I picked it up and reluctantly put the first tape in the stereo. That night I listened to the entire series until way into the morning light. I was changed... never to go back. I had experienced my first Breakthrough!

I believe in what Tony is doing and where his heart is. I have overcome many obstacles and have been driven to success by his words. I am partnering with Tony to share this message of hope... when it is needed most. I encourage you to watch these shows. May they impact you as much as they have impacted the 50 million+ that Tony has impacted thus far.

This is just the beginning ;)

Believing in your Higher Life,

Living from Gratitude

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

~ Melody Beattie

We had the incredible privilege to be visited yesterday by some old friends (more like family), whom we have not seen in at least 5 years . It wasn't distance that kept us apart, nor time or anything else really, but merely life changes and moving on in one way or another. It seems that as we go through life we can sometimes forget some people and the reasons why they have become a part of our lives. It becomes easy to dismiss their presence and say, "now worries, there is always tomorrow." My visitors were family friends as I grew up and I didn't particularly get along with them from time to time as my drive for freedom superseded my inclination to listen to them and their ways. They never missed an opportunity to remind me of the better ways in life, the options that I was in too much of a hurry to notice, or the dangerous paths I may have been taking. Looking back as a wiser man, with seven children of my own, I can see that they only ever wanted the very best for me, and they still do. Last night, sitting on the deck watching the sun set with them, my mother, my wife and  youngest children, I experienced a moment that I shall not forget, perhaps for the rest of my life. 

In that moment I realized that nothing in the past mattered. It didn't matter what they thought of me when I was younger, who said what, or what boundaries were crossed, or any right and wrongs. At that moment it was an incredible blessing to have them around. At one point my "uncle" gave me a big hug and a some very fatherly words of encouragement. In that moment I felt great joy and gratitude yet my heart broke as well.

1. You see my father had passed away several years ago and this moment felt very much like so many that I have had with him in the past.
2. Secondly, my "uncle" was not on speaking terms with his son, and I knew in that moment how deeply he longed for his son.

I thought to myself, I would give anything to have the chance for one moment to have my mother and father together and sitting on my deck eating dinner with my wife and children, enjoying the warm spring air. A moment that I never had and never will. But my heart was filled with gratitude, for having that moment anyway. for with that moment came a great blessing and understanding of the precious necessity of being grateful for the family and friends that we have. Seeing that through the eyes of Gratitude, Joy, Appreciation and Love make far more sense than on their own. Life is far too short to spend in disputes over this and that thing. Getting caught up in the minutia is a sure path to disappointment and endless dismay.

Who in your life could use a phone call from you?

What bridges do you need to rebuild?

Whose heart needs to be mended? His? Hers? Theirs?                 Your own?

Take what Melody Beattie said to heart: "...Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

 

"Of all the attitudes we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing."~ Zig Ziglar