Action taken, results obtained!

Over the course of my soon to be half century life, something that has finally taken hold within my psyche is that in order to achieve a desired result, an cause must be enacted that will allow the outcome to take place. As I began to progress through the decade of my forties, the concept of action yielding results finally began to sink in a stay put. Recently, I had been contemplating options available to me for getting some traffic directed to my business site www.seizetheprize.com so I decided to take out an ad on Facebook. Initially I was a bit nervous since this was something I had not done before so I followed the steps for placing an ad, decided to run it for a week and see what happened. Lo and behold my ad results revealed that there were three clicks on the site! Now granted that was not enough to produce any potential business but what was exciting was knowing that I had partial success in my goal! So I decided to run another ad and see what else would happen. The main thing is that I am confident that if I focus the right energy on what I want to get done, I most likely will achieve what it is I want to achieve. This philosophy can be applied to any situation. Decide what you want, think about it, come up with a plan and take action promptly! Best wishes to all on this!

On another note; my lovely wife of soon to be 29 years turned 50 yesterday. She looks great and I could not be happier! It's truly wonderful having someone you like as well as love to go through life with!

Happiness and PEACE for all! Think of something you are grateful for and say thanks!

It's nice to be able to look on the bright side.....

As I near the completion of a personal development program that I have been working with over the last two months, it has been made even more obvious to me how important it is to try and see the good in things. Even though some things that happen to us can be and are difficult, at least if we have the ability to try and contemplate the situation in order to formulate a plan on how to deal the situation; we should see the good in that. Lately I have been coming home from work often worn out and exhausted yet I feel fortunate that I am employed and I have the opportunity to be of service to others.

There are so many examples of things we come across that presents to perspectives for consideration. The list is too extensive to write down in this posting. But as I come close to approaching my 50th birthday, although at times I relish the thought of times back in my youth, I am grateful to say I made it this far!

Take care Everyone and don't forget your daily dose of PEACE!

Go easy on yourself! ( you will be glad you did!)

This morning my wife and I took our son to play in a lacrosse match. I am happy to say that his team won the game and it left my son in a very much upbeat sense of being. While making our way out of the city so we could start heading back home, I made an attempt to turn left by crossing a two way street. Traffic was somewhat congested and I was getting a bit impatient. Things did not work out as smoothly as I would have liked them to and some cars had to stop (lucky for me they did!) so as to avoid any collisions. One lady in a pickup truck was obviously not pleased with how I attempted to cross the street. After finally getting across I was relieved that no damage or injuries occurred but I was starting to berate myself for having poorly executed a driving maneuver. It would have been a sad way to end a day if we had had to deal with all that happens as a result of a driving accident. Not fun to say the least.

For about the next hour while in a grocery store I was hemming and hawing about whether or not I was in a proper state for completing the drive home. I then remember a phrase I heard stating to the effect that a mistake is not a mistake unless you don't learn from it. Also , I reminded myself that no injuries or damage took place and for that I should be grateful. I automatically became so. In addition, I had to remind myself of the obvious in that there was no sense getting upset over something that had already taken place. Soon after coming to that realization I began to feel better and to go easier on myself. In a sense the events that took place were reminders for me to pay attention to what was happening. What had happened was not a result of me being a less than intelligent person; I just needed to fine tune a couple of behaviors while behind the wheel of an automobile. We all experience episodes in our lives where we end up wishing we had done things differently. As a result, I began to feel better and was once again happy with myself. So be nice to yourself; you deserve it. Don't forget to include PEACE as well! You will be glad you did.