Life

     If you ask most people if they wanted something better in their lives, they would all say “yes”.  Ask for a show of hands of those who want to make more money, live a better life style, enjoy the “good” life, and you probably couldn’t count the hands that would be raised.  Most people have these desires and that’s good.  You’re no doubt scanning the pages of various publications or surfing the internet in hopes of finding “THE” opportunity that will turn your life around.  I hope you do.  The problem however, is that most people still think you can “get something for nothing”.  IT JUST DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY!  ANY opportunity --- if it is legitimate --- is going to require that you work your tail off to make it work.

    It’s going to require some time and effort --- yes, some sacrifices on your part to make it work.  Most people don’t want to do that.  If they can’t become an “overnight” success --- they’re not interested.  Some will always want to be “gimmes”.  Then they demand their families --- “gimme”.  And they always want the government to “gimme”.  But they rarely ever want to give in return.

     As you seek that “special” opportunity that’s just right for you --- and IT IS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE --- don’t just look at it as a “gimme”.  Ask, “What will this opportunity allow ME to do for others?”  I’m sure you’ll find this makes you more appealing to others also.  And you’ll like yourself a lot better for it.

     If you go through this world only taking and never giving back you’ll find yourself becoming a very lonely person.  Others will not want to be around you.  You will isolate yourself to your own detriment.  You only have to look back at the life course of Howard Hughes and see that to be true.  You would have thought with what that man had he could have an extremely satisfying life, but history shows that just the opposite was the case.

     Unfortunately most of the things that we feel are VERY important to us are not that important when we get to that point in life where we realize that our bottle of life force is more empty than full.  When we have considered that we are on the down-hill side of life and the years are moving more quickly than we want to admit.

     This time becomes one of reflection and thought.  What have we really done with our lives?  What have we provided for others that we have made an improvement in their lives?

     These are the things that will matter to us the most when we find that the hands on the clock are running down in our case.  No one could have greater joy that to know that they have enriched the lives of their fiends and made them enjoy your company for the few years that we have been allowed to be here on this Earth.

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"If your circumstances become heavier ---

look for the lighter side."