In the past few weeks, I have celebrated the birthdays of my wife, my youngest son, and a close friend of mine.
These "celebrations" were no different then the same ones I have participated in hundreds of times throughout my life. They were in essence, the times where all the same questions were asked - how are YOU going to celebrate your birthday, what are YOU going to do on your birthday, and the like. It has always been about the specific person and their sentiments about their birthday - and many times we hear - those personal sentiments towards a birthday are less then positive.
Well, here at THE GOOD THINGS, for the first time in MY life I looked at these birthdays different. The Birth Day of my wife, the Birth Day of my Son, and the Birth Day of close friends, is not a day for THEM to celebrate. IT IS A DAY FOR ME TO CELEBRATE!!!!!!
I had a perspective on BIRTH DAY that I had never had in my life. Had I ever thought about how important to me the BIRTH DAY of my wife, my partner since senior year of high school, really was.
How about the BIRTH DAY of my son? Is that day solely a day for him to celebrate? Is it not a day for me to celebrate? The BIRTH DAY's of our children are hands down one of the greatest days any of us will ever have! Never again will I only ask if he is excited for his birthday, how he feels on his birthday? The BIRTH DAYS of my sons from now on will get the exact consideration they deserve - as 2 of the greatest single days in MY LIFE.
How come a birthday celebration for a friend has always been FOR HIM, or FOR HER? In actuality, it is a day for US to celebrate.
Birthdays and birthday celebrations, taking the time out of all of the crazy schedules we all have, to celebrate the BIRTH DAY, the day that life began for the people that mean the most to us, and what an incredible impact that life has had on us, is and forever will be one of the really GOOD THINGS in my life - L' Chaim
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The first time is always the hardest
I've never done anything like this, ever! Written something and posted it on the internet - funny how you can be nervous about something that NO ONE MAY EVER SEE!!! I am pretty sure life is like that, filled with a lot of anxiety, things "feeling" difficult - well, life may feel that way - but this blog WILL NOT!
This Blog will be the one place WHERE IT IS ALL GOOD. Have you ever wondered why so many can have nothing - and truly live what appears to be the happiest lives, and yet so many appear to have everything - and appear to live life like it is a curse?
I believe this occurs because of choice. People make a choice to give power to what they do have, not what they do not. I find this to be incredibly difficult!!! I worry constantly about the things in my life, and believe me, there are many in this world that would say I have EVERYTHING!!! I have an incredible family, I have an incredible business, with incredible business opportunities, I have incredible friends. Yes, there will ALWAYS BE SOMEONE WITH MORE, IN EVERYTHING WE DO, but for the life of this BLOG, upon conclusion of this introductory post, the conversation will NEVER BE ABOUT what we dont have.
I am making a choice, this BLOG will be my "sacred ground". When I come here, it is to think only of the good things in my life, appreciate all that I have, take the time to say - "you know what - I am really lucky."
I know there are a lot of people that do this all of the time - NOT ME. Well, that changes today, with this, the inaugural posting of anything I have ever really written for the internet.
I encourage whomever will read this, if anyone?, to do what I will be doing - POST THE GOOD THINGS IN YOUR LIFE, SO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TAKEN AT LEAST A SECOND OF YOUR TIME TO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE.
Please note, I HAVE TOTAL EDITORIAL CONTROL, AND WILL DELETE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT POSITIVE OR UPLIFTING - This is about appreciating the good things in life!!!!!!
INAUGURAL POST ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS:
Note to reader - I just tried to make a list of the people that I am lucky enough to have in my life, and all of the sudden I started to panic because of how huge the list was getting, and then I became nervous about having such a huge list, and forgetting someone. Funny how forcing myself to try and RECOGNIZE the good people in my life led me to a VERY GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, a list so long it is impossible to create without missing someone. I would say that is a VERY GOOD THING in my life!!!!!!!
This Blog will be the one place WHERE IT IS ALL GOOD. Have you ever wondered why so many can have nothing - and truly live what appears to be the happiest lives, and yet so many appear to have everything - and appear to live life like it is a curse?
I believe this occurs because of choice. People make a choice to give power to what they do have, not what they do not. I find this to be incredibly difficult!!! I worry constantly about the things in my life, and believe me, there are many in this world that would say I have EVERYTHING!!! I have an incredible family, I have an incredible business, with incredible business opportunities, I have incredible friends. Yes, there will ALWAYS BE SOMEONE WITH MORE, IN EVERYTHING WE DO, but for the life of this BLOG, upon conclusion of this introductory post, the conversation will NEVER BE ABOUT what we dont have.
I am making a choice, this BLOG will be my "sacred ground". When I come here, it is to think only of the good things in my life, appreciate all that I have, take the time to say - "you know what - I am really lucky."
I know there are a lot of people that do this all of the time - NOT ME. Well, that changes today, with this, the inaugural posting of anything I have ever really written for the internet.
I encourage whomever will read this, if anyone?, to do what I will be doing - POST THE GOOD THINGS IN YOUR LIFE, SO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TAKEN AT LEAST A SECOND OF YOUR TIME TO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE.
Please note, I HAVE TOTAL EDITORIAL CONTROL, AND WILL DELETE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT POSITIVE OR UPLIFTING - This is about appreciating the good things in life!!!!!!
INAUGURAL POST ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS:
Note to reader - I just tried to make a list of the people that I am lucky enough to have in my life, and all of the sudden I started to panic because of how huge the list was getting, and then I became nervous about having such a huge list, and forgetting someone. Funny how forcing myself to try and RECOGNIZE the good people in my life led me to a VERY GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, a list so long it is impossible to create without missing someone. I would say that is a VERY GOOD THING in my life!!!!!!!
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