This is Your Life

This is your life. 

Do what you love, and do it often. 

If you don’t like something, change it. 

If you don’t like your job, quit. 

If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV. 

If you’re looking for the love of your life, stop; they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love.

Stop over analyzing, all emotions are beautiful. 

When you eat, appreciate every last bite. 

Life is simple. 

Open your mind, arms, and heart to new things and people, we are united in our differences.

Ask the next person you see what their passion is, and share your inspiring dream with them.

Travel often; getting lost will help you find yourself. 

Some opportunities only come once, seize them. 

Life is about the people you meet, and the things you create with them so go out and start creating. 

Life is short. 

Live your dream and share your passion. 

– Dave & Mike Radparvar and Fabian Pfortmüller

Winning and Losing

Winning is more of an attitude than having the largest score. Our world is full of ‘winners” and “losers.” An unknown author gave the following check-sheet on winners and losers. 

A winner says, “Let’s find out.” A loser says, “Nobody knows.” 

When a winner makes a mistake, he says, “I was wrong.” When a loser makes a mistake, he says, “It wasn’t my fault.” 

A winner works harder than a loser and has more time. A loser is always “too busy” to do what is necessary. 

A winner goes through a problem. A loser goes around it and never gets past it. 

A winner makes commitments. A loser makes promises. 

A winner says,”I’m good, but not as good as I ought to be.” A loser says, “I’m not as bad as a lot of other people.” 

A winner listens. A loser just waits until it’s his turn to talk. 

A winner respects those who are superior and tries to learn something from them. A loser resents those who are superior and tries to find chinks in their armor. 

A winner explains. A loser explains away. 

A winner feels responsible for more than his job. A loser says, “I only work here.” 

A winner says, “There ought to be a better way to do this.” A loser says, “That’s the way it’s always been done here.” If you’ve taken the time to read and reflect on this column – you’re a winner! A loser never takes time for self-improvement.

– Author Unknown

Your Best

If you always try your best

Then you’ll never have to wonder

About what you could have done

If you’d summoned all your thunder.

And if your best

Was not as good

As you hoped it would be,

You still could say,

“I gave today

All that I had in me.”

– Barbara Vance

Letting Go

To “let go” does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else. To “let go” is not to cut myself off, it’s the realization that I can’t control another. To “let go” is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. 

To “let go” is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands. To “let go” is not to try to change or blame another, it’s to make the most of myself. To “let go” is not to care for, but to care about. 

To “let go” is not to fix, but to be supportive. 

To “let go” is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being. 

To “let go” is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own  destinies. 

To “let go” is not to be protective, it’s to permit another to face reality. 

To “let go” is not to deny, but to accept. 

To “let go” is not to nag, scold, or argue, but instead, to search out my own shortcomings and correct  them. 

To “let go” is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself  in it. 

To “let go” is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future. 

To “let go” is to fear less and love more. 

– Author Unknown