My Profile Photo

Don't be scared! This is not what I look like today. Actually this photo was taken when I was a senior in my 5th or 6th year of college...I can't remember. Looking at the picture you can probably figure out why I don't remember but this is a different story for a different day.

I like to look at this picture some times to realize how much things can change and also how fast time flies by.

What's funny about that photo is that is when I really should have combed my hair but I didn't. Today I have very little hair left but I get up every morning and go to comb it only to find out that I do not need to now and as a result I have a lot of free time in the morning.

How time flies....WOW! Certain things about those college days seem like yesterday. I know it is easy when times are tough like now to think that they will never end. Will there be a day when business is good again? Of course there will be because whether you like it or not time does fly by. Anyone who has children can tell you that. My 16 year old daughter was just 6 or 7 two years ago...I know she could not have been unless they changed the numbering system on the calendars but I know they didn't do that so it must be just me!

So if time really moves that fast and this picture helps me to realize this fact then it also goes a long way to letting me know how precious today is. Enjoy it...get the most of it! Look for those positive things...appreciate the silver linings in life that you have. You say you don't have them...I do not believe it. It may just be that you are not looking hard enough or that you are choosing to dwell on those not so positive things and as a result you are distracted from the good things in your life.

Tony Robbins, a world renowned speaker and motivator, recently spoke at the ASI Orlando Show....At one point he asked everyone to step back, take a deep breath and think about something very positive in their lives. He mentioned health and about 1/2 the group broke out into a smile, he then said how about children or grandchildren and another 1/4 of the group broke out into a smile as well. This left 25 % of the group still searching for that silver lining and then he said what about a family pet. Once he said this I looked around and I bet 99 % of the group was smiling and laughing.

Why was this? What had happened? Tony Robbins had asked people to take a break and focus on the good things, the silver lining and once he was able to get people to do this everything seemed to get better, if only for that moment. Doesn't it make sense that if we can teach ourselves to do this that we will be more productive in our daily routine?

I think it does. So if my profile picture gets you to laugh, just for a second and smile that is a good thing. Does it make you say, I remember when....

Or maybe it does what it did to my parents when they came for a college visit say...Oh my god, I hope that is not our son and then they heard me yell....hey Mom and Dad....

Believe me they were not smiling, but I was.....Remember you have more power to control your outlook on life than you may give yourself credit for today. Try it!