Live for today. Plan for tomorrow.

The only life we have is lived today. Not tomorrow and not yesterday.

How many folks do you know who spend almost all their waking hours fretting over what they had or had not done in the past or what someone had done to them. Then there are folks who do little more than worry about what might happen in the future. But, there are very few people you'll run across that simply enjoy TODAY.

It took me a while to realize that the only thing I can do anything about is today. Not only today, but this very moment. I was one of those who spent a good part of his life thinking about how I had been done wrong by this person or that. Or, how things might have turned our had some event have happened just a little differently. Well, things just CAN'T happen differently than they already have.

I see people in my practice, in my business circles and socially who simply worry about EVERY potential catastrophe or wrong turn. They're loaded up to the gills with insurance, take all kinds of drugs or spend inordinate amounts of time going to various doctors "just in case". I think I saw somewhere that 90% of the things we worry about NEVER come about. And, those that DO come about are things over which we have no control, anyway.

Here's my prescription for a better life. Live your life to the fullest today. And if you wake tomorrow, have another go at it. BUT in your quiet moments, visualize how you want your life to go, including the things you want to do, be and have and with whom you want them. Vow to do those things within your power to make those things happen and THEN to simply allow God (or the universe) to handle the details. When you awaken in the morning, check your list and get on it.

Life seems fullest when it is simply and joyfully lived. Appreciate the life you have. Live it well. Live it today.

The Secret of Happiness

The Secret of Happiness

I followed happiness to make her mine,
Past towering oak and swinging ivy vine.
She fled, I chased, over slanting hill and dale,
Over fields and meadows, in the purpling vale.
Pursuing rapidly over dashing stream,
I scaled dizzy cliffs where the eagles scream;
I traversed swiftly every land and sea,
But always happiness eluded me.
Exhausted, fainting, I pursued no more,
But sank to rest upon the barren shore.
One came and asked for food, and one for alms;
I placed the bread and gold in bony palms;
One came for sympathy, and one for rest;
I shared with every needy one my best;
When lo! sweet Happiness, with form divine,
Stood by me, whispering softly, "I am thine."

- Burleigh

Live an Inspried Life

One of the problems I have with the health care business is that it seems to be based more on fear than on health. Most folks never give a thought about health UNTIL it appears to be doing away. Well, they DO think about "health insurance" out of fear they won't have the money to fix a problem if (I mean when) it comes up.

Truth is, you were designed to be healthy, strong and whole. Health is your body's default mode. sickness disease and infirmity happen only after your body has been worn down due to bad lifestyle choices, chronic stress and prolonged exposure to toxins.

But, the comparison of fighting disease and building health is like the athletic team whose focus is on not losing instead of winning. The team whose focus is on wining scores as many points as it can while giving the opposing teams less time to score. The team whose focus is on NOT losing can slip up allowing their opponents to gain the advantage and take the game away. How can you possibly build health if your focus is on preventing cancer, heart disease, diabetes or whatever?

Instead, try living an inspired life. Do those things that build health. Find an exercise program that you can enjoy and will do regularly and from now on. Educate yourself on healthy nutrition. Pursue wholeness in your relationships. Develop your spiritual life because it helps you find and develop peace. Understand, believe and have faith that you are supposed to be powerful and healthy. The stronger YOU are, the weaker and smaller disease will be against you. The stronger you are, the harder disease will have to work to take hold.

Pursue health. Pursue happiness. Pursue wholeness. Pursue your spirituality. Live an inspired life free from fear. You'll be amazed at the difference iin your life when inspiration runs your life instead of desperation.