It's Our Lucky Day!

This morning, a repairman came to service my refrigerator. When I answered the front door, a man in his 60s greeted me with a very enthusiastic, "Good morning!"

After following me into the kitchen with some small talk about the weather, he put down his tool box and said, "Guess what happened this morning?!"

"What?" I replied.

"I was pulling out of my driveway and a lady smashed into me," he explained, and clapped his hands together with great force.

"Oh my gosh, are you ok?" I was surprised by his attitude — he didn't seem shaken up or upset; he just seemed excited.

"Yeah, and the lady is ok; but my car is totaled. Cars these days aren't made like they used to be. It's all folded up."

"I'm glad you're ok."

"It's my lucky day!" he exclaimed with a big smile. "I'm alive!"

I try to be positive, but I have to admit,  I don't think my first response to someone smashing into me first thing in the morning and totaling my car would be "it's my lucky day!"

Maybe that wasn't his first response either. But, a couple of hours later, that's what he was feeing. And, he's right.

I thought about him the rest of the day. I also thought about all the reasons why today is my lucky day. My list is pretty long. You may have to think about it, but I bet yours is too.

Time Flies. Act Now.

With Labor Day behind us, beaches closing, and kids going back to school, you may be wondering where the summer went. You may have planned to do things you didn't get to do, see people you didn't get to see, go places you didn't get to go. You're wondering how that happened. Again.

Every year the summer seems to fly by. And then, just when we're easing into fall—getting into a groove with school, work, sports schedules—holidays start popping up.  And then the end of the year flies by, and another year is over. Again.

So, what should we do? Remember to "stop and smell the roses"? Well, yes. But also... think of those things you want to do, people you want to see, places you want to go.  Do them. See them. Go there.

You may regret that time passed and you didn't get a degree, learn a new skill, lose the weight you planned to. You may feel that it's too late now; that it will take too much time to do want you wanted to do.

Well, guess what? Time is going to continue to fly by. So, if you start training, studying, dieting, exercising, NOW, and stick with it, you'll be where you want to be in no time!

On New Year's, when everyone is saying how fast the year went, you may agree, but you'll be smarter, more skilled, leaner, stronger, than you are today. How great will that be?!

Time will pass. Quickly. You will look back and wonder where it went. You already do. So, before another season passes, start yourself on your way towards achieving your goals. Don't wait. Start now.