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The longer I live, the more I realize the

impact of my ATTITUDE on life. Attitude

is more important than facts,more

important than the past, education,

money, circumstances, failure, success,

or what other people think,say or do. It

is more important than appearance,

talents or skills. Attitude will make or

break  a company, a church, or home.

The remarkable thing is, we have a choice

each and every day regarding the

attitude we will embrace for the next

hour and yes the next 24 hours. We can

not change our past; we can not change

the fact that people wil act in a certain 

way. We can not change the inevitable .

The only thing we can do is play the one

string we have today  for the next

24 Hours and that my friend is our

attitude. Life is ten percent of  what

happens to me and ninety percent  of how

I handle it,which  is directly depending

on my attitude.

And so it is with you and me alike, we are both

in charge of our ATTITUDE….

Thanks  to all of you for  the great coments I

have recieved. You Guessed It. It Is That

Time Again… Until next Time… John

Today I am  going to give you a quote from

Melody Beattie…..

Gratitude unlocks the door for fullness

of life. It turns what we have into enough,

and more. It turns denial into acceptance,

chaos into order, confusion into clarity .

It can turn a meal into a feast, a house

into a home, a stranger into a friend.

Gratitude helps make sense of the past,

brings us peace for today, and creates in

us a vision for tomorrow.

I could not have expressed it better. If you do

not know who Melody Beattie is….She is an 

author that has written a series of books on

co-dependency…. Be Grateful for what you

have today… I cried when I had no shoes , then

one day I met someone who had no feet.

Take the next 24 hours to grow and enjoy

what you have. You Guessed Right Again…

Until Next Time……..John

Someone else’s experence can be better

for you than your own. You are not alone

What? Are you crazy? How can this be?

All good points but we all know that when we

experence life we make mistakes along the way.

That is how we  learn. We learn from the

experence of doing things.

When we have a mentor,he has already made

the mistakes for us so it becomes eaiser when

we listen  and the do what he suggest we do.A

lot less mistakes, and of course we will make 

some mistakes but not as many and not as

big. Our mentor has invested time, effort and

money into correcting them before us so things

become eaiser and run much more smoothly.

It doesn’t have to be a mentor. You can read a

book’, listen to a tape or CD,take a learning

course or get the information for your

computer. All of which comes from the

experence of others.Don’t cut yourself short…

When you settle for less than you are capeable

of……You will get exactly what you settled for.

Use your 24hours wisely…You Guessed It..

Until Next Time…..John

Humor by influence

A good laugh is better than transquelizers

anytime.

It seems a lady went to her local priest and

told him that he had two female parriots that

embarssed her. All they could say was,Hi, I’m

a hooker…Do yo want to have some fun?

He told her not to worry that he had two

male parriots that could say the Rosery and

pray. Just bring them over and my parriots can

be a good influence.

She agreed and brought the two females over

the next day,So they put them in the same cage.

One female said, “Hi, I ‘m a hooker…would you

like to have some fun.One male  told the other

to put his beads up and stop praying….Our

prayers have been answered. This was just

floating around the net….author Unkmown

A little humor Until next Time…John

Have a great 24hours….

    Advice given to me.   When a person wants

to do their own thing,let them and learn.Do not

discourage them or shut them out. Open your

mind and profit from them.

   I am guilty of wanting what I want when I

want it, wanting people to do what I want and

them doing it the way I want them to do it.

   Recently I started a new venture. It is making

Hand Turned Pens. I got a Lathe and the 

materials I needed and listened to a couple of

C D’S. Yes it is regular ballpoint pens and they

look just great. Afer some practice and a few

mistakes I had a few nice pens on hand.

Someone dear to me ask if she could take  some

to work with her and sell them. She called to say

she had some orders. I assumed that she sold the

first batch while she assumed that they were 

only samples.   What do you do?

Advice give to me…When a person wants

to do their own thing… let them.Don’t

shut them out or try to discourage them.

You can grow and also profit from their

ideas.

Quotes  from Will Rogers….

   One… When you find yourself in a hole,Stop

Digging.

  Two… After eating a whole bull a mountain

lion begin to roar loudly. A hunter heard him

and came and killed him… Moral of this is…

When you are full of bull keep your mouth

shut.

It is all in 24 hours. Keep your socks on and

don’t forget to fry  the lettuce. You guessed it,

Until Next Time……John

I am having  some crazy problems. Every couple

of minutes I get virus warning and when the pop

up appears everything stops. Then start over.

Have a great 24 hours… I need to take care

of this. You Guessed It…Until Next Time…John

   What on earth is a lifeline relationship ?

   Where can you find a lifeline relationship?

    I recently listened to an interview  with

Kieth Ferrazzi. He has a  new book out called

Who has your back ?

   He got my attention when he said that  his

sister trust him and would always  back him

up when he fails,but that is not quite enough. He

needs relationships in his professional field to

do he same when he fails in that area.

  Lifeline groups …. Such as A A……Mastermind

groups….Organizations religious or non-

religious all serve a purpose aimed at helping

someone. You can’t do it all alone but if you are

like me I know you try. We all need people in

our lives.

   All relationships are based on trust, your

confidence and understanding. I always talked a

good game but seemed to build a wall and not

get close to anyone. Old habits are hard to break.

   I needed and still have area for much needed

improvement when it comes ro building

relationships.

Better relationships bring happiness,

joy, and contentment into your life.

  In a servey done recently 90%  of people who

were ask the question…Who has your back?

answered that the just did not know. Most of the

group were married. Male and female alike

failed to  put their spouse up front. Does this

tell us something about our current divorce

rate.

     Also most people refuse any feed back . They

should  look for it and welcone it. Accepting

feedback is part of our growth proess.

Tell your story

   When ask to tell their story to some one else,

many choose to tell some one they don’t know

and may never see again. Case in point………..

One. A stranger on a plane

Two. A cab driver

Three. To the extreme… Some one who does

not even speak english.

We all have failures… So just get up and dance

to the music.

Everybody can’t be a lifeline but more than you

think can and will gladly help if only you let them.

    Take the next 24 hours and look for them.

Remember you are not alone….

You Guessed It….Until Next Time …John

Today is the first day of  the rest of your 

life.

   Resentments can be very devastating.

   I knew a fellow once whose mane was Houma.

He told me a story about himself about his

resentment that changed his thinking an  also

his life. When Houma was 17 years old he and a

friend we will call Joe aged 19 were out on the

town one night. They ran out of money and

booze. Joe had a plan to rob a convenient

store . Lucky for the the store was closed.They

simply broke in and took what they wanted,

booze and money.

Later that week Houma was arrested and later

convicted. He had to serve some prison time.

He was really mad at Joe and formed a big

resentment . After all it was Joe’s plan,It was

not fair so he had to get even. The resentment

grew into hate, Houma begin to work out and

get is top shape. He also begin to learn how he

could hurt Joe. For months on end he let the

resentment grow and became consummed with

the idea of getting even. After all It was Joe’s

fault.

   The day finally can and Houma was released so

he goes over to find Joe. He knocked on the

door. It was Joe’s younger brother who came

to answer it.

With all the hate he could muster he

called out loud for joe to come out.

  In a soft spoken voice Joe’s brother said,

“Don’t you know that my brother was killed

in an auto accident shortly fater you went to jail.”

    All that hurt….All that frustration… all that

time, wasted… Resentment are only in our mind.

The person we resent is unaware that we even

feel that way. Thank about this. The person on

skid row is full of resentment. He goes from one

wine bottle ot the next. Chances are that the

real cause of his resentment is going on about 

there merry way.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.It

is only 24 hours.

Today you have two choices….

One…Accept life just as it is.

Two…Accept full responsibility for it and

change it.

You Guessed It…Until Next Time…..John

Have a great 24 hours You deserve it.