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david,
Joanne and I just returned from being in New York City. The crowded street=
s, horns honking, sirens blaring, people screaming at each other, and the c=
oncrete and asphalt made us thankful for the life we live here in Franklin,=
Tennessee. I=92m glad we all have choices =96 and I=92m glad not everyone=
wants to live right here where we do, but I do wonder about the challenges=
of finding courtesy, creativity and peace in the midst of constant chaos. =
I=92m just thankful that we all do have the choices we have available.
Be reminded that you have chosen the life you have today =96 and can choose=
the life you=92ll have tomorrow. In my toughest times I have looked back =
at the choices that got me where I was and then planned the steps to get me=
to a better place.
Be encouraged that you are in the driver=92s seat for creating the life you=
want =96 you can map out your own plan for a life of purpose and fulfillme=
nt. What a privilege!
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Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your str=
engths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is=
strength. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Here=92s a story from Thi=
nkerToys by Michael Michalko. Imagine a cage containing five monkeys. =
Inside the cage there is a banana on a string. Before long a monkey walks=
over and reaches for the banana. As soon as he touches the banana, all th=
e monkeys are sprayed with cold water. After a while another monkey makes =
an attempt to grab the banana =96 with the same result. All the monkeys ar=
e instantly sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey trie=
s to reach for the banana, the other monkeys will try to stop him.
Now forget the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it =
with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and obviously goes over and=
starts to grab it. But to his surprise, all of the other monkeys attack h=
im to prevent him from touching the banana.
Next, remove another of the original monkeys and replace it with a new one.=
Now all of the monkeys currently in the cage stop the new one from gettin=
g to the banana. Replace the third, fourth and fifth monkeys with new ones=
Each one becomes a willing opponent to allowing anyone to touch that ban=
ana.
Now, none of the monkeys in the cage at this point were every sprayed with =
cold water. But they continue to prevent each other from grabbing that ban=
ana =96 the one food that they should all naturally love. None of these mo=
nkeys ever approaches the banana again. They have no idea why it=92s off l=
imits =96 But that=92s just the way things have always been done around her=
e.
Sound familiar? If you walked in to your work, church, marriage or neighbo=
rhood as an unbiased outsider, what would you question about the =93normal=
=94 activities there? Are you accepting old traditions that defy the intel=
ligence or spiritual insight you have today?
- Do you still kiss your spouse when you arrive home or have you grad=
ually become accustomed to expecting less?
- Are you looking for meager salary guarantees and benefit packages =96 a=
nd depriving yourself of the rich opportunities for free-lance work?
- Does your company require you to be at the office each day because you =
could not do the same work from home, or just because it=92s always been do=
ne that way?
- Are you trying to get people to buy Edsels just because you=92re an Eds=
el salesman, even though your customers want a Mini Cooper?
- Does your church sit in pews, sing 3 songs and have a 30 minute sermon =
because that=92s the best way to complete God=92s work here, or just becaus=
e that=92s become a cultural tradition?
Take the next 7 days to challenge all your daily assumptions. You may be s=
urprised how you can uncover some readily available fresh, tasty bananas ri=
ght within your reach!
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"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here i=
n order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a=
finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, an=
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you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."
Woodrow Wilson
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and sings it back =
to you when you have forgotten how it goes."
"Treat every person with kindness and respect, even those who are rude to y=
ou. Remember that you show compassion to others not because of who they ar=
e but because of who you are."
--Andrew T. Somers
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even =
touched. They must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller
"A person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." -- Jo=
hn Barrymore
"At the end of life, it's the laughter, the tears, the shared joys and t=
he shared heartaches we remember. The wealth, the work, the trials and pro=
blems are as nothing. It's the quality of our days and the people we share=
them with that makes the difference." -- Margaret James
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