This is Champ

Champ knows what he wants out of life...He wants....

His Mommy

His Food

His Daddy.... Yes in this order!

Sailing into a brand new day...

Today is December 31st. The journey continues. Sheryl asked me to think of three very important things that I want to accomplish in the coming year. I need to separate things I need to DO.... From things I want to BECOME. Becoming is the highest order. Aristotle said, "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence is not an act, it is a habit." That is pretty scary.... I am what I repeatedly do. There are bad habits and good habits as we all well know. Who would not want to replace some of their bad habits with good ones? Then why do so many people remain unchanged? I believe the answer is that it is easier to remain the same... even if that involves pain and disappointment. Fear keeps most people from changing course and making the necessary adjustments for better and more fulfilling living. What do I really want? This is perhaps one of the most powerful questions that a person will ever ask themselves. As the saying goes, "Be careful what you ask for." Everything is bought with a price. Any pleasure has some kind of inconvenience, sacrifice, and even pain of some sort attached to it. High achievers know and understand this. It is a given. Yet for some, it seems like we never do really grasp this simple concept. So, for now instead of asking what I want... Maybe I should ask myself what I am willing to give up. I am thinking of the little plastic hand held game I played as a child that has 8 little squares with numbers on it, and there is one open space (total of 9) in which you can move at any given time to rearrange the squares. Our lives are that way... It is not that my life is not full.... The question is what is it full of? And the next question is what can I get rid of in order to make my life more meaningful and fulfilling for myself and those whom I love.