One of the strongest desires we all have is the desire for recognition. For each person who goes to bed hungry for food, there are thousands who go to bed hungry for acknowledgment. With the daily rush to get from here to there, we frequently forget how easy it is to make another happy.
We are taught from the time we are toddlers how to establish goals and objectives, as well as how we should work to become successful. We fill our heads with formulas and phrases which promise to be the Holy Grail which leads to a productive life. Normally, this knowledge leads us to an activity which to some extent provides sustenance and the basic necessities.
Unfortunately, in far too many cases we don’t show our youngsters how to be caring human beings. We are taught what to do though not how to do it. As if we are producing robots which come off an assembly line, our youngsters leave school and our homes with knowledge about the world in which we live and little about the importance of human relations.
If only I could change all this with a few lines in this newsletter!
I realize my limitations and those of others. As I roll through the ages of time in this wonderful journey we call life, I realize the importance of human contact. While time alone to reflect and think is important for all, so also is time to share with others.
After analyzing the desires of the participants in my conferences and workshops, I have come to the conclusion what we most desire, unless we are masochists, is happiness. While there are many ways to experience happiness, our strongest feelings generally manifest themselves when we share with others.
Think for a moment of all the people you have met in your life. Unless they have passed on to another reality which we will all one day discover, they are all doing something in this instant. A myriad of activities which may include eating, talking, reading, or perhaps even making love.
I have thought about how marvelous it would be to be able to connect with each of these people we know by a simple transmission of thought. While I’m convinced I have occasionally achieved this objective, I also realize we can connect instantaneously with virtually anybody any where in the world by simply reaching out and punching a few buttons on a telephone. As if by magic, we are immediately talking with someone regardless of their location.
With the invention of the computer and other means of “virtual” communication, we often forget it is just as easy to lift up a telephone and dial a few numbers to connect up close and personal with another human being. Whether it be with a phone call, a personal handwritten note, an e mail or a big bear hug, brighten the day of those you know. Reach out and touch the heart of someone today because you never know, tomorrow might be too late…
It’s the Bounce that Counts!
∞ Rob McBride ∞
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I’ve learned this moment is as it is and is as it should be. With all its trials and tribulations it is the only time we have for certain. What happened yesterday and what may happen tomorrow can never compare to the intensity of this instant.
While we live in an era where we can communicate with virtually anyone anywhere in the world in a heart beat, we often forget our ability to laugh, share and enjoy magical moments which arise most often from common everyday incidents rather than from isolated extraordinary events.
Ideas about motivation and inspiration change over time. During the 1970’s and 1980’s pundits advocated a positive mental attitude as the key to achieving goals and insuring happiness. The mere act of thinking positively, we were told, would cause what we wanted to magically appear.
Though not always apparent, we always have a choice about the direction we take in life. We choose whether we will have a positive or negative attitude. We choose with whom we will spend time. We choose what we will do to make a living. Though we may not always be happy with our choices, we always have a choice.
dare to be great. The difference between achieving “Greatness” and just existing is not a question of race, education or economic stability; rather, it is a function of our courage to pursue what we most desire, knowing the possibility of failure.
A través de sus estudios y sus conversaciones con centenares de personas los Doctores Siebert y Riecken confirmaron que una de las mejores formas de superar dificultades no es tener una actitud positiva todo el tiempo. Mientras que esto contradice lo que muchos hemos aprendido, ellos encontraron que los que son más flexibles y superan situaciones de adversidad son los que logran ver la realidad de una situación adversa con todo lo que ella implica. 
El Dr. Siebert explica: es como tener dos llaves de agua, una caliente y otra fría. Aunque es sabroso sumergirse en un baño de agua caliente de positivismo y esto nos puede dirigir a conseguir excelentes soluciones, a veces es necesario tumbarse dentro de un baño de agua fría para enfrentar la realidad de la situación y proceder con cautela.
Those who have attended my conferences and workshops or who have received my Lunar Letters know I have explored different ways to overcome difficulty through my idea, “It’s the Bounce that Counts!”
Have you ever had an excellent idea which went by the wayside?
Any worthy destination requires a first step. Losing weight is a function of eating less, eating healthier and exercising. Writing a book requires a first word, sentence, paragraph and page. Without a first page, there will never be a book. Any project can be cut into tiny pieces and tackled one at a time.
Life is like a game and each morning we cast the die. Sometimes we hit double sixes; other days, it is snake eyes. What is important is not what luck throws our way, rather our reaction, response and reflection.
Let’s suppose in a moment of distraction, someone rear-ends our car while we are waiting for traffic to move. Undoubtedly, it’s an unfortunate and bothersome situation. It may unleash a series of troublesome events which influence the rhythm and timing of our day. Simply said, we hit “craps” to start the day.
What is marvelous about being human beings is we can choose how the day will develop based on what we think and do with what we are given. We have been taught as humans it’s only natural to be disgusted and perhaps even become aggressive. “Why did you have to be so careless?” we may ask. “Now you’ve ruined my entire day!”