Saturday, February 1, 2014

Manana? Or Now?

Here we are already, the first day of February.

Look back to 30 days ago.  We were at the beginning of a brand-new year.  We were full of resolutions.  Maybe we were going to quit smoking.  Perhaps we were going to lose weight.  Maybe start school. Go to the gym.  Start that business.  But have we really accomplished anything?  Or has the manana syndrome overtaken us?  

So with one 12th of the year gone it's time to take inventory.  And if we did accomplish something, we need to pat ourselves on the back.  But if we didn't accomplish anything what are we going to do to change our behavior?

After all, no one’s coming to rescue us from ourselves.  If we want to do something we need to take a risk and do it.  Michael Jordan said one of the reasons he succeeded in life was because he'd failed "over and over and over" again.

We need to take that small risk and do something different – even if we don’t succeed the first time.  This is not a dress rehearsal for life. This is our life.  And if we waste our time playing computer games and vegging out in front of the TV we’ve made a poor use of our precious time.

Make it count!