I am sure we have all heard the phrase "Out of the Months of Babes comes gems". Well at 51 years old I can tell you that is very true. Not long ago we were on vacation with our oldest and her family (Jess and Robert and Sam) in California. We were able to spend a week with them and it was great. We had a wonderful time getting to know Sam again and just being able to hang out with him was great (oh and it was nice to see his mom and dad).
Well, during our visit someone, I think it was Grandma Cathy, said to Sam - You Be Happy. No he will point to you and say "You Be Happy" as if you had no choice in the matter. I have to tell you that is wonderful. To see him say that and to understand that we are the ones that make the decision to be happy or not.
We can let the situation decide what our out look is going to be or we can determine that we are going to have a positive attitude about it regardless of what is going on. Or not, we can decide to be in a bad mood because we aren't getting what we want or we are not gettin our way in life. What a long and painful life it would be if everytime we had a reason to be in a bad mood we were in one.
Well, next time you feel like life is getting you down and need to be reminded. Just picture a little 2 year old pointing their finger at you and saying "You Be Happy Papa Man" you will smile (it helps if they call you papa man).
"You Be Happy Papa Man" - Samual Miles Payne 2012.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
A whole new you.
I am married. I state that up front so you will understand what I am going to say next. As a married man I try and give my wife what she whats (yes that is what all husbands do - right?). So this year when I asked her what she wanted for Christmas she stated that she wanted to not only continue to go to a personal trainer (she has lost a lot of weight and looks wonderful) but that she now wants me to start going with her as well.
You can imaging my horror at hearing that she wanted me to get up at 5am in the morning and spend the first 1-2 hours of the day working out in a gym. So now the rubber hits the road. How do I try and give her what she wants and still avoid working out.
Well after much thought and encouragement from friends and family I decided to agree to a personal trainer. So we are starting another adventure. This will be the year of ME 2.0. I hope to lose a lot of weight, improve my back so that it will stop hurting and in general make life better.
There are several factors that have help me make this decision however the two at the top of the list are when your wife, who you love very much, asks that you get healthier so you will be around a while you kind of have to change your ways and second is when you hold your grandchild in your arms you think that you want to be around for more of this.
So we have already been twice and I have lost 1.5 pounds, so the race begins. I am not looking at this as a New Years Resolution, as they seem to be too easier to drop, this has got to be a major change in my life to have any long lasting affect. So wish me well.
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
W. Edwards Deming
You can imaging my horror at hearing that she wanted me to get up at 5am in the morning and spend the first 1-2 hours of the day working out in a gym. So now the rubber hits the road. How do I try and give her what she wants and still avoid working out.
Well after much thought and encouragement from friends and family I decided to agree to a personal trainer. So we are starting another adventure. This will be the year of ME 2.0. I hope to lose a lot of weight, improve my back so that it will stop hurting and in general make life better.
There are several factors that have help me make this decision however the two at the top of the list are when your wife, who you love very much, asks that you get healthier so you will be around a while you kind of have to change your ways and second is when you hold your grandchild in your arms you think that you want to be around for more of this.
So we have already been twice and I have lost 1.5 pounds, so the race begins. I am not looking at this as a New Years Resolution, as they seem to be too easier to drop, this has got to be a major change in my life to have any long lasting affect. So wish me well.
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
W. Edwards Deming
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
You Find What You Are Looking For
Wow, I heard this the other day and it has been running around inside my head every since. What a wonderful world this would be if everything you looked for you found. No more lost keys, pens, socks (you know that one that seems to disappear in the dryer), true love.... That would be wonderful. However that is not what it means. It means whatever you look for in your life, you will notice it above the other things.
If all you look for is the bad things in life such as "my car always seems to break down when I need it most" then guess what? It will appear that you are correct because your brain will register that once again you were right.
Well, if this is true that you find what you are looking for, maybe I need to change what I am looking for. I know I left a bag of corn chips around here somewhere.....ok maybe I am taking this to simply. I need to decide to look for positive things to happen in my life, then my brain will be conditions to start to notice when positive things happen. "I seem to find good deals while shopping Christmas" - I know I need to think bigger but I have to start someone.
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible
Winston Churchill
If all you look for is the bad things in life such as "my car always seems to break down when I need it most" then guess what? It will appear that you are correct because your brain will register that once again you were right.
Well, if this is true that you find what you are looking for, maybe I need to change what I am looking for. I know I left a bag of corn chips around here somewhere.....ok maybe I am taking this to simply. I need to decide to look for positive things to happen in my life, then my brain will be conditions to start to notice when positive things happen. "I seem to find good deals while shopping Christmas" - I know I need to think bigger but I have to start someone.
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible
Winston Churchill
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Why is it hard to commit?
Why is it that we make a decision to do something, we have every intention of doing it, we think about doing it, we plan to do it....but in the end we somehow don't get it done. Well that is what this blog has been for me. I want to do it, I think about what I should write, but I don't get it done.
Well, let's see if we can change that. I am going to try and write something at least once a week and see how it goes. That is only 52 posts, I should be able to find the time to write that many. Goodness knows I have that much stuff floating around inside my head. I hope the good stuff finds it way to this blog.
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
Henry Bergson
Well, let's see if we can change that. I am going to try and write something at least once a week and see how it goes. That is only 52 posts, I should be able to find the time to write that many. Goodness knows I have that much stuff floating around inside my head. I hope the good stuff finds it way to this blog.
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
Henry Bergson
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The first Re:
Ok, I have started the first of Re's. Redesign. I now have a membership to a good gym (Gold's Gym) and hope to redesign my body. I need to change my level of activity and diet. I will be changing not only what I eat, but how I eat, and when I eat.
Why is it that we know what we should do, but for some reason we don't do it? I have read plenty of books on weight loss, diets and how to feel better overall, however when it comes to doing it I seem to lack direction or if I do try something (and it works) I get bored pretty quick and stop doing it.
I smoked for a while in my life but when I decided to quit it was not hard for me. Yes I know for some it is very hard if not impossible, but for me I was able to put down the pack and never pick it up again. Food on the other hand is not so simple. I still have to eat so it is not just a matter of going with out food until the urges pass (that's called death).
So I am going to once again try to eat only turkey, chicken, fish and vegetables for the next 5 weeks to see what that does. I will be taking supplements to help and going to the working out every day in some fashion.
In the future I will be talking about some other Re's like refocus, rethink, reinvent....... change is in the air, and it is great.
When we lose twenty pounds... we may be losing the twenty best pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty.
Woody Allen
Why is it that we know what we should do, but for some reason we don't do it? I have read plenty of books on weight loss, diets and how to feel better overall, however when it comes to doing it I seem to lack direction or if I do try something (and it works) I get bored pretty quick and stop doing it.
I smoked for a while in my life but when I decided to quit it was not hard for me. Yes I know for some it is very hard if not impossible, but for me I was able to put down the pack and never pick it up again. Food on the other hand is not so simple. I still have to eat so it is not just a matter of going with out food until the urges pass (that's called death).
So I am going to once again try to eat only turkey, chicken, fish and vegetables for the next 5 weeks to see what that does. I will be taking supplements to help and going to the working out every day in some fashion.
In the future I will be talking about some other Re's like refocus, rethink, reinvent....... change is in the air, and it is great.
When we lose twenty pounds... we may be losing the twenty best pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty.
Woody Allen
Monday, April 18, 2011
Introducing the New and Improved.....Me.
Ok, a little confession to start the ball rolling, I gave up watching TV for Lent and failed. Yes that is right I was unable to go 40 days (or so) without watching TV. But as I sit here thinking about it I can tell you that while I was not watching TV I got more things done. I explore more ideas in my head (I should apologize for some of them).
I am sure that I am like most people and have a long list of things I want to do, a list of things I need to do and a short list of things I actually get around to doing. I need to change that around. I need to get more things off my list, as I am not getting any younger. I turned 50 last year and when I look at what I have left to do on my list I start to get a panic feeling like I am late for the bus back in school.
So with that said, I believe it is time to "Re". Reinvent, refocus, reinvest, redirect and repossess my life. I need to start thinking of what is really important and stop wasting time doing what is not important. Spend more time talking to my loved ones instead of just hoping they know I love them. Spend more time on projects that are going to better the lives of those around me, instead of just mine.
Maybe if I refocus my attention to others around me, I will reinvent myself. I wonder what ME 2.0 will be like? Will I still like comics, space movies, comedies.... I don't know but I am kind of getting excited about what new adventures might come my way. My only hope is that the new me, weights less than the old me.
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
Mitch Albom
I am sure that I am like most people and have a long list of things I want to do, a list of things I need to do and a short list of things I actually get around to doing. I need to change that around. I need to get more things off my list, as I am not getting any younger. I turned 50 last year and when I look at what I have left to do on my list I start to get a panic feeling like I am late for the bus back in school.
So with that said, I believe it is time to "Re". Reinvent, refocus, reinvest, redirect and repossess my life. I need to start thinking of what is really important and stop wasting time doing what is not important. Spend more time talking to my loved ones instead of just hoping they know I love them. Spend more time on projects that are going to better the lives of those around me, instead of just mine.
Maybe if I refocus my attention to others around me, I will reinvent myself. I wonder what ME 2.0 will be like? Will I still like comics, space movies, comedies.... I don't know but I am kind of getting excited about what new adventures might come my way. My only hope is that the new me, weights less than the old me.
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
Mitch Albom
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Brings Me Back
Ok, they say you never forget your first and I am here to tell you that is true. I remember my first as if it was yesterday. I remember watching her for a long time and wondering how I was going to get closer to her. She seemed so far off like she did not even know who I was.
I spent months planning the right thing to say, to be in the right place at the right time and practiced in front of a mirror. I still remember how she looked and wondering what it would feel like having her in my life full time. We would talk to each other, learn to love each other and basically complete each other's life.
It took a long time but like most boys I finally got up the nerve and moved forward on my quest. I can not tell you the trill of being alone for the first time. The lights were down low, the room was quiet except for the sound of my beating heart. I reached out and for the first time I touched her and she responded to me. I was scared but determined to keep going I pushed the enter key. Thats right I am talking about my first computer which was a Commodore Vic 20 (little brother to the Commodore 64).
I just read today that they are coming out with a new version of the Commodore 64 that looks like the old model but has a new high tech computer in it. This is great, same look and feel but with a new insides.
I may have to buy one, if I can get my current love to let me have one of my old loves back.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past
Thomas Jefferson
I spent months planning the right thing to say, to be in the right place at the right time and practiced in front of a mirror. I still remember how she looked and wondering what it would feel like having her in my life full time. We would talk to each other, learn to love each other and basically complete each other's life.
It took a long time but like most boys I finally got up the nerve and moved forward on my quest. I can not tell you the trill of being alone for the first time. The lights were down low, the room was quiet except for the sound of my beating heart. I reached out and for the first time I touched her and she responded to me. I was scared but determined to keep going I pushed the enter key. Thats right I am talking about my first computer which was a Commodore Vic 20 (little brother to the Commodore 64).
I just read today that they are coming out with a new version of the Commodore 64 that looks like the old model but has a new high tech computer in it. This is great, same look and feel but with a new insides.
I may have to buy one, if I can get my current love to let me have one of my old loves back.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past
Thomas Jefferson
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