| "In life you need either inspiration or desperation." - | | | | birthright. Everything that is needed for a successful |
| Anthony Robbins | | | | life is at our disposal. It's right there, in front of our |
| Your ship is sailing. Either you grab the elm and steer | | | | eyes. Just waiting to be discovered and used. |
| it where you want it to go or someone else will do it | | | | We live in a world of our own creation. We get to |
| for you. We are all on a grand voyage called life. It | | | | decide what things and events mean for us. Where a |
| can be a fantastic odyssey of epic proportion or it | | | | man will see a simple acorn, another one will see a |
| can be a desperate struggle for survival. We get to | | | | budding, and soon to be, mighty oak tree shaped |
| decide which course we will take. | | | | into exquisite furniture. What is garbage in the eye of |
| That's a decision that we are very fortunate to be | | | | a person is valuable recycling material in the views of |
| able to make. Anyone who can read these lines has | | | | another. |
| tools, resources and opportunities that were not | | | | If we don't choose to consciously design and |
| available just a few decades ago and that are still | | | | implement the life of our choice, we are left with the |
| unheard off in some countries. We are blessed | | | | robotic option. That is, just like a robot, being guided |
| beyond beliefs. | | | | and at the mercy of outside influences. Not much of |
| With the click of a mouse, we have access to all the | | | | a life. More like a life's sentence than the great gift |
| information that we may want or need. With another | | | | that it was meant to be. |
| click of the mouse, we can communicate instantly | | | | There are times when life does not unfold as we |
| through all four corners of the globe. That same | | | | would like. When that happens, it can create |
| mouse allows us to create in a few instants what | | | | frustration or be seen as a learning experience. That |
| would have taken weeks and maybe months just a | | | | will depend whether a person is pro-actively creating |
| few decades ago. | | | | a life or just visiting Planet Earth as a casual tourist |
| We live in countries where health cares are available | | | | hoping that the powers that be will attend to his |
| to everyone. We are all assured that our basic | | | | every desires and wishes. |
| necessities will be taken care off. Even our most | | | | Like never seen before, we are surrounded with |
| modest dwelling is more comfortable than the | | | | resources and opportunities just waiting for us to use |
| sprawling mansions of just a century ago. We are | | | | them to create the life that we want. It's all there, |
| twice blessed. | | | | up for grabs by anyone who decides to actively take |
| That is, we are twice blessed if we chose to believe | | | | control of his life and turn it into the masterpiece that |
| that we are. We are twice blessed if we chose to | | | | it was meant to be. However, no one will chew our |
| take advantage of all the opportunities that are | | | | food for us. |
| available. We are twice blessed if we decide where | | | | We are the one who must take responsibility for our |
| we want to go; plan a course to get there then find | | | | life. We are the one who must design it and |
| within ourselves the resolve to execute that plan. | | | | implement that design. It's our ship. Either we steer it |
| We are sitting at a banquet table and all that is | | | | and bring it to the port of our choice or we can let |
| required to feast on that full course meal is the | | | | the winds and the tides drag it until it crashes on |
| courage to stand up and claim our legitimate | | | | some rocky shores. |