“When you know that you’re capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer.”
Harry Browne
Financial Advisor and Writer
WOW!
Last spring I was walking in a park. A short distance ahead of me was a mom and her three-year-old daughter. The little girl was holding on to a string that was attached to a helium balloon.
All of a sudden, a sharp gust of wind took the balloon from the little girl. I braced myself for some screaming and crying.
But, no! As the little girl turned to watch her balloon go skyward, she gleefully shouted out, “Wow!
I didn’t realize it at that moment, but that little girl taught me something.
Later that day, I received a phone call from a person with news of an unexpected problem. I felt like responding with “Oh no, what should we do?” But remembering that little girl, I found myself saying, “Wow, that’s interesting! How can I help you?”
One thing’s for sure - life’s always going to keep us off balance with its unexpected problems. That’s a given. What’s not preordained is our response. We can choose to be frustrated or fascinated.
No matter what the situation, a fascinated “Wow!” will always beat a frustrated “Oh, no.”
So the next time you experience one of life’s unexpected gusts, remember that little girl and make it a “Wow!” experience. The “Wow!” response always works.
Rob Gilbert
Editor of “Bits & Pieces”
“Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just evaporate.”
Jack Canfield
Speaker and Author
“Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.”
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, Poet, Dramatist and Novelist
As a basic step of self-esteem, learn to treat as the mark of a cannibal any man’s demand for your help. To demand it is to claim that your life is his property - and loathsome as such claim might be, there’s something still more loathsome: your agreement.
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
“I hear all this bickering,” writes our last reader, “from readers about the Fannie/Freddie bailout and our current state of financial affairs. Sure, you can blame the Fed, the Congress, the president (and you’re right — it enabled this to happen for decades), but the fault lies with you all!!
“You, the American voter, continue time and again to re-elect these corrupt malcontents into office! Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, Charles Schumer, John McCain, etc., are all career politicians! George W. has served two terms! You, the people, keep re-electing career criminals to rob you of your life’s savings and destroy all hope of prosperity for your grandchildren. You, the people, in your apathy and ignorance shoulder ALL the blame for this mess.
“Why should career politicians change their ways? They have a great racket going. They are lining their pockets to the tune of millions. Until the people send a message by voting out at least 85% of the incumbents in Congress, NOTHING WILL CHANGE!”
“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”Bill Cosby
Actor and Comedian
“The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.”
- Denis Waitley
Dear Reader,
In detachment lies the wisdom of uncertainty… in the wisdom of uncertainty lies the freedom from our past, from the known, which is the prison of past conditioning.
And in our willingness to step into the unknown, the field of all possibilities, we surrender ourselves to the creative mind that orchestrates the dance of the universe. - The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra.
Or, put another way, what you’ve been doing doesn’t seem to be working. Don’t you think its time to try something new? Something different? Something out of the ordinary? Something creative? Something that at least has the possibility of working?
“It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.”
- Jim Rohn
