The Proper Care and Feeding of You

I’m human. And, not unlike many others, I sometimes get the blues about my current placement in life. One bad case of the “ifs” and I end up “shoulding” all over my self-esteem. “I should be here” and “ I should be doing this” and “I should have this for my age…” All this nonproductive internal banter can have me worn out in no time and screaming for a vacation. Most recently I encountered a week of this self abuse—comparing my life to everyone else’s and well on my way down the Crymea River—when suddenly, from deep within me, I heard a small voice say “if everyone seems to be passing you…RUN FASTER!” Duh! Why hadn’t I thought of that? It seemed that I was really intent on staying stuck and waiting for someone else to save me from my stagnation—my inner stronger self just got fed up already. Run faster! Plan your strategy, your goal statement and know your vision. If you get derailed—and oftentimes you will—take a moment, collect yourself and get your head back in the game. We only get one chance at life and, as cliché as it sounds, tomorrow really isn’t promised to any of us. So do whatever you have to do in your down time, just don’t stay down too long. Reclaim your life and don’t be afraid to chisel your own path, even if it means you’ve got to cut down your own trees along the way. And most importantly, don’t listen to the naysayers and the haters! Unless they wrote your story, how on earth would they know how it’s going to end? Now go be great!

xo, august & pepper