So, I have not posted in awhile, not that I have not had anything to say, I have had plenty, but I guess, just nothing that stirred me enough to stop and share. This did though.. I was speaking with a friend yesterday and she shared that she had just lost a friend last week. He was in his mid- thirties. They went to a horse show and he was his usual self. Talking, laughing with friends, etc. Then he went home after the show and killed himself. Wow, just wow.

So I was thinking, as I am reading this book. Yes, I read.. ALOT. I am reading a series of books actually, by Andy Andrews and they are absolutely wonderful. If you get a chance, pick them up. The second one, the one I am on now, is ‘The Noticer’, it is brilliant. He makes a point that really hit home to me. I hear people complain all the time, “Oh, I just hit 40 or I am about to be 50, etc.” I am so old. Heck, I’ve probably said something similar as well. First of all, if this is you, Congratulations!

Regardless of how old you are, truly it is a wonderful thing that you have been blessed with another day. When people hit those milestones, they tend to get introspective. ‘I had it all planned out, I would be married, by ___, kids by ___, a house by____, own my own company by ___’and on and on. Looking back at that now, I think how silly that is. First of all, you were young and naïve when you created this timeline for yourself and you probably didn’t figure in any curves or potholes or twists and turns in the road. Who do you know who has not had these? No one!

Second, how selfish of you. Seriously. How selfish of me, when I did this way back when. Who is to say that you did not do exactly what you were supposed to do when you were supposed to do it? No pity parties aloud. Each day is a day to wake up and make a decision about what you will do from HERE. Each day you are given a brand new start, a brand new choice, to make all the things happen that you want to happen in your life.

Colonel Sanders was 65 years old when he took his social security check of $105 per month and started Kentucky Fried Chicken and thank goodness he did. Yum. Michelangelo didn’t begin his work on St. Peter’s Basilica until seventy two! So, quit whining. Seriously, make it happen.

When we think that our best years are behind us, that is by choice. If you get up every day, there is still hope that you have not yet accomplished the great thing that you were placed on this Earth to do! If the most important part of your life is ahead of you, then even when things are bad, you know there is also good…no, GREAT to come. Also, what makes you think that your mission is small? That you only have one tiny contribution to make to the world.

Think about this, you may not be famous, that’s OK, I would hazard a guess that very few people know the names of the parents or the people who played the biggest roles in developing the character of some of the great leaders and influencers. Do you know who raised or influenced George Washington? Winston Churchill? Martin Luther King Jr? Someone did. Someone was there to help develop them to be who they were. Parents, spiritual leaders, aunts, uncles, cousins, authors of books they read, teachers, etc. etc.

So, just remember, there is not a single person on this Earth who has ever made a TINY difference in this world. God does not do tiny. Everything/Everyone has a purpose. A huge purpose. (If you ever get a chance, check out the story of George Washington Carver and Henry Wallace. I have read this story many times, and it always hits home. You just never know what some little act will do and how it will impact others.

So, be glad you didn’t follow the path you had planned for yourself. The one you are on is way better and much more interesting. 🙂 Everything you do matters. Hold Your own pen and own each page.