"The tragedy of life isn't that it ends so soon,
but that we wait so long to begin it.'
-Anonymous

Do you remember the screen printers name in the movie Titanic?  How about the costume designers in the movie Gone With the Wind? You must remember the stunt doubles names from the movie Top Gun, right? No? 

All movies, TV shows, plays & Broadway have what is called 'extras'--the people that make the movie happen.  Much of the time we remember the stars that have the BIG names---the Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey & Camerine Diaz's of the world.  In your life...YOU are not only the star, but you're the make-up artist, the lighting person, sound check person.....YOU run the show.  You are the director of the movie of your life.  Everything that happens in it is directed by your choices.  If you don't like the scene where your health is deteriorating---make a change.  If you don't like how your bank account is beginning to show less zeros after the numbers---make a change. 

We get so caught up in our day-to-day lives that we forget that if we don't like something we have the power to change it/ cut it/ add to it or all together drop it.  It took me a long time to discover this simple yet profound concept---many of us were brought up in the 'get a good job so you can make a good living'.  What is that?  What if your miserable doing something that is paying a lot of money? I suggest....figure out what would make you happy create and a passion in your life.  We were all born with a 'Gift' and it's our job to share that 'Gift' with the world.

Get busy, the movie of your life has a limited showing time.......you had better make it worth watching.
That's a wrap. 

'Life is what happens, while you are busy making other plans.' 
-John Lennon

March Madness.  The 2012 basketball season brackets are out and in many of our workplaces much time, energy & research will be done on the upcoming tournament.  Here's the observation: Many people will spend hours trying to predict the winner.  They'll study wins/losses, statistics, strategies etc. to see if they can be coined "Champion" of their office pool.  But how many of those people look at their own lives to see how they can 'end' a winner.  You see in our society we are so curious and excited about what is going on in everyone else's life (especially sporting figures or 'famous' celebrities) that we forget to look in our own life.  It's almost as if we use other people's lives as a distration so that we don't have to look at our own & what we can do to improve the quality of our own 'life experience'. 

I'm not saying you should or shouldn't do a basketball bracket for fun.  What I am suggesting is to ask yourself this question: If I were to spend as much time planning my week, or my meals as I do filling out a silly office pool basketball bracket---what would happen to my life?  Would it improve?  Or would nothing change?  I think you know the answer.  Zig Ziglar once said 'most people spend more time planning a vacation than they do planning their life.' People get so caught up into the daily maintenance of their lives and that they rarely take the time to work on their goals.  

It's time to get off the sidelines of your own life and get in the game---after all, you are the star player.

Reality says that you are average. 
Reality says that there are no miracles.
Reality says that no one can do the impossible.

I say, reality sucks.  If you want to be amazing....the first step is to realize that you already are.  You are no accident.  You beat out over 1 million other sperm and I guarantee you won't have those odds to deal with again.  You were put here for a reason.  It's time you start acting like it.  Wasting time watching meaningless television shows,  reading gossip magazines & observing all the excitement in your "friends" lives on facebook won't push you toward your greatness .  ALL of it it is pointless.  Each of us have the same 86,400 seconds in a day....it's time you start ACTING as if each second counts.  Pretend (if you must) that today is your last day.  What would you do differently?  Who would you interact with?  What level of love would you share with your family & friends?  Who would you call?  Where would you go?...and with whom?

ACT AS IF today matters....because it does, in the grand scheme of things.  When you BE-gin to realize that all of life is merely an accumulation of years, months, days and seconds.....you will change your lifestyle. 
ACT AS IF something TRULY is at stake for your life.....because it is.  There is no one on this amazing earth like you.  You have something INSPIRING to share with the world.  GET OUT OF YOUR WAY & unveil your greatness to the world.  If you feel as though something is missing in your life.....chances are IT'S YOU! 

It's time to show up.....and SHOW UP BIG!
If you want to change your life....you have to change your life.

 Adversity:
definition--adverse fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress

We have all had rough times in our lives that the unexpected happens.  We
  may have lost a loved one, had financial distress, been yelled at, failed a
  class, or lost something that was important to us.  Adversity sometimes acts as
  a wake up call to BE more present in our lives.  A great quote by one of my
  mentors says---'The past doesn't equal the future.....unless you live there.' 
  If you are always focusing on the negative hurts, disappointments, regrets or stressful
  events of your past, you will more than likely live a life full of fear,
hatred,  anger and frustration.  The sad thing about that--is that it was
created by  you.  Now, the good news here is that if you create something, you
can create  the opposite as well.  And the opposite of adversity is prosperity. 
When I am  speaking of prosperity, I'm not simply referring to it in the
financial realm.   What I am speaking about is having a prosperous life---being
able to BE, Do and  Have anything and everything that you desire. 

The late 1990s hit movie GroundHog Day typically finds itself on
  national television channels this time of year.  For those of you who may not
  have seen the movie.  It's a movie in which Phil Connors (played by BIll
Murray)  must live the same day over and over again, and is forced to realize
that the  only real change that will ever be possible must happen within
himself.  

You see we all would like to change what is on the outside.  Examples that
  I have recently heard at my clinic have been that people want more sun, less
  snow, a newer house, nicer car, more money at the end of the month rather than
  more month at the end of the money. We all have greater desires.  BUT as I have 
  said in the past, you must first be grateful for what you have and
  know where your are starting from in order to get where you want to go.
  
I heard someone once say--'You will never leave a place that you have never
  been.'  Some people are simply in denial.  Many people believe health comes in
a  pill, potion or lotion.  This IS a false statement---HEALTH comes from
  within.  Follow me here-----If you were to take a completely healthy person,
  meaning they passed all major medical test with flying colors and you began
  giving them medications-----would they get healthier?  Something to think
  about.  The answer is obvious--they would become sick.  So my question is
  this---how can someone be sick, be given medication and expect to get healthy? 
  It will not happen.  YOU must add purity where there is none and sufficieny
  where there is deficiency to restore the body.....from within.  Our body's were
  designed to heal and regulate on their own.  It is an enormous responsibility
to  care for,  but If someone truly desires to change anything in their
life---You  MUST start from within.  

Every effect has a cause and every cause has effects (Principle no. 17).  You are a co-creator of your future.  Every decision, commitment and action you take will bring about certain results.  If you don't like the results that are being shown in your life....your only choice is to change the cause (your actions).  

I am constantly amazed at the foolishness of the beliefs that our society holds.  They can't figure out why they are overweight.  They can't determine what brought about the relationship breakup.  They don't understand how their bank account can empty so quickly.  And they continue to look to outside resources to deal with their dilemmas.  Overweight? Take a pill.  Bad relationship? Talk to Dr._____.  Anxiety due to having no funds? Take a pill.  ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?  The solution to any problem is never on the outside.  ALL solutions to ALL problems reside withIN.  The accumulation of constant, consistent actions lead to the results that you have.  Want different results?--LOOK INWARD and make different choices.

I work in the health field and people are always in shock when I explain that it will take time to restore their health.  After all, it took 25 years of poor eating, lack of movement and stress that has put them in the position they are in....it WILL take time and energy to restore and reclaim their life.  But we live in what I call the 'Microwave Age'--meaning we want it now, we don't want to have to do anything to make it happen AND we want to have a loud buzzer go off when it's complete. COME ON!! 

All great journeys....whether we are talking about health or success take a plan, time, repetition and commitment.  Leave either of those four out of the equation and you are setting yourself up for failure.

Today...take a truthful look in the mirror (no B.S. here)  BE 100% honest with yourself and find out what can you do different (cause) to create a different result (effect).   You have one life and it is yours to live.  You may as well create the effect that you want by causing it to happen consciously.

Playwright David Mamet wrote:
'On June 5th, 1944 thousands of American paratroopers
jumped into Normandy. Four men refused to jump. Can you imagine, can anyone
imagine the rest of these men's lives? What prodigies of self-excuse, rationale,
or repression they must have had to employ? Their lives, in effect, ended the
moment they refused to leave the plane. As would the lives of the Jews, had they
refused to go into the sea. As will yours and mine, and as they do in part, we
each refuse the opportunity to change---we stagnate and perform ever greater
prodigies of repression hypocrisy, to explain to ourselves why we don't immerse
ourselves in the mysteries of life. We all die in the end, but there's no reason
to die in the middle."

DO SOMETHING BIG TODAY. Think Big! Act Big and BE
BIG!! WHO will have the BIGGEST WIN today? Create life, Empower Life....Open up
people's minds of what IS possible!!!