There is an old saying that says, “We learn from our mistakes..”

But we’re talking about something much larger here.

We’re talking about FAILURE!

We are not talking about a “failed life.” We are talking about something you did that failed.

Your life begins again every day. You can always dream and create again and again.

Just make sure that your ideas do not destroy your ability to support yourself and your family.

You have to know when to pull the plug and recognize that, in that particular project, you may have failed.

Sometimes ego can refuse to admit to failure. That is a big problem. You must be honest in your appraisal of your dream.

Very often you will have to listen to input from others, especially your partner or spouse.

Failure is a teacher. It enriches your knowledge in a particular area.

It may just be a misstep in the wrong direction which you can overcome.

If you don’t allow a failure to teach you a valuable lesson, you’ll carry it around like an anchor.

Will you live each day of your future with regrets or lessons learned?

Make a choice.

If not today, when?

Do you want to?

Or, are you satisfied with who and what you are?

I hope not.

Today’s world needs each of us to step up and become a better person!

Where do you start?

Number one is an examination of your values.

How about, honesty, loyalty, fairness, forgiveness, generosity, gratitude, humility?

In which of the above values are you lacking?

Your first priority must be relationships with loved ones.

Your second could be examining the lives of people you admire.

What is it about them that you see as noteworthy?

Imitation is a way to improve yourself with a model chosen by you.

If not today, when?

We used to have neighbors!

They were real live people we knew and considered to be our friends.

Two of our children were born at night.

So, I ran to our neighbor next door to watch our other kids.

It was just assumed that was what neighbors did.

Not today!

We don’t even know our neighbors’ names.

How about your neighborhood?

Sound familiar?

Once, after moving into a new neighborhood, we had a party.

We put an invitation in everyone’s mailbox that read,

“We are your new neighbors. We don’t know you, but we’d like to. Come for brunch!”

Every neighbor came.

Someone has to start it.

If not today, when?

Harvard undergraduate tuition will be free for students from families making $200,000 or less.

The university announced Monday in its latest effort to provide an Ivy League education to those who might otherwise be priced out.

Attending Harvard will be completely free for students from families making $100,000 or less, with the university committing to cover housing, health insurance and travel costs between campus and home.

Undergraduate tuition at Harvard College was more than $56,000 this year, while total cost of attendance was almost $83,000.

This was according to the institution’s financial aid website. (Harvard College is the undergraduate institution at the university.)

Our pets become part of the family.

When your pet is ill do you pray for its recovery?

I don’t think it’s a FAR FETCHED idea.

I have been with family members when they had to put their pet down.

It’s a very traumatic event and there is a real sense of loss.

Many adults, who live alone, have a pet as a their only companion.

I’m sure the loss of their pet is even more traumatic.

So, praying for a sick pet is probably quite common.

It is an important question in these times.

Disinformation is spreading unchecked.

So, what you think is true and should be believed may be actually false.

This provides all the more reason not to be a follower.

There are and will be more people expressing a point of view that you know is wrong.

When this happens, you must rely upon your knowledge of right and wrong.

Never a follower be!

This is the season for spring cleaning.

Are you becoming a hoarder?

Are old reading materials piling up on your coffee table?

Is there a pile of clothing on the floor of your closet?

Are the sides of your basement steps loaded with items to go up or down?

Hoarding starts with little piles that become room fillers.

Take the time to unload your life with things you will never use again or just plain junk.

You will feel a sense of accomplishment and find new space in your life.

It’s not easy to be kind if you have baggage.

But, is your goal to leave this world a better place, or not?

Or is it to get as much as you can while you’re here?

Remember, all of ue do leave it behind at some time.

And whatever riches we obtain are left to someone else.

So, isn’t it more worthwhile and satisfying to improve the life of others while we’re here?

Like all old sayings that surviive the test of time, “It is in giving that we receive.”

If not today, when?

He ruptured his tendon while practicing at home.

In his announcement, he said successful surgery has already been performed.

His injury occurred just weeks before the 2025 Masters beginning April 7th.

Tiger is learning the painful lesson that there comes a time “to walk away.”

If not today, when?

So true!

And we must begin with ourselves.

We take ourselves too seriously.

Each of us can lighten the load for loved ones and friends.

If there was ever a need for laughter, it is during these uncertain times.

Are you a source of fun?

Each of us can be and together we can provide some levity to others.

If not today, when?