Committees can evaluate ideas, but it takes 1 person to create them.

Thomas Edison may be the best example.

He had 1,093 patents.

Some of his more notable inventions were: the phonograph, The carbon-button transmitter for the telephone speaker and microphone, the incandescent lamp, the first commercial electric light and the key elements of motion-picture equipment.

The creative genius of a person working alone is unencumbered by the objections of another committee member.

I want to encourage you to be creative and let your mind wander in pursuit of the world’s next new idea!

If not today, when?

It begins with THE PROMISE!

It talks about “for better, for worse.”

It talks about “for richer, for poorer.”

It talks about “in sickness and in health.”

It talks about “till death do us part.”

These are the biggest promises you’ll ever make in your entire lifetime!

And these promises willl be tested as life delivers its surprises.

Some good news: As the two of you face one challenge after another, the bond that holds you grows stronger!

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When I was young, I would see unfairness and ask God to make it right.

I just couldn’t understand why some people have it so bad.

And I still don’t understand.

As I got older, I realized it was up us to try to relieve the unjustices.

The biggest thing we can do is be kind to others in every circumstance.

And we must be kind to people we DON’T like or who are not attractive to us.

It’s easy to be kind to someone pleasant but not so easy when they are obstreperous or nasty.

It’s an uphill climb to be kind to someone who just doesn’t appeal to us.

It’s not up to us to be JUDGEMENTAL of another person.

It’s not fair.

Just be kind!

If not today, when?

Tea Time in the afternoon is 4PM.

I admire those who honor age old traditions.

I just read that a freighter loaded with tea had to change its route through the Red Sea to a much longer route around the Cape of Good Hope.

The English are conerned they are running low on tea.

In America, we have our traditions too.

Some that come to mind are: July 4th, Christmas and New Years Day , The Kentucky Derby, The Super Bowl, The Indianapolis 500, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Labor Day, Martin Luther King’s Birthday and Memorial Day.

Does your family celebrate certain traditions?

If not today, when?

Travis Kelce is shown screaming at Kansas City head coach Andy Reid during the Super Bowl game against the San Francisco 49ers.

Reid had pulled Kelce out of the game during the first half.

While screaming, Kelci almost knocked the coach off his feet.

After the game, Reid laughed the incident off.

Yesterday, Kelce admitted that his behavior was “unacceptable.”

I think the lesson here is that those in leadership sometimes make wrong decisions.

But, we must always try to be respectful of our superiors and do what we can to help our organization achieve success.

If not today, when?

A gossip is a person who habitually reveals personal information about another.

The information usually portrays another negatively.

When people discover that someone is a gossip, a trust is broken.

A relationship has no future when there is no trust.

If you can’t say something positive, it’s best to say nothing at all.

Sometimes it is very difficult to keep a “secret” to yourself.

You want to spread it around as the source of news to others.

In other words, it is hard to be trustworthy.

Are there negative things about you that others know? 

How would you like them to be shared with your community or at work?

Always put yourself in another’s shoes. Treat others as you wish to be treated.

In other words, keep private confidences private for your sake and for the sake of others.

Do you want to be known as a “Gossip” or a trustworthy friend?

If not today, when?

(John Kennedy)

Do you have people you look up to?

Has their life made a difference in your life?

I owe a big THANKS to my deceased Mom and Dad.

I could not have had more powerful examples of adhering to an unwavering system of high values.

They talked the talk and walked the walk.

I knew I could always go to them and receive the guidance I needed.

I just had to watch how they lived and learn by their example.

My Dad didn’t believe in extremes.

His favorite saying was, “In the middle stands the truth!”

THANKS MOM AND DAD!

(Mahatma Gandhi)

Wealth without work

Pleasure without conscience

Knowledge without character

Business without ethics

Science without humanity

Religion without sacrifice

Politics without principle

I have no credentials to advise you on eating.

Other than my own experience!

We have our lunch usually later than mid-day.

This allows us to have a decent meal that we used to describe as dinner.

The BIG advantage is that our last meal of the day is consumed long before bedtime.

We have done this for some time now.

If we are hungry later, a snack will suffice.

Just a thought.

If not today, when?

We all try to protect our ego.

That’s why it is so difficult to admiit a mistake.

The irony is that people have a lower opinion of a person who isn’t willing to “come clean.”

It is best to admit it quickly and put the whole incident behind you.

Otherwise, it becomes an unnecessary burden that you carry around with you.

The more self-made burdens you create, the lower your self-esteem becomes.

And lower self-esteem results in lower self-confidence.

You don’t need that.

So, admit it and get on with living!

It not today, when?