Friday, January 7, 2011

Well, another year has gone by, and I once again have not become the Emperor of Candyland. Nor have I learned to fly. I have not figured out how to make my stuffed animals come to life, nor teach myself to play the piano. I have not yet traveled the world, nor found a place of my own.

It's funny--the things we promise to do or become at the beginning of each year. It's hard to imagine I even knew what a "resolution" was when I was a child. And yet resolve myself I did, (at ages 5, 6, 8, 13, 17, and 21, respectively, just to name a few.)

Most people don't write down their resolutions. Most don't even regard them until moments after the new year is upon us. But I write them down every year. Then, on new year's eve, I purchase a big, red, shiny pen, and, if I've completed the task, I smile as I cross it off the list. If it remains incomplete, it rolls over to the next year with a new resolution!

This year, however, has been a year of reflection. Looking back, I am amazed how far time has muted the grandiosity of my goals. In only 20 years, I went from yearning for confectionary supremacy to hoping I get enough sleep this year.

My new year's resolution this year is to stop settling for less. To stop dreaming big only to think small. My resolution is to make sure the previous 20 all have thick red lines across them.

Wish me luck.


Happy Friday!

Jordan Robb
Jordan@aQuireTraining.com

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Chewing the Fat...

 

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A very old man and a young woman, who had never met before, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a transcontinental train.

Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, the two retired and fell asleep quickly, he in the upper bunk and she in the lower.

At 1:00 a.m., he leans over and gently wakes the woman saying, "I'm sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the cupboard to get me a second blanket? I'm awfully cold."

"I have a better idea," she replies. "Just for tonight, let's pretend that we're married."

"Wow! That's a great idea!!" he exclaims.

"Good," she replies. "Get your own dang blanket!"

This Weeks Quote...

"A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away."

~ Arabian Proverb