The excitement of a purposeful life!

I've read tons of books. I love 'em! I love to see someone reading one of my favorites..There are so many! The Celestine Prophecy, The Prophet, The Four Agreements , The Road Less Traveled, The Purpose Driven Life, The Secret, The Magic of Thinking Big, Chicken Soup of EVERYTHING, All Og Mandino's books, Dale Carnegie, Zig Ziglar, Steve Covey and many, many more. They all kind of say the same thing. No need to oversimplify and wrap them all up into a sentence or two...its not that easy. They say the same thing in VERY different ways. It is the compilation of all that reading over many years that has molded, rather sculpted, the person I am now. A lovely novel I just finished called The Gift Of an Ordinary Day, speaks to its title. I try to remind myself that each day, in and of itself, is the gift. "Life is remembered in moments" it said. That leaves us the opportunity to purposfully string together moments to create the story as we want to remember it. A horrendous event, can be remembered by what comes out of it. The pain fades and you remember what you want to remember. What you choose to remember. As I have seen all too often, some choose to remember the negative. They relive and repeat the negative events,almost hard wiring them into their memory as to leave no room for anything else. I have always looked back on my life and had year by year recaps! (at least since marriage and children, that's how I celebrate New Year's Eve!) I always have somewhat naturally seen the good with the bad. Love, Death, Marriage, Birth, Friendship, New Car, New Home,Vacations, Business ups and downs, more births, more deaths, Financial highs and lows, Heart Attack, Survival, Cancer, Survival, Strength, Success and Faith! We have always belived we would overcome any obstacle! We have! I am looking to make this year of 2011 a year of Purposeful Choices! Wishing everyone the patience and ability to expeience life one moment at a time and to choose to create the story of their life as a string of positive experiences. Happy New Year!