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Oprah Winfrey is hosting a Life Class
Decisions, decisions: Which Road Would You Take?
In life each us is faced with the responsibility of making major decisions. What we ultimately 
do in the crunch periods will test our mettle, show our character and may even seal our destiny.
So how to go about making a decision?
Typical advice has one make lists, weigh options and generally choose that which is perceived to be easiest and requires less sacrifice. Quick is valued over slow and seeming safety over uncertainty. How would one ever test their limits or discover their mettle this way!
However if one chooses to instead walk the road less traveled and listen to their heart guidance – that road which initially seems most challenging may indeed be the best option to choose.
In the movie Himalaya, which I loved…beautiful scenery and exquisite depiction of leadership, the old leader asks his son who is a Buddhist monk why did he choose to leave the monastery to come and assist him.
The monk answers, my teacher once told me, “if two paths open up before you, choose the most difficult.”
This is not an ultimate answer, but worth considering.
Where in your life can you take the seemingly difficult route…to fulfilling your dreams?
Discovering a Wonderful Way to Be
Like others over the years I’ve visited stores and stood in lines, often long, seen surly employees, who give short answers and seem like they’d rather be anywhere else than where they are. Are you happy being wherever you are? How do you find it to serve another?
I recently spoke to an elder woman and asked her about her work. She told me that she is a 
cancer survivor and is a retired physician’s assistant. She worked for 30 years in her field and loved it. The secret she beamed is to care about what you do. When her former patients see her they lament about how they miss her, because they knew she cared about them and did her best for them.
In talking to another elder he told me every day and every night he has one prayer…to die. I said, “a little depressed, huh.” He said, “yes.” Thoughts are powerful. My prayer for him is that he enjoy whatever time he has on his earth journey.
Earlier this year I had a problem and it took some months for it to be fixed. The supervisor and an employee were both patient and helpful. However some other employees were less than stellar and kept making errors. So I decided to go back in and speak to someone about it. As it turned out, the employee who helped before was there. I asked her name. I said thanks for all your help with this matter. She said she focuses on treating people the way she wants to be treated. Instead of being just a nice statement, she put it into action.
The life of each of use is connected with the life of those around us. What we do for another we do for ourselves.
Are You Making Music with Your Life?
It is very common for people to delay the enjoyment of life. That’s because we say we are waiting. Waiting for “IT” to happen. And when it does, we will be happy. The only problem is that then we are missing the whole purpose of life.
Music and Life by Alan Watts
Weekly Inspiration #11
What do you believe or know about yourself?
Is it consistent with your self-talk?
You can always know what your beliefs are by your actions.
Examine what you do.
That is who you are, on the inside.
That is what you believe.
Weekly Inspiration #10
Success is a habit. When sound habits are implemented that tie in with the goal, you are halfway to reaching your objective. Habits are those actions that we perform regularly. We have programmed the action into our spirit and we don’t even have to think about it anymore. It is something that we do!
If you are seeking success, develop success habits.
Sow a thought and you reap and action;
Sow an action and you reap a habit,
Sow a habit and you reap a character;
Sow a character and you reap a destiny.