Perspective

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Here’s to making 2010 the Best year ever.

That was a post I made on my FaceBook page.  One of my FaceBook friends, (who lives in Spain and I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting ), surprised me with a depressing exchange of notes.  Here’s the conversation, form your own opinion:

Me:  HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Here’s to making 2010 the Best year ever.

Him:  I’m afraid you are aiming too high, Brock.

Me:  Always aim high; you may not reach your goal, but you will do better than if you aim at an easy target.

Him:  Well, it may work for you, Brock, and I hope it does, but for the world at large I firmly believe that at best we can hope for incremental change and improvement because most people are rarely prepared for big changes except under very extreme circumstances.

Me:  To me that is a very sad perspective to be living by.  In general, (and yes, I am over simplifying), life will give you what you expect. 

Your expectations of yourself and those around you set the standard for the life you live.  Expect little and you will get little; expect a lot, and while you might not get as much as you expect, you will get more than if you expect a little.

Why allow life to control you, when you can control your life? 

Be pro-active with your life, demand great things of yourself and you will get great things. 

You are 100% responsible for your life. 

Your education doesn’t matter, look what Thomas Edison and Henry Ford accomplished.  Your family fortune doesn’t matter, many men have started in poverty and become captains of industry. 

The only thing that matters is you and your attitude.

That’s my 2 cents.

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