Hold On

Today was one of those days. Actually, the week was one of those weeks. I had to look hard this week and hold on to what I believe in to not let the craziness get the best of me. Heck, it was all around me at work and at home. I'm not sure why, but making a mountain out of a mole hill was the theme in both locations. Regardless, I think we all have days like this and the good thing is that most of us can pull out of the rut and look beyond the clouds to find the silver lining. I did and just in time for another Monday at the firm. Look out!

Remaining Motivated

The week has started out with a bang. Monday, while a holiday for several of my colleagues, was not for me. The day started out with unplanned staff shortages that required my creativity to keep myself and the firm on track for the day as the week began. Then, out of nowhere it certainly feels like the natives are on the prowl causing discontent at work however and wherever they are able to dish it out. Talk about negativity. It is all I can do to keep myself focused on my "to-dos" daily and myself motivated. But through my own blog I have relief and my daily reminder that keeping motivated and focused will maintain my positive course of action.

Keeping it in Perspective

What a week. For me, like many others, it was filled with some pretty heavy stressful moments. Whether it was dealing with transportation delays, in my attempt to make a very important meeting to present ideas for new firm initiatives, launch a very important communications/benefits portal, dealing with difficult moods of those at work and home, plan travel to see ill family, or the ongoing plans for my daughter's wedding in 32 days, I tried to keep things in perspective. While I was personally challenged, not by the "things" I had on my plate, but the negativity of others in my life, I kept my goal in site and never wavered. Today is a new day and the lesson learned is that, at the end of the day, keeping my perspective and faith in all my abilities to "overcome" adversity, of any kind, makes all the difference.

BELIEVE

BELIEVE: I say this quite frequently to some of my friends and colleagues when days are tough and pressures mount for us because I believe in the power of the mind. This week was certainly been unkind to me. With these pressures mounting and the demands being torpedoed minute by minute, people focusing on the impossible and negatives, rather than the possible and the positives. It can have a detrimental affect on even the most inspirational. Regardless, just when I wondered where the "power of believing" was getting me this week, I heard some great news from a very dear friend. She has been working feverishly for months taking care of an ill parent, while pounding the pavement looking for a job at the same time. There were countless times I told her to never give up believing, even when I wondered why someone so incredible was enduring so much animosity. Well, once again, I will say never stop believing. Yesterday, that power came through for her as she landed a great new job and I saw the laughter on her face again, even though through words. Continue to BELIEVE!

Strength

I've learned that strength does not come from winning your struggles, it comes from developing your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Success

"The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary."
- Thomas Edison

Happiness...

"If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes." - Andrew Carnegie

Keeping it in Check

I know I'm not the only one who is greeted by chaos on Monday mornings. The personnel calling in, projects on the "to-do" list taking a back seat, managing partner wanting from the paralegals who are both out of the office and the on slot of Monday morning e-mail. If not, please share your secret. The good news in dealing with the chaos is managing your time and doing some simple A,B,C's of time management. There is no doubt about it that it does help. I have weekly meetings with my support staff to help keep them focused, my office manager and I meet each Friday to review what is on the horizon and who is responsible for what. Additionally, to deal with the barrage of e-mail, I quickly move what requires action to a task or over to my Outlook calendar for follow-up. Today, is no exception.

BELIEVE

From time to time, life can throw us all curve ball and the plans before us, or life as we knew it can take an unexpected turn. Now, sometimes those "unexpected turns" can be beautiful, but just as wonderful as that can be, they can at times painful, making your life complicated and sometimes seem daunting. What I have learned from these experiences over my life is that you must never give in and always BELIEVE that all things are possible with the power of positive thought.

Like many before me, I have lived a very difficult life as a young man. Some of the experiences I've had over my life seemed like something from a soap opera, a horror movie and yes, even beautiful too. Over the years, I internalized, not rationalized my life's experiences. There were some horrific in moments life where I questioned any reason to go to my next day. I did not look beyond those times, instead, I questioned them. Good, bad or indifferent, I worked to get myself through the moments in time, become stronger and believe in myself again.

Then, through a gift, I became a parent. Being lost myself at the time this amazing experience provided me the personal power to believe in myself by learning to be a wonderful father , person and a someone I found I could believe in. I would read about inspiration and make it mine. The miracle for me is that I lived it, share inspiration with others and from time to time offer guidance from a real life perspective, not as a counselor or therapist, but as a loving human being. This lead to my inspiration of setting up this Blog.

On a daily basis, I hope to create, inspire, love and pass some personal inspiration that will provide the reader with the simple gift of faith in life, the power of your the experiences and the importance of enjoying one's existence.