Word Of The Day - Action

Are you an action person or a stand by and watch person?  Are you the one that gets it done or do you wait for someone else to do it?  Are you the one who makes the decisions or do you prefer someone else decides?  Are you the one that takes responsibility or would you prefer to be the Teflon suit - nothing bad sticks to you?  Are you the one that says "I love you" or do you keep your feelings inside?  Are you the one that gets everybody together or are you one of the others that joins the group?  Are you the one that is full of positive energy or are you the one that absorbs positive energy?  Are you the one that is the life of the party or are you the one that stands back and just enjoys the party.  Are you the one that always wants to go out and mingle or are you the one that would prefer to stay home?  Are you he one that's looking for love or are you the one that waits for love to come to you?

Interesting questions - eh!  Take your time to think about your answers because it is important that you really get to know yourself.

You probably think I want you to be the one that takes action - not necessarily.  What I want, what everybody wants, what you want - is to be happy.  That's the forgotten ingredient in life.  Being an action person is great, but not for everyone.  Being a "follower" person might not be as much fun, but based on your personality, upbringing, environmental and conditioning, being the action person might not make you happy.

I do believe that action people get more out of life.  However, the definition of "getting more out of life" is a personal thing.  I'm an action person mainly because I watched my "follower" father get very little out of life.  I didn't want to be like him so I did and do push myself into action.

On the other hand, I can't say my father was an unhappy person.  Life was hard on him and his family.  Therefore, his expectation of what life was available to him was much different than mine.  He expected little while I expected a lot.  My father had a great sense of humor, told jokes all the time and liked to laugh.  In a earlier blog I stated that the way I value my life was the number of times I laugh.  Based on that definition, my father was a happy person.

My two uncles never did anything interesting.  It was rare they went out to dinner, to a movie or a social events.  They had little and expected little.  However, they were two happy guys.  My uncle Harry came over to see us every Sunday.  He and I laughed all day long.  I hugged him and he hugged me.  He made me happy and I made him happy.  He was a "follower" person and I was an action person.  I was a happy kid and he was a happy uncle.

It's great to be around action people.  My wife is an action person.  Many times it makes me happy to just follow her.  The bottom line is - "be all you can be."  That doesn't mean you have to be an "action" or a "follower" person.  It means to love who you are and be happy with who you are.