It's Not The Years In Your Life That Count - It's The Life In Your Years

It is said that honest Abe Lincoln wrote that statement.  If so, he really did have his shit together. The entirety of my blogs and book is dedicated to that statement. In just 15 words President Lincoln has summarized what I've been writing about in my over 160 blogs.

When we were young, most of us were full of life. We were excited about so many things like:

• My first car
• My first girlfriend
• my first organism
• My first graduation
• my first job
• My first paycheck
• My first time living on my own

Life had some ups and downs, but most of us loved living it. BTW, if you're young now and not excited about life read my blogs and books because you must get the most out of the years you have left. If you let life pass you by now, you may not recover as you get older. However, so I can speak out of both sides of my mouth, up until death, you always have opportunities to take charge of your life and your happiness. If it's not going so good now don't give up on your future.

As we get older the years seem to go by very fast. The only way to slow them down is to get the most out of life every day. It's easy to say, but hard to accomplish. We are presented with so many challenges that suck the life right out of us. Here's some:

• Marriage problems
• Kids problems
• Work problems
• Failed relationships
• Health problems
• Security concerns
• Money concerns
• Ego
• The outside world not acting the way you want them to act
• Separation from friends and family because of money or work

To deal with those problems and concerns you have to believe in a few things:

• The future is going to get better
• You will get through all of these problems/concerns and come out the other side happy
• You will learn from each situation and won't make the same mistake again
• Problems and concerns can be turned around and you will like yourself more because you had the guts to take charge of the situations
• Your insecurities and fears will lessen each time you get through a tough time of your life. You'll even become proud of yourself
• As your insecurities and fears lessen you'll stop giving a shit what the outside world thinks because you know you're a good, smart, happy and life living person

Always remember, "It's Not The Years In Your Life That Count - It's The Life In Your Years" Value your life by the number of times you laugh. Value your life by the happiness YOU created. Value your life by the barriers you were able to get around. Value your life by the friendship and relationships you have made. Value your life by your maturity.  Value your life by the love, respect and trust you feel about yourself. Most of all,

 

Value your life because it may be the only one you're going to get.