Happy Holidays - Happy New Year

 

Happy Holidays - Happy New Year

 

 

It's that time of year we all love and hate.  We love getting time off from work.  We love giving and getting presents.  We love seeing friends and family.  We love seeing other people happy.  We love seeing houses and buildings decorated with holiday lights.  We love the parties and the food.  We love the thought that the New Year will be better than the current year.  We just love the entire experience.

 

We hate the crowds pushing and shoving in the stores.  We hate the holiday car drivers.  We hate seeing people so poor they can't enjoy the holidays.  We hate listening to people tell of their New Year resolutions they will never complete.  We hate the negative energy people who are bah-humbug about the holidays.  We hate the negative energy people who don't believe the New Year will be better than the last.

 

Happiness IS the forgotten ingredient in life.  If there is ever a time to find happiness in your life, the holidays and the New Year is it.  This is the time to enjoy all you've gotten.  This is the time to enjoy all you've given.  This is the time to enjoy everything that is about to happen.  This is the time to feel good about the New Year.

 

This happiness can only happen if you decide to make it happen.  That's right, you can decide to make the holidays and the New Year a happy time or a sad time.  You can be positive about all the things you love about the holidays.  You can also be positive about all the things you hate about the holidays.

 

It's up to you to ignore the pushing crowds, the bad drivers and the annoying negative energy people who don't like the holidays and believe the New Year will not be a happy one. Getting depressed because the world is fucked-up, is not good for your health and your happiness.

 

The one thing we shouldn’t ignore is the people, who no fault of their own, can't enjoy the holidays and the New Year the way we can.  We can give something back to those people.  We can remind ourselves how lucky we are and all we have.  We can:

 

MAKE THE HOLIDAYS AND THE NEW YEAR THE BEST TIME OF OUR LIVES!

 

Living Off Of Past Memories Is Not As Rewarding As Making New Memories

 Living Off Of Past Memories Is Not As Rewarding As Making New Memories

I have so many past memories. Some really bad. Some really good. If you know me, I prefer to focus on the good and great memories. 

My memories of being a kid were great. My memories of my jobs were mostly good and the people I worked with were fabulous. My memories of my Ellen were great. The many trips we took really enhanced my appreciation of the countries and the people of the world. 

I could go on and on about my past positive memories, but this blog is about my rewarding new memories. I just came back from Palm Springs. The memories of the fabulous museum, Zoo and the dinners I had with friends stick with me.

My Joyce makes me great memories every day by just being herself. We already have plans for new memories seeing her family on the holidays. We always have plans for new memories traveling. I anticipate many new wonderful rewarding memories in my future.

OK. what about YOU? Are you stuck in the past memories? Are you having new memories? Are you planning any new memories? Big or small, new positive memories will make you happy. Life is short, so start today.

OLD 2

OLD 2 

A few years ago I wrote a blog Called OLD. This is the updated version:

OLD

 

At ten I felt young. At thirteen I was wishing I was older. At twenty I was married with a child on the way - I still felt young because my career was taking off. At twenty-five I was managing five people, my wife didn't like being a stay home wife, the kids (two kids now) were in need all the time and we were not getting along. I started to feel I was getting OLDER.

 

At thirty-five I was divorced; the kids were in their teens and I was feeling young again because I was free again. At fifty, I was working too hard and managing almost a hundred people. I had a new wife (my Ellen) which was great and the kids were all grown up. I found myself somewhere between feeling young and feeling OLD. 

 

At sixty-five, I was retired, the wife was still great, the kids had moved on, I was on Medicare and didn't have to worry about health insurance - I was feeling young again.

 

Now, I'm soon going to be 81 and these are the best years of my life. I have a new great wife,  I love my home in Las Vegas, I'm greatly enjoying my writing and my blogging, NFL Football and basketball are playing. Sooo, when life is great you can't help feeling young. When life sucks it's too easy to feel OLD.

 

The sad part is seeing friends and other people looking OLD and feeling OLD even though they are much younger than I. Sooo, that leads me to ask: "what about you." Do you still feel young or are you feeling OLD because you're spending too much time focused on your aching bones and the life that's past you bye?

 

If you're in the latter, you're probably not a happy camper and OLD age seems to be coming at you faster than ever. If you love life and still are able to find new and interesting things that fill your day, you most likely are happy and still feel that "young at heart" pulling at your future.

 

It's just my opinion, but I believe OLD is a state of mind and young is a state of mind. Therefore, even if you have a bad job, even if you have a lousy social life, even if you have bad health (I've had the worst year of my life health wise, but I'm loving the fact that I'm leaving tomorrow for Palm Springs to see my wonderful friends - so I feel young) you can choose to feel:

 

OLD OR YOUNG - You Choose