I AM NOT FEELING WELL.........
I THINK IT IS A COLD.......BUT I AM GETTING SOME REST......

SECTION 4; ON THE BEST OF OPRAH'S  "WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE"

"IF YOU MAKE A CHOICE THAT DOESN'T PLEASE YOUR MATE, FRIENDS, OR WHOEVER, THE WORLD WILL NOT FALL APART."

A BUSINESS STUDENT OF MINE ONCE CHALLENGED ME ON THIS CONCEPT.  "I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT COOKING," SHE EXPLAINED, "BUT MY PARENTS HAVE SPENT NEARLY $100,000 ON MY EDUCATION.  FOR ME TO NOW ANNOUNCE THAT I WANT TO COOK.....  HOW CAN I CHANGE MY MIND?"  I SAID, "IS $100,000 WORTH A LIFE NOT FULFILLED?  HOW MUCH OF YOUR LIFE WILL YOU HAVE TO CONSUME BEFORE YOU CAN PLEASE YOU?"

EVERY DAY, PASSION SPEAKS TO US THROUGH OUR FEELINGS.  THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BECOME ANESTHETIZED BY WHAT OTHERS THINK, YOU LITERALLY BLOCK YOURSELF FROM LIVING THE LIFE YOU WERE CALLED TO LIVE.  I PROMISE YOU THAT IF YOU MAKE A CHOICE THAT DOESN'T PLEASE YOUR MATE, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR MOTHER, OR WHOEVER, THE WORLD WILL NOT FALL APART - THE PEOPLE WHO TRULY LOVE YOU WANT YOU TO LOVE YOURSELF.  AND AS YOU BECOME CLEARER ABOUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE, YOU'LL BE BETTER ABLE TO DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU - THE FIRST TIME AROUND."

                 


JUST YESTERDAY, I WAS TALKING WITH MY GIRLS...........

MY OLDEST WAS DEBATING ABOUT GOING INTO ACCOUNTING CLASS OR DESK PUBLISHING CLASS, FOR NEXT YEAR........  SHE IS PLANNING TO GO TO COLLEGE TO BECOME A PEDIATRICIAN. WELL, MY BABY GIRL SAID, "WHY, YOU ARE GOING TO BE A PEDIATRICIAN."

WELL, I LOOK AT MY BABY GIRL..........
IT'S GOOD TO LEARN EVERYTHING YOU CAN.  EVEN IF SHE CHANGES HER MIND LATER ON.  IT'S NEVER TO LATE OR TO EARLY TO LEARN.  LOOK AT ME, I AM GOING TO BE 36 YEARS OLD.  AND I AM JUST ABOUT TO START COLLEGE.  EVEN IF YOUR 50 AND WANT TO DO SOMETHING NEW.........IT'S NEVER TO LATE TO LEARN NEW THINGS.........THAT'S LIFE.

AND LIVE LIFE...........

TILL NEXT TIME.........