Daily Mood Quote - September 7, 2011

 

Daily Mood Quote

Day 127 – September 7, 2011

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me...You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

~Walt Disney

This quote reminds me of the movie Baby Boom, when J.C. Wyatt (played by Diane Keaton) inherited a baby from a cousin she hadn't seem in many years. Because she chose to keep the baby, she lost her live-in boyfriend, her job and many of her associates. What's that old saying, “kick 'em when their down.” Well, she didn't stay down for very long. She came back bigger, better and stronger and showed all those who did the kicking, you can have it all. It was interesting to watch how the tables turned. Yes, it's a movie, but life can sometimes imitate movies and the same kind of success J.C. Wyatt achieved can be there for those who learn from adversity and apply that knowledge forward.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

~Walt Disney

Having stepped off that cliff into the unknown, I understand the considerable courage it takes to pursue a dream. However, when we stand around and do little more than dream, nothing ever happens. Opportunity doesn't just show up because you dreamed. To be realized, dreams must be pursued and things must change. If you've got vision (dream), then you have the foundation of courage, it takes guts to propel yourself into the unknown. Then with courage and honest effort, all things are possible. Look at the Green Bay Packers, four Super Bowl trophies, 1967, 1968, 1997 and 2011 (against the Pittsburgh Steelers). “Never give-up, never-surrender!” (Thank you Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest).

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

~Walt Disney

Nothing is ever perfect and with the positive we must also accept the not so positive. a few blogs ago, we talked “balance,” even when things are going well, there are challenges. With power and success comes responsibility. With happiness comes the possibility of sorrow. In peace, we must guard against conflict and so it goes, the balances of life. I believe the key; never let those challenges become a controlling factor in your attitude. Stay optimistic so that hope, courage, faith and dreams are not lost. The trick is to find a positive way to deal with the bad that lets you continue to move forward. So, “onward, upward and ever forward.” Always try to find one good thing in every day and remember the universe will always balance.

What will your Mickey Mouse attitude be today?

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Daily Mood Quote - August 4, 2011

 

Daily Mood Quote

Day 93 – August 4, 2011

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

~Betty Friedan

I have a question: When did uneducated and inexperienced become the solution? Isn't that the same kind of thinking that is responsible for some of the problems we face today? I don't know, but it seems when experienced and educated professionals come to the table, instead of respecting those who have earned it, the behavior begins to mirror that of an unruly teenager who rolls his/her eyes and the frustrated parent who knows he can longer teach, because they're not going to listen anyway. Game over.

Last night, I watched The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, interesting reporter Mr. Pelley is, he seems to ask the hard hitting questions that many gloss over. In a news report, he interviewed four unemployed, educated, experienced professionals, who have been out of work, from 14 months to more than two years, due to lay offs, downsizing or closing companies They had positive attitudes and believed they will find jobs. This despite the fact that one was told in an interview, “they were looking for someone younger with newer, fresher ideas.” Just another way of saying, “your too old?” Where I live, they don't say anything, or they just lie. Either way, still game over.

A very wise man once said to me, “You know, when we're 18, no one can tell us or teach us anything, because we know it all. When we are 26, we realize we only know half of what we thought we knew when we were 18. And, when we are 40, we realize we know nothing and are now open to learning everything.” Except, now the 40 and older crowds are dealing with the 18 to 39 year olds, who have the power to hire and we are... well, “dinosaurs” in their eyes. I wonder if this attitude stems from parent/child relationships? I guess Tom Stoppard was right, when he said, “Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.”

My husband says, “The baby boom generation is just getting our due” he elaborated with, “This is how our generation treated their elders, the planet, and the economic system... complete disrespect, we abused it and let it to rot.” Then he asked the question, “What did you think would happen?” Boy, I want to believe he is wrong, but I don't think so. He says, “Not everyone is guilty of acting like this, but we are all, as a group, paying the price.” Last night I also watched (it was a television night) Al Gore's “An Inconvenient Truth” I know we think our economic troubles are a huge issue, but when you think about the price we are about to pay environmentally, it seems that we have truly neglected our responsibility to the greatest elder on the planet... the planet. I don't think she is going to stand for it. The next generation will have that on their plate as well. No wonder they're pissed.

Again, it was our generation who drove this response and set the example. Did we not as a generation worship youth, say never trust anyone over 30 and put our parents in adult day cares, rather than take care of them, because we had “other things” to do? Ours is the first generation in history to leave the world a worst place than when we arrived. So, how do you think the next generation is going to respond to that? I'm not saying its right or that I like it, I certainly don't, but the examples have been set and you just can't turn an 18 wheeler on a dime. Payment is now due and the Bank of Human Trust is a tough creditor, my friend (thanks The Family Man with Nicolas Cage).

In the movie, Baby Boom, J.C. Wiatt (played by Diane Keaton) said, “I can't have a baby because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting.” Is this really the mindset of our generation and the example that was set by us? I know a woman from the very tail end of our generation (The Baby Boom), who from the very day she became pregnant, starting looking for a daycare. This is someone who “wants a baby,” just doesn't have the time to raise the baby, isn't that why daycare's were invented? Sad... OK, so the piper needs payed and our generation is going to have to dig deep to cough up our share. Whether we like it or not.

I usually end the blog with a positive spin and to that end I offer this thought. The thoughtless behavior of our generation may have put us in this jam, but better to be in a jam, with the “education” and “will” it takes to climb out, than to, without hope, surrender to the gravity of time and sink to the bottom of the jar.

What changes will you make today for a better tomorrow?

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