Day 5 - Unlocking Secrets To Better Decisions Stop & Think Challenge

Here we are, Day 5 of the STOP & THINK Challenge!

Let's get started. . .

What could be better than life itself? Just like fine wine, it gets better and better with time.

Take time to celebrate the YOU you've become. It can be very easy to get caught up in the negative things that seem to creep into each day. I want to challenge you from this day forward to take a positive approach to life.

Do you have a birthday coming up soon? Why not plan your own birthday bash?

Here are a few ideas from Meera Lester:

"Instead of having the usual dinner with the lover, spouse, or relatives, why not plan an exhilarating birthday bash that you'll never forget? Perhaps you are turning thirty and want to fly to London to shop at Harrods and then go to the theater district to see a play. What are you waiting for? Book the reservations. You're only thirty once. Or, perhaps you're turning forty and are thinking about doing a vision quest. Get in your jeep and head to the desert. Maybe this is your big five-o year and you've always wanted to skydive. Get on down to your local airport and find out what's involved. Whatever you do, do it your way and enjoy every minute of it."

Life is short!

There is so much to celebrate, and so little time to do it. Each decade in which you are alive could be called your "collected works." Take what you've experienced up until now, and build upon it. With each passing year, enjoy life like never before!

Live, love, and laugh, and consider these words form Corie Sachais Swidorsky:

"It feels wonderful to love someone else and to have someone love you, but there's nothing more wonderful than loving who you are. Allow yourself to see your inner beauty, your strengths and how much you have to offer this world. You are special and unique; you brighten the lives of others. Take the energy and passion you put into loving others, and direct it to loving who you are."

Instead of just going through the motions of life, live the life out of every day:

• Look for ways to encourage others.

• Choose to be happy.

• Love your life enough to protect it.

• Be picky about where you go.

• Be picky about what you eat.

• Be picky about who you hang out with.

• Be picky about where you work.

• Be picky about who you marry.

• Be picky about how you act.

• Be picky about what you say.

  
  

Stop & Think - What could be better than a life filled with adventure, laughter, love, and friends to share good times with?

Take time today, and every day to make a positive difference in the world.

Show a little kindness for everyone to see.

Ask yourself this question: What could be better?

When you find your answer, get busy and make it happen.

I'm excited to have another day of livin' - how about you?

Thank you for joining me on the Stop & Think Challenge this week!

If you found this to be helpful - please share it with others! - Sue Ann Cordell

Thought for the day - Let's celebrate the good things in life all day long. Because just for today, it doesn't get any better than this!

Have A Great Day!