My Most Prized Possession

People often tell me how I affect their lives in a positive way, but I rarely write about people who have affected my life in a positive way, at least not beyond the "general" sense.  But this has been a sweet week for me, in part because one of my dear friends and "little sisters" realized a great accomplishment this week, and her response to me for believing in her and encouraging her humbled me, and even made me a little teary (ever so briefly, says manly man.) But that will be another blog post.

In my office hangs a plaque, given to me some years ago by a tremendous friend -- Karen. I use only her first name because, well... she's shy, perhaps.  If she decides to identify herself further by commenting on this blog then you'll know.  But when I received the plaque from her, it was very humbling to me and truth be told... another one of those teary moments for me.  Why? Because this plaque, in it's few but tremendously powerful words, illustrated with a beautiful rendition of an eagle in flight -- epitomized what I try to do for people.  I love to help people and help them feel better about life and themselves.  I believe that's why I'm on the planet, and most of the things I do characterize that in some way.

This plaque, given to me all those years ago, has the same effect on me each and every time I read it. And I do not take for granted that anyone will feel this way about me every day, so each day I strive to continue to live up to these words, which I now present for your e-listening pleasure. May you strive to live up to them in YOUR life.  It reads:

EXCELLENCE: Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise; risking more than others think is safe; Dreaming more than others think is practical and expecting more than others think is possible.

To my friend Karen, thank you. These words continue to have the same effect on me as the day you gave them to me, and they always bring me back to a place of humility and gratitude.  Your gift -- this gift you gave me -- is in fact, my most prized possession.

Have a beautiful day, and life.

Kelvin

It All Starts With You...

You wake up every morning "as the world turns" and wake up to see how you feel. Many gurus will tell you that you need their book, poem, METHOD to feel better, but really all you need, in most cases, is an awareness of who you are.  

We spend a lot of time letting other people define who we are, and many of us really don't look inward to see for ourselves.  At some point in life, we all have to take responsibility for who we are and what we become. We can spend a lot of time as victims and blaming people and situations from our past for who we are today, but often that blame is an excuse.  It's like having someone give you a ride and drop you off on a certain corner and you STAY on that corner and blame them for leaving you there. There may be a lot of reasons why you stay on that corner, but unless whoever it was chained you to the light post, you have the power to move, to turn around, to walk up the street or across the street, ask for directions and move in some other direction that takes you where you want to go.

Of course... if you don't know where  you want to go, you probably won't move. You've got to know where you want to go, who and or what you want to be.  You won't necessarily know right away how you'll get there, but how is not nearly the main thing. "Where" is the main thing.

A few years ago, Microsoft had an awesome slogan: "Where do you want to go today?" And that's the question we each have to answer for our lives.  Don't be afraid to answer it, because without that answer there is no direction and you'll stay on that corner, and you're better than that.

Where do you want to go today, my friend?  It all starts with you!

Have a beautiful day!

Point to Ponder

Most people have dozens of reasons to fail; when all they need is ONE good reason... to succeed.

Vitamin "K" - EVERY Week Day

It’s been an exciting journey, but my Daily Dose of Positive finally has a permanent home. A small change, Daily Dose of Positive was affectionately dubbedVitamin K by one of my twitter friends and that label caught on and has become it’s trademark.

Vitamin Kwas free from it's inception on October 18th, 2010 while we worked out the kinks, but with the launch of the web page, we added the teenie annual subscription fee of only $24.94 per year.  That’s Monday through Friday, 52 weeks a year, 260 daily personalized messages for a mere 9.5 cents per day, not to mention a few periodic surprises.  Is your attitude worth that? Of course it is.

Lots of cool stuff coming and lots more people to thank, but BIGGEST THANKS to my awesome Vitamin K subscribers around the globe, whose feedback and affection keeps me writing, and makes me feel like a rock star.

If you’re not one of us yet… feel free to join us for the delectable morsels that many tell me is the first thing they look for when they wake up in the morning .  AND you can visit our fan page at http://www.facebook.com/vitaminkdaily.

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Have an awesome day!

Kelvin