Your Recipe For A Successful Life

Take twelve whole months, clean them thoroughly of all bitterness, hate, and jealousy, making them just as fresh and clean as possible.

Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, or thirty-one different parts, but don't make up the whole batch at once. Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients.

Mix well into each day one part of faith, one part of patience, one part of courage, and one part of purpose. Add to each day one part of hope, faithfulness, generosity, and kindness.

Blend with one part prayer, one part contemplation, one good deed, then season the whole with a dash of good spirits, a sprinkle of fun, a pinch of play and a cupful of good humour.

Pour all of this into a vessel of love, cook thoroughly over radiant joy, garnish with a smile and serve with quietness, unselfishness,

and cheerfulness.

Follow this recipe precisely and you're bound to produce a successful life!

ENJOY

The Ages of Women

Age 3: She looks at herself and sees a Queen.

Age 8: She looks at herself and sees Cinderella.

Age 15: She looks at herself and sees an Ugly Sister (Mum I can't go to school looking like this!)

Age 20: She looks at herself and sees too fat/too thin, too short/too tall, too straight/too curly- but decides she's going out anyway.

Age 30: She looks at herself and sees too fat/too thin, too short/too tall, too straight/too curly - but decides she doesn't have time to fix it, so she's going out anyway.

Age 40: She looks at herself and sees clean and goes out anyway.

Age 50: She looks at herself and sees I am and goes wherever she wants to go.

Age 60: She looks at herself and reminds herself of all the people who can't even see themselves in the mirror anymore. Goes out and conquers the world.

Age 70: She looks at herself & sees wisdom, laughter and ability, goes out and enjoys life.

Age 80: Doesn't bother to look. Just puts on a purple hat and goes out to have fun with the world.

Pass this on to all the great women in your life ;)

Fearless Decision Making

What stops you making important decisions in life?
What makes you hesitate?

Is it Fear of Loss?

Losing your job? Losing your credibility? Losing face?

Maybe you Fear Rejection?
Being seen as the "bad guy" or no longer Miss Popular, being shunned, excluded or ignored?

Perhaps you Fear being Wrong?

Saying the wrong thing, doing the wrong thing, having insufficient information to make the RIGHT decision and guarantee your success?

Or is it a Fear of Commitment?
Hesitation brought about by a niggling doubt, or gut-instinct that once the decision is made there will be no turning back, no get-out clause, little or no freedom to choose another course of action?