If You Could Have One Thing In The World, What Would It Be?

Have you ever contemplated what you'd wish for if you found the magic lamp and were granted three wishes?  What if you could have just one wish?  We've watched the scene play out time and time again that the selfish motives of the wishes often turn against them and there are negative consequences to the wish.  Then there's the noble yet hollow ring of the cliched answer of  "all I wish for the world is....world peace."

Don't get me wrong, a heavier wallet could be used to bring harmony to your family or to other's whose lives that you bless with generous donations.  Still I have been able to poke holes in every answer that has come to my simplistic, idealistic and sometimes foolish mind.  What generally are our motivations for wishes?  Well that's where the answer that I have yet to find any iota of blemish on it zapped me like that giant genie had responded to my contemplation, meditation and querries. 

The revelation is almost hard to even put in written word.  The mystery wasn't found in a book or whispered to me by some wise man.  The simplicity is so pure, yet the power that shot through my body was evident enough so as to almost buckle my knees and sob like a man imprisoned for 35 years who just had his first sip of crisp cold clean water and a morsel of fresh baked bread.  The impact  of this veil lifted from my eyes brought the sun's warm rays to my face and illuminated all the wonders around me.

So what would I ask for if I had only one thing in the world in my posession that I could share without end with everyone of you?...It is simply love.  If I could have but one thing to power all of my decisons and hold forever in my heart, yet every time I acted I would ask myselft if it is coming from a place of love...I could not go wrong.  I would have all that I ever truely need.  If you would just contemplate the purity of love for 5 minutes a day your life would forever change.  Thank you to all of my loyal readers and new alike.  I wish for  each of you, a heart full of love.

Written By:  Timothy James Andrus

Damn...This captures the essence of my soul!

I wish I had written this article...it's as if the author had dipped his quil pen in the recesses of my soul and put the residue to parchment.

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You've done what you were supposed to do. You got a great degree. You landed your first job. You've now been promoted a few times. And you're now hanging on 

Why Must The Good Die Young?

So I had the privilege of knowing a great young man who passed away unexpectedly this week.  He was full of life and a great kid to coach in little league football (although he's a grown man now).  It was an amazing experience for me to see how he had grown especially close during his last months of mortality.  The principle that  first came to mind was that of not putting labels on anyone and to never judge.  Oftentimes, like Steven R. Covey wrote in his book "The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People" teaches that principle of a paradigm shift that packs a punch.

The other principle that was equally important and was eloquently stated in Leo Tolstoy's 3 questions.  The story is about a king wanting to know what is the most important time, who the most important people were to surround himself with, and what was the most important thing to do.  I won't recount the whole parable from this great Russian writer, but the king concluded that now is the most important time, who we are with are the most important people, and what we are doing with them is the most important thing we can do at that time.

I am a proponent of strategic planning, but never to the detriment of forgetting the journey is the destination.  We are only at the point in our journey as we are in this very second.  Embrace it!  Love and let go of negative feelings!  Show everyone around you that you live in the moment and make your mark with every step and change the ambiance with each and every breath you take. Don't put off tomorrow that which you can do today because tomorrow may never come, so be your best now and you will incrementally improve to be the person and have the performance that you've always desired.

This is in Memory of Alex Furness:  A Great Young Man Who Gave His All In This Mortal Sojourn.  God bless you and your family and friends to embrace the energy of your imprint on this world.

Written By:  Timothy James Andrus