Start Here, Start Now - Shamgar

Each day that passes we are writing what we will be remembered for after we are gone. It is the little steps we take each day that is built into who we become.

You have to start your dreams now. We are trapped by the thinking that I can do it tomorrow - there is no promise of tomorrow or I cannot do it because of yesterday - today is a brand new beginning. Pat Williams relates a Jewish legend that King Solomon asked his goldsmith to fashion a ring for all occasions and situations. The goldsmith gave the king a beautiful gold band with the inscription, “This, too, shall pass.” The worst of the best of yesterday will be gone.

Time: Everyone has the same amount of time in a given day. Time is wasted in minutes - to overcome we must plan out what we will do with each day - plan and be flexible for emergencies. Henry Ford once said, “Most people get ahead during the time others waste.” When thinking of time: don’t think in terms of years or months, but think of today: that is what you have been given (sometimes hours and minutes).

Do not allow yourself to think that you cannot accomplish something in your old age.
64 - Sir Francis Chichester - sailed around the world
65 - Sir Winston Churchill - prime minister
71 - Golda Meier - prime Minister of Israel
69 - Ronald Reagan - President of US
66 - Michelangelo - completed Sistine Chapel ceiling
88 - Michelangelo - frescoes Pauline Chapel
89 - Frank Lloyd Wright - masterpiece Guggenheim Museum