New Years....  as the new year closes in I decided to take a second and sit back and look at the past year and look to the new one that is rapidly approaching, 2012 was full of a lot of things for me, some good some bad. But then again thats life there is always going to be good and bad, it was full of meeting awesome new people, promotions, loosing loved ones, trials, triumphs pretty much a mix of everything. looking forward to the new yeah everyone makes there "new year resolutions" and those last what? a whole 2 months if that. but of course ive made mine. And of course like most of America my includes getting in better shape and losing weight, (should be a staple in every americans new year resolutions) and i also included keep moving up in work, finish my educations, make improvements in my golf game. So in my opinion pretty typical things. Then i began to think a bit deeper about it, those goals are superficial, what real good does those goals do for me and everyone around me? so i re wrote my goal.... They look a little more like this. I want to try to always have a positive attitude no matter what, no negativity all has to do with the law of attraction, thank you to the secret for changing my perspective on this, then try to do at least one act of kindness a day, (pay it forward) try to help someone who's in greater need then me, become closer to those around me that i care about. because you never know when someones going to be gone or disappear from your life. not worry about the little things, ive learned that does more harm for me then good. i feel like my "new" new years resolutions reflect a better person, not just one one that just focuses on the things of the world, like oh i want the newest coolest car, but reflects a person who wants to strive to be better.

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!

Life Lessons (this far)

1. go with the flow-dont fret about how things are going just go with the flow, you will learn that life is a lot more fun this way.

2. stop and smell the flowers-you never will know how good things are in life it you don't take some time and smell the flowers along the way.

3. first impressions can be wrong-first impressions aren't everything, sometimes you need to give two or three first impressions.

4. Hanukah matta-means no worries, best advice ever given from a disney movie and also one of the sayings that i have tried to live my life by, stop worry about everything it doesn't do anything but harm you.

5. follow your gut-i may not be one to listen to what people say all the time but your gut will never lead you astray, follow it, its the one thing that has your best interest in mind no matter what!!

6. your best friends will always be there for you-ive learned that even if your best friends are half way around the world they will always be there when you need to talk to them, no matter what they still some how have the right words for you that you need to hear.

7. "weather you think you can or think you cant your right"-great quote and something to always remember, no matter what you think your right, you need to have a positive out look on things and life, if you have a negative one you will attract negativity in to your life, law of attraction.

8. things will go wrong-life isn't suppose to be a perfect pathway lined with gold, things will go wrong its part of life, its up to you to make the best out of these things that go wrong.

9. everything happens for a reason-everything happens for a reason, im a firm believer in this, no matter what happens good or bad there is a reason for it, its our job to figure out those reasons and learn from them.

10. everything thats good in life is worth waiting for.-everything thats good in life is worth working, or waiting for. once you find those things worth waiting for you will know what i mean, nothing is just given to people, you have to wait for the really good things

What if Money Didn't Matter?

FRIENDSHIP

Friendship is a relationship between two people who hold mutual affection for each other.

friends. everyone has friends they are part of the glue that holds our lifes and helps us remain  not completely crazy!
"The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had. One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention"

brakken, as soon as i met him i know we were going to hit it off (i sound like a freaking chick..) hes just one of those kid you can always have fun with and has my best interest in mind, and always has my back.

 nick and keetch...oh my lanta i dont even know where to start with these two... they are two of my closet friends, we know everything about eachother and have done about everything with each other, we could most likely figure out what the other person was thinking at any given moment  haha they are both like my brothers.. i could talk to them about anything! we have had some of the greatest times together! almost burning down cedar... getting lost in the mountains in a crazy bad lightning and rain storm with no gas what so ever. and the list could go on and on and on!! i cant wait for them to get back from there missions in a year... 

stephen... my oh my stephen first off he has been my rock at work, with out him and his encouragement and sometime.. ok alot of the time his sarcasm i don know what i would of done!! he has been my mentor and always been there for me when i needed a question answered, if it was when i was training or just an every day question hes ALWAYS been there its going to be hard with him gone now that he got his own store! but i couldnt be more happy for him!!


with out my friends in my life i dont know where i would be, they have been there for some of my greatest mouments and some of my worst ones, no matter what i know i can always rely on my friends when i need them.

"A friend will tell you not to try it, a good friend will tell you “good luck”, and your best friend will be right next to you yelling “let’s do this!"

BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE

Being grateful for what you have, it may seem very easy to be grateful for what you have but every day we take simple things like, having a roof over your head, new clothes, a job and a family that cares about you. all things that most days we wont even think twice about. after going downtown today and seeing all the homeless people it make me think about what i have and how i need to be grateful for it, not just the "im grateful for a house" but how im  grateful for having a job, now i may not always love my job but it gets me money. or being able to go home to a place to sleep everynight and not have to worry about where im going to sleep that night to stay warm, those are some real things to be grateful for. also having people in our lifes to make us happy! after seeing all the homeless people i was leaving and saw one that had  sign that said "2$ for a taco" so instead of giving him money i went and got him 2 tacos cause lets be honest... who wants just 1 taco??? and i had a short conversation with him, nothing big just talked and wished him a happy holiday, i hope the best part of it was he had someone to talk to...



let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom- marcel proust

HAPPINESS

HAPPINESS- is a mental or emotional state of well being characterized by positive or pleasant  emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy philosophers and religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a good life, or flourishing.

Happiness has different meanings to everone, to one it could be reading a good book. to another it could be good music. to me it means a number of things, it means having friends and family around that i care about, or its taking long drives at night and looking at the valley, having a great round of golf,   or walking in the mountains after a fresh rain storm. to me those are some of the things that mean happiness. it can also be a feeling that you feel, sometimes when the world seems to be down on you happiness can come sneaking through the door that you thought was closed.

"happiness often sneaks in through a door you didnt know you left open-john barrymore"

it can come in all shapes and forms, sometimes we may not know it or see it but we just have to look. for me, as of late, it has come in the form of a person, someone who brought happiness in my life when i didnt think there was any, something im extremely grateful for, she brought happiness in my life and has showed me a little bit more about what life is really about "life is about laughing and living, in good and bad times" and they probable have no idea what they have done for me, ive learned that it really is the small things that add happiness to life and give it more of a meaning. the last few weeks have made me feel more alive then i have felt in a while, they have made me feel nervous, and giddy, excited and above all happy.  to that all i can say is thank you.