Ok everybody, I have to be honest and admit that I gave-in a few weeks ago and ended up picking up a guest that all of my friends seem to hate. The truth is she just kinda snuck in on me like she usually does. I’ve picked her up a few times before in the past and she would usually leave after about two or three days without much of a fight but this time for some unknown reason I’m struggling to get her to disappear. Ughhh!!!

I think she’s being tougher this time around because I’ve gotten a little bit older and my natural defenses are a bit compromised now. It’s almost like I can hear her quietly singing that Jennifer Holliday famous 1982 song, “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going”. LOL. Yep she’s as stubborn as an old plantation mule and appears to be dug-in like a Texas tick. But, I’m now officially and publically declaring that I’m turning up the heat on her so eventually she’s bound to get uncomfortable and have to go.

So what’s the name of this unwanted guest that’s got me making public proclamations? Well, her name is “Five Pounds”. Yep that’s right friends, Five Pounds snuck-up on me and now I have to crank up my cardio and turndown my treats to send her packing once again.

I caution you to watch your back folks because Five Pounds and all of her cousins, 10 Pounds, 20 Pounds, etc., etc. are all equal opportunity guest and will take-up residence with any “body” without invitation. So, don’t let her or any of her relatives hook up with you and prevent you from Making it GREAT!

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I’m sure that we can all agree that when it comes to adversity, pain, struggles and strains life is capable of giving us quite a bit more than just 50 shades of grey. But take heart my friends and find comfort in knowing that you were built to overcome every shade. So don’t be so quick to run from the risk or duck & dodge the danger & discomfort for it is there you will find the change and the desired gains.

The “honest-to-God-truth” is that none of us will actually be able to get out of this life with our own life. Yes that’s right my friends, unfortunately we all have to eventually succumb to our mortality and die our way out of this life as we know it. So since this is true, we should make every effort to run faster, jump higher and reach further today than we did yesterday attacking the various shades of life’s grey challenges and live everyday as if it’s our last, and one day we’ll be right.

So I’m encouraging you to keep risking and persisting no matter what shade of grey you’re facing today and Make it GREAT!

GREAT DAY!!!

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Before calling it a night, I’d like to take this opportunity to say congratulations to all of you who feel like you’ve had a productive day today in every way. And, for those of you who feel as if though you fell a little bit short of your goals today, I caution you NOT to beat yourself up but to lift yourself up and wake up tomorrow and take another swing at it.

Good luck in advance with Making it GREAT on your next calendar date. 😉

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Over the years I’ve come to the realization that in this “life” thing we will all experience different kinds of failures and even if we’re fortunate enough to duck & dodge and tip-toe our way through this life managing to avoid failure, then we still will have “failed” to actually live.

So it’s fair to say that there’s really no safe position in life that’s void of exposure to the “Big- F” called Failure. So, please don’t be duped by those who may suggest otherwise. The way I see it is failure is essential to life itself because if there was no failure, how then would we realize and recognize success? Hmmm…

I invite you to chew on this little breadcrumb of wisdom a bit before rolling into your new week and as always, be sure to Make it GREAT!

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I fell into some old, time-wasting, unproductive habits and lost a good portion of my time yesterday but today I will win again, PERIOD!

Yes my friends, truth be told we all have a proverbial “thorn or thorns” that can distract us and keep us in need of a little bit of grace and mercy from time-to-time and I’m definitely not foolish enough to pretend that I’m some type of exception. Yes indeed, to be perfectly honesty, sometimes I loss and sometimes I win.

The good news is that over the years I’ve gotten reallllly good at winning most of the time and I can put long distances of days, weeks, months and even years between some of my losses and I’m happy to say that although I may loss sometime, never am I defeated. Why? Well, it’s simply because being defeated means that you made a choice to stay in the “Loss”, and believe or not even NOT making a choice is actually making a choice.

Yes indeed my friends we will fall down in this “life” thing but we have to continue to make a conscious decision to get back up and run again to win. I’m convinced that our Creator delights in the comeback stories of our lives. So may my transparency today be a sign for you, You and each of YOU within eye-shot and ear-shot of my written words that to error is to be human and he or she who says otherwise or proclaims to be without flaws or hang-ups is two-kinds-of-crazy and three-kinds-of-foolish.

It’s ok that we may at times fall, drop, fail or flop. The thing that makes the difference is whether or not we stay in the setback. The great speaker Willie Jolley once said, “A Setback is just a setup for a comeback.” But, I think my friend Apostle Paul said it best when he wrote in my favorite book called “The Bible” his encouraging, reaffirming words hundreds of years ago to a group of people from Corinth to inspire and encourage them to boast all the more in their weaknesses for it is then that they can become stronger through the help of the one who created us all. (2 Corinthians 12: 7-10)

So, “GET BACK UP!” I say and get back into your race because someone is quietly counting on you to WIN much more than you loss! So, let’s keep pushing to Make it GREAT!!!

It’s a GREAT DAY to WIN again!!!

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