In a cd by John Maxwell, he talked about the fact that when you die people will sum you up in one sentence, so select it now and live it purposefully. I heard a great quote by a Bollywood actor Kamalahasan, who said that death is to life as a period is to a sentence. Combining these two ideas, I’d like to set this idea up for you to think about. Death is inevitable, as is the punctuation at the end of a sentence. What kind of life sentence do you desire: is it long, but run-on; mediocre and useless; short and sweet; succinct and intelligent; wise and humorous; and or full of passion and vitality? It is up to you, as it is your life. Pick it now, then live it so that your thoughts, words and actions all reflect your truth (as Colette Carlson calls it), all reflect your life sentence.

I just read this article about the effects of the cold shock on sea creatures. A couple of times when we were at the beach over the last few days, we saw dead fish on the beautiful white sandy beach. It seems such a pity, the poor fish. I guess when the fish and other creatures are optimized for certain weather conditions, all these global changes can drastically affect them.

For those of you who know who Jim Rohn is, he died on Dec 5th, 2009. For those of you who don’t, you can still learn much from Jim as he left an incredible legacy. What a sad day that was for the world, to lose a great thinker as he. Jim Rohn came into our family’s life about a year ago when almost simultaneously we received one of Jim’s books Twelve Pillars by Jim Rohn and Chris Widener from the TEAM (we subscribe to their leadership package) as well as started receiving audios of Jim through Success Magazine. Very quickly our family, including all the kids, fell in love with Jim’s message, style and stories. The kids can be heard quoting his words often. He made us laugh and he made us think and he was truly special.