I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

Law of the Garbage Truck

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.

So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you.

Don't take it personally.

Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so ... Love the people who treat you right.

Pray for the ones who don't.

Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!

Tough love from Ike

"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."

- George Bernard Shaw

"Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work."

- Robert Orben

Attitude

“I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress."

- Anonymous

Finding your place

"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet."
— Frederick Buechner (Wishful Thinking: A Seeker's ABC)

"A long, healthy and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others."

- Hans Selye

Disconnect

When re-evaluating how to find balance in life, I often look back at technology and how to curb the number of hours it encroaches into my life. I resolve to spend a little less time on Facebook and decide that I don't need to be an early adopter of the latest i-gadget. At this point, you might be saying, “this is a blog and you're talking about LESS technology?”

Humans need rest – full rest from the hectic pace of the day. Surfing the Web in the wee hours actually becomes counterproductive to achieving balance and rest. Set a reasonable schedule for online activity. This is especially important for those like me who spend the workday on a computer.

Consider these tips -

• Two hours before bed, shut down your computer and resolve not to use your smartphone for Web surfing.

• During vacation time, take a vacation from your e-mails, tweets and Facebook. At the hotel, avoid the computers in the lobby set aside for guests.

• Don't forsake in-person human interaction – there's no substitute for friends, family, and the type of interaction you get at church or volunteer work.

The bottom line is to make more choices in favor of the real world – not the virtual world.