Words Are Powerful Tools for American Freedom – July 2023

Depending on your view of life (and football), I am either in the middle of the third quarter (my belief) or staring at the two-minute warning.

As a person who learned the value of goal setting very early in life, I continue to set new goals every day.  One of my most recent additions to my goals list is to enjoy a vigorous, healthy life right through my age one hundred (100).

Recently two of my favorite people were in the office for their portfolio review and I shared my goal with them.  This wonderful young woman – an educator through and through – shared her mantra for reaching that very goal:

“Happy – Healthy – Hundred”

Outstanding – and alliterative!  Easy to remember.  Puts a smile on my face.

Neither of us is interested in crawling across the century mark with our last breath.  We want to be exactly what our mantra says – happy, healthy, and one hundred.  After that – maybe a quick crash and burn, but not until after one hundred (100) years of happy and healthy.

And just so you don’t misunderstand the value of our mantra.  This is not a wish.  It is not (only) a prayer.  This is a call to action.  I have and continue to study all the actions I can take (exercise, diet, hanging around the right kind of people, continuing to find ways to be a blessing in the lives of those around me, laughing – a lot – every day and more) to help me reach my goal.  While I am quite aware that there are no guarantees.  God (literally) knows when my time will come.  My job is to put myself in position to reach my goal.  I hope you will join me.

Please allow us to serve you and those you love.

Thank you,

Gene

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P.S.  What big goal (Happy – Healthy – Hundred?) will get you moving in the right direction with your life?  And what actions should you take to get you in position to reach that goal?

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