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STICKTOITIVENESS…..
No you won’t find that word in the dictionary,
but now that many of us have made our New Years resolutions I
have a perfect example of how to stick to it and see it to
fruition, (thereby making us proud as a peacock), and what
famous winners said about sticking to it. It has to do
with one our little furry friends.
But first our humor section to put a smile on
your face first, or rather perhaps you should read what the
experts say about laughter.
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Dr. Michael Miller, director
of the Center for Preventative Cardiology at
the University of Maryland School of Medicine
in Baltimore, reported that laughter pumps up
the heart. Dr. Miller, who examined 20
healthy volunteers, looked at how blood vessels
react when participants watched movie clips
that were either humorous or stressful.
He found that blood flow increased by an
average of 22 percent in 19 of the 20
participants when they laughed and decreased by
35 percent in 14 of the 20 when they tensed
up. Dr. Miller says, “A good belly laugh
should be a part of everyone’s daily
life.”
In the 1990’s Lee Burk, an
associate research professor for the pathology
and human anatomy at the Loma Linda University,
conducted several studies that showed that
laughter improves the body’s immune system by
reducing adrenaline, a hormone that boosts the
heart rate.
Former Saturday Review
magazine editor Norman Cousins, found himself
with a debilitating arthritic condition that
causes severe pain. So he began watching
funny movies, made a dramatic recovery and
chronicled the experience in his 1979
best-selling book, Anatomy of an Illness as
perceived by the patient: Reflections on
healing and Regeneration.
Or as the Great comedian
Charlie Chaplin once said, “A day without
laughter is a day wasted.”
Our great President Woodrow Wilson was dying
and said to his close advisor Napoleon Hill,
“Those damn men on capitol hill have killed
me.” Napoleon looked hard and long at
that great president and then said, “Mr.
President, ultimately nothing
matters.”
The moral of this
story………Don’t take life or yourself too
seriously……..
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Let’s get back to what some famous people
stated about sticking to it.
“Determine that the thing shall and can be done and we
shall find the way.”
“If you do not know where you are going, you might not get
there.”
“Obstacles are those frightful things we see when we take our
eyes off the goal.”
“We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long
enough.”
“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses
defeat.”
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”
“The power to shape the future is earned through
persistence. No other quality is as essential to
success. It is the sandpaper that breaks down all
resistance and sweeps away all obstacles. It is the
ability to move mountains one grain of sand at a
time.”
I will give you several hints. Two of the
quotes are by US Presidents. One is by an ex baseball
player. One is by a famous General who almost conquered
the world, until he met his ________. Two are by famous
ladies. One is by a successful businessman, author and
motivator.
The first two people to guess the people who
made those profound statements will receive an autographed copy
of my book.
While writing my book a fantastic and funny
thing happened to me, which convinced me to write chapter
5.
Here is an excerpt from that chapter. ..
Today I learned a
valuable lesson. Three weeks ago I filled up the bird feeder
outside with some of the feed I give my parakeet. Guess what
animal first came to feed. For all you squirrel lovers out
there, you know how persistent they can be when they want to
get at food. Well, this little rascal would get on the feeder,
and I would walk outside and chase him away. Guess what? He
would come back ten minutes later, sometimes from a different
direction. I would chase him away, but he just kept coming
back. Suddenly it dawned on me that God was teaching me a
lesson.
When you have a goal, keep at it. I am now letting him feed for
a few minutes and then chasing him away so there is enough for
the birds, but mainly because I want him to constantly remind
me how important persistence is. There he is again. Gosh, how I
love that little rascal. He is just sitting there daring me to
chase him away. He is saying go ahead chase me away, I will be
back.
I keep watching and learning from my little friend the
squirrel, and I decided to put grease on the roof of the bird
feeder to test him or her. At first he jumped on the roof and
slid off. It was comical, but he came back and tried again and
again. Suddenly, he figured out how to cling onto the area on
the side that was not greased. Presto! Now he is getting the
food again. I have decided to put more grease on the roof and
sides to see how he figures it out. I have no doubt that he
will figure it out in time, because he is patient and
analytical. He sits on the branch and analyzes which direction
to jump from to be able to cling on to the least greasy spot.
What a great lesson God teaches us through the animals he
created.
Of all the qualities needed to make for a
success, persistence is one of the hardest to acquire. Think
about it for a second. Life is grand when things are going your
way, but when you hit that snag in the road, it suddenly seems
the words impossible, or too difficult pop up and especially
from the negative thinkers. They will chime in with, “see I
told you so.” Or they will say, “Why don’t you give up this
foolishness and use your common sense.” The list goes on and
on. But don’t listen to them. Take the positive route and use
the failure as a learning experience. Remember that life is a
learning experience and no road was ever paved straight and
true.
Every road has curves and hills and valleys to
traverse to get to the final destination. Go to your library
when you have a major setback and read the biographies of
famous people. You will find out that each and every one faced
a setback, but they did not take their eyes off the goal. Think
of Thomas Edison and the many experiments he went through to
develop the light bulb. Plus he spent over $40,000 in research
and development before he finally came up with the vacuum and
carbon filament that produced the long lasting light bulb. That
was in the 1870’s. Persistence is when your hands and feet keep
working, even though your head says it can’t be done.
Stay tuned for some exciting information in
March from a wonderful lady, author Jill Vanderwood. Like
me, Jill likes to help out with children’s causes, and has
written two children’s stories. You can find her at
http://www.throughtherug.com
I will write more about her exciting charity cause.
My Positive Best,
Ken Bossone, AKA Mr. Positive
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