LIFEISNOWHERE - how do you read it

Worth reading…

 

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." ~~~  Albert einstein

 

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Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 10:19 AM
To: chirag
Subject: [Fwd: Wishing All A Happy New Year 2010.]

Just a small anecdote for the new year :

A business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him. 

Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything 

could save his company from bankruptcy. Suddenly an old man appeared before him. "I can see that 

something is troubling you," he said. After listening to the executive's woes, the old man said, 

"I believe I can help you."

He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying, "Take this money. 

Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time." Then he turned and 

disappeared as quickly as he had come. The business executive saw in his hand a check for $500,000, 

signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world!

"I can erase my money worries in an instant!" he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put 

the un cashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work out a 

way to save his business, he thought.

With renewed optimism, he negotiated better deals and extended terms of payment. He closed several big sales. 

Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.

Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed check. At the agreed-upon time, the old man 

appeared. But just as the executive was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came 

running up and grabbed the old man.

"I'm so glad I caught him!" she cried. "I hope he hasn't been bothering you. He's always escaping from the rest 

home and telling people he's John D. Rockefeller." And she led the old man away by the arm. 

The astonished executive just stood there, stunned. All year long he 'd been wheeling and dealing, buying and selling, 

convinced he had half a million dollars behind him. Suddenly, he realized that it wasn't the money, real or imagined, 

that had turned his life around. It was his new found self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went 

after.

LIFEISNOWHERE – how do you read it- 

LIFE IS NO WHERE OR 

LIFE IS NOW HERE. 

It is just a matter of attitude, how do you perceive it.

Confidence comes from ones own commitment and dedication to ones vision. 

Seeing ourselves having what we want and feeling it with us all the time increases our confidence enormously. 

Whether real or imagined, doesn't matter. It all lies in how we perceive it.

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Extraordinary Times Demand Extraordinary Responses. In Challenging Situations Lie Opportunities.