good judgement

good judgement is hard to come by in life.  many times when you are young, you practice bad judgement.  i’m not talking about the major gut decisions.  i’m talking about should you drink and then drive.  or should you jump off that cliff on you vacation in Greece.  or should you cross the highway at night.  these types of judgement calls can often mean life or death.  and many times, they come when your mind is not right–under a few drinks, maybe.  and if this is the case–it is hard to make the right call –dash across the street or wait until it is absolutely clear?  if you are sober, you can make this call calmly.  taking the drink out of the equation –you need to make sure you make the right judgement calls where an accident can easily occur with the wrong call.  the reality is –yeah you can end your life with the wrong call -but when you are gone, you won’t even know it –you will only know that last minute right after you make the wrong call –the “oh shit” moment.  you won’t feel anything after that.  what you will screw up is what you could done with your life and how you hurt the people you left behind.  they are the ones hurting.  they are the ones who get screwed if you make the bad judgement call.  much of life is luck–no doubt.  but, you can help steer that luck in your direction with just 1 or 2 good judgement calls.  make the good call –it’s easy.

need to reflect

the beauty of life is that we are given many internal signals –warning signs.  nothing happens without signals coming first.  we can avoid anything if we listen to these signals.  but, as imagined, most of these signals go unnoticed.  this is the difference between making it happen and not making it happen.  you need to be tuned in to what your gut is telling you.  if you are not tuned in, you will not have the life you desire.  many times we go off the track a bit –and it is the internal gut check that puts us back on the right track.  many times the gut check comes at night.  you wake up at 4 and your gut jumps right into the conversation.  this is when all the thoughts in the back of your mind come to the forefront.  even though you want to go back to sleep –you must listen to your thoughts sometimes –and this will help you see what the gut is saying and will help you make the right choice.  many times i have awakened after nights like this and i have listened to my gut and i have made the right decisions to put me back on track.  one of those decisions is to stay in the moderate mindset –stop going to the excess level –stop acting like you are still 20 -as it will catch up to you and it will steal precious time from your life in the long run.  i am reflecting and listening to my gut –to my 4am gut check –and it says to slow down and practice more moderation.  slow down and reflect more often –listen to your gut and act on what your gut is saying.  it will make a difference.  i am saying this–but now i must act–otherwise it won’t mean shit.  get it?