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Do you have this?

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Do you have this?

Last night I was watching a show on Netflix called
The Ozarks. It’s about an accountant who’s laundering
money for the drug cartel and things get a little out of
hand. Okay, things can’t get a little out of hand with the
Cartel, but you know what I mean.

If you like shows like Breaking Bad or suspense/thriller
type stuff, I strongly recommend it.

Now, the important stuff..

So what’s a show called The Ozarks have to do with your
life?

More than you think.

Marty Byrde, played by Jason Bateman, has somewhat turned
this little town upside down. He’s taken over businesses so
he can launder his money. In the meantime he’s had to hire a
few people to help him.

One of these people is Ruth.

She comes from a ruff background. We’re talking trailer trash,
dad just got outta prison ruff. We’re talkin redneck of redneck
ruff.

Ruth thought getting a double-wide trailer might be as good
as life ever gets, if it even would ever get that good, before
she met Marty Byrde.

But now Marty is paying her a decent wage and she can
kinda see the light at the end of the rainbow. She can see
that there just might be a better life out there for her. Even
though Marty’s money is dirty, she’s willing to learn all
she can about earning more and making a better life for
herself.

Ruth is starting to believe.

That is until her convict dud(dad) starts telling her she’s
just a Langmore(her last name) and that life isn’t for her
type. He even tells her that they’re cursed. Stuck in the
dirt hole trailer park forever.

All she really wants is a nice house with flowers & maybe
a picket fence.

Now when her dud starts telling her she’s cursed you can
see it squeezing the life out of her dreams. But so far it
hasn’t stopped her. She’s still moving forward. She’s still
doing what Marty tells her because she knows the type of
lifestyle he has and she knows she can have it too if she
LISTENS and learns what he’s teaching. Even if she knows
she’s not going to work for him forever.

Now that she has seen the “other side” of life, she..

BELIEVES!

And that is one thing you have to have if you’re going to
change your life.

Belief.

You have to believe. Then you have to do. Then you will
have the life you desire.

Start believing,

Dana

P.S. If you BELIEVE your life can be different, better, and it can, then you need to step up to the plate & make the next 100 days count. Take this challenge and it will change your life.. forever.

P.P.S. Or you can watch this video first.
Answer the Call - 100 Day Challenge

Living Positive

Gratitude Road Leads to Happiness

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What, in your life right now, are you taking for granted and not showing the proper amount of gratitude for?

Be honest.

We all do it.

Sometimes, most of the time, we create our own misery.  We complain about our car, but at least we have one.  We complain about the cost of things, but at least we have the money to buy what we need.

Having an attitude of gratitude can completely change the way you see the world around you and help you focus more on what you have, than what you don’t.  It will help you focus more on the good things in life, than on the bad.  And trust me, there’s way more good in life than bad.  Especially when you start practicing gratitude.

Appreciating Appreciation

There’s a song called “Thank God for Dirty Dishes” that makes the point that if you’re lucky to have enough food to make dirty dishes, you should be grateful.

So instead of grousing about your property taxes, be thankful you own property. When you have to wait in line at the bank or are stuck in traffic, just be grateful you have money in the bank and a car to drive.

It makes sense, but that doesn’t make it easy.

I have to admit that appreciation has not been a natural attribute for me. In my more ambitious days when I believed that excess was not enough, gratitude seemed like a form of surrender and a very poor life strategy. After all, if you’re satisfied with the way things are, you’ll never make them better.

What a pity I had to reach my 50s before I began to appreciate appreciation. I finally began to see that it was irresponsible and irreverent not to realize how many things I should feel grateful for. I also came to realize how good it feels to acknowledge how good I have it.

Real gratitude is much more than politeness, like saying thank you when someone passes the salt or conveys good wishes; it’s a deeper psychological state of genuine thankfulness.

Whether we believe whatever good fortune we have is the product of our own labor and talents, random luck, or a gift from God, the fact remains that each of us could spend a full day identifying all the things that merit gratitude.

According to an old proverb, “If you never learn the language of gratitude, you’ll never be on speaking terms with happiness.”

I’m still a beginner, but it’s true; the more I appreciate, the happier I am. That’s a lesson I want my children to learn.

Michael Josephson

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When Did You Give Up?

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Do you remember the day you graduated from high school?

Were you going to set the world on fire and show everyone how you had all the answers to living life? Maybe you were going to be a college and then a pro athlete.

Or were you going to develop a cure for cancer?(I believe there is a cure by they way, there’s just too much money being made by not curing it).

Did Donald Trump or Sir Richard Branson inspire you to be the next business tycoon and become a millionaire by 30 or 40? Was being a ski or beach bum your greatest aspiration? It doesn’t sound that bad actually. I’d take the slopes myself. And if I chose that path now, I’m sure the government would be more than willing to enable me that lifestyle.

But I digress…

Then Reality Hit…

It doesn’t matter if you went to college or not because it was more than likely a very short period of time before you realized just how fast expenses ate up your money and work ate up all your time. Unless you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Then none of this is going to make any sense to you at all.

But for those living in reality…

It wasn’t long before you entered the work force as a full time employee. Taking that job as a ‘stepping stone’ towards the top. But you still had dreams of opening that million dollar business or stepping back onto the field/court one more time to see if you had what it takes.

Then you fell in love and in no time wedding bells were ringing and there was a bun in the oven. Before you knew it there was three rug rats tugging on your pant leg every night as soon as you got home from work. That job you took as a stepping stone had now turned into an 8 year step.

You find there’s always more month at the end of the money and your belt is now in the last hole before you have to buy a new one… that you can’t afford.

Family vacations are trips to gramma’s… across town.

The Jones’s

And somehow you’ve convinced yourself this is as good as it’s going to get.

You’ve ‘settled’ for mediocrity.

After all, Jim Bob next door told you your business idea wouldn’t work because he’s got a master’s degree in Miller Time and he’s in great shape… he’s ROUND! And you’ve convinced yourself it’s easier to sit there with Jim Bob and solve the world’s problem’s than it is to actually do something about it.

Besides, the economy is in shambles and you’ve got great job security.

Happy… Happy… Happy…

You might be happy as a clam in mud, and that’s great.

More power to you.

But chances are you had dreams at one time and someone talked you out of them. Someone or something got inside your head and got you to quit. And chances are you quit at one of two things. Getting in better shape and losing weight or making more money and having financial freedom. Maybe you’re one of the crazy ones and wanted the best of both worlds. To be fit and rich. Because you used to be a good athlete and take care of yourself. But since you didn’t make it at the next level you just let yourself go.

It doesn’t really matter what it is you quit.

You quit.

What does matter is if you get back in the saddle again or not. Because if you’re reading this you’re still sucking air and the man upstairs hasn’t called you to come home yet.

Now you have a choice.

Spend the rest of your nights wallowing in misery with Jim Bob…

…or quit listening to the naysayers and making excuses, and build the life for yourself and family you once dreamed about.

It’s only too late if you decide it’s so.