Pick yourself up NOW!!!

For too long now, you have been whining and wallowing in self-pity. It's time to dry those tears and get on with your life.

Everyone cries now and then. And there may be very good reasons for doing so. But tears while they may be therapeutic at times do not solve problems.

The idea is to make up your mind to keep on trudging and plodding along as long as there is breath in our lungs.
Life is short. Everyone knows that but how many of us really, really take heed of that cliche. If you are now in your 30s, wasn't it that long ago when you were in your teens?
So what has happened to those glorious ambitions of yours? Have you started learning those three foreign languages which you so wanted?

Some people (there are very few of them) just get up and do it, once they know what they want. Several years down the road when you bump into them again, that look of shock will register on your face. Hell! This guy actually went ahead and did it, you would tell yourself silently. Admiration then becomes you.

You too can do it - whatever you set your mind to it. I have done it - repeatedly. Of course, I didn't set goals that were unrealistic. I know most of those things which I believe I can do - I have done.

People talk about going to the real Moulin Rouge (top notch night club in Paris). Well, I have been there, seen it, done it. I am not bragging. It is not something spectacular. It's quite do-able.

I have also been inside the Monte Carlo Casino. Didn't win anything but the memories of being inside that fabulous place are priceless. The memories are as fresh today as they were on that night I walked into the casino.

Travel Europe? Done that, too. Across the continent? Yep. Absolutely magnificent. Anyone can do it. Travel and learn. Cherish every moment.

I love those lines from the Sound of Music - a song sung by the Mother Superior to Maria.
"Climb every mountain, cross every stream, follow every byway, till you find your dream."

It is God's greatest gift to us all. You have the freedom of choice. Make up your mind about being adventurous, going ahead and do it all and do it well. Don't let the losers or whiners wear you down.

Pessimists love company. Don't tally too long in their company. You are a lion, not a sheep. Behave like a lion, move like a tiger and fly like an eagle.

BE THE GREATEST VERSION OF THE GRANDEST VISION OF YOURSELF - and you have fulfilled your mission on earth.