A Matter of Perspective

I turned 60 on Sunday. For the most part it was just like every other day of the last year it just had a different name.

What was different was the mindset that came with the event that wasn’t very eventful.

I spent a lot of time thinking and pondering what, if anything, turning 60 meant. Was I supposed to have some big epiphany and suddenly see clarity? Was I supposed to evaluate my entire life and my decisions and come to some groundbreaking conclusion?

Turns out, 60 is just an age. I don’t feel 60. Of course, I don’t have anything to compare it to because I’ve never been 60 before and I don’t know what a 60-year-old person is supposed to feel like.

I did consider my regrets for now being 60 and not having accomplished many of my goals for life. But then I thought, I really can’t do that because regrets are not going to get me to the accomplishments that I know are coming.

I actually realized that I have accomplished more than I first realized. I have published several books. Something that I had always dreamed of doing. Now to get those books into people’s hands so I didn’t write them for myself.

I realized that I have started several semi-successful blogs. I realized that when I put my mind to something, I do accomplish it.

I realized that if I start my day off with less negativity I have a more positive day.

The thoughts that I have directly influence the day that I either enjoy or the day that I rue.

The same is basically true for anyone. Our thoughts, the things we think about ourselves, about others and about life itself, become things. They become our reality.

Mike Dooley says that thoughts become things so we need to make them good ones.

That is my wish for you, make your thoughts good ones. I will do the same!