JD – The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. – Mahatma Gandhi

JW* – To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. Douglas Adams

MS* – The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being. Lee Iacocca

EB* – Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. Muhammad Ali

Gathered a few quotes about service.

Hopefully one of them will inspire and remind you to seek out opportunities to serve others.

No matter how small, service builds greatness.

And that is why all of us can be great.

Our inherent greatness lies in our ability to love and serve others. We are built for a unique service opportunity, we just need to seek it out and make the most of it.

Look for an opportunity to serve.

Make it a great day.

Jake

https://youtu.be/LHcP4MWABGY

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I would send out one of my wife’s favorite songs by an Irish band.

Make it a great day.

Jake

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. – Pope John Paul II

St. Patrick’s Day illustrates one of my favorite things about America.

We celebrate being Irish.

Whether we are Irish or not.

We get together and celebrate all of the good things about being Irish and the good that that culture has added.

Embrace this celebration today. Embrace it every day.

Make it a great day.

Jake

“I told her that sometimes thinking about small things keeps your mind off big ones." – “If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska" by Heather Lende –

Heather Lende is an obituary writer in a small town in Alaska. She has learned a lot of life lessons from this experience and shares them in her book.

This short quote stuck out to me as one of those lessons. Life is a balancing acting between future and vision oriented thinking and planning and day to day management.

Sometimes thinking about the small things in life keep us from worrying about the big ones.

Sometimes enjoying today is all you really need to focus on.

Today, focus on enjoying the small things.

Enjoy that hug or kiss from your spouse on the way out the door.

Enjoy that cup of coffee.

Enjoy all the great little things throughout your day.

Make it a great day.

Jake

You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. – Vernon Howard

We have the power to shape what we want.

We can shape our desires and wishes so that they will create the results we would like to see.

We can learn to desire exercise more than junk food.

We can cultivate a deeper interest in books than TV.

We can grow to want the success of others before our own.

We choose what we want.

Make it a great day.

Jake

Well done is better than well said. – Benjamin Franklin

Great reminder to start off the week.

Get something done today.

Pick one important thing off your list and get it all the way done.

And then do it again.

Make it a great day.

Jake

https://youtu.be/6bWyhj7siEY

I figured I would send this one out the Friday after we got back from Disney.

My goal is to get this stuck in your head.

My hope is that at least 10 times today “what a wonderful day” runs through your head.

If we can get our minds conditioned to continually think positively about our day, our life will begin to change.

Make it a great day.

Jake

JD – A woman’s mind is cleaner than a man’s: She changes it more often. Oliver Herford

JR – Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. And I’m not sure about the universe. – Albert Einstein

JW – Dammit, Warmbir. – Sergeant Keener

EB – The only limits, as always, are those of vision. – James Broughton

MS – The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. – Psalms 23:1

If the only limits are those of vision, what should we do if we wish for a better life?

Increase our vision.

Stop and think about your life and your goals. How might you increase your vision?

What book could you read?

Who might you talk to?

What new perspective could you take?

The resources are out there, we just need to look for them.

Make it a great day.

Jake

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. William James

Being mindful of your thoughts is an important practice for us all to get better at.

We experience a lot more anxiety, worry and stress than we really need to because of thought patterns that have developed.

If we can be mindful of those thought patterns and replace them with something positive we can be less stressed, less worried and experience less anxiety.

I’m sure this isn’t revolutionary news for all of you, but we all need to be reminded of the obvious every once in a while.

Make it a great day.

Jake

"Let no one or anything stand between you and the difficult task, let nothing deny you this rich chance to gain strength by adversity, confidence by mastery, and success by deserving it. Do it better each time. Do it better than anyone else can do it." – Harlow H. Curtice

What if we could look at the difficulties in our lives as opportunities?

Think about what is going on in your life.

Is there something you are staying away from because it seems too difficult?

Is there something you are falling short on because you aren’t giving it your all with a positive attitude?

Think a little differently and you’ll get different results.

Make it a great day.

Jake