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Good Afternoon. Here is a great thought for the day:

Here's a challenge. Identify a goal that is important to you. It could be a dream of starting your own business. It could be improving your skills in your existing job. Or it could be more personal, such as enhancing your spiritual life, being a better parent, or being a better spouse. In the simplest terms, use the thirty minutes a day to simply think about the goal you've selected.

As you've read this, I'm sure some of you have already wondered, "Where do I get thirty minutes? My life is going a hundred miles an hour."

A young man approached the sage and said, "I've come to you for knowledge." The philosopher nodded, took the young man by the hand, and led him to a river nearby. Together they waded into the currents, and the teacher looked at the young man and said, "Hold my arm." He then dunked the inquirer's head under the water for about twenty seconds. When the young man came up, the teacher asked again, "What have you come here for?" The young man repeated, "I've come to you for knowledge." The philosopher dunked him again and this time held him down much longer. As he came up, the sage asked yet again, "What do you want?" The young man sputtered, "Give me air! Give me air!" The philosopher then said, "When you want knowledge as much as you want air, you shall have it."

Now that the sage has shared some of his less-than-subtle insight, you might wish to rethink your problem with finding thirty minutes for self-improvement. If you want it badly enough you can either: (a) set the alarm thirty minutes earlier or (b) sacrifice thirty minutes of television time each night. As the saying goes, "You'll never get what you've never had until you're willing to do what you've never done." Discipline and commitment are key to accomplishing anything worthwhile in your life.

Have a wonderful day.

"Each morning is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When the sun rises tomorrow this day will be gone forever, in its place will be something you have left — may it be something good. Follow your heart, it knows what to do."

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