P.O.P. Day 12: Good Fortune

Do you watch Phineas and Ferb? Everyone knows that I do and and I am not at all ashamed. On P&F, there is a couple-an overbearing wife and a mousy husband. When he makes a decision that doesn't always seem prudent (ie: buying a bunny farm but no bunnies) she always says, "What? Did you think ________ were just going to fall out of the sky?" And do know what? What he needs does exactly that. But you know something, Kids? That's not real life...that just a cartoon. We can't just wait for things to fall into our laps. We have to make things happen.

"Henceforth, I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune." ~Walt Whitman

Walt was one smart cookie. We make our own luck, our own happiness, our own futures. If we just stop and wait for them, we will be waiting a very long time. The first step is just that, taking the first step. Want to be heard more at work, then speak up. Want to do what you love, then put down the remote and pick up the whisk, running shoes, hammer or whatever you need to make that a reality. Want to relax more, then say no more often. Only you have this power. Now use it!

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