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Yesterday is history, tommorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, thats why they call it “The Present”.
Learning how to be in the now is challenging. You see with the “fast pacedness” of today’s society and the high speed which information travels now it is very difficult to “be in the moment”.

You see, what I see around me and what I used to experience my self is that when I was at work, I thought about my family. And when I was at home, I thought about my work. I was not that effective with my time. Always in a hurry but not really accomplishing to much. Even though I thought I was working hard my “to do list” never shortened. My clients and my family seemed to only get 1/2 of me.

This is not good. When you learn to focus a 100% at your task you will start to get so much more accomplished.

Below is a little story that may help you get the most of each moment no matter if you are at work, or in a work out, or with family, or at play. It helped me.

The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday & Sunday mornings. Perhaps its the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it’s the unbounded joy of not having to be at my fitness club at 5 a.m. Either way, the first few hours of a Sat. or Sun. morning are most enjoyable. I am sure you can relate.

A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the kitchen, with a steaming cup of green tea in one hand and my laptop in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time.

Let me tell you about it. I turned the volume up on my radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning talk show. I heard an older sounding chap with a golden voice. You know the kind, he sounded like
he should be in broadcasting himself.

He was talking about “a thousand marbles” to someone named “Tom”. I was intrigued and sat down to listen to what he had to say. “Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you’re busy with your job. I’m sure they pay you well but it’s a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a yourng fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hurs a week to make ends meet. Too bad you missed your daughter’s dance recital. He continued, “Let me tell you semething Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own prioritities.” And that’s when he began to explain his theory of a “thousand marbles”.

“You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average life expectancy now for Americans is around 78 years old (depending on who you talk too). I know that some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about 78 years.” “Now then, I multiplied 78 time 52 and came up with 4056 which is sthe number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime.

Now stick with me Tom. I’m getting to the important part. “It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail”, he went on, “and by that time I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. “I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy eight, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. “So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to go to three toy stores to round up the 1000 marbles. “I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear lastic container right here in my workshop next to the radio. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marlbe out and thrown it away.

“I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on earth run out to help get your priorities straight. “Now let me tell you one last thing befire I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife and daughters out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble of of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday then God has blessed me with a little extra time to be with my loved ones…. you can sure bet I am going to take advantage of every momement; “it was nice to talk to you Tom, I hpe you spend more time with your loved ones, and I hope to meet you again someday. Have a good morning!”

You could have heard a pin drop when he finished. Even the show’s moderator didn’t have anything to say for a few moments. I guess he have us all a lot to think about. I had planned to do some internet work that morning and right a few articles. Instead, I went into the bedroom and woke up my wife with a kiss and a caress.

“C’mon honey, I’m taking you to and the kids to breakfast.” “What brought this on”, with a smile she asked. “Oh, nothing special,” I said. “It has just been a long time since we spent Sat. morning together with the kids. Hey, can we stop at a toy store while we are out? I need to buy some marbles.

Since you are reading this blog and are proactive on standing up and taking control of your health, lifestyle, and life though making healthier fitness choices, and you do understand how powerful your mind is; and with all the advances the medical community has made and is going to make in the next 20 years; I am going to up the average life expectancy for “us” to 100.

This story could impact you enough to dramatically change your life. Or not. You could read it and get emotional and then forget about it tommorrow. I highly suggest that you print the story off and go out and buy your marbles and container and throw “your marble” out each week. I did.

You see, life is about a lot of things. But in the end, the cars, the money, the vacations, the houses all fade away. What matters most is the relationships you built. Whose life is better because of you?

What did you leave behind that will have a lasting impression?

We all have the ability to live a life of significance. But we have to be aware and we have to work at it. I hope this blog post helped you. If you want to please hit “tweet this” or “share this” below to share this with a friend or family member.

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