LIKE THERE'S NO YESTERDAY

Growing up playing sports, I would have coaches that would tell me and the other players that we had to have a "short memory."  

By that, they meant we cannot let the last play....the last turnover....the last error....the last success....define how the rest of the game is going to go.

So many times (talking to myself...but you can listen), we keep looking back and we either get way down on ourselves for past mistakes, or we continue to live in the glory of the past without acknowledging what we are facing in the present.

Jesus said in Luke 9: 62, "...Anyone who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God."

HAND TO THE PLOW.

EYES FORWARD.

Our "YESTERDAYS" are there for examples of remembrance....NOT to live in.

What did you learn?

Repeat the good.

Don't do the not so good.

You have probably heard the saying, "live like there's no tomorrow."  To some, this is a license to do whatever they want, as much as they want.  To others, it's a reminder that we are guaranteed tomorrow, so make the most of today.

Either way......

LIVE your life LIKE THERE'S NO YESTERDAY!

You can't get it back....BUT....you can do something today that will have an impact on today and on your tomorrows.

How about we START....today?

THE CLUB

The CLUB.

Not a CLUB any of us think about joining before we are diagnosed, but VERY grateful to be a SURVIVOR in the SURVIVOR'S CLUB.

Not everyone who get's the diagnosis makes it to the CLUB.

Some in the CLUB wonder "WHY ME?  How did I make it and many others didn't?"

Today, I'm thankful to be counted with all those who get a chance to celebrate NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORS DAY.

Actually, I want to do more with my life than just SURVIVE.  Don't get me wrong, SURVIVING is the beginning.  THRIVING in my SURVIVAL, or THRIVIVING, is what I want my life to demonstrate.

This day is about letting all those battling right now and those who have gone through, know there is LIFE...productive LIFE after cancer.

I have said it here, having a BEST YEAR YET is all about choices....choices that we each face, moment by moment AND our response to those choices.

I can choose to have a pity party....or I.CAN.CHOOSE.TO.LIVE!

I CHOOSE TO LIVE!

Whether you have or had cancer or not, you have a choice to LIVE as well.  There are many...MANY who let their choices and other circumstances of life keep them out of LIFE. Don't let that be you.

If you are in the CLUB today, congratulations.  LIVE LIFE LOUD!

If you aren't in the CLUB and battling right now (whether with cancer, any other disease or just the circumstances of life)....LIVE LIFE LOUD!

Here are 3 THINGS you can do, right now, to LIVE LIFE LOUD:

• SMILE MORE!
• Did you know that it takes less muscle to smile than it does to frown?
• (I don't know if that is true, but it sounds good!)
• LAUGH MORE!
• You might say, "Tim, I don't know if I have anything to laugh about?"  I get it.  I've been there.  Here's a suggestion, find a "stupid funny" movie or TV show and watch it over and over and just LAUGH!  
• GIVE MORE!
• Your time
• Your talents
• Your resources
• JUST GIVE!

Here's to LIFE and LIVING LOUD in this BEST YEAR YET!

FINAL THOUGHT:

You have heard me talk about the importance of my Annual Physical with my doctor and how being consistent with it, every year, helped to catch the cancer in my body early.  PLEASE, PLEASE go see your doctor, everyone reading this, guys and gals.  You and your family will be grateful!

Also, as I mentioned, today, June 3, 2018, is National Cancer Survivors Day, which is just one day to celebrate the whole month of June as June is National Cancer Survivors Month! If you know someone who is in the CLUB, let them know you are thinking of them and thankful they are still here to LIVE LOUD with you!